2015–16 Euroleague

Turkish Airlines Euroleague1

The Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin will host the Final Four
Champions TBD
Teams 24
Records
Highest scoring Darüşşafaka Doğuş 100–106 Fenerbahçe
(22 January 2016)
Winning streak 9 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak 10 games
Dinamo Sassari
Home win Khimki 91–53 Crvena Zvezda
(30 October 2015)
Away win Limoges 71–107 Laboral Kutxa
(29 October 2015)
Highest attendance 18,150
Crvena Zvezda 69–67 Panathinaikos
(11 March 2016)
Lowest attendance 1,497
Cedevita 83–62 Crvena Zvezda
(8 April 2016)
Average attendance 7,026

The 2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague is the 16th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the sixth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this is the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

The city of Berlin will host the Final Four from May 12 to 15, 2016.[1] The German capital previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four.

Teams

On May 6, 2015, Euroleague announced the licences distribution.[2] Despite being announced for June 8, 2015,[3] the final composition was announced on June 29.[4]

Regular season
Spain Real Madrid A (1st) Greece Olympiacos A (1st) Israel Maccabi FOX A (3rd) Russia CSKA Moscow A (1st)
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa A (2nd) Greece Panathinaikos A (2nd) Lithuania Žalgiris A (1st) Russia Khimki B (2nd)
Spain Unicaja B (3rd) Italy Dinamo Sassari B (1st) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka B (1st) Russia Lokomotiv Kuban WC (3rd)
Spain Laboral Kutxa A (6th) Italy EA7 Milano A (3rd) Turkey Anadolu Efes A (2nd) Serbia Crvena Zvezda B (1st)
Germany Brose Baskets B (1st) France Limoges B (1st) Turkey Fenerbahçe A (3rd) Croatia Cedevita B (2nd)
Germany Bayern Munich WC (2nd) France Strasbourg WC (2nd) Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş WC (5th) Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra B (1st)

Numbers in bracket represent the place the team took in its 2014–15 domestic championship, representing rankings after eventual Playoffs.

Notes
^A Qualified through an A–licence, based on the Euroleague club ranking and other regulations. Following the limitation of three A–Licences per country that the ECA Shareholders Meeting approved in Barcelona on July 9, 2014, Unicaja, as the lowest-ranked A–Licence team participating in the Spanish League has lost its A–Licence.
^B Received a B–licence, being the best ranked team in the Domestic Leagues without an A–Licence conceded by the final position in the 2014–15 season of their national league or Adriatic League in case of ex–Yugoslavian countries.
^WC Four teams received one-year wild cards to play in the 2015–16 Euroleague.

Draw

The draw of the 2015–16 Euroleague was on July 9, 2015 at approximately 13:00 local time (CEST) and was live on Euroleague.net and broadcast live on TV in many countries.[5]

Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.

Two teams from the same country or league can not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group, if possible. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.

Pot 1
Team Pts
Russia CSKA Moscow 178
Spain Real Madrid 178
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 171
Greece Olympiacos 170
Pot 2
Team Pts
Israel Maccabi FOX 151
Greece Panathinaikos 142
Turkey Fenerbahçe 129
Turkey Anadolu Efes 126
Pot 3
Team Pts
Russia Khimki 125
Spain Laboral Kutxa 119
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 118
Spain Unicaja 112
Pot 4
Team Pts
Lithuania Žalgiris 109
Italy EA7 Milano 96
Serbia Crvena Zvezda 95
Germany Brose Baskets 80
Pot 5
Team Pts
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 69†
Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 69†
Croatia Cedevita 63
Germany Bayern Munich 63
Pot 6
Team Pts
Italy Dinamo Sassari 57
Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 52
France Strasbourg 48
France Limoges 35†
Notes
^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

Regular season

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.

A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification FNB KHI CZT RMB BAY SIG
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 10 8 2 770 707 +63 Advance to Top 16 — 88–83 79–61 77–66 74−67 81–64
2 Russia Khimki 10 5 5 798 740 +58 68–70 — 91–53 84−70 70–81 88–62
3 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 10 5 5 766 813 −47 60–74 96–91 — 94–88 85–76 81−59
4 Spain Real Madrid 10 5 5 854 808 +46 80–73 82–85 98–71 — 101–99 97–65
5 Germany Bayern Munich 10 4 6 763 780 −17 Transfer to Eurocup 67–84 69–60 79–90 67–86 — 76–61
6 France Strasbourg 10 3 7 711 814 −103 91–70 69–78 78–75 93–86 69–82 —
Source: Euroleague

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification OLY EFS LBO CED LIM EA7
1 Greece Olympiacos 10 8 2 761 692 +69 Advance to Top 16 — 68–81 59–52 76−61 75–49 73–63
2 Turkey Anadolu Efes 10 6 4 863 805 +58 87–91 — 95–86 75–81 92–74 89–73
3 Spain Laboral Kutxa 10 6 4 854 766 +88 96–89 92–90 — 92–70 92–56 94–82
4 Croatia Cedevita 10 4 6 750 780 −30 70–83 75–81 76–67 — 80–84 82–85
5 France Limoges 10 3 7 698 823 −125 Transfer to Eurocup 67–76 77–89 71–107 69–78 — 74–65
6 Italy EA7 Milano 10 3 7 737 797 −60 66–71 88–84 78–76 68–77 69–77 —
Source: Euroleague

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification LOK FCB PAO ZAL KSK ZGA
1 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 10 8 2 754 683 +71 Advance to Top 16 — 78–74 81−70 80–50 72–53 51–66
2 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 10 6 4 822 747 +75 72–68 — 77–52 88–92 107–79 78–72
3 Greece Panathinaikos 10 6 4 756 710 +46 71–77 93–86 — 91–56 85–73 82–51
4 Lithuania Žalgiris 10 5 5 697 731 −34 74–76 78–85 72–75 — 74–52 67–56
5 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 10 3 7 698 772 −74 Transfer to Eurocup 78–88 71−62 66–69 66–68 — 77–66
6 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 10 2 8 664 748 −84 75–83 64–93 71–68 62−66 81–83 —
Source: Euroleague

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification CSK UNI BRO DDI MAC DSS
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 9 1 911 784 +127 Advance to Top 16 — 78–86 83–77 94–66 100−69 93–87
2 Spain Unicaja 10 7 3 761 719 +42 76–88 — 76−71 81–69 82–68 80–62
3 Germany Brose Baskets 10 6 4 778 720 +58 88–100 73–53 — 86–76 77–66 86–54
4 Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 10 4 6 704 740 −36 75–80 63–57 54–65 — 66–70 83−74
5 Israel Maccabi FOX 10 4 6 750 792 −42 Transfer to Eurocup 82–88 82–93 85–65 73–84 — 79–63
6 Italy Dinamo Sassari 10 0 10 690 839 −149 78–107 65–77 73–90 60–68 74–76 —
Source: Euroleague

Top 16

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 29–30 December, 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February, 11–12 February, 25–26 February, 3–4 March, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 24–25 March, 31 March–1 April and 6–7 April 2016.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, while the four last qualified teams were eliminated.

A total of 8 countries were represented in the Top 16. Cedevita and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the Top 16 of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification FNB LOK PAO CZT EFS DDI UNI CED
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 11 3 1095 1032 +63 Advance to Playoffs — 85–79 82–75 72–65 90–86 77–69 80–59 86–73
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 14 9 5 1099 978 +121 52–55 — 76–67 86–62 78–77 82–58 81–60 87–63
3 Greece Panathinaikos 14 9 5 1067 1027 +40 76–71 84–79 — 63–74 83–78 82–79 68–66 76–60
4 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 14 7 7 1038 1060 −22 65–88 80–66 69–67 — 91–82 61–80 87–73 94–74
5 Turkey Anadolu Efes 14 7 7 1121 1106 +15 Eliminated 73–77 61–76 91–86 85–84 — 84–71 87–67 80–76
6 Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 14 5 9 1060 1083 −23 100–106 87–86 84–86 69–66 68–72 — 78–55 72–79
7 Spain Unicaja 14 4 10 971 1076 −105 71–67 64–82 58–76 72–78 75–85 70–62 — 90–67
8 Croatia Cedevita 14 4 10 1038 1127 −89 89–59 75–89 60–78 83–62 84–80 77–83 78–91 —
Source: Euroleague

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification CSK LBO FCB RMB KHI BRO OLY ZAL
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 14 10 4 1299 1185 +114 Advance to Playoffs — 90–78 93–82 95–81 108–98 91–70 92–85 100–86
2 Spain Laboral Kutxa 14 9 5 1110 1075 +35 81–71 — 75–71 89–88 98–83 90–64 76–82 71–65
3 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 14 8 6 1085 1059 +26 100–98 78–81 — 72–65 87–70 75-57 82–66 92–86
4 Spain Real Madrid 14 7 7 1173 1165 +8 87–96 68–77 86–87 — 83–70 82–79 84–72 92–86
5 Russia Khimki 14 7 7 1164 1138 +26 Eliminated 91–89 76–68 75–61 82–93 — 78–61 98–66 111–80
6 Germany Brose Baskets 14 7 7 1073 1088 −15 91–83 89–69 74–70 86–90 84–79 — 72–71 96–63
7 Greece Olympiacos 14 6 8 1083 1105 −22 96–99 82–68 74–62 99–84 89–77 72–77 — 74–59
8 Lithuania Žalgiris 14 2 12 1007 1179 −172 59–94 68–89 59–66 75–90 71–76 75–73 75–55 —
Source: Euroleague

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams played against each other which must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team win three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will be played the first, the second and the fifth (if it is necessary) game of the series at home.

The game 1 was played on 12 and 13 April, the game 2 was be played on 14 and 15 April, the game 3 was played on 18 and 19 April, the game 4, if necessary, was played on 21 April and the game 5, if necessary, was played on 26 April 2016.

Series

Team 1 Agg. Team 2
 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Fenerbahçe Turkey 3–0 Spain Real Madrid 75–69 100–78 75–63
Laboral Kutxa Spain 3–0 Greece Panathinaikos 84–68 82–78 84–75
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–0 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 84–74 77–76 78–71
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia 3–2 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 66–61 66–92 70–82 92–80 81–67

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of the season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games play on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game.

Bracket

 
Final
May 15
 
      
 
 
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe
 
 
 
Spain Laboral Kutxa
 
 
 
 
Russia
 
Russia CSKA Moscow
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russia

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Israel Maccabi FOX 55,300 11,060 11,060 11,060 0–†
2 Lithuania Žalgiris 131,998 14,790 8,702 11,000 0.083423618634886+8.3%†
3 Spain Laboral Kutxa 153,265 13,964 8,366 10,948 0.11441368078176+11.4%†
4 Spain Real Madrid 140,015 12,018 9,037 10,770 0.019114307342922+1.9%†
5 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 135,705 18,150 4,961 10,439 -0.72077608230339−27.9%1
6 Greece Panathinaikos 132,148 16,419 4,515 10,165 -0.84328853492617−15.6%†
7 Turkey Fenerbahçe 142,264 12,886 5,960 10,162 -0.86514558147454−13.4%†
8 Greece Olympiacos 102,775 11,640 5,006 8,565 -0.95240742799956−4.7%4
9 Italy EA7 Milano 42,151 11,192 7,174 8,430 0.024924012158055+2.4%†
10 Russia CSKA Moscow 102,427 12,473 4,421 7,316 0.56358196195768+56.3%2
11 Germany Brose Baskets 81,157 8,200 5,693 6,763 -0.99455882352941−0.5%4
12 Spain Unicaja 77,307 9,120 4,656 6,442 -0.8795740032769−12.0%†
13 Germany Bayern Munich 31,568 6,700 5,869 6,314 0.047619047619048+4.7%†
14 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 85,157 7,142 4,867 6,083 -0.90791044776119−9.2%†
15 France Strasbourg 29,136 6,167 5,398 5,827 0.5261917234154+52.6%3
16 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 82,228 7,495 2,814 5,482 0.46225660176047+46.2%3
17 Turkey Anadolu Efes 55,581 8,685 2,531 4,632 -0.75847388243−24.1%†
18 Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 53,204 4,989 3,291 4,434 n/a†
19 France Limoges 21,623 4,886 3,446 4,325 -0.92851009016745−7.1%4
20 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 18,855 5,000 2,500 3,771 0.21645161290323+21.6%3
21 Croatia Cedevita 45,003 5,281 1,497 3,750 -0.99681020733652−0.3%†
22 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 17,980 5,002 2,750 3,596 0.46895424836601+46.8%3
23 Italy Dinamo Sassari 16,981 4,005 2,988 3,396 -0.8984126984127−10.1%†
24 Russia Khimki 33,707 3,800 1,500 2,809 0.29506685108345+29.5%3
League total 1,787,535 18,150 1,497 7,266−11.2%†

Updated to games played on 26 April 2016
Source: gigabasket.org
Notes:
1: Crvena Zvezda played 2014–15 season games at Kombank Arena, while in this season it did it at Pionir Hall except three games and one in Vršac.
2: CSKA Moscow played Top 16 games at Megasport Arena except the first Top 16 game.
3: 2014–15 season average applied to Eurocup games.
4: Brose Baskets played one game at Nuremberg Arena, Limoges played one game at Le Palio and Olympiacos played one game at Heraklion.

Top 10

Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance Ref
1 Top 16 10 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Greece Panathinaikos 18,150
2 Playoffs 3 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Russia CSKA Moscow 18,087
3 Top 16 13 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 18,078
4 Playoffs 3 Greece Panathinaikos Spain Laboral Kutxa 16,419
5 Top 16 13 Greece Panathinaikos Croatia Cedevita 16,366
6 Regular Season 4 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Turkey Fenerbahçe 16,203
7 Top 16 8 Greece Panathinaikos Turkey Fenerbahçe 16,188
8 Regular Season 4 Lithuania Žalgiris Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 14,790
9 Regular Season 1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda France Strasbourg 14,338
10 Regular Season 8 Greece Panathinaikos Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 13,972

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow2560024.00
2.Greece Ioannis BourousisSpain Laboral Kutxa2758021.48
3.United States Malcolm DelaneyRussia Lokomotiv Kuban2956119.34

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow2547318.92
2.Serbia Miloš TeodosićRussia CSKA Moscow2744016.30
3.Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki2438215.92

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Greece Ioannis BourousisSpain Laboral Kutxa272398.85
2.Mexico Gustavo AyónSpain Real Madrid272137.89
3.Czech Republic Jan VeselýTurkey Fenerbahçe211487.05

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.France Thomas HeurtelTurkey Anadolu Efes241907.92
2.Greece Nick CalathesGreece Panathinaikos271746.44
3.Spain Sergio RodríguezSpain Real Madrid271676.19

Awards

All-Euroleague Teams

First Team[6] Second Team[6]
United States Malcolm Delaney Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Italy Luigi Datome Turkey Fenerbahçe
France Nando De Colo Russia CSKA Moscow United States Quincy Miller Serbia Crvena zvezda
Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow United States Ekpe Udoh Turkey Fenerbahçe
Czech Republic Jan Veselý Turkey Fenerbahçe United States Anthony Randolph Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
Greece Ioannis Bourousis Spain Laboral Kutxa Mexico Gustavo Ayón Spain Real Madrid

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

MVP of the Week

Regular season

Game Player Team PIR
1United States Patric YoungGreece Olympiacos 26
2Greece Ioannis BourousisSpain Laboral Kutxa 44
3United States Darius AdamsSpain Laboral Kutxa 29
4Spain Felipe ReyesSpain Real Madrid 30
5Italy Nicolò MelliGermany Brose Baskets 37
6United States Luke HarangodyTurkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 35
7United States Jamel McLeanItaly EA7 Milano 36
8France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 33
Germany Maik ZirbesSerbia Crvena Zvezda
9Mexico Gustavo AyónSpain Real Madrid 41
10France Nobel Boungou ColoFrance Limoges34

Top 16

Game Player Team PIR
1United States Malcolm DelaneyRussia Lokomotiv Kuban41
2United States Malcolm Delaney (2)Russia Lokomotiv Kuban30
3Spain Felipe Reyes (2) Spain Real Madrid32
4Greece Ioannis Bourousis (2) Spain Laboral Kutxa 30
Czech Republic Jan Veselý Turkey Fenerbahçe
5Montenegro Tyrese RiceRussia Khimki35
6Greece Georgios PrintezisGreece Olympiacos37
7Mexico Gustavo Ayón (2) Spain Real Madrid 41
8United States Anthony RandolphRussia Lokomotiv Kuban43
9Italy Luigi DatomeTurkey Fenerbahçe 29
10Greece Ioannis Bourousis (3) Spain Laboral Kutxa 29
11United States Bradley Wanamaker Germany Brose Baskets 34
12United States Tyler HoneycuttRussia Khimki30
13Greece Ioannis Bourousis (4) Spain Laboral Kutxa 35
France Nando de Colo (2) Russia CSKA Moscow
14France Nando de Colo (3) Russia CSKA Moscow36

Playoffs

Game Player Team PIR
1 Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow28
2 United States Kyle Hines Russia CSKA Moscow25
United States Ekpe Udoh Turkey Fenerbahçe
3 United States Ekpe Udoh (2)Turkey Fenerbahçe33
4 United States Anthony Randolph (2)Russia Lokomotiv Kuban28
5 United States Chris Singleton Russia Lokomotiv Kuban27

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015United States Malcolm DelaneyRussia Lokomotiv Kuban [10]
November 2015Italy Nicolò MelliGermany Brose Baskets [11]
December 2015Mexico Gustavo AyónSpain Real Madrid [12]
January 2016Czech Republic Jan Veselý Turkey Fenerbahçe [13]
February 2016France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow [14]
March 2016Greece Ioannis Bourousis Spain Laboral Kutxa [15]
April 2016United States Ekpe Udoh Turkey Fenerbahçe [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016". Euroleague. 11 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "ECA shareholders, executive board approve roadmap for 2015-16 and beyond". Euroleague. 6 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Clubs pre-registration for 2015-16 season opens". Euroleague. 28 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Proposed team list for the 2015-16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Euroleague. 29 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015-16 Regular Season Draw: Procedure, Criteria and Levels". Euroleague. 7 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 All-Euroleague First and Second Teams announced. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2016-05-06.
  7. ↑ "2015-16 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Best Defender Trophy: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Euroleague Rising Star Trophy: Alex Abrines, FC Barcelona Lassa". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "MVP for October: Malcolm Delaney, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar". Euroleague. 2 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "MVP for November: Nicolò Melli, Brose Baskets". Euroleague. 30 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "MVP for December: Gustavo Ayon, Real Madrid". Euroleague. 4 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "MVP for January: Jan Vesely, Fenerbahce Istanbul". Euroleague. 1 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "MVP for February: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". Euroleague. 29 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "MVP for March: Ioannis Bourousis, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz". Euroleague. 4 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "MVP for April: Ekpe Udoh, Fenerbahce Istanbul". Euroleague. 28 April 2016.

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