The 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season was the 13th edition of Europe's
second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional
basketball
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clubs, the
EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the
EuroLeague
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.
Khimki
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won the competition, after beating
Herbalife Gran Canaria in the
Finals
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, and earned a spot in the regular season of the
2015–16 Euroleague
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.
Competition format
The competition format was the same as in the
2013–14 season, but reducing the Regular Season. For this year 36 teams joined this first stage and were divided into two conferences.
The Regular Season featured six groups of six teams each one, where the four best teams qualified to the Last 32 stage with the eight teams that do not qualify to the
2014–15 Euroleague Top 16. From this stage to the final, the format was the same as in the last season.
Teams
Teams were confirmed on June 26 by the company
Euroleague Basketball
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.
Notes:
† Qualified through wild card
^ Qualified as loser of Euroleague qualifying round
Draw
The draws for the 2014–15 Eurocup were held on Monday, 29 September, after the
Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.
Teams were divided into two geographical conferences with 18 teams and 3 groups each.
For the each conference teams were seeded into six pots of Three teams in accordance with the
Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group if possible. The nations from the former Yugoslavia, which compete jointly in
the Adriatic League—Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina—are considered as one country for purposes of the draw.
Western Conference
Eastern Conference
Regular season
The Regular Season runs from Tuesday, October 14 to Wednesday, December 17.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
# Head-to-head record.
# Head-to-head point differential.
# Point differential during the Regular Season.
# Points scored during the regular season.
# Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Western Conference
Group A
Group B
Group C
Eastern Conference
Group D
Group E
Group F
Last 32
The Last 32 phase runs from Tuesday, January 6 to Wednesday, February 11.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 32 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
# Head-to-head record.
# Head-to-head point differential.
# Point differential during the Last 32 phase.
# Points scored during the Last 32 phase.
# Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 32 phase match.
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Knockout stage
In the knockout phase rounds will be played in a home-and-away format, with the overall cumulative score determining the winner of a round. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.
*The team that finished in the higher Last 32 place will play the second game of the series at home.
*If both teams placed the same in the Last 32, the team with more Last 32 victories will play the second game at home.
*In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative Last 32 point difference will play the second game at home.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Last 32
Eighthfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Eurocup MVP
*
Tyrese Rice (
Khimki
Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...
)
Eurocup Finals MVP
*
Tyrese Rice (
Khimki
Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area.
History Origins and formation
Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...
)
All-Eurocup Teams
Coach of the Year
*
Aíto García Reneses (
Herbalife Gran Canaria)
Rising Star
*
Kristaps Porziņģis
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2014-15 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Kristaps Porziņģis, Baloncesto Sevilla
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See also
* 2014–15 Euroleague
*2014–15 EuroChallenge
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Notes
References
External links
Eurocup official website
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EuroCup Basketball seasons
Euro
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