2014–15 Euroleague

Allocation

• The 12 teams with an A-Licence from the 2013–14 Euroleague, based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.
• The 2013–14 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
• The rest of the teams places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 13 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. At least the first 9 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition.
• If the Eurocup champion was qualified by receiving a B licence or some team with it resigned from the competition, a wild card had to be given by the Euroleague.

• The club had the lowest ranking of all clubs with an A Licence, according to the Club Ranking.
• The club had ranked among the clubs placed in the bottom half of the national championship final standings.
• The club had financial problems.
• In Spanish League, when the champion and/or the runner-up of the league were teams without an A licence. In that case, the A licence club with the lowest position would play in Eurocup in the next season. If that happened three times in five years, the A licence of the club would have been cancelled.

  Euroleague allocation criteria

A licences

The A licence of EA7 Milano expired on June 2014, but Euroleague confirmed it as an A licensed team. Montepaschi Siena did not play in the Euroleague, due to financial troubles. B licences B licences could be given to every team without an A licence. If in the allocation appeared a team with A licence, the next team in the criteria would receive the B licence, which qualified directly to the Regular Season. A licensed teams B licensed teams Wild cards Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round Notes: Teams from Serbia and Croatia qualified through ABA League, and not through their national leagues. C licence, replacements and wildcards ;To the regular season Valencia Alba Berlin Dinamo Sassari Crvena Zvezda ;To the qualifying rounds UNICS Hapoel Jerusalem ASVEL VEF Rīga Teams The participating teams for the season were announced on June 25, 2014. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round : A: Qualified through an A–licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs QR: Qualifying rounds WC: Wild card EC: Champion of the 2013–14 Eurocup Qualifying rounds Eight teams participated in a single-venue tournament format that took place in Ostend, Belgium, from 23 to 26 September. The winner advanced to the Euroleague regular season. Squads Draw Teams were seeded into six pots of four 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 or league could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the Eurocup bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league could occupy in the draw was calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Olympiacos Real Madrid Maccabi Electra Panathinaikos Valencia Anadolu Efes Unicaja Fenerbahçe Ülker Laboral Kutxa Žalgiris Alba Berlin Galatasaray EA7 Milano Nizhny Novgorod † Crvena Zvezda Cedevita Bayern Munich Dinamo Sassari PGE Turów † Neptūnas † Limoges † UNICS ^ Notes: † indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play. ^ indicates team qualified through the qualifying rounds Regular season The regular season was played between October 16 and December 19. 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 game. Top four places in each group advanced to Bottom two teams in each group entered 2014–15 Eurocup Last 32 round Group A Group B Group C Group D Top 16 The Top 16 began on December 30 and ended on April 10, 2015. If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record between teams still tied. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Top 16. Points scored during the Top 16. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 game. Top four places in each group advanced to Playoffs Eliminated See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points. Group E Group F Quarterfinals Final Four The Final Four was the last stage of the Euroleague, consisting of the four winners from the quarterfinals. The semifinal games were played on 15 May, while the third place game and championship game were played on 17 May 2015. The Final Four was hosted by the Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain. Attendances Average home attendances Updated on 5 May 2015 Source: Top 10 Individual statistics Rating Points Rebounds Assists Other statistics Game highs Awards [Euroleague MVP] Nemanja Bjelica [Euroleague Final Four MVP] Andrés Nocioni [All-Euroleague Team]s Top Scorer ([Alphonso Ford Trophy]) Taylor Rochestie Best Defender">Euroleague Best Defender">Best Defender Bryant Dunston Rising Star">Euroleague Rising Star">Rising Star Bogdan Bogdanović MVP of the Week Regular season Top 16 Quarter-finals MVP of the Month Month Player Team October 2014 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos November 2014 Dario Šarić Anadolu Efes December 2014 Devin Smith Maccabi Electra January 2015 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow February 2015 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid March 2015 Nemanja Bjelica Fenerbahçe Ülker April 2015 Georgios Printezis Olympiacos