2015 Euroleague Final Four

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)

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]

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
Team	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]

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.

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

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.

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

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