2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I

The 2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I, known as the 2014–15 Scooore! League for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Basketball League Belgium. This season started with 11 clubs, including newly formed team Limburg United. Telenet Oostende was the defending champion.

Scooore! League1
Competition details
Season 2014–15
Teams 11
Games played 32 or 30
Dates 3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
TV Belgacom 5
Final positions
Champions Telenet Oostende
(16th title)
Runners-up Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Major awards
MVP Dušan Đorđević
Statistical leaders
Points Arizona Reid
19.9
Rebounds John Fields
11.0
Assists Dušan Đorđević
5.1
Records
Highest attendance 17,135[1]
Antwerp 88–83 Charleroi
(31 January 2015)
← 2013–14
2015–16 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

The 2014–15 season marked the first season of the league without the name Ethias League, after Ethias stopped their sponsoring activities.

Format

Because a new team was added in Limburg United, a new competition format was introduced. The regular season now contained two rounds: in the first round all teams would play 2 matches against each other (one at home, one away). After 20 played games the league will be divided in two groups: the first group contains the teams seeded 1–6 and the second group 7–11. The results of the first round are included in the final standings.

The first 8 teams qualified for the Playoffs, the quarterfinals would be played in a best-of-three format and the Semifinals and Finals in a best-of-five.[2]

Licenses

The licences for the 2014–15 season were announced in April 2014.[3]

Teams
Colors Club City Arena Capacity
          Basic-Fit Brussels Brussels Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek 1,200
         
 Limburg United Hasselt Alverberg-sporthal
1,730
          Belfius Mons-Hainaut Mons Mons Arena 4,000
          Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek Willebroek Sporthal de Schalk 1,000
          Liège Basket Liège Country Hall Ethias 5,000
          Okapi Aalstar Aalst Okapi Forum 2,800
          Port of Antwerp Giants Antwerp Lotto Arena 5,218
          Proximus Spirou Charleroi Spiroudome 6,200
          Stella Artois Leuven Bears Leuven Sportoase 3,400
          Telenet BC Oostende Ostend Sleuyter Arena 5,000
          VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster Verviers Halle du Paire 4,000

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Telenet Oostende 30 26 4 2516 2193 +323 56 Qualification for playoffs
2 Okapi Aalstar 30 17 13 2561 2514 +47 47
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 30 17 13 2288 2217 +71 47
4 Hubo Limburg United 30 16 14 2521 2500 +21 46
5 Proximus Spirou 30 16 14 2267 2228 +39 46
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 30 15 15 2568 2540 +28 45
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 28 15 13 2319 2335 −16 43 Qualification for playoffs
8 VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 28 13 15 2215 2289 −74 41
9 Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 28 11 17 2205 2316 −111 39
10 Basic-Fit Brussels 28 10 18 2248 2319 −71 38
11 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 28 4 24 2108 2365 −257 32
Source: Scooore League

Results

First stage
Home \ Away BRU LIM MON WIL LIE OKA AWP SPI LEU OOS VOO
Basic-Fit Brussels 89–87 80–74 91–96 103–91 94–67 89–99 76–80 73–69 69–84 99–91
Hubo Limburg United 102–88 85–67 76–79 97–81 90–101 107–103 68–84 88–61 82–91 91–76
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 67–70 81–60 87–71 79–74 72–68 76–84 73–69 77–59 59–72 102–65
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 86–95 82–90 77–93 76–81 82–71 98–104 78–75 80–86 70–100 81–82
Liège Basket 83–79 80–84 77–87 86–76 109–111 82–80 82–71 89–70 61–89 79–78
Okapi Aalstar 93–85 97–76 88–75 92–83 80–77 104–77 83–95 105–79 91–85 97–92
Port of Antwerp Giants 108–78 68–75 85–64 90–77 79–78 91–69 88–83 97–91 67–79 77–73
Proximus Spirou 88–78 67–73 65–43 80–69 74–79 83–70 80–68 74–59 75–69 69–73
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 78–76 108–111 59–102 86–75 81–84 70–82 71–81 73–80 82–86 85–89
Telenet BC Oostende 73–72 84–70 86–91 87–77 84–70 97–81 91–80 91–72 85–76 85–66
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 81–84 70–76 74–78 95–88 81–75 88–68 78–101 71–66 85–74 65–79
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Telenet Oostende 2
8 Verviers-Pepinster 0
1 Telenet Oostende 3
5 Spirou Charleroi 1
4 Hubo Limburg United 0
5 Proximus Spirou 2
1 Telenet Oostende 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 2
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 1
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 1

Awards
Awards Player Team
MVP Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende
Coach of the Year Brian Lynch Limburg United
Belgian Player of the Year Pierre-Antoine Gillet Telenet Oostende
Most Promising Player Vincent Kesteloot Okapi Aalstar
Star of the Coaches Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende
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See also

References
  1. Round up: Magical 'Night of Giants'; FIBA Europe; 2 February 2015
  2. "Nieuwe competitieformule met elf clubs voor seizoen 2014-2015". Metro (in Dutch). 2014-03-27. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. Ruddy Berghmans (2014-04-13). "Basketploegen met licentie voor seizoen 2014-2015". Cartoon-Productions (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
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