2014–15 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

Liga Națională
Champions	CSU Asesoft Ploiești (11th title)
Runners-up	Mureș
Third place	Energia Târgu Jiu
Fourth place	Steaua CSM EximBank București
Relegated	Timba Timișoara Universitatea Cluj
Teams	13
Games played	153 (Regular season)
Duration	October 1, 2014 – March 28, 2015 (Regular season) April 10, 2015 – May 24, 2015 (Playoffs)
Top seed	CSU Asesoft Ploiești
TV	Digi Sport TVR
Awards
Finals MVP	Vladimir Tica
Statistical leaders
Points	Zoran Krstanović 21.3
Rebounds	Marko Đurković 10.7
Assists	Dee Brown 9.1

The 2014–15 Liga Națională season was the 65th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania.

The first half of the season consisted of 13 teams and 156-game regular season games (24 games for each of the 13 teams) beginning on the 1st of October 2014 and ended on the 28th of March 2015, just before the play-offs.

Teams for 2014–15 season

Asesoft

BC Timișoara
Timba Timișoara

Steaua

"U Cluj

U BT Cluj

CSU Craiova

Gaz Metan

CSM U Oradea

Pitești

CSU Sibiu

Energia

BC Mureș

2014–15 Liga Națională club locations

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
BC Mureș	Târgu Mureș	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Mureș	2,000
Steaua CSM Eximbank	București	Sala Mihai Viteazu	300
Asesoft Ploiești	Ploiești	Olimpia Sports Hall	3,500
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mediaș	Sala Sporturilor Mediaș	461
U-Banca Transilvania	Cluj Napoca	Sala Polivalentă	7,308
BCMU Pitești	Pitești	Sala Sporturilor Trivale	2,000
BC Timișoara	Timișoara	Constantin Jude Hall	2,200
SCM Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	Sala Sporturilor Craiova	4,215
CSM U Oradea	Oradea	Arena Antonio Alexe	2,000
CSU Atlassib Sibiu	Sibiu	Sala Transilvania	3,000
Timba Timișoara	Timișoara	Constantin Jude Hall	2,200
Energia Rovinari	Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu	1,500
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj Napoca	Sala Polivalentă	7,308

Personnel and sponsorship

Club	Head coach	President	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
BC Mureș	Srecko Sekulovic	Cornel Lungu	Primaria Târgu Mureş	Spalding
Steaua CSM Eximbank	Nikša Bavčević	Virgil Stanescu	Exim Bank	Masita
Asesoft Ploiești	Vladimir Arnautović	Ionut Georgescu	România TV	Adidas
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Marius Nistor	Ioan Horoba	Romgaz	Adidas
U-Banca Transilvania	Dorin Pintea	Valentin Nica	BT	Ancada
BCMU Pitești	Hristu Sapera	Dinu Ghoerghe	Primaria Pitești	Peak
BC Timișoara	Dragan Petricevic	Leontin De Maio	Primaria Timișoara	Macron
SCM Universitatea Craiova	Andjelko Mandic	Bogdan Balan	Primaria Craiova	Adidas
CSM U Oradea	Cristian Achim	Florin Birta	Digi	Ancada
CSU Atlassib Sibiu	Miodrag Perisic	Mircea Vulc	Atlassib	Spalding
Timba Timișoara	Bogdan Murarescu	Mircea Murarescu	Gauss	Spalding
Energia Rovinari	Antonis Konstantinides	Dan Cumpănaşu	C.E.O.	Macron
Universitatea Cluj	Carmin Popa	Ovidiu Vasu	—	—

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Asesoft Ploiești	24	19	5	1992	1778	+214	43	Qualification to playoffs
2	Steaua CSM Eximbank	24	18	6	2056	1904	+152	42
3	U-Banca Transilvania	24	16	8	2000	1769	+231	40
4	Energia Rovinari	24	15	9	1940	1828	+112	39
5	BCMU Pitești	24	14	10	1970	1949	+21	38
6	BC Mureș	24	13	11	1978	1843	+135	37
7	CSM U Oradea	24	13	11	2040	2022	+18	37
8	BC Timișoara	24	12	12	1928	1875	+53	36
9	Gaz Metan Mediaș	24	11	13	1871	1926	−55	35
10	CSU Atlassib Sibiu	24	10	14	1855	1860	−5	34
11	SCM Universitatea Craiova	24	10	14	1865	1933	−68	34
12	Timba Timișoara	24	5	19	1812	2024	−212	29	Relegation to Liga I
13	Universitatea Cluj	24	0	24	1633	2229	−596	24

Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Asesoft Ploiești	3
	8	BC Timișoara	1
						1	Asesoft Ploiești	3
						4	Energia Târgu Jiu	1
	4	Energia Târgu Jiu	3
	5	BCMU Pitești	0
											1	Asesoft Ploiești	3
											6	BC Mureș	0
	2	Steaua CSM Eximbank	3
	7	CSM U Oradea	0
						2	Steaua CSM Eximbank	0		Third place
						6	BC Mureș	3
	3	U-Banca Transilvania	0								4	Energia Târgu Jiu	2
	6	BC Mureș	3								2	Steaua CSM Eximbank	0

Awards

• Finals MVP^[1]

Vladimir Tica – CSU Asesoft Ploiești

References

1. CSU Asesoft Ploiești defend title, become Romanian champions for 9th time in 10 seasons

External links

• Official site of the Romanian basketball federation
• Halfcourt.info (Romanian and English)
• Numaibaschet.ro (Romanian)
• Baschetromania.ro (Romanian)