The 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the 12th and last edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of next year's Eurocup season.

The regular season was composed by 32 teams and it started on 4 November 2014. The season ended on 26 April 2015, when JSF Nanterre beat Trabzonspor Medical Park 63–64 in the Final in Trabzon, Turkey.

It was the last season of the EuroChallenge, starting from the 2015–16 season, the competition was replaced by the FIBA Europe Cup.

Competition format As in the previous season, the 32 participants were divided into two conferences. Teams were divided into eight round-robin groups of four teams each for the regular season. The two best-placed teams qualified to the next phase of the competition.

Teams No qualification rounds were played, all teams entered the regular season. FIBA Europe announced the participants on 1 July 2014. One day later, Szolnoki Olaj and VEF Rīga were moved to 2014–15 Eurocup as a replacement of two withdrawals. Trabzonspor Medical Park and Enisey Krasnoyarsk replaced them in the EuroChallenge. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round. (TH: Title holder) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual playoffs Regular season Okapi Aalstar Uşak Sportif ratiopharm Ulm Astana Belfius Mons-Hainaut Tofaş Fraport Skyliners Šiauliai Port of Antwerp Giants Trabzonspor Medical Park Enisey Bakken Bears Oradea Le Mans Avtodor Tsmoki-Minsk "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca JSF Nanterre Enel Brindisi Tartu University Rock Energia Târgu Jiu Atomerőmű SE Bonprix Biella Benfica Kataja Egis Körmend Södertälje Kings Lukoil Academic KTP magnofit Güssing Knights Borås SPM Shoeters Den Bosch

Draw The draw for the regular season was held on 6 July in Munich, Germany.

The 32 clubs registered for this year's competition were divided into two conferences (1 and 2), based on broad geographical criteria. Teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other.

+ Conference 1 Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4 Port of Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Joensuun Kataja Södertälje Kings KTP-Basket Bakken Bears Belfius Mons-Hainaut SPM Shoeters JSF Nanterre Le Mans Sarthe ratiopharm Ulm Fraport Skyliners Enel Brindisi Angelico Biella Borås Basket Benfica

+ Conference 2 Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4 Tsmoki-Minsk Tartu Ülikool/Rock Tofaş Atomerőmű Enisey Krasnoyarsk CSM Oradea Körmend "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca Avtodor Uşak Sportif Trabzonspor Medical Park Energia Târgu Jiu UBC Güssing Knights Lukoil Academic Šiauliai Astana

Regular season The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the last 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the regular season. Points scored during the regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each regular season match.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Last 16 The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Quarterfinals

Final Four

The 2015 Final Four was played on 24 April and 26 April 2015Schedule at Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon, Turkey.Trabzon to host EuroChallenge Final Four; FIBA Europe, 26 March 2015

Awards Final Four MVP Jamal ShulerJamal Shuler named Final Four MVP (JSF Nanterre)

Top Statistical Performer Each round a Weekly MVP is chosen, determined by the Performance Index Rating (PIR) system.

Regular season Week Player Team PIR Sean Marshall Trabzonspor J'Covan Brown Astana LaMonte Ulmer KTP Christian Maråker Borås Travis Peterson Avtodor Stefan Wessels SPM Shoeters

Last 16 Week Player Team PIR Kyle Weems JSF Nanterre Jerry Johnson Astana Travis Taylor Güssing Knights Nik Caner-Medley Astana Courtney Fortson Avtodor 6 DeAndre Kane Antwerp Giants 37 Quantez Robertson Fraport Skyliners

Quarterfinals

Week Player Team PIR Nemanja Milosevic Energia Târgu Jiu 2 Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor 22 Mykal Riley JSF Nanterre Terrico White Enisey Krasnoyarsk Johannes Voigtmann Fraport Skyliners

Individual statistics

To be included in the top rankings in individual statistics, a player had to have a minimum of 9 games played.

Points Pos. Player Team Ryan Pearson Antwerp Giants Dwight Hardy Trabzonspor J'Covan Brown Astana

Rebounds

Pos. Player Team Kyrylo Fesenko Avtodor Travis Taylor Güssing Knights Nemanja Milosevic Energia

Assists

Pos. Player Team Courtney Fortson Avtodor D.J. Cooper Enisey Jerry Johnson Astana

Season highs Statistic Player Team Points Robert Arnold Kataja Rebounds Christian Maråker Borås Assists Teemu Rannikko Kataja Steals Terrico White Enisey Blocks Dounia Issa Le Mans Sarthe Three-point field goals 8 Benjamin Raymond Bonprix Biella Kees Akerboom, Jr. SPM Shoeters

See also 2014–15 Euroleague 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball

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