# 2014–15 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga

The 2014–15 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga was the 69th season of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. 10 teams participated this season, after St. Pölten left the league.
The season started on September 25, 2014 and ended on June 3, 2015. Güssing Knights repeated as the national champion by beating BC Zepter Vienna 1–3 in the Finals.

## Teams

Chin Min Dragons from St. Pölten left the league this season.
| Club | Place | Arena | Capacity |
| Swans Gmunden | Gmunden | Volksbank Arena | 2,200 |
| WBC Raiffeisen Wels | Wels | Raiffeisen Arena | 1,700 |
| Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld | Fürstenfeld | Stadthalle Fürstenfeld | 1,200 |
| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | Traiskirchen | Lions Dome | 1,200 |
| ece Bulls Kapfenberg | Kapfenberg | Sporthalle Walfersam | 1,000 |
| Zepter Vienna | Wien | Wiener Stadthalle B | 1,000 |
| Redwell Gunners Oberwart | Oberwart | Sporthalle Oberwart | 2,500 |
| Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | Klosterneuburg | Happyland Klosterneuburg | 1,000 |
| Magnofit Güssing Knights | Güssing | Aktiv Park Güssing | 0800 |
| Raiffeisen Graz | Graz | Unionhalle | 0600 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zepter Vienna | 36 | 26 | 10 | 3353 | 3163 | +190 | 52 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Güssing Knights | 36 | 25 | 11 | 3303 | 2917 | +386 | 50 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 36 | 22 | 14 | 3171 | 2922 | +249 | 44 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 4 | Swans Gmunden | 36 | 21 | 15 | 3314 | 3151 | +163 | 42 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 5 | Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | 36 | 20 | 16 | 2900 | 2867 | +33 | 40 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 6 | Raiffeisen Wels | 36 | 19 | 17 | 3085 | 3028 | +57 | 38 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 7 | Oberwart Gunners | 36 | 18 | 18 | 3012 | 2991 | +21 | 36 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 8 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 36 | 17 | 19 | 2985 | 3110 | −125 | 34 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| 9 | Panthers Fürstenfeld | 36 | 10 | 26 | 2693 | 2887 | −194 | 20 | |
| 10 | Raiffeisen Graz | 36 | 2 | 34 | 2496 | 3276 | −780 | 4 | |

### Rounds 1-18

| Home \ Away | FUR | GMU | GRA | GUS | KAP | KLO | OBE | TRA | VIE | WEL |
| BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld | | 69–111 | 77–84 | 69–81 | 80–86 | 76–80 | 79–83 | 67–84 | 77–78 | 64–76 |
| Swans Gmunden | 71–70 | | 107–60 | 90–85 | 96–83 | 69–73 | 79–61 | 94–62 | 96–81 | 81–89 |
| UBSC Raiffeisen Graz | 73–79 | 77–99 | | 46–124 | 67–91 | 83–97 | 63–91 | 49–78 | 82–76 | 67–87 |
| UBC Güssing Knights | 99–70 | 84–76 | 92–71 | | 60–58 | 73–67 | 77–78 | 74–68 | 96–84 | 103–105 |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | 96–84 | 91–85 | 83–70 | 71–88 | | 78–62 | 76–68 | 91–73 | 82–84 | 75–89 |
| Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | 88–71 | 81–99 | 89–61 | 83–69 | 69–74 | | 63–61 | 91–69 | 75–62 | 64–72 |
| Oberwart Gunners | 76–61 | 67–73 | 84–73 | 82–88 | 65–91 | 87–66 | | 84–62 | 75–78 | 80–73 |
| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 75–81 | 81–99 | 94–82 | 93–83 | 62–50 | 82–78 | 82–73 | | 81–93 | 68–76 |
| BC Zepter Vienna | 86–70 | 103–97 | 109–72 | 77–80 | 87–83 | 80–70 | 95–94 | 85–82 | | 86–84 |
| WBC Raiffeisen Wels | 85–73 | 84–90 | 71–60 | 84–64 | 81–89 | 72–64 | 74–64 | 69–73 | 67–79 | |

### Rounds 19-36

| Home \ Away | FUR | GMU | GRA | GUS | KAP | KLO | OBE | TRA | VIE | WEL |
| BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld | | 95–87 | 77–67 | 77–97 | 80–75 | 91–84 | 80–84 | 79–72 | 74–85 | 91–83 |
| Swans Gmunden | 88–86 | | 94–87 | 84–96 | 82–90 | 77–80 | 79–88 | 83–87 | 87–83 | 73–89 |
| UBSC Raiffeisen Graz | 88–93 | 68–97 | | 52–86 | 62–74 | 74–88 | 68–95 | 75–83 | 64–104 | 84–92 |
| UBC Güssing Knights | 79–72 | 69–73 | 86–46 | | 77–91 | 74–63 | 73–82 | 88–78 | 92–72 | 79–69 |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | 83–82 | 99–65 | 103–56 | 75–73 | | 81–66 | 64–74 | 83–68 | 104–76 | 92–79 |
| Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | 72–66 | 95–83 | 91–78 | 92–97 | 81–78 | | 75–63 | 69–81 | 71–77 | 73–67 |
| Oberwart Gunners | 93–81 | 79–82 | 93–72 | 70–73 | 71–60 | 65–67 | | 87–78 | 93–94 | 81–90 |
| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 78–77 | 82–92 | 92–79 | 83–76 | 77–72 | 69–90 | 78–75 | | 78–66 | 71–91 |
| BC Zepter Vienna | 85–77 | 93–80 | 111–76 | 96–116 | 89–86 | 86–79 | 95–84 | 85–77 | | 107–64 |
| WBC Raiffeisen Wels | 63–69 | 71–81 | 89–60 | 87–95 | 73–60 | 78–79 | 72–79 | 88–67 | 81–90 | |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Zepter Vienna | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 2 | 1 | Zepter Vienna | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Swans Gmunden | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Swans Gmunden | 3 | 4 | Swans Gmunden | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg | 2 | | | | 1 | Zepter Vienna | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Güssing Knights | 3 |
| 2 | Güssing Knights | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Güssing Knights | 3 |
| 7 | Oberwart Gunners | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Oberwart Gunners | 0 | 2 | Güssing Knights | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 3 | 3 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Raiffeisen Wels | 1 | | | | | | |

## Awards

* MVP: Travis Taylor – Güssing Knights
* Finals MVP: Christopher Dunn – Güssing Knights
* Austrian MVP: Thomas Klepeisz – Güssing Knights
* Coach of the Year: Matthias Zollner – Güssing Knights
This season, three new awards were announced by the ABL.
* Top scorer: Marko Car – Panthers Fürstenfeld
* Rising Star: Daniel Friedrich – Swans Gmunden
* ÖBL Defensive Player of the Year: Moritz Lanegger – Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg