The 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball season was the 14th season of

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's secondary level professional club

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tournament, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup. The

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were played between Galatasaray Odeabank and

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, 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.

Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from 15 countries participated in the 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

In July 2015, VEF Rīga, PGE Turów and

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withdrew from the competition for join to the

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and were replaced by Proximus Spirou,

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and Szolnoki Olaj. In August 2015, ČEZ Nymburk and

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withdrew from the competition for join to the

after the draw of Eurocup and were replaced by

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and

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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: *1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs *WC: Wild card *AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal *EL: Transferred from Euroleague **RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 12:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in

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. The 36 teams were drawn into six groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose,

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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. ;Conference 1 ;Conference 2

Regular season

Conference 1

Group A

Group B

Group C

Conference 2

Group D

Group E

Group F

Last 32

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Knockout stage

Bracket

Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Individual statistics

Index Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Game highs

Awards

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

Round MVP

;Regular season ;Last 32 ;Eighthfinals ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals

References

External links

Official website
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