2015 Euroleague Final Four

The 2015 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2014–15 Euroleague season. The Final Four was held on 15 and 17 May 2015. All of the games were played at the Barclaycard Center, in Madrid, Spain. It was the third time the city of Madrid hosted the Final Four, and the 6th time the Final of the EuroLeague was played there.^[2]

2015 Euroleague Final Four

Official logo, published in November 2014^[1]
Season	2014–15 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	Barclaycard Center Madrid, Spain
Dates	15 – 17 May 2015
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (9th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Fenerbahçe Ülker
Awards and statistics
MVP	Andrés Nocioni
Top scorer(s)	Andrew Goudelock (50)
Attendance	47,492 (total)
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Real Madrid won its 9th EuroLeague title, after they beat Olympiacos, by a score of 78–59. CSKA Moscow took the third place, while Fenerbahçe Ülker finished in fourth.

Road to the Final Four

Team	Regular season			Top 16			Quarterfinals
	Group	W	L	Group	W	L	Opponent	Score
Real Madrid	A (1st)	8	2	E (1st)	11	3	Anadolu Efes	3–1
CSKA Moscow	B (1st)	10	0	F (1st)	12	2	Panathinaikos	3–1
Olympiacos	D (1st)	8	2	F (3rd)	10	4	FC Barcelona	3–1
Fenerbahçe Ülker	C (2nd)	8	2	F (2nd)	11	3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	3–0

Bracket

	Semifinals				Championship game
	15 May
	Real Madrid	96
					17 May
	Fenerbahçe Ülker	87
					Real Madrid	78
	15 May
					Olympiacos	59
	CSKA Moscow	68
	Olympiacos	70
					Third place game
					17 May
					Fenerbahçe Ülker	80
					CSKA Moscow	86

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos

CSKA Moscow came into the semifinals, widely considered to be the favourite.^[3] It was a rematch of the 2012 Final and 2013 Semifinal. Both of those previous games were won by Olympiacos.

Olympiacos rallied late in the fourth quarter, after it had been down by 9 with four minutes to go. Vassilis Spanoulis came up clutch, as he scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, to pull Olympiacos away from CSKA.^[4] Aaron Jackson set a Final Four record during the game, with 7 steals.^[5]

CSKA Moscow   v   Olympiacos

15 May 2015	CSKA Moscow	68–70	Olympiacos	Barclaycard Center, Madrid
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–18, 15–12, 17–23
	Pts: De Colo 18 Rebs: Kirilenko, Vorontsevich 5 Asts: Jackson 7 PIR: Kaun 17	Boxscore	Pts: Printezis 14 Rebs: Printezis 8 Asts: Mantzaris, Printezis 4 PIR: Printezis 22	Attendance: 12,022 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP)

Real Madrid vs. Fenerbahçe Ülker

The hosts, Real Madrid, were considered the favourites to win the game against Fenerbahçe, which made its Final Four debut.^[6]

Real Madrid dominated in the first half, and they led 55–35 at halftime.^[7] A fourth quarter rally by Fenerbahçe came up too little, too late. Gustavo Ayón was top scorer for Real, with 18 points. Andrew Goudelock scored 26 for Fenerbahçe.

Real Madrid   v   Fenerbahçe Ülker

15 May 2015	Real Madrid	96–87	Fenerbahçe Ülker	Barclaycard Center, Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 35–14, 21–24, 20–28
	Pts: Ayón 18 Rebs: Ayón 7 Asts: Llull 9 PIR: Ayón 30	Boxscore	Pts: Goudelock 26 Rebs: Goudelock, Veselý 6 Asts: Bogdanović, Goudelock 4 PIR: Veselý 31	Attendance: 12,634 Referees: Christos Christodolou (GRE), Saša Pukl (SLO), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Third place game

Fenerbahçe Ülker   v   CSKA Moscow

17 May 2015	Fenerbahçe Ülker	80–86	CSKA Moscow	Barclaycard Center, Madrid
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 11–21, 31–18, 25–20
	Pts: Goudelock 24 Rebs: Bjelica 10 Asts: Zisis 6 PIR: Bjelica 26	Boxscore	Pts: De Colo 17 Rebs: Kirilenko, Kaun 6 Asts: Jackson 6 PIR: Jackson 18	Attendance: 9,849 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

Championship game

The game was a re-match of the 2013 Euroleague Final and the 1995 FIBA European League Final.

Real Madrid   v   Olympiacos

17 May 2015	Real Madrid	78–59	Olympiacos	Barclaycard Center, Madrid
20:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–9, 18–18, 25–13
	Pts: Carroll 16 Rebs: Nocioni 7 Asts: Llull, Rodríguez 4 PIR: Carroll, Nocioni 18	Boxscore	Pts: Lojeski 17 Rebs: Hunter 7 Asts: Printezis, Spanoulis 3 PIR: Lojeski 19	Attendance: 12,987 Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Ilija Belošević (SRB)

Real Madrid

Olympiacos

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23   Sergio Llull 12 0 4 SG 20   Jaycee Carroll 16 3 0 SF 5   Rudy Fernández 7 4 2 PF 9   Felipe Reyes 2 1 1 C 14   Gustavo Ayón 2 5 1 Reserves: SG 4   K.C. Rivers 5 4 0 SF 6   Andrés Nocioni 12 7 2 PG 7   Facundo Campazzo DNP SF 8   Jonas Mačiulis 9 4 0 PG 13   Sergio Rodríguez 11 3 4 PF 30   Ioannis Bourousis 0 1 0 C 44   Marcus Slaughter 2 4 2 Head coach:   Pablo Laso

Game rules Game was played under FIBA rules.   Barclaycard Center 2014–15 Euroleague Champions   Real Madrid 9th title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 17   Vangelis Mantzaris 1 3 1 SG 7   Vassilis Spanoulis 3 0 3 SF 21   Tremmell Darden 0 1 0 PF 15   Giorgos Printezis 11 2 3 C 6   Bryant Dunston 4 1 2 Reserves: PF 4   Brent Petway 2 2 1 C 5   Othello Hunter 10 7 0 SF 9   Ioannis Papapetrou 0 0 0 SG 10   Kostas Sloukas 10 2 2 PF 19   Dimitrios Agravanis 0 1 0 PG 20   Oliver Lafayette 1 1 2 SF 24   Matt Lojeski 17 2 1 Head coach:   Ioannis Sfairopoulos

See also

• 2015 Eurocup Finals
• 2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

References

1. 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four Madrid logo unveiled!
2. Madrid to host 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four
3. . Eurohoops. 2015-05-13. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
4. "CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos Piraeus - Game". Euroleague.net. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
5. "Aaron Jackson sets Final Four record with 7 steals". Euroleague.net. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
6. . Eurohoops. 2015-05-13. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
7. "Real Madrid vs. Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul - Game". Euroleague.net. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

External links

• EuroLeague website