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
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...
, Turkey.
It was the last season of the EuroChallenge, starting from the 2015–16 season, the competition was replaced by the
FIBA Europe Cup
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.
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
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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.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round. (TH: Title holder)
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual playoffs
Draw
The draw for the regular season was held on 6 July in
Munich
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, 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
;Conference 2
Regular season
The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the
last 16
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16
The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the
quarterfinals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final mat ...
, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Quarterfinals
Final Four
The 2015 Final Four was played on 24 April and 26 April 2015 at
Hayri Gür Arena,
Trabzon
Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...
, Turkey.
Awards
Final Four MVP
*
Jamal ShulerJamal Shuler named Final Four MVP
/ref> ( JSF Nanterre)
Top Statistical Performer
Each round a Weekly MVP is chosen, determined by the Performance Index Rating (PIR) system.
Regular season
Last 16
Quarterfinals
Individual statistics
To be included in the top rankings in individual statistics, a player had to have a minimum of 9 games played.
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Season highs
See also
* 2014–15 Euroleague
* 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball
References
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FIBA EuroChallenge seasons
EuroChallenge
FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...