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2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

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The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup was the inaugural season of the newly formed basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season started on 21 October 2015 and ended on 1 May 2016.

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The competition replaced the FIBA EuroChallenge and had the aim to take the place of Eurocup (organised by Euroleague Basketball), as the second-tier competition in Europe.

Format

In the Regular season, 56 teams are divided into 14 groups of four teams. In the Round of 32, the first and second best teams from the Regular season play in groups of four. Starting from the Round of 16, quarter-finals will be played. The tournament will conclude with a Final Four.[1]

Teams

The deadline to register in the competition was on July 30. The official list of teams was announced on August 3.[2]

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

Notes
^a Porto played last season in the Portuguese second tier, Proliga.
^b Hibernia was a newly created team, established by Basketball Ireland to compete in the competition.[3]
^c FIBA Europe announced that the Romanian club BC Timișoara have withdrawn their participation in the competition. Helios Suns replaced the team.[4]

Draw

The draw was held on August 4, 2015 in Munich, Germany. The seeding was prepared on the basis of the clubs' participation and results in European Club Competition in recent years as well as the clubs' ranking in their respective domestic leagues last season.[2]

Conference 1

Conference 2

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D;
Purple: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H;
Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J. Cyan: Group K; Spring green: Group L.
Black: Group M. White: Group N.

The regular season was played between 21 October and 2 December 2015. The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two teams from each Conference) advanced to the Round of 32.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the regular season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each regular season match.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Group I

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Group J

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Group K

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Group L

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Group M

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Group N

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Conference 1

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Source: Group results
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Superior point difference; 3) Higher number of point scored

Conference 2

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Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Superior point difference; 3) Higher number of point scored

Round of 32

The round of 32 were played between 16 December 2015 and 3 February 2016. The two top teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the Round of 32, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the round of 32.
  4. Points scored during the round of 32.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each round of 32 match.

Group O

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Group P

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Group Q

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Group R

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Group S

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Group T

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Group U

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Group V

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Knockout stage

 
Round of 16
17 February–2 March
Quarter-finals
16–30 March
Semifinals
29 April
Final
1 May
 
              
 
 
 
 
France ASVEL0
 
 
 
Belgium Port of Antwerp Giants 2
 
Belgium Port of Antwerp Giants1
 
 
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese2
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese2
 
 
 
Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep1
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese91
 
 
 
France Élan Chalon82
 
France Élan Chalon2
 
 
 
Belgium Telenet Oostende 1
 
France Élan Chalon2
 
 
 
Ukraine Khimik0
 
Romania Energia Târgu Jiu 1
 
 
 
Ukraine Khimik2
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese62
 
 
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners66
 
Latvia Ventspils0
 
 
 
Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 2
 
Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion1
 
 
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners2
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners2
 
 
 
Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca0
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners59
 
 
 
Russia Enisey56 Third place
 
Turkey Türk Telekom 0
 
  
 
Russia Enisey2
 
Russia Enisey2France Élan Chalon103
 
 
 
Croatia Cibona1 Russia Enisey72
 
Lithuania Juventus 0
 
 
Croatia Cibona2
 

Round of 16

Game 1 will be played on February 17. Game 2 will be played on February 24. Game 3, if necessary, will be played on March 2.

The eight winners of each series will qualify for the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams will be eliminated.

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Quarter-finals

Game 1 will be played on March 16. Game 2 will be played on March 23. Game 3 will be played, if necessary, on March 30. Teams with better record in the Round of 32 had the home advantage.

The four winners of each series will qualify to the Final Four, while the other four teams will be eliminated.

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Final Four

On April 6, 2016, Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône was announced as the venue for the Final Four.[5]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese91
 
1 May
 
France Élan Chalon82
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese62
 
29 April
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners66
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners59
 
 
Russia Enisey56
 
Third place game
 
 
1 May
 
 
France Élan Chalon103
 
 
Russia Enisey72

Honours

Final Four MVP

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Starting Five

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

To be considered a statistical leader, players had to have played a minimum of 10 games.

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Individual game highs

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Finals rosters

Jordan Theodore won the 2015-16 FIBA Europe Cup with Frankfurt.

Germany Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt Jordan Theodore, Quantez Robertson, Johannes Voigtmann, Philip Scrubb, Aaron Doornekamp, Danilo Barthel, Mike Morrison, John Little, Konstantin Klein, Johannes Richter, Max Merz, Stefan Ilzhöfer, Tomas Dimša, Tim Oldenburg, Garai Zeeb. Coach: Gordon Herbert
Italy Openjobmetis Varese Chris Wright, Brandon Davies, Maalik Wayns, Rihards Kuksiks, Kristjan Kangur, Luca Campani, Daniele Cavaliero, Giancarlo Ferrero, Mouhammad Faye, Ovidijus Varanauskas, Lorenzo Molinaro, Manuel Rossi, Umberto Pietrini, Filippo Testa, Jacopo Lepri, Ramon Galloway, Mychel Thompson, Jevohn Shepherd. Coach: Paolo Moretti

See also


References

  1. "FIBA Europe Board pushes ahead with attractive club competitions model". FIBA Europe. June 30, 2015.
  2. O'Neill, Michael (22 July 2015). "Basketball Ireland to enter new FIBA Europe Competition". SportsNewsIreland.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. "Domzale Replace Timișoara". FIBA Europe. September 29, 2015.

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