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2014–15 EuroChallenge

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Season
  
2014–15

Fourth place
  
Fraport Skyliners

Champion
  
Nanterre 92

Teams
  
32

Champions
  
JSF Nanterre 1st title

Final Four MVP
  
Jamal Shuler

Dates
  
4 Nov 2014 – 26 Apr 2015

Third place
  
CS Energia

2014–15 EuroChallenge

Runners-up
  
Trabzonspor Medical Park

Duration
  
4 November 2014 – 26 April 2015

Similar
  
2014–15 VTB United League, 2003–04 FIBA Europe L, 2014–15 EuroLeague Women

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.

Contents

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.

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
Conference 2

Regular season

If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Quarterfinals

The Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three Playoffs format. Teams who were group winners in the Top 16 had home court advantage. Play began on 10 March 2015 and ended on 17 March 2015.

Final Four

The 2015 Final Four will be played on 24 April and 26 April 2015 at Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon, Turkey.

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.

    References

    2014–15 EuroChallenge Wikipedia