2015–16 Eurocup Basketball


The 2015–16 Eurocup Basketball season was the 14th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup.
The 2016 Eurocup Finals were played between Galatasaray Odeabank and SIG Strasbourg, 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.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Euroleague
Regular season

Last 32
  • 6 group winners from the regular season
  • 6 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 6 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 6 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 fifth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season
  • 4 sixth-placed teams from Euroleague regular season
    • Knockout stage
    • 8 group winners from the Last 32
    • 8 group runners-up from the Last 32

    FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

    In July 2015, VEF Rīga, PGE Turów and Juventus withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup and were replaced by Proximus Spirou, Avtodor Saratov and Szolnoki Olaj. In August 2015, ČEZ Nymburk and Telenet Oostende withdrew from the competition for join to the FIBA Europe Cup after the draw of Eurocup and were replaced by EWE Baskets Oldenburg and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.

    Teams

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
    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 Barcelona. 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, 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.
    ;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 Basketball MVP">Eurocup MVP

    Eurocup Finals MVP">EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP">Eurocup Finals MVP

    All-Eurocup Teams">EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team">All-Eurocup Teams

    [EuroCup [Basketball Coach of the Year|Coach of the Year]]

    [EuroCup Basketball [Rising Star|Rising Star]]

    Round MVP

    ;Regular season
    RoundPlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating|
    1 Raymar Morgan ratiopharm Ulm41
    2 Dragan Milosavljević Alba Berlin29
    3 Zabian Dowdell Zenit Saint Petersburg51
    4 Zack Wright Union Olimpija36
    4 Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank36
    5 E. J. Rowland Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem38
    5 Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK38
    6 Loukas Mavrokefalidis AEK36
    6 Kšyštof Lavrinovič Lietuvos rytas36
    7 Billy Baron Proximus Spirou36
    7 Paul Stoll Avtodor Saratov36
    8 Tywain McKee Le Mans Sarthe36
    9 Quino Colom UNICS38
    10 Keith Langford UNICS31

    ;Last 32
    RoundPlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating|
    1 Quino Colom UNICS41
    2 Quino Colom UNICS47
    3 Stéphane Lasme Galatasaray Odeabank35
    4 Adrien Moerman Banvit38
    5 Travis Peterson Avtodor Saratov33
    6 Alen Omić Herbalife Gran Canaria37

    ;Eighthfinals
    GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating|
    1 Victor Rudd Nizhny Novgorod32
    2 Errick McCollum Galatasaray Odeabank29

    ;Quarterfinals
    GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating|
    1 Alen Omić Herbalife Gran Canaria27
    1 Mardy Collins SIG Strasbourg27
    1 Deon Thompson Bayern Munich27
    2 Dominique Sutton Dolomiti Energia Trento34

    ;Semifinals
    GamePlayerTeamPerformance Index Rating|
    1 Chuck Davis Galatasaray Odeabank29
    2 D. J. Seeley Herbalife Gran Canaria28
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