2015–16 Euroleague

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.

Turkish Airlines Euroleague1
The Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin hosted the Final Four
Season2015–16
Duration15 October 2015 – 15 May 2016 (competition proper)
Number of games250
Number of teams24
Regular season
Season MVPFrance Nando de Colo
Finals
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (7th title)
  Runners-upTurkey Fenerbahçe
Third placeRussia Lokomotiv Kuban
Fourth placeSpain Laboral Kutxa
Final Four MVPFrance Nando de Colo
Statistical leaders
PointsFrance Nando de Colo19.4
ReboundsGreece Ioannis Bourousis8.7
AssistsFrance Thomas Heurtel7.9
Index RatingFrance Nando de Colo24.3
Records
Biggest home winKhimki 91–53 Crvena zvezda
(30 October 2015)
Biggest away winLimoges 71–107 Laboral Kutxa
(29 October 2015)
Highest scoringDarüşşafaka 100–106 Fenerbahçe
(22 January 2016)
Winning streak9 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak10 games
Dinamo Sassari
Highest attendance18,150
Crvena zvezda 69–67 Panathinaikos
(11 March 2016)
Lowest attendance1,497
Cedevita 83–62 Crvena zvezda
(8 April 2016)
Total attendance1,832,920
Average attendance7,332 Decrease
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2016.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

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.

Team allocation

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

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[3]

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the Top 16
  • 2 group runners-up from the Top 16
  • 2 group third-placed teams from the Top 16
  • 2 group fourth-placed teams from the Top 16
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 series winners from the playoffs

Teams

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
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)
Notes

Round and draw dates

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

PhaseRoundDraw dateRound date
Regular seasonRound 19 July 201515–16 October 2015
Round 222–23 October 2015
Round 329–30 October 2015
Round 45–6 November 2015
Round 512–13 November 2015
Round 618–20 November 2015
Round 726–27 November 2015
Round 82–4 December 2015
Round 910–11 December 2015
Round 1017–18 December 2015
Top 16Round 129–30 December 2015
Round 27–8 January 2016
Round 314–15 January 2016
Round 421–22 January 2016
Round 528–29 January 2016
Round 64–5 February 2016
Round 711–12 February 2016
Round 825–26 February 2016
Round 92–4 March 2016
Round 1010–11 March 2016
Round 1117–18 March 2016
Round 1223–25 March 2016
Round 1331 March–1 April 2016
Round 147–8 April 2016
PlayoffsGame 112–13 April 2016
Game 214–15 April 2016
Game 318–19 April 2016
Game 421 April 2016
Game 526 April 2016
Final FourSemifinals13 May 2016
Final15 May 2016

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]

Pot 1
TeamPts
CSKA Moscow178
Real Madrid178
FC Barcelona Lassa171
Olympiacos170
Pot 2
TeamPts
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv151
Panathinaikos142
Fenerbahçe129
Anadolu Efes126
Pot 3
TeamPts
Khimki125
Laboral Kutxa119
Lokomotiv Kuban118
Unicaja112
Pot 4
TeamPts
Žalgiris109
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan96
Crvena zvezda Telekom95
Brose Baskets80
Pot 5
TeamPts
Pınar Karşıyaka69
Darüşşafaka Doğuş69
Cedevita63
Bayern Munich63
Pot 6
TeamPts
Banco di Sardegna Sassari57
Stelmet Zielona Góra52
Strasbourg48
Limoges35
Notes
^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

Regular season

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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationFNBKHICZTRMBBAYSIG
1 Fenerbahçe1082770707+63Advance to Top 1688–8379–6177–6674−6781–64
2 Khimki1055798740+5868–7091–5384−7070–8188–62
3 Crvena Zvezda Telekom1055766813−4760–7496–9194–8885–7681−59
4 Real Madrid1055854808+4680–7382–8598–71101–9997–65
5 Bayern Munich1046763780−17Transfer to Eurocup67–8469–6079–9067–8676–61
6 Strasbourg1037711814−10391–7069–7878–7593–8669–82
Source: Euroleague

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationOLYEFSLBOCEDLIMEA7
1 Olympiacos1082761692+69Advance to Top 1668–8159–5276−6175–4973–63
2 Anadolu Efes1064863805+5887–9195–8675–8192–7489–73
3 Laboral Kutxa1064854766+8896–8992–9092–7092–5694–82
4 Cedevita1046750780−3070–8375–8176–6780–8482–85
5 Limoges1037698823−125Transfer to Eurocup67–7677–8971–10769–7874–65
6 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan1037737797−6066–7188–8478–7668–7769–77
Source: Euroleague

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationLOKFCBPAOZALKSKZGA
1 Lokomotiv Kuban1082754683+71Advance to Top 1678–7481−7080–5072–5351–66
2 FC Barcelona Lassa1064822747+7572–6877–5288–92107–7978–72
3 Panathinaikos1064756710+4671–7793–8691–5685–7382–51
4 Žalgiris1055697731−3474–7678–8572–7574–5267–56
5 Pınar Karşıyaka1037698772−74Transfer to Eurocup78–8871−6266–6966–6877–66
6 Stelmet Zielona Góra1028664748−8475–8364–9371–6862−6681–83
Source: Euroleague

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationCSKUNIBRODDIMTADSS
1 CSKA Moscow1091911784+127Advance to Top 1678–8683–7794–66100−6993–87
2 Unicaja1073761719+4276–8876−7181–6982–6880–62
3 Brose Baskets1064778720+5888–10073–5386–7677–6686–54
4 Darüşşafaka Doğuş1046704740−3675–8063–5754–6566–7083−74
5 Maccabi Tel Aviv1046750792−42Transfer to Eurocup82–8882–9385–6573–8479–63
6 Banco di Sardegna Sassari10010690839−14978–10765–7773–9060–6874–76
Source: Euroleague

Top 16

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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationFNBLOKPAOCZTEFSDDIUNICED
1 Fenerbahçe1411310951032+63Advance to Playoffs85–7982–7572–6590–8677–6980–5986–73
2 Lokomotiv Kuban14951099978+12152–5576–6786–6278–7782–5881–6087–63
3 Panathinaikos149510671027+4076–7184–7963–7483–7882–7968–6676–60
4 Crvena zvezda Telekom147710381060−2265–8880–6669–6791–8261–8087–7394–74
5 Anadolu Efes147711211106+1573–7761–7691–8685–8484–7187–6780–76
6 Darüşşafaka Doğuş145910601083−23100–10687–8684–8669–6668–7278–5572–79
7 Unicaja144109711076−10571–6764–8258–7672–7875–8570–6290–67
8 Cedevita1441010381127−8989–5975–8960–7883–6284–8077–8378–91
Source: Euroleague

Group F

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualificationCSKLBOFCBRMBKHIBROOLYZAL
1 CSKA Moscow1410412991185+114Advance to Playoffs90–7893–8295–81108–9891–7092–85100–86
2 Laboral Kutxa149511101075+3581–7175–7189–8898–8390–6476–8271–65
3 FC Barcelona Lassa148610851059+26100–9878–8172–6587–7075–5782–6692–86
4 Real Madrid147711731165+887–9668–7786–8783–7082–7984–7292–86
5 Khimki147711641138+2691–8976–6875–6182–9378–6198–66111–80
6 Brose Baskets147710731088−1591–8389–6974–7086–9084–7972–7196–63
7 Olympiacos146810831105−2296–9982–6874–6299–8489–7772–7774–59
8 Žalgiris1421210071179−17259–9468–8959–6675–9071–7675–7375–55
Source: Euroleague

Playoffs

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

Team 1SeriesGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Fenerbahçe 3–0 Real Madrid75–69100–7875–63
Laboral Kutxa 3–0 Panathinaikos84–6882–7884–75
CSKA Moscow 3–0 Crvena zvezda Telekom84–7477–7678–71
Lokomotiv Kuban 3–2 FC Barcelona Lassa66–6166–9270–8292–8081–67

Final Four

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.

 
SemifinalsChampionship 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 Kutxa75
 
 
Lokomotiv Kuban 85

Attendances

Average home attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
Final Four games45,38512,25010,65811,346−4.4%
1 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv55,30011,06011,06011,0600.0%
2 Žalgiris131,99814,7908,70211,000+8.3%
3 Laboral Kutxa153,26513,9648,36610,948+11.4%
4 Real Madrid140,01512,0189,03710,770+1.9%
5 Crvena zvezda Telekom135,70518,1504,96110,439−27.9%
6 Panathinaikos132,14816,4194,51510,165−15.7%
7 Fenerbahçe142,26412,8865,96010,162−13.5%
8 Olympiacos102,77511,6405,0068,565−4.8%
9 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan42,15111,1927,1748,430+2.5%
10 CSKA Moscow102,42712,4734,4217,316+56.4%
11 Brose Baskets81,1578,2005,6936,763−0.5%
12 Unicaja77,3079,1204,6566,442−12.0%
13 Bayern Munich31,5686,7005,8696,314+4.8%
14 FC Barcelona Lassa85,1577,1424,8676,083−9.2%
15 Strasbourg29,1366,1675,3985,827+52.6%1
16 Lokomotiv Kuban82,2287,4952,8145,482+46.2%1
17 Anadolu Efes55,5818,6852,5314,632−24.2%
18 Darüşşafaka Doğuş53,2044,9893,2914,434n/a
19 Limoges21,6234,8863,4464,325−7.1%4
20 Pınar Karşıyaka18,8555,0002,5003,771+21.6%1
21 Cedevita45,0035,2811,4973,750−0.3%
22 Stelmet Zielona Góra17,9805,0022,7503,596+46.9%1
23 Banco di Sardegna Sassari16,9814,0052,9883,396−10.2%
24 Khimki33,7073,8001,5002,809+29.5%1
League total1,832,92018,1501,4977,332−10.4%

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016
Source: gigabasket.org
Notes:
1: 2014–15 season average applied to Eurocup games.

Top 10

Pos.RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceRef
1Top 1610 Crvena zvezda Panathinaikos18,150Link
2Playoffs3 Crvena zvezda CSKA Moscow18,087Link
3Top 1613 Crvena zvezda Darüşşafaka Doğuş18,078Link
4Playoffs3 Panathinaikos Laboral Kutxa16,419Link
5Top 1613 Panathinaikos Cedevita16,366Link
6Regular Season4 Crvena zvezda Fenerbahçe16,203Link
7Top 168 Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe16,188Link
8Regular Season4 Žalgiris FC Barcelona Lassa14,790Link
9Regular Season1 Crvena zvezda Strasbourg14,338Link
10Regular Season8 Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Lassa13,972Link

Individual statistics

Rating

RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR
1. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow2765624.30
2. Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa2961221.10
3. Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban3161219.74

Points

RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG
1. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow2752519.44
2. Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban3150416.26
3. Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow2946716.10

Rebounds

RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG
1. Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa292518.66
2. Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid272137.89
3. Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe231566.78

Assists

RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG
1. Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes241907.92
2. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos271746.44
3. Sergio Rodríguez Real Madrid271676.19

Other statistics

CategoryNameTeamGamesAvg
Steals per game Nick Calathes Panathinaikos272.00
Blocks per game Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe272.26
Turnovers per game Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes243.33
Fouls drawn per game Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow276.48
Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban31
Minutes per game Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban3133:16
2FG% James Augustine Khimki230.687
3FG% Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow290.539
FT% Pau Ribas FC Barcelona Lassa270.939

Game highs

CategoryNameTeamStat
Rating Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa44
Points Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban31
Rebounds Tyler Honeycutt Khimki19
Assists Stefan Jović Crvena zvezda19
Steals Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid6
Blocks Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe7
Turnovers8 times7
Fouls Drawn Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow13

Awards

Euroleague MVP

Euroleague Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Teams

First Team[8]Second Team[8]
Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban Luigi Datome Fenerbahçe
Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Quincy Miller Crvena zvezda
Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe
Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Anthony Randolph Lokomotiv Kuban
Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Week

Regular season

GamePlayerTeamPIR
1 Patric Young Olympiacos26
2 Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa44
3 Darius Adams Laboral Kutxa29
4 Felipe Reyes Real Madrid30
5 Nicolò Melli Brose Baskets37
6 Luke Harangody Darüşşafaka Doğuş35
7 Jamel McLean EA7 Milano36
8 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow33
Maik Zirbes Crvena zvezda
9 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid41
10 Nobel Boungou Colo Limoges34

Top 16

GamePlayerTeamPIR
1 Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban41
2 Malcolm Delaney (2) Lokomotiv Kuban30
3 Felipe Reyes (2) Real Madrid32
4 Ioannis Bourousis (2) Laboral Kutxa30
Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe
5 Tyrese Rice Khimki35
6 Georgios Printezis Olympiacos37
7 Gustavo Ayón (2) Real Madrid41
8 Anthony Randolph Lokomotiv Kuban43
9 Luigi Datome Fenerbahçe29
10 Ioannis Bourousis (3) Laboral Kutxa29
11 Bradley Wanamaker Brose Baskets34
12 Tyler Honeycutt Khimki30
13 Ioannis Bourousis (4) Laboral Kutxa35
Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow
14 Nando de Colo (3) CSKA Moscow36

Playoffs

GamePlayerTeamPIR
1 Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow28
2 Kyle Hines CSKA Moscow25
Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe
3 Ekpe Udoh (2) Fenerbahçe33
4 Anthony Randolph (2) Lokomotiv Kuban28
5 Chris Singleton Lokomotiv Kuban27

MVP of the Month

MonthPlayerTeamRef.
October 2015 Malcolm Delaney Lokomotiv Kuban[13]
November 2015 Nicolò Melli Brose Baskets[14]
December 2015 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid[15]
January 2016 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe[16]
February 2016 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow[17]
March 2016 Ioannis Bourousis Laboral Kutxa[18]
April 2016 Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe[19]

See also

References

External links