The 2015–16 EuroLeague Women season is the 20th edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name.
EuroLeague Women | |
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Season | 2015–16 |
Duration | 14 October 2015 — 17 April 2016 |
Number of games | 125 |
Number of teams | 16 (Regular Season) |
Finals | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Finals MVP | Diana Taurasi |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
Teams
editTeams and seedings were unveiled by FIBA Europe on 3 July 2015.[1]
Regular season | |||
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UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) | AGÜ Spor (2nd) | ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) | Good Angels Košice (1st) |
Nadezhda Orenburg (2nd) | Fenerbahçe (3rd) | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków (1st) | Famila Schio (1st) |
Dynamo Kursk (3rd) | Tango Bourges Basket (1st) | Uniqa Sopron (1st) | Mithra Castors Braine (1st) |
Galatasaray Odeabank (1st) | Villeneuve-d'Ascq (2nd) | Spar CityLift Girona (1st) | |
Qualification round | |||
CB Avenida (2nd) | BK Zabiny Brno (2nd) |
Draw
edit17 teams registered for EuroLeague Women 2015–16,[2] resulting in 15 direct qualifiers, and one preliminary round to be played between BK Brno and CB Avenida.[3] However, on August 6, BK Brno announced its withdrawal from European competitions due to financial reasons, automatically qualifying Perfumerías Avenida to the Regular Season[4]
Seed | Regular Season | |
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1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Fenerbahçe |
2 | Galatasaray | ZVVZ USK Praha |
3 | Tango Bourges Basket | Dynamo Kursk |
4 | Good Angels Košice | Nadezhda Orenburg |
5 | AGÜ Spor | Famila Schio |
6 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
7 | Uniqa Sopron | Mithra Castors Braine |
8 | Spar CityLift Girona | QR Winner |
Regular season
editRegular season will start on October 14 and will finish on February 10, 2016.
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are 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 game.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | FAM | KUR | GAL | KOŠ | VIL | AVE | SOP | |
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1 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 12 | 2 | 927 | 834 | +93 | 26 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 60 – 66 | 66 – 56 | 57 – 56 | 62 – 45 | 77 – 54 | 64 – 59 | 86 – 69 | |
2 | Famila Schio | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1022 | 892 | +130 | 24 | 62 – 64 | — | 79 – 72 | 64 – 70 | 89 – 63 | 75 – 57 | 88 – 70 | 97 – 61 | ||
3 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1012 | 855 | +157 | 24 | 72 – 40 | 63 – 58 | — | 75 – 60 | 70 – 49 | 66 – 49 | 77 – 64 | 98 – 63 | ||
4 | Galatasaray Odeabank | 14 | 9 | 5 | 889 | 829 | +60 | 23 | 60 – 71 | 58 – 75 | 62 – 55 | — | 69 – 57 | 59 – 35 | 61 – 59 | 81 – 56 | ||
5 | Good Angels Košice | 14 | 5 | 9 | 869 | 893 | −24 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 58 – 67 | 56 – 69 | 53 – 64 | 54 – 49 | — | 55 – 60 | 66 – 47 | 81 – 53 | |
6 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 14 | 5 | 9 | 842 | 920 | −78 | 19 | 55 – 69 | 70 – 73 | 78 – 70 | 62 – 66 | 48 – 78 | — | 78 – 66 | 78 – 44 | ||
7 | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 4 | 10 | 902 | 945 | −43 | 18 | Eliminated | 70 – 75 | 63 – 52 | 66 – 72 | 49 – 62 | 76 – 68 | 72 – 49 | — | 74 – 60 | |
8 | Uniqa Sopron | 14 | 1 | 13 | 844 | 1139 | −295 | 15 | 52 – 69 | 65 – 75 | 68 – 102 | 60 – 76 | 70 – 86 | 50 – 69 | 73 – 67 | — |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EKA | NAD | USK | WIS | BOU | AGÜ | BRA | GIR | |
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1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1050 | 854 | +196 | 26 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 74 – 84 | 76 – 73 | 89 – 48 | 69 – 63 | 93 – 48 | 75 – 70 | 80 – 61 | |
2 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 14 | 9 | 5 | 907 | 844 | +63 | 23 | 54 – 64 | — | 58 – 54 | 67 – 70 | 66 – 58 | 68 – 61 | 63 – 70 | 65 – 41 | ||
3 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 8 | 6 | 937 | 826 | +111 | 22 | 52 – 69 | 67 – 59 | — | 64 – 40 | 63 – 49 | 68 – 72 | 75 – 58 | 68 – 43 | ||
4 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | 14 | 7 | 7 | 824 | 945 | −121 | 21 | 52 – 88 | 54 – 51 | 57 – 78 | — | 66 – 64 | 67 – 66 | 69 – 76 | 54 – 46 | ||
5 | Tango Bourges Basket | 14 | 6 | 8 | 842 | 841 | +1 | 20 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 58 – 65 | 61 – 71 | 65 – 75 | 63 – 45 | — | 63 – 57 | 57 – 52 | 68 – 47 | |
6 | AGÜ Spor | 14 | 5 | 9 | 902 | 958 | −56 | 19 | 68 – 54 | 67 – 75 | 77 – 75 | 66 – 68 | 55 – 62 | — | 60 – 56 | 79 – 69 | ||
7 | Mithra Castors Braine | 14 | 5 | 9 | 868 | 946 | −78 | 19 | Eliminated | 52 – 78 | 47 – 67 | 49 – 73 | 65 – 74 | 63 – 55 | 68 – 64 | — | 73 – 60 | |
8 | Spar CityLift Girona | 14 | 4 | 10 | 805 | 921 | −116 | 18 | 71 – 76 | 56 – 59 | 54 – 52 | 62 – 60 | 47 – 56 | 72 – 62 | 76 – 69 | — |
Quarter-finals
editQuarter-finals will be played on March 8, 11 and 16, 2016.
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | 79–70 | 79–63 | |
Famila Schio | 0–2 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 56–68 | 53–86 | |
UMMC Ekaterinburg | 2–1 | Galatasaray Odeabank | 72–56 | 57–66 | 86–66 |
Nadezhda Orenburg | 2–0 | Dynamo Kursk | 78–68 | 73–70 |
Final Four
editThe Final Four will be played on April 15 and 17, 2016.
Semi-finals 15 April | Final 17 April | |||||
Fenerbahçe | 68 | |||||
Nadezhda Orenburg | 74 | |||||
Nadezhda Orenburg | 69 | |||||
UMMC Ekaterinburg | 72 | |||||
ZVVZ USK Praha | 72 | |||||
UMMC Ekaterinburg | 78 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Fenerbahçe | 73 | |||||
ZVVZ USK Praha | 69 |
All times are local (UTC+3).
Semifinals
edit15 April 2016
17:00 |
ZVVZ USK Praha | 72–78 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 9–19, 12–13, 38–32 | ||
Pts: Petrović, Šteinberga 21 Rebs: Šteinberga 10 Asts: Palau 8 |
Pts: Taurasi 21 Rebs: Lyttle, Meesseman 9 Asts: three players 3 |
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 500 Referees: Anne Panther (GER) Manuel Mazzoni (ITA) Georgios Poursanidis (GRE) |
15 April 2016
20:00 |
Fenerbahçe | 68–74 | Nadezhda Orenburg |
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–18, 12–17, 28–21 | ||
Pts: Lavender 24 Rebs: Lavender 11 Asts: Vardarlı 6 |
Pts: Bonner 20 Rebs: Bonner 8 Asts: Cruz 4 |
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 4,252 Referees: Dragan Neskovic (SRB) Andris Aunkrogers (LAT) Milan Nedović (SLO) |
Third place game
edit17 April 2016
14:00 |
Fenerbahçe | 73–69 | ZVVZ USK Praha |
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 19–10, 12–16, 24–19 | ||
Pts: Quigley 22 Rebs: Hollingsworth 8 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Vaughn 17 Rebs: Petrović 10 Asts: Palau 6 |
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,678 Referees: Dragan Neskovic (SRB) Anne Panther (GER) Andrada Monika Csender (ROU) |
Final
edit17 April 2016
17:00 |
Nadezhda Orenburg | 69–72 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–16, 16–15, 13–24 | ||
Pts: Bonner 26 Rebs: Robinson 10 Asts: Cruz 5 |
Pts: Taurasi 22 Rebs: Lyttle 12 Asts: Toliver 5 |
Fenerbahce Ulker Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 1,264 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA) Georgios Poursanidis (GRE) Milan Nedović (SLO) |
2015–16 EuroLeague Women Champions |
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UMMC Ekaterinburg Third title |
Statistical leaders
editPoints
editRk | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1 | Diana Taurasi | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 19 | 397 | 20.9 |
2 | Nneka Ogwumike | Dynamo Kursk | 16 | 283 | 17.7 |
3 | DeWanna Bonner | Nadezhda Orenburg | 18 | 313 | 17.4 |
4 | Lara Sanders | AGÜ Spor | 13 | 205 | 15.8 |
Sonja Petrović | ZVVZ USK Praha | 13 | 205 | 15.8 |
Rebounds
editRk | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1 | Crystal Langhorne | Good Angels Košice | 14 | 151 | 10.8 |
2 | DeWanna Bonner | Nadezhda Orenburg | 18 | 169 | 9.4 |
3 | Lara Sanders | AGÜ Spor | 13 | 118 | 9.1 |
4 | Nneka Ogwumike | Dynamo Kursk | 16 | 142 | 8.9 |
5 | Kia Vaughn | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 159 | 8.8 |
Assists
editRk | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1 | Laia Palau | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 128 | 7.1 |
2 | Marjorie Carpréaux | Mithra Castors Braine | 14 | 75 | 5.4 |
3 | Silvia Domínguez | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 73 | 5.2 |
4 | Chelsea Gray | Spar CityLift Girona | 10 | 52 | 5.2 |
5 | Işıl Alben | Galatasaray OdeaBank | 17 | 87 | 5.1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "EuroLeague, EuroCup Women draw seedings announced". FIBA Europe. 3 July 2015.
- ^ "EuroLeague Women groups mostly determined even before draw". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ^ "EuroLeague Women draw seedings changed, Perfumerias Avenida in qualifier against Brno". Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
- ^ BK Zabiny Brno withdraw from European competition