# 2014–15 EuroChallenge

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, Turkey.
It was the last season of the EuroChallenge, starting from the 2015–16 season, the competition was replaced by the FIBA Europe Cup.

## 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 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
Regular season :
| Okapi Aalstar (2nd) | Uşak Sportif (7th) | ratiopharm Ulm (7th) | Astana (1st) |
| Belfius Mons-Hainaut (3rd) | Tofaş (8th) | Fraport Skyliners (11th) | Šiauliai (6th) |
| Port of Antwerp Giants (4th) | Trabzonspor Medical Park (9th) | Enisey (6th) | Bakken Bears (1st) |
| Oradea (2nd) | Le Mans (5th) | Avtodor (1st) | Tsmoki-Minsk (1st) |
| "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (3rd) | JSF Nanterre (9th) | Enel Brindisi (6th) | Tartu University Rock (2nd) |
| Energia Târgu Jiu (8th) | Atomerőmű SE (2nd) | Bonprix Biella (4th) | Benfica (1st) |
| Kataja (2nd) | Egis Körmend (8th) | Södertälje Kings (1st) | Lukoil Academic (2nd) |
| KTP (4th) | magnofit Güssing Knights (1st) | Borås (3rd) | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (2nd) |
* ↑ Avtodor qualified as the winner of the Russian Basketball Super League, the second division of Russian basketball.
* ↑ Bonprix Biella finished in 4th place in the DNA Gold, the second division in Italian basketball.

## Draw

The draw for the regular season was held on 6 July in Munich, 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

| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| Port of Antwerp Giants Okapi Aalstar Joensuun Kataja Södertälje Kings | KTP-Basket Bakken Bears Belfius Mons-Hainaut SPM Shoeters | JSF Nanterre Le Mans Sarthe ratiopharm Ulm Fraport Skyliners | Enel Brindisi Angelico Biella Borås Basket Benfica |

### Conference 2

| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| Tsmoki-Minsk Tartu Ülikool/Rock Tofaş Atomerőmű | Enisey Krasnoyarsk CSM Oradea Körmend "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca | Avtodor Uşak Sportif Trabzonspor Medical Park Energia Târgu Jiu | UBC Güssing Knights Lukoil Academic Šiauliai Astana |

## 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, 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BRI | SPM | ULM | SÖD |
| 1 | Enel Brindisi | 6 | 5 | 1 | 496 | 400 | +96 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 76–62 | 88–70 | 90–69 |
| 2 | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 6 | 3 | 3 | 498 | 499 | −1 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 71–69 | — | 87–76 | 88–72 |
| 3 | ratiopharm Ulm | 6 | 3 | 3 | 477 | 467 | +10 | 9 | | 76–77 | 91–82 | — | 88–62 |
| 4 | Södertälje Kings | 6 | 1 | 5 | 441 | 546 | −105 | 7 | | 52–96 | 115–108 | 71–76 | — |
* 1 2 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch 1–1 (+6) ratiopharm Ulm

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TAR | ENE | KÖR | LUK |
| 1 | Tartu University Rock | 6 | 4 | 2 | 428 | 420 | +8 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 66–59 | 81–83 | 71–59 |
| 2 | Energia Târgu Jiu | 6 | 3 | 3 | 428 | 435 | −7 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 74–56 | — | 73–72 | 72–67 |
| 3 | Egis Körmend | 6 | 3 | 3 | 447 | 460 | −13 | 9 | | 72–79 | 77–76 | — | 63–76 |
| 4 | Lukoil Academic | 6 | 2 | 4 | 447 | 435 | +12 | 8 | | 73–75 | 97–74 | 75–80 | — |
* 1 2 Energia Târgu Jiu win on point difference (-7 vs -13) vs Egis Körmend

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | OKA | FRA | BOR | BAK |
| 1 | Okapi Aalstar | 6 | 5 | 1 | 557 | 507 | +50 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 94–59 | 119–118 | 103–100 |
| 2 | Fraport Skyliners | 6 | 4 | 2 | 464 | 421 | +43 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 80–58 | — | 70–72 | 74–64 |
| 3 | Borås | 6 | 3 | 3 | 505 | 516 | −11 | 9 | | 83–92 | 61–94 | — | 90–70 |
| 4 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 0 | 6 | 457 | 539 | −82 | 6 | | 83–92 | 61–94 | 79–86 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AVT | AST | TOF | ORA |
| 1 | Avtodor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 530 | 438 | +92 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 83–75 | 80–75 | 92–73 |
| 2 | Astana | 6 | 5 | 1 | 492 | 461 | +31 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | 75–73 | — | 73–65 | 80–64 |
| 3 | Tofaş | 6 | 2 | 4 | 469 | 504 | −35 | 8 | | 66–101 | 102–104 | — | 84–75 |
| 4 | Oradea | 6 | 0 | 6 | 429 | 517 | −88 | 6 | | 74–101 | 74–83 | 69–77 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAN | BEL | SLB | KAT |
| 1 | JSF Nanterre | 6 | 5 | 1 | 529 | 478 | +51 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 88–68 | 80–68 | 102–92 |
| 2 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 6 | 5 | 1 | 489 | 451 | +38 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | 94–86 | — | 92–63 | 71–62 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 4 | 486 | 519 | −33 | 8 | | 86–96 | 86–96 | — | 107–82 |
| 4 | Kataja | 6 | 0 | 6 | 479 | 535 | −56 | 6 | | 70–77 | 83–85 | 90–93 | — |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TS | GÜS | UMO | ASE |
| 1 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 6 | 6 | 0 | 514 | 450 | +64 | 12 | Advance to last 16 | — | 80–72 | 91–72 | 103–81 |
| 2 | magnofit Güssing Knights | 6 | 4 | 2 | 477 | 456 | +21 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | 67–77 | — | 84–77 | 93–84 |
| 3 | "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca | 6 | 1 | 5 | 442 | 478 | −36 | 7 | | 80–81 | 68–81 | — | 64–73 |
| 4 | Atomerőmű SE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 454 | 503 | −49 | 7 | | 78–82 | 70–80 | 68–81 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSB | ANT | BIE | KTP |
| 1 | Le Mans | 6 | 5 | 1 | 478 | 414 | +64 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 72–66 | 88–74 | 71–52 |
| 2 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 542 | 514 | +28 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 78–87 | — | 92–82 | 98–83 |
| 3 | Bonprix Biella | 6 | 3 | 3 | 511 | 525 | −14 | 9 | | 82–64 | 97–96 | — | 81–77 |
| 4 | KTP | 6 | 1 | 5 | 475 | 553 | −78 | 7 | | 62–96 | 93–112 | 108–95 | — |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ENI | UŞA | ŠIA | TSM |
| 1 | Enisey | 6 | 4 | 2 | 515 | 467 | +48 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 95–79 | 86–68 | 87–82 |
| 2 | Uşak Sportif | 6 | 3 | 3 | 445 | 458 | −13 | 9 | Advance to last 16 | 69–84 | — | 79–69 | 78–59 |
| 3 | Šiauliai | 6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 515 | −22 | 9 | | 93–92 | 75–78 | — | 83–80 |
| 4 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 6 | 2 | 4 | 473 | 486 | −13 | 8 | | 76–71 | 85–73 | 91–94 | — |

## 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, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

### Group I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ENE | BRI | AST | OKA |
| 1 | Energia Târgu Jiu | 6 | 4 | 2 | 501 | 498 | +3 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 67–78 | 90–89 | 93–60 |
| 2 | Enel Brindisi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 485 | 445 | +40 | 9 | Advance to quarterfinals | 76–78 | — | 74–65 | 101–66 |
| 3 | Astana | 6 | 3 | 3 | 512 | 509 | +3 | 9 | | 113–89 | 83–75 | — | 77–73 |
| 4 | Okapi Aalstar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 475 | 521 | −46 | 8 | | 82–84 | 86–81 | 108–85 | — |

### Group J

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAN | MSB | GÜS | USA |
| 1 | JSF Nanterre | 6 | 4 | 2 | 487 | 434 | +53 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 85–68 | 89–86 | 100–67 |
| 2 | Le Mans | 6 | 4 | 2 | 464 | 429 | +35 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | 72–60 | — | 93–60 | 84–63 |
| 3 | magnofit Güssing Knights | 6 | 2 | 4 | 458 | 471 | −13 | 8 | | 62–82 | 82–65 | — | 91–63 |
| 4 | Uşak Sportif | 6 | 2 | 4 | 430 | 505 | −75 | 8 | | 79–71 | 79–82 | 79–77 | — |

### Group K

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FRA | AVT | TAR | SPM |
| 1 | Fraport Skyliners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 512 | 471 | +41 | 11 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 68–71 | 92–73 | 75–70 |
| 2 | Avtodor Saratov | 6 | 4 | 2 | 567 | 546 | +21 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | 103–112 | — | 105–106 | 89–85 |
| 3 | Tartu University Rock | 6 | 2 | 4 | 457 | 501 | −44 | 8 | | 62–71 | 68–91 | — | 71–64 |
| 4 | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 6 | 1 | 5 | 496 | 514 | −18 | 7 | | 92–94 | 107–108 | 78–77 | — |

### Group L

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TS | ENI | ANT | BEL |
| 1 | Trabzonspor Medical Park | 6 | 5 | 1 | 502 | 456 | +46 | 11 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 90–85 | 89–79 | 76–68 |
| 2 | Enisey | 6 | 3 | 3 | 516 | 495 | +21 | 9 | Advance to quarterfinals | 96–82 | — | 85–86 | 83–88 |
| 3 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 6 | 3 | 3 | 481 | 509 | −28 | 9 | | 72–90 | 78–93 | — | 82–75 |
| 4 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 6 | 1 | 5 | 435 | 474 | −39 | 7 | | 56–75 | 71–74 | 77–84 | — |

## Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three playoff format. Teams that finished first in their top 16 group played the first and third leg at home. Matchdays were on 10 March, 12 March and 17 March 2015.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Energia Târgu Jiu | 2–1 | Le Mans Sarthe | 84–60 | 68–79 | 79–64 |
| JSF Nanterre | 2–0 | Enel Brindisi | 80–68 | 77–72 | 0 |
| Fraport Skyliners | 2–1 | Enisey | 77–74 | 68–78 | 85–80 |
| Trabzonspor Medical Park | 2–0 | Avtodor Saratov | 94–88 | 100–73 | 0 |

## Final Four

The 2015 Final Four was played on 24 April and 26 April 2015 at Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon, Turkey.
| Semifinals 24 April | Semifinals 24 April | Final 26 April | Final 26 April |
| Energia Târgu Jiu | 63 |
| Trabzonspor MP | 83 | | |
| Trabzonspor MP | 83 | Trabzonspor MP | 63 |
| | | JSF Nanterre | 64 |
| JSF Nanterre | 84 | JSF Nanterre | 64 |
| Fraport Skyliners | 79 | | |
| Fraport Skyliners | 79 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | Energia Târgu Jiu | 83 |
| | | Fraport Skyliners | 80 |

## Awards
### Final Four MVP

* Jamal Shuler (JSF Nanterre)

### Top Statistical Performer

Each round a Weekly MVP is chosen, determined by the Performance Index Rating (PIR) system.

#### Regular season

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Sean Marshall | Trabzonspor | 33 |
| 2 | J'Covan Brown | Astana | 36 |
| 3 | LaMonte Ulmer | KTP | 34 |
| 4 | Christian Maråker | Borås | 39 |
| 5 | Travis Peterson | Avtodor | 35 |
| 6 | Stefan Wessels | SPM Shoeters | 43 |

#### Last 16

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Kyle Weems | JSF Nanterre | 39 |
| 2 | Jerry Johnson | Astana | 37 |
| 3 | Travis Taylor | Güssing Knights | 32 |
| 4 | Nik Caner-Medley | Astana | 28 |
| 5 | Courtney Fortson | Avtodor | 42 |
| 6 | DeAndre Kane | Antwerp Giants | 37 |
| 6 | Quantez Robertson | Fraport Skyliners | 37 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Nemanja Milosevic | Energia Târgu Jiu | 33 |
| 2 | Kyrylo Fesenko | Avtodor | 22 |
| 2 | Mykal Riley | JSF Nanterre | 22 |
| 2 | Terrico White | Enisey Krasnoyarsk | 22 |
| 3 | Johannes Voigtmann | Fraport Skyliners | 33 |

## Individual statistics

To be included in the top rankings in individual statistics, a player had to have a minimum of 9 games played.

### Points

| Pos. | Player | Team | GP | PPG |
| 1 | Ryan Pearson | Antwerp Giants | 12 | 19.8 |
| 2 | Dwight Hardy | Trabzonspor | 16 | 18.1 |
| 3 | J'Covan Brown | Astana | 10 | 17.5 |

### Rebounds

| Pos. | Player | Team | GP | RPG |
| 1 | Kyrylo Fesenko | Avtodor | 11 | 10.1 |
| 2 | Travis Taylor | Güssing Knights | 12 | 10.1 |
| 3 | Nemanja Milosevic | Energia | 17 | 8.5 |

### Assists

| Pos. | Player | Team | GP | APG |
| 1 | Courtney Fortson | Avtodor | 13 | 9.8 |
| 2 | D.J. Cooper | Enisey | 15 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Jerry Johnson | Astana | 10 | 7.0 |

### Season highs

| | Statistic | Player | Team |
| Points | 42 | Robert Arnold | Kataja |
| Rebounds | 20 | Christian Maråker | Borås |
| Assists | 16 | Teemu Rannikko | Kataja |
| Steals | 7 | Terrico White | Enisey |
| Blocks | 6 | Dounia Issa | Le Mans Sarthe |
| Three-point field goals | 8 | Benjamin Raymond | Bonprix Biella |
| Three-point field goals | 8 | Kees Akerboom, Jr. | SPM Shoeters |