2015–16 Eurocup Basketball

2015–16 Eurocup Basketball
2015–16 Eurocup Basketball
Season	2015–16
Duration	13 October 2015 – 27 April 2016 (competition proper)
Games played	306
Teams	36+8 (competition proper)
Regular season
Season MVP	Errick McCollum
Finals
Champions	Galatasaray Odeabank (1st title)
Runners-up	SIG Strasbourg
Semi-finalists	Herbalife Gran Canaria; Dolomiti Energia Trento
Finals MVP	Stéphane Lasme
Awards
Coach of the Year	Maurizio Buscaglia
Rising Star	Mateusz Ponitka
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Keith Langford
Rebounds	Adrien Moerman
Assists	Quino Colom
Index Rating	Errick McCollum
Records
Biggest home win	Herbalife Gran Canaria 108–61 Hapoel Jerusalem; (10 February 2016)
Biggest away win	EWE Baskets Oldenburg 60–94 Dominion Bilbao Basket; (27 October 2015)
Highest scoring	PAOK 104–99 Avtodor Saratov; (9 December 2015)
Winning streak	12 games; Valencia Basket
Losing streak	9 games; Krasny Oktyabr
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2016.

The 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball season was the 14th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup.

Season2015–16

Duration13 October 2015 – 27 April 2016 (competition proper)

Games played306

Teams36+8 (competition proper)

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The 2016 Eurocup Finals were played between Galatasaray Odeabank and SIG Strasbourg, and won by Galatasaray, which was their first title in a European-wide competition. As the winners of the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball competition, Galatasaray qualified for the European top-tier level 2016–17 EuroLeague.

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Euroleague
Regular season (36 teams)	3 best-placed teams from Adriatic 3 best-placed teams from France 3 best-placed teams from Italy 3 best-placed teams from Germany 3 best-placed teams from Russia 3 best-placed teams from Spain 2 best-placed teams from Israel 2 best-placed teams from Lithuania 2 best-placed teams from Turkey 1 best-placed team from Belgium 1 best-placed team from Czech Republic 1 best-placed team from Finland 1 best-placed team from Greece 1 best-placed team from Latvia 1 best-placed team from Poland 1 best-placed team from Ukraine 1 best-placed team from United Kingdom 4 wild cards
Last 32 (32 teams)		6 group winners from the regular season 6 group runners-up from the regular season 6 group third-placed teams from the regular season 6 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season	4 fifth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season 4 sixth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season
Knockout stage (16 teams)		8 group winners from the Last 32 8 group runners-up from the Last 32

Last 32
Bayern Munich (EL RS)	Limoges CSP (EL RS)	Pınar Karşıyaka (EL RS)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (EL RS)
SIG Strasbourg (EL RS)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (EL RS)	Stelmet Zielona Góra (EL RS)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (EL RS)
Regular season
Conference 1		Conference 2
Alba Berlin (3rd)	Valencia Basket (4th)	Nizhny Novgorod (4th)	PAOK (3rd)
ratiopharm Ulm (4th)	Dominion Bilbao Basket (5th)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (5th)	Aris (WC)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (5th)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (8th)	UNICS (6th)	AEK (WC)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (AV)	CAI Zaragoza (WC)	Avtodor Saratov (AV)	Lietuvos rytas (2nd)
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (AV)	Le Mans Sarthe (3rd)	Krasny Oktyabr (WC)	Neptūnas (WC)
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (2nd)	SLUC Nancy (4th)	Banvit (6th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (1st)
Umana Reyer Venezia (4th)	JSF Nanterre (5th)	Trabzonspor Medical Park (4th)	Budućnost VOLI (3rd)
Dolomiti Energia Trento (5th)	Union Olimpija (5th)	Galatasaray Odeabank (WC)	Steaua CSM EximBank București (WC)
Enel Basket Brindisi (WC)	Proximus Spirou (AV)	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (WC)	Szolnoki Olaj (AV)

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Regular season	Round 1	9 July 2015	13–14 October 2015
	Round 2		20–21 October 2015
	Round 3		27–28 October 2015
	Round 4		3–4 November 2015
	Round 5		10–11 November 2015
	Round 6		17–18 November 2015
	Round 7		24–25 November 2015
	Round 8		1–2 December 2015
	Round 9		8–9 December 2015
	Round 10		15–16 December 2015
Last 32	Round 1		5–6 January 2016
	Round 2		12–13 January 2016
	Round 3		19–20 January 2016
	Round 4		26–27 January 2016
	Round 5		2–3 February 2016
	Round 6		9–10 February 2016
Playoffs	Eighthfinals		24 February 2016	1–2 March 2016
	Quarterfinals		15–16 March 2016	22–23 March 2016
	Semifinals		29–30 March 2016	6 April 2016
	Finals		22 April 2016	27 April 2016

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	DBB	TRE	UOL	EWE	JSF	TBB
1	Dominion Bilbao Basket	10	8	2	856	729	+127	Advance to Last 32	—	104–91	80–83	73–68	73–76	95−80
2	Dolomiti Energia Trento	10	7	3	875	827	+48		75–80	—	90–77	80–69	70–55	98–96
3	Union Olimpija	10	5	5	799	828	−29		63–84	98–97	—	81–82	78−65	77–82
4	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	10	4	6	764	820	−56		60–94	80−93	75–77	—	84–81	77–70
5	JSF Nanterre	10	4	6	772	801	−29		52–83	79–85	85–72	83–92	—	101–78
6	Telekom Baskets Bonn	10	2	8	838	899	−61		81–90	89–96	88–93	88–77	86–95	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	HGC	MHP	REG	ALB	MSB	NBB
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria	10	8	2	839	752	+87	Advance to Last 32	—	95−75	76–67	83–78	77–62	103–76
2	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	10	7	3	811	732	+79		92–89	—	65–76	79–60	90–49	84–80
3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	10	6	4	778	759	+19		73–78	69–68	—	74–71	93–82	82–79
4	Alba Berlin	10	5	5	774	790	−16		84–71	79–90	82–76	—	80–86	80–79
5	Le Mans Sarthe	10	3	7	721	785	−64		74–79	75–81	71–87	84–88	—	66–45
6	Enel Basket Brindisi	10	1	9	710	815	−105		71–88	60–87	87–81	68–72	65−72	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	VBC	CAI	ULM	URV	SPI	SLU
1	Valencia Basket	10	10	0	809	689	+120	Advance to Last 32	—	87–68	93–88	88–59	97–76	77−65
2	CAI Zaragoza	10	7	3	760	757	+3		76−84	—	69–59	82–72	80–70	75–71
3	ratiopharm Ulm	10	4	6	804	792	+12		79–82	81–84	—	87–68	76−77	90−73
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	10	4	6	721	760	−39		58–62	77−79	90−78	—	73–69	70−67
5	Proximus Spirou	10	3	7	731	782	−51		49−65	80−69	80−86	86–83	—	81–86
6	SLUC Nancy	10	2	8	714	759	−45		71–74	76–78	76–80	62−71	67–63	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	ARI	UNK	TRA	BAN	POD	STE
1	Aris	10	7	3	731	701	+30	Advance to Last 32	—	76–70	78–70	72–53	75–57	70–66
2	UNICS	10	7	3	800	722	+78		73–74	—	78–64	78–69	91–77	94–68
3	Trabzonspor Medical Park	10	5	5	754	759	−5		74–71	73–80	—	96–88	75–71	82–67
4	Banvit	10	5	5	770	757	+13		96–84	79–85	71–67	—	76–68	90–60
5	Budućnost VOLI	10	4	6	747	725	+22		75–56	73–63	79–82	83–70	—	89–56
6	Steaua CSM EximBank București	10	2	8	676	814	−138		67–77	71–88	76–71	64–78	81–75	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	ZEN	AVT	PBC	SZO	BJK	LRY
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	10	8	2	820	746	+74	Advance to Last 32	—	81–88	76−66	89–64	82–58	92–84
2	Avtodor Saratov	10	7	3	947	839	+108		85−90	—	90–68	104–78	93−83	109–92
3	PAOK	10	5	5	773	831	−58		70−89	104–99	—	72−69	80–100	81–76
4	Szolnoki Olaj	10	4	6	763	827	−64		75–84	83–79	78–69	—	85–67	65–89
5	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	10	4	6	810	842	−32		91–67	79−103	73–75	76–67	—	92–103
6	Lietuvos rytas	10	2	8	856	884	−28		65–70	81–97	81–88	98−99	87−91	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	GSL	NEP	NIZ	JER	AEK	OKT
1	Galatasaray Odeabank	10	7	3	867	789	+78	Advance to Last 32	—	76–82	87–85	87–79	89−65	103–76
2	Neptūnas	10	6	4	829	807	+22		90−94	—	82–75	87−85	80–86	99–90
3	Nizhny Novgorod	10	6	4	801	780	+21		81–75	78–82	—	92−71	86–79	82−74
4	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	5	5	808	798	+10		86–82	74−59	70–74	—	82–78	92–90
5	AEK	10	5	5	794	812	−18		73−86	75–71	87–70	75–74	—	94−96
6	Krasny Oktyabr	10	1	9	797	910	−113		72–88	74–97	73−78	74–95	78–82	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	BAY	BAN	DBB	ULM
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	476	454	+22	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	77–62	88–90	83–69
2	Banvit	6	4	2	487	455	+32	Advance to Eighthfinals	83–85	—	73–65	92–72
3	Dominion Bilbao Basket	6	3	3	483	464	+19		76–78	76–85	—	83–65
4	ratiopharm Ulm	6	1	5	435	508	−73		74–65	80–92	75–93	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	EWE	LIM	VBC	PBC
1	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	4	2	494	490	+4	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	92–88	89–108	83–71
2	Limoges CSP	6	3	3	494	467	+27	Advance to Eighthfinals	78–87	—	82–67	79–61
3	Valencia Basket	6	3	3	474	462	+12		77–62	72–92	—	78–62
4	PAOK	6	2	4	425	468	−43		68–81	88–75	75–72	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	EA7	ALB	ARI	NEP
1	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	6	4	2	474	442	+32	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	91–78	95–54	79–71
2	Alba Berlin	6	3	3	447	433	+14	Advance to Eighthfinals	83–67	—	82–67	76–62
3	Aris	6	3	3	429	438	−9		83–68	73–63	—	84–58
4	Neptūnas	6	2	4	409	446	−37		73–74	73–65	72–68	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	TRE	KSK	TRA	REG
1	Dolomiti Energia Trento	6	4	2	470	467	+3	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	76–72	73–89	82–63
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	498	426	+72	Advance to Eighthfinals	79–85	—	81–68	109–66
3	Trabzonspor Medical Park	6	3	3	450	465	−15		92–70	43–76	—	82–76
4	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	6	2	4	454	514	−60		72–84	88–81	89–76	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	ZEN	ZGA	MHP	URV
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	4	2	479	470	+9	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	69–73	83–80	79–72
2	Stelmet Zielona Góra	6	3	3	458	463	−5	Advance to Eighthfinals	76–90	—	76–81	83–92
3	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	6	3	3	477	468	+9		85–72	73–82	—	94–84
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	6	2	4	461	474	−13		84–86	58–68	71–64	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	UNK	NIZ	MTA	UOL
1	UNICS	6	6	0	495	449	+46	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	84–74	78–68	72–64
2	Nizhny Novgorod	6	3	3	490	482	+8	Advance to Eighthfinals	78–80	—	83–87	81–74
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	4	469	494	−25		82–92	84–95	—	82–73
4	Union Olimpija	6	1	5	440	469	−29		83–89	73–79	73–66	—

Eighthfinals February 24 – March 2				Quarterfinals March 15 – March 23				Semifinals March 29 – April 6				Finals April 22 – April 27



Bayern Munich	82	84	166

Alba Berlin	82	75	157
				Bayern Munich	99	59	158

				Galatasaray Odeabank	89	72	161
Galatasaray Odeabank	64	93	157

Pınar Karşıyaka	67	65	132
								Galatasaray Odeabank	89	81	170

								Herbalife Gran Canaria	75	94	169
Herbalife Gran Canaria	82	77	159

Limoges CSP	65	78	143
				Herbalife Gran Canaria	93	83	176

				Stelmet Zielona Góra	82	86	168
UNICS	72	54	126

Stelmet Zielona Góra	68	71	139
												Galatasaray Odeabank	62	78	140

												SIG Strasbourg	66	67	133
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	78	64	142

SIG Strasbourg	76	93	169
				SIG Strasbourg	94	91	185

				Nizhny Novgorod	85	91	176
Zenit Saint Petersburg	76	89	165

Nizhny Novgorod	102	74	176
								SIG Strasbourg	68	86	154

								Dolomiti Energia Trento	74	78	152

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herbalife Gran Canaria	169–170	Galatasaray Odeabank	75–89	94–81
Dolomiti Energia Trento	152–154	SIG Strasbourg	74–68	78–86

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Keith Langford	UNICS	16	315	19.69
2.	Ryan Toolson	Zenit Saint Petersburg	15	278	18.53
3.	Travis Peterson	Avtodor Saratov	16	289	18.06

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	GSL	CAI	DSS	SZO
1	Galatasaray Odeabank	6	4	2	493	414	+79	Advance to Eighthfinals	—	103–68	87–69	87–59
2	CAI Zaragoza	6	4	2	480	451	+29	Advance to Eighthfinals	85–68	—	87–75	88–60
3	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	6	3	3	463	480	−17		79–74	75–72	—	90–74
4	Szolnoki Olaj	6	1	5	403	494	−91		54–74	70–80	86–75	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	166–157	Alba Berlin	82–82	84–75
Herbalife Gran Canaria	159–143	Limoges CSP	82–65	77–78
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	142–169	SIG Strasbourg	78–76	64–93
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	151–145	Banvit	72–69	79–76
Dolomiti Energia Trento	162–150	CAI Zaragoza	83–85	79–65
Zenit Saint Petersburg	165–176	Nizhny Novgorod	76–102	89–74
UNICS	126–139	Stelmet Zielona Góra	72–68	54–71
Galatasaray Odeabank	157–132	Pınar Karşıyaka	64–67	93–65

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray Odeabank	161–158	Bayern Munich	89–99	72–59
Herbalife Gran Canaria	176–168	Stelmet Zielona Góra	93–82	83–86
SIG Strasbourg	185–176	Nizhny Novgorod	94–85	91–91
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	152–175	Dolomiti Energia Trento	73–83	79–92

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Index Rating	PIR
1.	Jeff Brooks	Avtodor Saratov	13	277	21.31
2.	Keith Langford	UNICS	16	339	21.19
3.	Errick McCollum	Galatasaray Odeabank	20	423	21.15

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Adrien Moerman	Banvit	18	154	8.56
2.	Jon Brockman	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	16	132	8.25
3.	Jeff Brooks	Avtodor Saratov	13	107	8.23

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Quino Colom	UNICS	18	137	7.61
2.	Dmitry Khvostov	Nizhny Novgorod	20	134	6.70
3.	Courtney Fortson	Banvit	18	104	5.78

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Roderick Trice	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	15	2.20
Blocks per game	D'or Fischer	Hapoel Jerusalem	14	1.64
2PT %	Pere Tomàs	CAI Zaragoza	13	70.97 %
3PT %	Ryan Toolson	Zenit Saint Petersburg	15	51.58 %
FT %	Kostas Vasileiadis	PAOK	13	100.00 %

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Index Rating	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	55
Points	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	42
Rebounds	4 times		17
Assists	D. J. Cooper	Krasny Oktyabr	14
Assists	Zabian Dowdell	Zenit Saint Petersburg	14
Steals	Chris Kramer	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	8
Blocks	5 times		5

Position	All-Eurocup First Team		All-Eurocup Second Team		Ref
Position	Player	Club	Player	Club	Ref
G	Errick McCollum	Galatasaray Odeabank	Kevin Pangos	Herbalife Gran Canaria	^[8]
G	Mardy Collins	SIG Strasbourg	Victor Rudd	Nizhny Novgorod
F	Vladimir Micov	Galatasaray Odeabank	Mateusz Ponitka	Stelmet Zielona Góra
F	Davide Pascolo	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Julian Wright	Dolomiti Energia Trento
C	Alen Omić	Herbalife Gran Canaria	Stéphane Lasme	Galatasaray Odeabank

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Raymar Morgan	ratiopharm Ulm	41	^[11]
2	Dragan Milosavljević	Alba Berlin	29	^[12]
3	Zabian Dowdell	Zenit Saint Petersburg	51	^[13]
4	Zack Wright	Union Olimpija	36	^[14]
4	Errick McCollum	Galatasaray Odeabank	36	^[14]
5	E. J. Rowland	Hapoel Jerusalem	38	^[15]
5	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	AEK	38	^[15]
6	Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2)	AEK	36	^[16]
6	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Lietuvos rytas	36	^[16]
7	Billy Baron	Proximus Spirou	36	^[17]
7	Paul Stoll	Avtodor Saratov	36	^[17]
8	Tywain McKee	Le Mans Sarthe	36	^[18]
9	Quino Colom	UNICS	38	^[19]
10	Keith Langford	UNICS	31	^[20]

Distribution

FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

Teams

Draw

Conference 1

Group A

Group B

Group C

Conference 2

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Bracket

Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Index Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Game highs

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

Round MVP

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Quino Colom (2)	UNICS	41	^[21]
2	Quino Colom (3)	UNICS	47	^[22]
3	Stéphane Lasme	Galatasaray Odeabank	35	^[23]
4	Adrien Moerman	Banvit	38	^[24]
5	Travis Peterson	Avtodor Saratov	33	^[25]
6	Alen Omić	Herbalife Gran Canaria	37	^[26]

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Victor Rudd	Nizhny Novgorod	32	^[27]
2	Errick McCollum (2)	Galatasaray Odeabank	29	^[28]

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Alen Omić (2)	Herbalife Gran Canaria	27	^[29]
	Mardy Collins	SIG Strasbourg
	Deon Thompson	Bayern Munich
2	Dominique Sutton	Dolomiti Energia Trento	34	^[30]

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Chuck Davis	Galatasaray Odeabank	29	^[31]
2	D. J. Seeley	Herbalife Gran Canaria	28	^[32]