2015–16 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

The 2015–16 Liga Națională season was the 66th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. CSM U Oradea won its first national championship this season.^[1]

Liga Națională
Season	2015–16
Duration	3 October 2015–2 June 2016
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Steaua CSM Eximbank
Relegated	Energia Târgu Jiu Gaz Metan Mediaș
Finals
Champions	Oradea 1st title
Runners-up	Mureș
Third place	Steaua CSM Eximbank
Fourth place	U-Banca Transilvania
Finals MVP	Martin Zeno (Oradea)
Statistical leaders
Points Alhaji Mohammed 19.3 Rebounds Ionut Dragusin 8.0 Assists Slobodan Dundjerski 7.3
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Teams

 

 

Timișoara

 

Steaua
Dinamo

 

U BT Cluj

 

Craiova

 

Gaz Metan

 

Oradea

 

Pitești

 

Sibiu

 

Energia

 

Mureș

 

Galați

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Location of teams in 2015–16 Liga Națională

Defending champion Asesoft Ploiești left the league due to its financial trouble to play in the first league.^[2] Meanwhile, Universitatea Cluj and Timba Timișoara were relegated to the Liga I as last qualified teams of the previous season. Dinamo București and Phoenix Galați promoted as champions and runners-up from the 2014–15 Liga I season.

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Atlassib Sibiu	Sibiu	Sala Transilvania	3,000
BCM U Pitești	Pitești	Sala Sporturilor Trivale	2,000
CSM U Oradea	Oradea	Arena Antonio Alexe	2,000
Dinamo București	București	Sala Polivalentă Dinamo	2,538
Energia Târgu Jiu	Târgu Jiu	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu	1,500
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mediaș	Sala Sporturilor Mediaș	461
Mureș	Târgu Mureș	Sala Sporturilor Târgu Mureș	2,000
Phoenix Galați	Galați	Sala Sporturilor Dunărea	1,500
Steaua CSM Eximbank	București	Sala Mihai Viteazu	2,000
Timișoara	Timișoara	Constantin Jude Hall	2,200
U-Banca Transilvania	Cluj Napoca	Sala Polivalentă	7,308
Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	Sala Sporturilor Craiova	4,215

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua CSM Eximbank	32	23	9	2575	2427	+148	55	Qualification to Play-offs
2	CSM U Oradea	32	23	9	2613	2397	+216	55
3	U-Banca Transilvania	32	20	12	2495	2365	+130	52
4	SCM Universitatea Craiova	32	20	12	2584	2512	+72	52
5	Mureș	32	16	16	2594	2568	+26	48
6	Atlassib Sibiu	32	16	16	2494	2527	−33	48
7	Phoenix Galați	32	16	16	2588	2684	−96	48	Qualification to Play-offs
8	Dinamo București	32	15	17	2586	2532	+54	47
9	BCM U Pitești^[a]	32	15	17	2570	2390	+180	44
10	Timișoara	32	12	20	2410	2551	−141	44
11	Energia Târgu Jiu	32	11	21	2379	2589	−210	43	Relegation to Liga I
12	Gaz Metan Mediaș	32	5	27	2458	2804	−346	37

Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:

1. BCMU Pitești was deducted 3 points.

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Steaua CSM Eximbank	3
	8	Dinamo București	1
						1	Steaua CSM Eximbank	1
						5	Mureș	3
	4	SCM Universitatea Craiova	0
	5	Mureș	3
											2	CSM U Oradea	3
											5	Mureș	2
	2	CSM U Oradea	3
	7	Phoenix Galați	1
						2	CSM U Oradea	3			Third place
						3	U-Banca Transilvania	1
	3	U-Banca Transilvania	3								1	Steaua CSM Eximbank	2
	6	Atlassib Sibiu	1								3	U-Banca Transilvania	0

References

1. CSM U Oradea este Campioana Romaniei
2. "Asesoft Ploiesti will play in Romanian Second Division next season". Sportando.

External links

• Official site of the Romanian Basketball Federation
• Halfcourt.info (Romanian and English)
• (Romanian)
• Baschetromania.ro (Romanian)