2014–15 EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge
Champions	JSF Nanterre 1st title
Runners-up	Trabzonspor Medical Park
Third place	Energia Târgu Jiu
Fourth place	Fraport Skyliners
Teams	32
Duration	4 November 2014 – 26 April 2015
Awards
Final Four MVP	Jamal Shuler
Statistical leaders
Points	Ryan Pearson 19.8
Rebounds	Kyrylo Fesenko 10.1
Assists	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, FIBA would organise a new second-tier 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. 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.

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Champion

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Quarterfinalist

Top 16

Regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (ranking in 2013–14)
Belgium (BLB)	3	Okapi Aalstar (2)	Belfius Mons-Hainaut (3)	Port of Antwerp Giants (4)
Romania (Divizia A)	3	CSM Oradea (2)	U Mobitelco Cluj (4)	Energia Târgu Jiu (8)
Turkey (TBL)	3	Uşak Sportif (7)	Tofaş (8)	Trabzonspor Medical Park (9)
Finland (Korisliiga)	2	Joensuun Kataja (2)	KTP Basket (4)
France (LNB Pro A)	2	Le Mans Sarthe (5)	JSF Nanterre (9)
Hungary (NBI/A)	2	Atomerőmű (2)	EGIS Körmend (8)
Germany (BBL)	2	ratiopharm Ulm (7)	Skyliners Frankfurt (11)
Italy (Serie A)	2	Enel Brindisi (6)	Angelico Biella (4) DNA Gold
Russia (VTB)	2	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (9)	Avtodor Saratov (1) BSL
Sweden (Basketligan)	2	Södertälje Kings (1)	Borås Basket (3)
Austria (ÖBL)	1	Magnofit Güssing Knights (1)
Belarus (Premier)	1	Tsmoki Minsk (1)
Bulgaria (NBL)	1	Lukoil Academic (2)
Denmark (DBL)	1	Bakken Bears (1)
Estonia (KML)	1	Tartu Ülikool/Rock (2)
Kazakhstan (KBL)	1	Astana (1)
Lithuania (LKL)	1	Šiauliai (6)
Netherlands (DBL)	1	SPM Shoeters (2)
Portugal (LPB)	1	Benfica (1)

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.

Conference 1

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
Port of Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Joensuun Kataja Södertälje Kings	KTP-Basket Bakken Bears Belfius Mons-Hainaut SPM Shoeters	JSF Nanterre Le Mans Sarthe ratiopharm Ulm Fraport Skyliners	Enel Brindisi Angelico Biella Borås Basket Benfica

Conference 2

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
Tsmoki-Minsk Tartu Ülikool/Rock Tofaş Atomerőmű	Enisey Krasnoyarsk CSM Oradea Körmend U Mobitelco Cluj	Avtodor Saratov Uşak Sportif Trabzonspor Medical Park Energia Târgu Jiu	UBC Güssing Knights Lukoil Academic Šiauliai Astana

Regular season

If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are 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.

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Top two places in each group advance to Last 16

Group A

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Enel Brindisi	6	5	1	496	400	+96	11	0
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	3	3	498	499	−1	9	1–1 (+6)
ratiopharm Ulm	6	3	3	477	467	+10	9	1–1 (–6)
Södertälje Kings	6	1	5	441	546	−105	7	0

	BRI	ULM	SÖD	SPM
Enel Brindisi		88–70	90–69	76–62
ratiopharm Ulm	76–77		88–62	91–82
Södertälje Kings	52–96	71–76		115–108
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	71–69	87–76	88–72

Group B

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Tartu University Rock	6	4	2	428	420	+8	10	0
Energia Rovinari	6	3	3	428	435	−7	9	–7 PD1
EGIS Körmend	6	3	3	447	460	−13	9	–13 PD1
Lukoil Academic	6	2	4	447	435	+12	8	0

¹ Because the head-to-head record and point differential between Energia and Körmend
were identical, point differential during the regular season was the tie-breaker.

	ROV	KÖR	LUK	TAR
Energia Târgu Jiu		73–72	72–67	74–56
EGIS Körmend	77–76		63–76	72–79
Lukoil Academic	97–74	75–80		73–75
Tartu University Rock	66–59	81–83	71–59

Group C

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Okapi Aalstar	6	5	1	557	507	+50	11	0
Fraport Skyliners	6	4	2	464	421	+43	10	0
Borås	6	3	3	505	516	−11	9	0
Bakken Bears Aarhus	6	0	6	457	539	−82	6	0

	BAK	BOR	FRA	OKA
Bakken Bears Aarhus		79–86	61–94	83–92
Borås	90–70		72–87	67–91
Fraport Skyliners	74–64	70–72		80–58
Okapi Aalstar	103–100	119–118	94–59

Group D

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Avtodor Saratov	6	5	1	530	438	+92	11	1–1 (+6)
Astana	6	5	1	492	461	+31	11	1–1 (–6)
Tofaş	6	2	4	469	504	−35	8	0
CSM Oradea	6	0	6	429	517	−88	6	0

	AVT	AST	ORA	TOF
Avtodor Saratov		83–75	92–73	80–75
Astana	75–73		80–64	73–65
CSM Oradea	74–101	74–83		69–77
Tofaş	66–101	102–106	84–75

Group E

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
JSF Nanterre	6	5	1	529	478	+51	11	1–1 (+12)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6	5	1	489	451	+38	11	1–1 (–12)
Benfica	6	2	4	486	519	−33	8	0
Kataja	6	0	6	479	535	−56	6	0

	BEL	NAN	KAT	SLB
Belfius Mons-Hainaut		94–86	71–62	92–63
JSF Nanterre	88–68		102–92	80–68
Kataja Basket	83–85	70–77		90–93
Sport Lisboa e Benfica	69–79	86–96	107–82

Group F

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Trabzonspor Medical Park	6	6	0	514	450	+64	12	0
Güssing Knights	6	4	2	477	456	+21	10	0
U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	6	1	5	442	478	−36	7	0
Atomerőmű SE	6	1	5	454	503	−49	7	0

	ATO	TS	UMO	GÜS
Atomerőmű SE		78–82	68–81	70–80
Trabzonspor Medical Park	103–81		91–72	80–72
U-Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	64–73	80–81		68–81
Güssing Knights	93–84	67–77	84–77

Group G

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Le Mans Sarthe	6	5	1	478	414	+64	11	0
Port of Antwerp Giants	6	3	3	542	514	+28	9	1–1 (+9)
Bonprix Biella	6	3	3	511	525	−14	9	1–1 (–9)
KTP	6	1	5	475	553	−78	7	0

	KTP	MSB	BIE	ANT
KTP		62–96	108–95	93–112
Le Mans Sarthe	71–52		88–74	72–66
Bonprix Biella	81–77	82–64		97–96
Port of Antwerp Giants	98–83	78–87	92–82

Group H

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	6	4	2	515	467	+48	10	0
Uşak Sportif	6	3	3	445	458	−13	9	2–0
Šiauliai	6	3	3	493	515	−22	9	0–2
Tsmoki-Minsk	6	2	4	473	486	−13	8	0

	ŠIA	TSM	ENI	UŞA
Šiauliai		83–80	93–92	75–78
Tsmoki-Minsk	91–94		76–71	85–73
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	95–79	87–82		86–68
Uşak Sportif	79–69	78–59	69–84

Last 16

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	Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
	Advance to quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group I

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Energia Târgu Jiu	6	4	2	501	498	+3	10	0
Enel Brindisi	6	3	3	485	445	+40	9	1–1 (+1)
Astana	6	3	3	512	509	+3	9	1–1 (–1)
Okapi Aalstar	6	2	4	475	521	−46	8	0

	BRI	AST	AAL	ENE
Enel Brindisi		74–65	101–66	76–78
Astana	83–75		77–73	113–89
Okapi Aalstar	86–81	108–85		82–84
Energia Târgu Jiu	67–78	90–89	93–60

Group J

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group J

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
JSF Nanterre	6	4	2	487	434	+53	10	1–1 (+5)
Le Mans Sarthe	6	4	2	464	429	+35	10	1–1 (–5)
Güssing Knights	6	2	4	458	471	−13	8	1–1 (+16)
Uşak Sportif	6	2	4	430	505	−75	8	1–1 (–16)

	USA	NAN	GÜS	MSB
Uşak Sportif		79–71	79–77	79–82
JSF Nanterre	100–67		89–86	85–68
Güssing Knights	91–63	62–82		82–65
Le Mans Sarthe	84–63	72–60	93–60

Group K

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group K

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Fraport Skyliners	6	5	1	512	471	+41	11	0
Avtodor Saratov	6	4	2	567	546	+21	10	0
Tartu University Rock	6	2	4	457	501	−44	8	0
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	6	1	5	496	514	−18	7	0

	FRA	TAR	AVT	SPM
Fraport Skyliners		92–73	68–71	75–70
Tartu University Rock	62–71		68–91	71–64
Avtodor Saratov	103–112	105–106		89–85
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch	92–94	78–77	107–108

Group L

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Group L

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
Trabzonspor Medical Park	6	5	1	502	456	+46	11	0
Enisey Krasnoyarsk	6	3	3	516	495	+21	9	1–1 (+14)
Port of Antwerp Giants	6	3	3	481	509	−28	9	1–1 (–14)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6	1	5	435	474	−39	7	0

	ENI	TRA	BEL	ANT
Enisey Krasnoyarsk		96–82	83–88	85–86
Trabzonspor Medical Park	90–85		76–68	89–79
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	71–74	56–75		77–84
Port of Antwerp Giants	78–93	72–90	82–75

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2014–15 EuroChallenge Quarterfinals

The Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three Playoffs format. Teams who were group winners in the Top 16 had home court advantage. Play began on 10 March 2015 and ended on 17 March 2015.

Seed 1	Agg.	Seed 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Energia Târgu Jiu	2–1	Le Mans Sarthe	84–60	68–79	79–64
JSF Nanterre	2–0	Enel Brindisi	80–68	77–72	N/A
Fraport Skyliners	2–1	Enisey Krasnoyarsk	77–74	68–78	85–80
Trabzonspor Medical Park	2–0	Avtodor Saratov	94–88	100–73	N/A

Final Four

Main article: 2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

The 2015 Final Four will be played on 24 April and 26 April 2015 at Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon, Turkey.

	Semifinals 24 April 2015				Final 26 April 2015
	Energia Târgu Jiu	63
	Trabzonspor MP	83
					Trabzonspor MP	63
					JSF Nanterre	64
					Third place
	JSF Nanterre	84		Energia Târgu Jiu	83
	Fraport Skyliners	79			Fraport Skyliners	80

Final

26 April 2015 19:00

Boxscore

Trabzonspor Medical Park	63–64	JSF Nanterre
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 11–18, 19–16, 16–11
Pts: Hardy 16 Rebs: Velickovic 7 Asts: Hardy 6		Pts: Campbell 15 Rebs: Jaiteh 7 Asts: 3 players 3

Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Neil Wilkinson (ENG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Milan Nedovic (SLO)

Awards

Final Four MVP

• Jamal Shuler (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	Sean Marshall	Trabzonspor	33
2	J'Covan Brown	Astana	36
3	LaMonte Ulmer	KTP	34
4	Christian Maråker	Borås	39
5	Travis Peterson	Avtodor Saratov	35
6	Stefan Wessels	SPM Shoeters	43

Last 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Kyle Weems	JSF Nanterre	39
2	Jerry Johnson	Astana	37
3	Travis Taylor	Güssing Knights	32
4	Nik Caner-Medley	Astana	28
5	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor Saratov	42
6	DeAndre Kane	Antwerp Giants	37
	Quantez Robertson	Fraport Skyliners

Quarterfinals

Johannes Voigtmann was the Round 3 MVP

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Nemanja Milosevic	Energia Târgu Jiu	33
2	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor Saratov	22
	Mykal Riley	JSF Nanterre
	Terrico White	Enisey Krasnoyarsk
3	Johannes Voigtmann	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	PPG
1	Ryan Pearson	Antwerp Giants	12	19.8
2	Dwight Hardy	Trabzonspor	16	18.1
3	J'Covan Brown	Astana	10	17.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Player	Team	GP	RPG
1	Kyrylo Fesenko	Avtodor	11	10.1
2	Travis Taylor	Güssing Knights	12	10.1
3	Nemanja Milosevic	Energia	17	8.5

Assists

Pos.	Player	Team	GP	APG
1	Courtney Fortson	Avtodor	13	9.8
2	D.J. Cooper	Enisey	15	7.9
3	Jerry Johnson	Astana	10	7.0

Season highs

	Statistic	Player	Team
Points	42	Robert Arnold	Kataja
Rebounds	20	Christian Maråker	Borås
Assists	16	Teemu Rannikko	Kataja
Steals	7	Terrico White	Enisey
Blocks	6	Dounia Issa	Le Mans Sarthe
Three-point field goals	8	Benjamin Raymond	Bonprix Biella
		Kees Akerboom, Jr.	SPM Shoeters

See also

• 2014–15 Euroleague
• 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball