2014–15 EuroChallenge

Transnational basketball competition July 2022 2013–14 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup EuroChallenge green white 2014–15 FRA JSF Nanterre (1st title) TUR Trabzonspor Medical Park ROM Energia Târgu Jiu GER Fraport Skyliners 32 4 November 2014 – 26 April 2015 Jamal Shuler USA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP USA 20px Ryan Pearson 19.8 UKR 20px Kyrylo Fesenko 10.1 USA 20px Courtney Fortson 9.8 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. http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_vH-7u52MH4UhVVS,7iLSq2.articleMode_on.html EuroChallenge 2014–15 field confirmed FIBA Europe 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. http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/coid_ucKYO2T2J96Slbf4NVBjX2.articleMode_on.html Krasnoyarsk, Trabzonspor join list FIBA Europe 2 July 2014 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 BEL Okapi Aalstar (2nd) TUR Uşak Sportif (7th) GER ratiopharm Ulm (7th) KAZ Astana (1st) BEL Belfius Mons-Hainaut (3rd) TUR Tofaş (8th) GER Fraport Skyliners (11th) LTU Šiauliai (6th) BEL Port of Antwerp Giants (4th) TUR Trabzonspor Medical Park (9th) RUS Enisey (6th) DEN Bakken Bears (1st) ROM Oradea (2nd) FRA Le Mans (5th) RUS Avtodor Avtodor qualified as the winner of the Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball. (1st) BLR Tsmoki-Minsk (1st) ROM "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (3rd) FRA JSF Nanterre (9th) ITA Enel Brindisi (6th) EST Tartu University Rock (2nd) ROM Energia Târgu Jiu (8th) HUN Atomerőmű SE (2nd) ITA Bonprix Biella Bonprix Biella finished in 4th place in the DNA Gold, the second division in Italian basketball. (4th) POR Benfica (1st) FIN Kataja (2nd) HUN Egis Körmend (8th) SWE Södertälje Kings (1st) BUL Lukoil Academic (2nd) FIN KTP (4th) AUT magnofit Güssing Knights (1st) SWE Borås (3rd) NED SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (2nd) 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.http://www.fibaeurope.com/eurochallenge/coid_vsDC,l7hIqAMDNe49Q3za1.articleMode_on.html EuroChallenge Draw Seedings Announced FIBA Europe 2014-07-04 2014-07-04 Teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. + Conference 1 Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4BEL Port of Antwerp Giants BEL Okapi Aalstar FIN Joensuun Kataja SWE Södertälje Kings FIN KTP-Basket DEN Bakken Bears BEL Belfius Mons-Hainaut NED SPM ShoetersFRA JSF Nanterre FRA Le Mans Sarthe GER ratiopharm Ulm GER Fraport SkylinersITA Enel Brindisi ITA Angelico Biella SWE Borås Basket POR Benfica + Conference 2 Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4BLR Tsmoki-Minsk EST Tartu Ülikool/Rock TUR Tofaş HUN Atomerőmű RUS Enisey Krasnoyarsk ROU CSM Oradea HUN Körmend ROU "U" Mobitelco Cluj-NapocaRUS Avtodor TUR Uşak Sportif TUR Trabzonspor Medical Park ROU Energia Târgu JiuAUT UBC Güssing Knights BUL Lukoil Academic LIT Šiauliai KAZ 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 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group A main WL points points true EuroChallenge BRI SPM ULM SÖD complete 5 1 496 400 3 3 498 499 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 1–1 (+6) ratiopharm Ulm 3 3 477 467 SPM 1 5 441 546 ITA Enel Brindisi NED SPM Shoeters Den Bosch GER ratiopharm Ulm SWE Södertälje Kings BRI SPM ULM SÖD Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 76–62 88–70 90–69 71–69 87–76 88–72 76–77 91–82 88–62 52–96 115–108 OT 71–76 Group B 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group B main WL points points true EuroChallenge TAR ENE KÖR LUK complete 4 2 428 420 3 3 428 435 Energia Târgu Jiu win on point difference (7 vs 13) vs Egis Körmend 3 3 447 460 ENE 2 4 447 435 EST Tartu University Rock ROM Energia Târgu Jiu HUN Egis Körmend BUL Lukoil Academic TAR ENE KÖR LUK Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 66–59 81–83 71–59 74–56 73–72 72–67 72–79 77–76 63–76 73–75 97–74 75–80 Group C 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group C main WL points points true EuroChallenge OKA FRA BOR BAK complete 5 1 557 507 4 2 464 421 3 3 505 516 0 6 457 539 BEL Okapi Aalstar GER Fraport Skyliners SWE Borås DEN Bakken Bears OKA FRA BOR BAK Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 94–59 119–118 OT 103–100 80–58 70–72 74–64 83–92 61–94 90–70 83–92 61–94 79–86 Group D 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group D main WL points points true EuroChallenge AVT AST TOF ORA complete 5 1 530 438 5 1 492 461 2 4 469 504 0 6 429 517 RUS Avtodor KAZ Astana TUR Tofaş ROM Oradea AVT AST TOF ORA Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 83–75 80–75 92–73 75–73 73–65 80–64 66–101 102–104 OT 84–75 74–101 74–83 69–77 Group E 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group E main WL points points true EuroChallenge NAN BEL BEN KAT complete 5 1 529 478 5 1 489 451 2 4 486 519 0 6 479 535 FRA JSF Nanterre BEL Belfius Mons-Hainaut POR Benfica FIN Kataja NAN BEL SLB KAT Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 88–68 80–68 102–92 94–86 92–63 71–62 86–96 86–96 107–82 70–77 83–85 90–93 Group F 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group F main WL points points true EuroChallenge TS GÜS UMO ATO complete 6 0 514 450 4 2 477 456 1 5 442 478 1 5 454 503 TUR Trabzonspor Medical Park AUT magnofit Güssing Knights ROM "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca HUN Atomerőmű SE TS GÜS UMO ASE Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 80–72 91–72 103–81 67–77 84–77 93–84 80–81 68–81 64–73 78–82 70–80 68–81 Group G 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group G main WL poinMSB poinMSB true EuroChallenge MSB ANT BIE KTP complete 5 1 478 414 3 3 542 514 3 3 511 525 1 5 475 553 FRA Le Mans BEL Port of Antwerp Giants ITA Bonprix Biella FIN KTP MSB ANT BIE KTP Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 72–66 88–74 71–52 78–87 92–82 98–83 82–64 97–96 81–77 62–96 93–112 108–95 Group H 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group H main WL points poinENI true EuroChallenge ENI UŞA ŠIA TSM complete 4 2 515 467 3 3 445 458 3 3 493 515 2 4 473 486 RUS Enisey TUR Uşak Sportif LTU Šiauliai BLR Tsmoki-Minsk ENI UŞA ŠIA TSM Q R16 R16 green1 Advance to last 16 BSR 95–79 86–68 87–82 69–84 79–69 78–59 93–92 75–78 83–80 76–71 85–73 91–94 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 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group I Group J 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group J Group K 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group K Group L 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group L Quarterfinals 2014–15 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals Final Four 2015 EuroChallenge 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 USA 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 1 USA Sean Marshall TUR Trabzonspor 33 2 USA J'Covan Brown KAZ Astana 36 3 USA LaMonte Ulmer FIN KTP 34 4 SWE Christian Maråker SWE Borås 39 5 USA Travis Peterson RUS Avtodor 35 6 NED Stefan Wessels NED SPM Shoeters 43 Last 16 Week Player Team PIR1 USA Kyle Weems FRA JSF Nanterre 392 KAZ Jerry Johnson KAZ Astana 373 USA Travis Taylor AUT Güssing Knights 324 AZE Nik Caner-Medley KAZ Astana 28 5 USA Courtney Fortson RUS Avtodor 42 6 USA DeAndre Kane BEL Antwerp Giants 37 USA Quantez Robertson GER Fraport Skyliners Quarterfinals 150px|thumbnail|right|Johannes Voigtmann was the Round 3 MVP Week Player Team PIR1 MNE Nemanja Milosevic ROM Energia Târgu Jiu 33 2 UKR Kyrylo Fesenko RUS Avtodor 22 USA Mykal Riley FRA JSF Nanterre USA Terrico White RUS Enisey Krasnoyarsk 3 GER Johannes Voigtmann GER Fraport Skyliners 33 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 GP Games played PPG Points per game 1 USA 20px Ryan Pearson BEL 20px Antwerp Giants 12 19.8 2 USA 20px Dwight Hardy TUR 20px Trabzonspor 16 18.1 3 USA 20px J'Covan Brown KAZ 20px Astana 10 17.5 Rebounds Pos. Player Team GP Games played RPG Rebounds per game 1 UKR 20px Kyrylo Fesenko RUS 20px Avtodor 11 10.1 2 USA 20px Travis Taylor AUT 20px Güssing Knights 12 10.1 3 SRB 20px Nemanja Milosevic ROM 20px Energia 17 8.5 Assists Pos. Player Team GP Games played APG Assists per game 1 USA 20px Courtney Fortson RUS 20px Avtodor 13 9.8 2 USA 20px D.J. Cooper RUS 20px Enisey 15 7.9 3 KAZ 20px Jerry Johnson KAZ 20px Astana 10 7.0 Season highs Statistic Player Team Points 42 USA Robert Arnold FIN Kataja Rebounds 20 SWE Christian Maråker SWE Borås Assists 16 FIN Teemu Rannikko FIN Kataja Steals 7 USA Terrico White RUS Enisey Blocks 6 FRA Dounia Issa FRA Le Mans Sarthe Three-point field goals 8 USA Benjamin Raymond ITA Bonprix Biella NED Kees Akerboom, Jr. NED SPM Shoeters See also 2014–15 Euroleague 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball References Category:FIBA EuroChallenge seasons EuroChallenge