2015–16 Euroleague

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams participated in the 2015–16 Euroleague.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 13:00 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona. The 24 teams were drawn into four 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.

Regular season

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.

A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Top 16

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 29–30 December, 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February, 11–12 February, 25–26 February, 3–4 March, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 24–25 March, 31 March–1 April and 6–7 April 2016.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, while the four last qualified teams were eliminated.

A total of 8 countries were represented in the Top 16. Cedevita and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the Top 16 of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games, before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the highest Top 16 place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) game of the series at home.

Game 1 was played on 12 and 13 April, game 2 was played on 14 and 15 April, game 3 was played on 18 and 19 April, game 4, if necessary, was played on 21 April, and game 5, if necessary, was played on 26 April 2016.

Final Four

The Final Four was the last phase of the season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games were played on Friday evening. Sunday started with the third-place game, followed by the championship game.

Average home attendances

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016
Source: gigabasket.org
Notes:
1: 2014–15 season average applied to Eurocup games.
2: Crvena zvezda played 2014–15 season games at Kombank Arena, while in this season it did it at Pionir Hall except three games and one in Vršac.
3: CSKA Moscow played Top 16 games at Megasport Arena except the first Top 16 game.
4: Brose Baskets played one game at Nuremberg Arena, Limoges played one game at Le Palio and Olympiacos played one game at Heraklion.

Euroleague MVP

Euroleague Final Four MVP

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star