2015–16 EuroLeague Women

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EuroLeague Women
Champions Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Runners-up Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
Third place Turkey Fenerbahçe
Fourth place Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Teams 16 (Regular Season)
Games played 125
Duration 14 October 2015 — 17 April 2016
Awards
Finals MVP Diana Taurasi

The 2015–16 EuroLeague Women season is the 25th edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name.

Teams

Teams and seedings were unveiled by FIBA Europe on 3 July 2015.[1]

Regular season
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) Turkey AGÜ Spor (2nd) Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Slovakia Good Angels Košice (1st)
Russia Nadezhda Orenburg (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (3rd) Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków (1st) Italy Famila Schio (1st)
Russia Dynamo Kursk (3rd) France Tango Bourges Basket (1st) Hungary Uniqa Sopron (1st) Belgium Mithra Castors Braine (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank (1st) France Villeneuve-d'Ascq (2nd) Spain Spar CityLift Girona (1st)
Qualification round
Spain CB Avenida (2nd) Czech Republic BK Zabiny Brno (2nd)

Draw

17 teams registered for EuroLeague Women 2015–16,[2] resulting in 15 direct qualifiers, and one preliminary round to be played between BK Brno and CB Avenida.[3] However, on August 6, BK Brno announced its withdrawal from European competitions due to financial reasons, automatically qualifying Perfumerías Avenida to the Regular Season[4]

Seed Regular Season
1 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg Turkey Fenerbahçe
2 Turkey Galatasaray Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
3 France Tango Bourges Basket Russia Dynamo Kursk
4 Slovakia Good Angels Košice Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
5 Turkey AGÜ Spor Italy Famila Schio
6 Poland Wisła Can-Pack Krakow France Villeneuve-d'Ascq
7 Hungary Uniqa Sopron Belgium Mithra Castors Braine
8 Spain Spar CityLift Girona QR Winner

Regular season

caption=Location of teams of the 2015–16 Euroleague Women regular season.
Green pog.svg Green: Group A; Red pog.svg Red: Group B.

Regular season will start on October 14 and will finish on February 10, 2016.

The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.

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 game.

Group A

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Group B

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Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals will be played on March 8, 11 and 16, 2016.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st 2nd 3rd
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 Poland Wisła Can-Pack Kraków 79–70 79–63
Famila Schio Italy 0–2 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 56–68 53–86
UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 2–1 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 72–56 57–66 86–66
Nadezhda Orenburg Russia 2–0 Russia Dynamo Kursk 78–68 73–70

Final Four

The Final Four will be played on April 15 and 17, 2016.

Semi-finals
15 April
Final
17 April
  Turkey Fenerbahçe   68  
  Russia Nadezhda Orenburg   74  
 
      Russia Nadezhda Orenburg   69
    Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg   72
Third place
  Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha   72   Turkey Fenerbahçe   73
  Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg   78     Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha   69


2015–16 EuroLeague Women Champions
Russia
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Third title

Statistical leaders

Points

Rk Name Team Games Points PPG
1 United States Diana Taurasi Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 298 21.3
2 United States Nneka Ogwumike Russia Dynamo Kursk 14 248 17.7
3 Serbia Sonja Petrović Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 9 152 16.9
4 United States DeWanna Bonner Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 14 232 16.6
5 United States Lynetta Kizer Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 9 144 16.0

Rebounds

Rk Name Team Games Points RPG
1 United States Crystal Langhorne Slovakia Good Angels Košice 14 151 10.8
2 United States DeWanna Bonner Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 14 136 9.7
3 United States Kia Vaughn Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 128 9.1
4 United States Lara Sanders Turkey AGÜ Spor 13 118 9.1
5 United States Nneka Ogwumike Russia Dynamo Kursk 14 121 8.6

Assists

Rk Name Team Games Assists APG
1 Spain Laia Palau Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 99 7.1
2 Belgium Marjorie Carpréaux Belgium Mithra Castors Braine 14 75 5.4
3 Spain Silvia Domínguez Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 73 5.2
4 Turkey Birsel Vardarlı Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 72 5.1
5 Turkey Işıl Alben Turkey Galatasaray OdeaBank 14 69 4.9

See also

References

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