The 2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was 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 was the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

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Turkish Airlines Euroleague1
The Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin hosted the Final Four
Season	2015–16
Duration	15 October 2015 – 15 May 2016 (competition proper)
Number of games	250
Number of teams	24
Regular season
Season MVP	Nando de Colo
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (7th title)
Runners-up	Fenerbahçe
Third place	Lokomotiv Kuban
Fourth place	Laboral Kutxa
Final Four MVP	Nando de Colo
Statistical leaders
Points Nando de Colo 19.4 Rebounds Ioannis Bourousis 8.7 Assists Thomas Heurtel 7.9 Index Rating Nando de Colo 24.3
Records
Biggest home win	Khimki 91–53 Crvena zvezda (30 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Limoges 71–107 Laboral Kutxa (29 October 2015)
Highest scoring	Darüşşafaka 100–106 Fenerbahçe (22 January 2016)
Winning streak	9 games Fenerbahçe
Losing streak	10 games Dinamo Sassari
Highest attendance	18,150 Crvena zvezda 69–67 Panathinaikos (11 March 2016)
Lowest attendance	1,497 Cedevita 83–62 Crvena zvezda (8 April 2016)
Total attendance	1,832,920
Average attendance	7,332
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2016. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

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The 2016 Euroleague Final was played between CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahçe at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.^[1] CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe 101–96 on extra time in the final to win their seventh European Cup/Euroleague title. Real Madrid were the title holders, but they were eliminated by Fenerbahçe in the playoffs.

A total of 24 teams participated in the 2015–16 Euroleague.^[2]

Teams

See also: 2015–16 Euroleague squads

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):^[4]

• A: Qualified through an A–licence, based on the Euroleague club ranking and other regulations.
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

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Regular season
FC Barcelona Lassa (A)	Pınar Karşıyaka (1st)[Note TUR]	Panathinaikos (A)	Strasbourg (WC)
Laboral Kutxa (A)	Darüşşafaka Doğuş (WC)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (A)	Brose Baskets (1st)
Real MadridTH (A)	CSKA Moscow (A)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (1st)	Bayern Munich (WC)
Unicaja (3rd)	Khimki (2nd)	Crvena zvezda Telekom (1st)[Note ABA]	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (A)
Anadolu Efes (A)	Lokomotiv Kuban (WC)	Cedevita (2nd)[Note ABA]	Žalgiris (A)
Fenerbahçe (A)	Olympiacos (A)	Limoges (1st)	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1st)

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Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Crvena zvezda Telekom and Cedevita qualified through the ABA League.
2. ^
   Turkey (TUR): As the Eurocup champion, Khimki, was qualified through a B–licence, an additional B–licence was given to the 2014–15 Turkish League champion, Pınar Karşıyaka.

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2][5]

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 13:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.^[5] The 24 teams were drawn into four 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.^[5]

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Pot 1 Team Pts CSKA Moscow 178 Real Madrid 178 FC Barcelona Lassa 171 Olympiacos 170	Pot 2 Team Pts Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 151 Panathinaikos 142 Fenerbahçe 129 Anadolu Efes 126	Pot 3 Team Pts Khimki 125 Laboral Kutxa 119 Lokomotiv Kuban 118 Unicaja 112
Pot 4 Team Pts Žalgiris 109 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 96 Crvena zvezda Telekom 95 Brose Baskets 80	Pot 5 Team Pts Pınar Karşıyaka 69† Darüşşafaka Doğuş 69† Cedevita 63 Bayern Munich 63	Pot 6 Team Pts Banco di Sardegna Sassari 57 Stelmet Zielona Góra 52 Strasbourg 48 Limoges 35†

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^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

FC Barcelona

Real Madrid

Laboral Kutxa

Unicaja

EA7 Milano

Dinamo Sassari

Anadolu Efes

Fenerbahçe

Pinar Karşıyaka

Darüşşafaka

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Žalgiris

CSKA Moscow

Khimki

Lokomotiv

Maccabi FOX

Crvena zvezda

Cedevita

Limoges

Strasbourg

Zielona Góra

Brose Baskets

Bayern Munich

Location of teams of the 2015–16 Euroleague regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

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

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

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Source: Euroleague

Group B

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

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Source: Euroleague

Group C

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

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Source: Euroleague

Group D

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

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Source: Euroleague

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

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

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Source: Euroleague

Group F

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

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Source: Euroleague

In the playoffs, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games, before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the highest Top 16 place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) game of the series at home.

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

Series

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Team 1	Series	Team 2 v t e	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fenerbahçe	3–0	Real Madrid	75–69	100–78	75–63
Laboral Kutxa	3–0	Panathinaikos	84–68	82–78	84–75
CSKA Moscow	3–0	Crvena zvezda Telekom	84–74	77–76	78–71
Lokomotiv Kuban	3–2	FC Barcelona Lassa	66–61	66–92	70–82	92–80	81–67

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The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four. The semifinals were played on May 13, while the third place game and championship game were played on May 15, 2016. The event was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.

	Semifinals				Championship game
	13 May
	Fenerbahçe	88
					15 May
	Laboral Kutxa	77
					Fenerbahçe	96
	13 May
					CSKA Moscow	101
	CSKA Moscow	88
	Lokomotiv Kuban	81
					Third place game
					15 May
					Laboral Kutxa	75
					Lokomotiv Kuban	85

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