The 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball season was the 14th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup.
The 2016 Eurocup Finals were played between Galatasaray Odeabank and SIG Strasbourg, and won by Galatasaray, which was their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball competition, Galatasaray qualified for the European top-tier level 2016–17 EuroLeague.
Team allocation A total of 44 teams from 15 countries participated in the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball.
Distribution The table below shows the default access list. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from EuroleagueRegular season(36 teams)3 best-placed teams from Adriatic 3 best-placed teams from France 3 best-placed teams from Italy 3 best-placed teams from Germany 3 best-placed teams from Russia 3 best-placed teams from Spain 2 best-placed teams from Israel 2 best-placed teams from Lithuania 2 best-placed teams from Turkey 1 best-placed team from Belgium 1 best-placed team from Czech Republic 1 best-placed team from Finland 1 best-placed team from Greece 1 best-placed team from Latvia 1 best-placed team from Poland 1 best-placed team from Ukraine 1 best-placed team from United Kingdom 4 wild cardsLast 32(32 teams)6 group winners from the regular season 6 group runners-up from the regular season 6 group third-placed teams from the regular season 6 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season4 fifth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season 4 sixth-placed teams from Euroleague regular seasonKnockout stage(16 teams)8 group winners from the Last 32 8 group runners-up from the Last 32
FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy
In July 2015, VEF Rīga, PGE Turów and Juventus withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup and were replaced by Proximus Spirou, Avtodor Saratov and Szolnoki Olaj. In August 2015, ČEZ Nymburk and Telenet Oostende withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup after the draw of Eurocup and were replaced by EWE Baskets Oldenburg and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal EL: Transferred from Euroleague RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
Last 32 Bayern Munich Limoges CSP Pınar Karşıyaka Maccabi Tel Aviv SIG Strasbourg Stelmet Zielona Góra Banco di Sardegna Sassari Regular season Conference 1 Conference 2 Alba Berlin Valencia Basket Nizhny Novgorod PAOK ratiopharm Ulm Dominion Bilbao Basket Zenit Saint Petersburg Aris Telekom Baskets Bonn Herbalife Gran Canaria UNICS AEK EWE Baskets Oldenburg CAI Zaragoza Avtodor Saratov Lietuvos rytas MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Le Mans Sarthe Krasny Oktyabr Neptūnas SLUC Nancy Banvit Hapoel Jerusalem Umana Reyer Venezia JSF Nanterre Budućnost VOLI Dolomiti Energia Trento Union Olimpija Galatasaray Odeabank Enel Basket Brindisi Proximus Spirou Beşiktaş Sompo Japan Szolnoki Olaj
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legRegular seasonRound 19 July 201513–14 October 2015Round 220–21 October 2015Round 327–28 October 2015Round 43–4 November 2015Round 510–11 November 2015Round 617–18 November 2015Round 724–25 November 2015Round 81–2 December 2015Round 98–9 December 2015Round 1015–16 December 2015Last 32Round 15–6 January 2016Round 212–13 January 2016Round 319–20 January 2016Round 426–27 January 2016Round 52–3 February 2016Round 69–10 February 2016PlayoffsEighthfinals24 February 20161–2 March 2016Quarterfinals15–16 March 201622–23 March 2016Semifinals29–30 March 20166 April 2016Finals22 April 201627 April 2016
Draw The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 12:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona. The 36 teams were drawn into six groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league. Conference 1 +Pot 1Team Alba Berlin Valencia Basket ČEZ Nymburk+Pot 2Team Herbalife Gran Canaria CAI Zaragoza Dominion Bilbao Basket+Pot 3Team Union Olimpija Telenet Oostende ratiopharm Ulm+Pot 4Team JSF Nanterre SLUC Nancy Le Mans Sarthe+Pot 5Team Proximus Spirou Telekom Baskets Bonn Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia+Pot 6Team Umana Reyer Venezia Dolomiti Energia Trento Enel Basket Brindisi
Conference 2 +Pot 1Team UNICS Galatasaray Odeabank Beşiktaş Sompo Japan+Pot 2Team Banvit Nizhny Novgorod Lietuvos rytas+Pot 3Team Trabzonspor Medical Park Zenit Saint Petersburg Krasny Oktyabr+Pot 4Team Avtodor Saratov Budućnost VOLI Hapoel Jerusalem+Pot 5Team PAOK Aris AEK+Pot 6Team Neptūnas Steaua CSM EximBank București Szolnoki Olaj
Regular season
Conference 1 Group A
Group B
Group C
Conference 2 Group D
Group E
Group F
Last 32
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Knockout stage
Bracket
Eighthfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Individual statistics Index Rating RankNameTeamGamesIndex RatingPIR1. Jeff Brooks Avtodor Saratov1327721.312. Keith Langford UNICS1633921.193. Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank2042321.15
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Keith Langford UNICS1631519.692. Ryan Toolson Zenit Saint Petersburg1527818.533. Travis Peterson Avtodor Saratov1628918.06
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Adrien Moerman Banvit181548.562. Jon Brockman MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg161328.253. Jeff Brooks Avtodor Saratov131078.23
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Quino Colom UNICS181377.612. Dmitry Khvostov Nizhny Novgorod201346.703. Courtney Fortson Banvit181045.78
Other statistics CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Roderick Trice MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg152.20Blocks per game D'or Fischer141.642PT % Pere Tomàs CAI Zaragoza1370.97 %3PT % Ryan Toolson Zenit Saint Petersburg1551.58 %FT % Kostas Vasileiadis PAOK13100.00 %
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatIndex Rating Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK55Points Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK42Rebounds 4 times 17Assists D. J. Cooper Krasny Oktyabr14 Zabian Dowdell Zenit Saint PetersburgSteals Chris Kramer EWE Baskets Oldenburg8Blocks 5 times 5
Awards
Eurocup MVP PlayerTeam Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank
Eurocup Finals MVP PlayerTeam Stéphane Lasme Galatasaray Odeabank
All-Eurocup Teams Position All-Eurocup First Team All-Eurocup Second Team Ref Player Club Player Club G Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank Kevin Pangos Herbalife Gran Canaria G Mardy Collins SIG Strasbourg Victor Rudd Nizhny Novgorod F Vladimir Micov Galatasaray Odeabank Mateusz Ponitka Stelmet Zielona Góra F Davide Pascolo Dolomiti Energia Trento Julian Wright Dolomiti Energia Trento C Alen Omić Herbalife Gran Canaria Stéphane Lasme Galatasaray Odeabank
Coach of the Year CoachTeam Maurizio Buscaglia Dolomiti Energia Trento
Rising Star PlayerTeam Mateusz Ponitka Stelmet Zielona Góra
Round MVP
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam 1 Raymar Morgan ratiopharm Ulm 41 2 Dragan Milosavljević Alba Berlin 29 3 Zabian Dowdell Zenit Saint Petersburg 51 4 Zack Wright Union Olimpija 36 Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank5 E. J. Rowland Hapoel Jerusalem 38 Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK6 Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2) AEK 36 Kšyštof Lavrinovič Lietuvos rytas7 Billy Baron Proximus Spirou 36 Paul Stoll Avtodor Saratov8 Tywain McKee Le Mans Sarthe 36 9 Quino Colom UNICS 38 10 Keith Langford UNICS 31
Last 32 RoundPlayerTeam 1 Quino Colom (2) UNICS 41 2 Quino Colom (3) UNICS 47 3 Stéphane Lasme Galatasaray Odeabank 35 4 Adrien Moerman Banvit 38 5 Travis Peterson Avtodor Saratov 33 6 Alen Omić Herbalife Gran Canaria 37
Eighthfinals GamePlayerTeam 1 Victor Rudd Nizhny Novgorod 32 2 Errick McCollum (2) Galatasaray Odeabank 29
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam 1 Alen Omić (2) Herbalife Gran Canaria 27 Mardy Collins SIG Strasbourg Deon Thompson Bayern Munich2 Dominique Sutton Dolomiti Energia Trento 34
Semifinals GamePlayerTeam 1 Chuck Davis Galatasaray Odeabank 29 2 D. J. Seeley Herbalife Gran Canaria 28
See also 2015–16 Euroleague 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website