Turkish Airlines Euroleague1
TheMercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin hosted theFinal Four
Season	2015–16
Duration	15 October 2015 – 15 May 2016 (competition proper)
Games played	250
Teams	24
Regular season
SeasonMVP	Nando de Colo
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (7th title)
Runners-up	Fenerbahçe
Third place	Lokomotiv Kuban
Fourth place	Laboral Kutxa
Final Four MVP	Nando de Colo
Statistical leaders
Points Nando de Colo 19.4 Rebounds Ioannis Bourousis 8.7 Assists Thomas Heurtel 7.9 Index Rating Nando de Colo 24.3
Records
Biggest home win	Khimki 91–53Crvena zvezda (30 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Limoges 71–107Laboral Kutxa (29 October 2015)
Highest scoring	Darüşşafaka 100–106Fenerbahçe (22 January 2016)
Winning streak	9 games Fenerbahçe
Losing streak	10 games Dinamo Sassari
Highest attendance	18,150 Crvena zvezda 69–67Panathinaikos (11 March 2016)
Lowest attendance	1,497 Cedevita 83–62Crvena zvezda (8 April 2016)
Attendance	1,832,920
Average attendance	7,332
←2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2016. 1 Sponsored league name, referring toTurkish Airlines.

The2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 16th season of the modern era ofEuroleague Basketball and the sixth under the titlesponsorship of theTurkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as theFIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

The2016 Euroleague Final was played betweenCSKA Moscow andFenerbahçe at theMercedes-Benz Arena inBerlin, Germany.^[1] CSKA Moscow defeated Fenerbahçe 101–96 on extra time in the final to win their seventh European Cup/Euroleague title.Real Madrid were the title holders, but they were eliminated by Fenerbahçe in the playoffs.

A total of 24 teams participated in the 2015–16 Euroleague.^[2]

The table below shows the default access list.^[3]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):^[4]

• A: Qualified through an A–licence, based on the Euroleague club ranking and other regulations.
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC:Wild card

Regular season
FC Barcelona Lassa(A)	Pınar Karşıyaka(1st)[Note TUR]	Panathinaikos(A)	Strasbourg(WC)
Laboral Kutxa(A)	Darüşşafaka Doğuş(WC)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan(A)	Brose Baskets(1st)
Real MadridTH(A)	CSKA Moscow(A)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari(1st)	Bayern Munich(WC)
Unicaja(3rd)	Khimki(2nd)	Crvena zvezda Telekom(1st)[Note ABA]	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv(A)
Anadolu Efes(A)	Lokomotiv Kuban(WC)	Cedevita(2nd)[Note ABA]	Žalgiris(A)
Fenerbahçe(A)	Olympiacos(A)	Limoges(1st)	Stelmet Zielona Góra(1st)

Notes

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2][5]

The draw was held on 9 July 2015, 13:00CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium inBarcelona.^[5] The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose,Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[5]

Pot 1 Team Pts CSKA Moscow 178 Real Madrid 178 FC Barcelona Lassa 171 Olympiacos 170	Pot 2 Team Pts Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 151 Panathinaikos 142 Fenerbahçe 129 Anadolu Efes 126	Pot 3 Team Pts Khimki 125 Laboral Kutxa 119 Lokomotiv Kuban 118 Unicaja 112
Pot 4 Team Pts Žalgiris 109 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 96 Crvena zvezda Telekom 95 Brose Baskets 80	Pot 5 Team Pts Pınar Karşıyaka 69† Darüşşafaka Doğuş 69† Cedevita 63 Bayern Munich 63	Pot 6 Team Pts Banco di Sardegna Sassari 57 Stelmet Zielona Góra 52 Strasbourg 48 Limoges 35†

Notes

FC Barcelona

Real Madrid

Laboral Kutxa

Unicaja

EA7 Milano

Dinamo Sassari

Anadolu Efes

Fenerbahçe

Pinar Karşıyaka

Darüşşafaka

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Žalgiris

CSKA Moscow

Khimki

Lokomotiv

Maccabi FOX

Crvena zvezda

Cedevita

Limoges

Strasbourg

Zielona Góra

Brose Baskets

Bayern Munich

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Location of teams of the2015–16 Euroleague regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in around-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered theEurocup Last 32.

A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage.Pınar Karşıyaka andDarüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		FNB	KHI	CZT	RMB	BAY	SIG
1	Fenerbahçe	10	8	2	770	707	+63	Advance toTop 16		—	88–83	79–61	77–66	74−67	81–64
2	Khimki	10	5	5	798	740	+58			68–70	—	91–53	84−70	70–81	88–62
3	Crvena Zvezda Telekom	10	5	5	766	813	−47			60–74	96–91	—	94–88	85–76	81−59
4	Real Madrid	10	5	5	854	808	+46			80–73	82–85	98–71	—	101–99	97–65
5	Bayern Munich	10	4	6	763	780	−17	Transfer toEurocup		67–84	69–60	79–90	67–86	—	76–61
6	Strasbourg	10	3	7	711	814	−103			91–70	69–78	78–75	93–86	69–82	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		OLY	EFS	LBO	CED	LIM	EA7
1	Olympiacos	10	8	2	761	692	+69	Advance toTop 16		—	68–81	59–52	76−61	75–49	73–63
2	Anadolu Efes	10	6	4	863	805	+58			87–91	—	95–86	75–81	92–74	89–73
3	Laboral Kutxa	10	6	4	854	766	+88			96–89	92–90	—	92–70	92–56	94–82
4	Cedevita	10	4	6	750	780	−30			70–83	75–81	76–67	—	80–84	82–85
5	Limoges	10	3	7	698	823	−125	Transfer toEurocup		67–76	77–89	71–107	69–78	—	74–65
6	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	10	3	7	737	797	−60			66–71	88–84	78–76	68–77	69–77	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		LOK	FCB	PAO	ZAL	KSK	ZGA
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	8	2	754	683	+71	Advance toTop 16		—	78–74	81−70	80–50	72–53	51–66
2	FC Barcelona Lassa	10	6	4	822	747	+75			72–68	—	77–52	88–92	107–79	78–72
3	Panathinaikos	10	6	4	756	710	+46			71–77	93–86	—	91–56	85–73	82–51
4	Žalgiris	10	5	5	697	731	−34			74–76	78–85	72–75	—	74–52	67–56
5	Pınar Karşıyaka	10	3	7	698	772	−74	Transfer toEurocup		78–88	71−62	66–69	66–68	—	77–66
6	Stelmet Zielona Góra	10	2	8	664	748	−84			75–83	64–93	71–68	62−66	81–83	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		CSK	UNI	BRO	DDI	MTA	DSS
1	CSKA Moscow	10	9	1	911	784	+127	Advance toTop 16		—	78–86	83–77	94–66	100−69	93–87
2	Unicaja	10	7	3	761	719	+42			76–88	—	76−71	81–69	82–68	80–62
3	Brose Baskets	10	6	4	778	720	+58			88–100	73–53	—	86–76	77–66	86–54
4	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	10	4	6	704	740	−36			75–80	63–57	54–65	—	66–70	83−74
5	Maccabi Tel Aviv	10	4	6	750	792	−42	Transfer toEurocup		82–88	82–93	85–65	73–84	—	79–63
6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	10	0	10	690	839	−149			78–107	65–77	73–90	60–68	74–76	—

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in around-robin format. The matchdays were 29–30 December, 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February, 11–12 February, 25–26 February, 3–4 March, 10–11 March, 17–18 March, 24–25 March, 31 March–1 April and 6–7 April 2016.

The four first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, while the four last qualified teams were eliminated.

A total of 8 countries were represented in the Top 16.Cedevita andDarüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the Top 16 of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		FNB	LOK	PAO	CZT	EFS	DDI	UNI	CED
1	Fenerbahçe	14	11	3	1095	1032	+63	Advance toPlayoffs		—	85–79	82–75	72–65	90–86	77–69	80–59	86–73
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	14	9	5	1099	978	+121			52–55	—	76–67	86–62	78–77	82–58	81–60	87–63
3	Panathinaikos	14	9	5	1067	1027	+40			76–71	84–79	—	63–74	83–78	82–79	68–66	76–60
4	Crvena zvezda Telekom	14	7	7	1038	1060	−22			65–88	80–66	69–67	—	91–82	61–80	87–73	94–74
5	Anadolu Efes	14	7	7	1121	1106	+15			73–77	61–76	91–86	85–84	—	84–71	87–67	80–76
6	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	14	5	9	1060	1083	−23			100–106	87–86	84–86	69–66	68–72	—	78–55	72–79
7	Unicaja	14	4	10	971	1076	−105			71–67	64–82	58–76	72–78	75–85	70–62	—	90–67
8	Cedevita	14	4	10	1038	1127	−89			89–59	75–89	60–78	83–62	84–80	77–83	78–91	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		CSK	LBO	FCB	RMB	KHI	BRO	OLY	ZAL
1	CSKA Moscow	14	10	4	1299	1185	+114	Advance toPlayoffs		—	90–78	93–82	95–81	108–98	91–70	92–85	100–86
2	Laboral Kutxa	14	9	5	1110	1075	+35			81–71	—	75–71	89–88	98–83	90–64	76–82	71–65
3	FC Barcelona Lassa	14	8	6	1085	1059	+26			100–98	78–81	—	72–65	87–70	75–57	82–66	92–86
4	Real Madrid	14	7	7	1173	1165	+8			87–96	68–77	86–87	—	83–70	82–79	84–72	92–86
5	Khimki	14	7	7	1164	1138	+26			91–89	76–68	75–61	82–93	—	78–61	98–66	111–80
6	Brose Baskets	14	7	7	1073	1088	−15			91–83	89–69	74–70	86–90	84–79	—	72–71	96–63
7	Olympiacos	14	6	8	1083	1105	−22			96–99	82–68	74–62	99–84	89–77	72–77	—	74–59
8	Žalgiris	14	2	12	1007	1179	−172			59–94	68–89	59–66	75–90	71–76	75–73	75–55	—

In theplayoffs, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games, before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the highest Top 16 place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) game of the series at home.

Game 1 was played on 12 and 13 April, game 2 was played on 14 and 15 April, game 3 was played on 18 and 19 April, game 4, if necessary, was played on 21 April, and game 5, if necessary, was played on 26 April 2016.

Team 1	Series	Team 2 v t e	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fenerbahçe	3–0	Real Madrid	75–69	100–78	75–63
Laboral Kutxa	3–0	Panathinaikos	84–68	82–78	84–75
CSKA Moscow	3–0	Crvena zvezda Telekom	84–74	77–76	78–71
Lokomotiv Kuban	3–2	FC Barcelona Lassa	66–61	66–92	70–82	92–80	81–67

The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the Final Four. The semifinals were played on May 13, while the third place game and championship game were played on May 15, 2016. The event was held at theMercedes-Benz Arena inBerlin,Germany.

	Semifinals				Championship game
	13 May
	Fenerbahçe	88
					15 May
	Laboral Kutxa	77
					Fenerbahçe	96
	13 May
					CSKA Moscow	101
	CSKA Moscow	88
	Lokomotiv Kuban	81
					Third place game
					15 May
					Laboral Kutxa	75
					Lokomotiv Kuban	85

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
	Final Four games	45,385	12,250	10,658	11,346	−4.4%†
1	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	55,300	11,060	11,060	11,060	0.0%†
2	Žalgiris	131,998	14,790	8,702	11,000	+8.3%†
3	Laboral Kutxa	153,265	13,964	8,366	10,948	+11.4%†
4	Real Madrid	140,015	12,018	9,037	10,770	+1.9%†
5	Crvena zvezda Telekom	135,705	18,150	4,961	10,439	−27.9%†
6	Panathinaikos	132,148	16,419	4,515	10,165	−15.7%†
7	Fenerbahçe	142,264	12,886	5,960	10,162	−13.5%†
8	Olympiacos	102,775	11,640	5,006	8,565	−4.8%†
9	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	42,151	11,192	7,174	8,430	+2.5%†
10	CSKA Moscow	102,427	12,473	4,421	7,316	+56.4%†
11	Brose Baskets	81,157	8,200	5,693	6,763	−0.5%†
12	Unicaja	77,307	9,120	4,656	6,442	−12.0%†
13	Bayern Munich	31,568	6,700	5,869	6,314	+4.8%†
14	FC Barcelona Lassa	85,157	7,142	4,867	6,083	−9.2%†
15	Strasbourg	29,136	6,167	5,398	5,827	+52.6%1
16	Lokomotiv Kuban	82,228	7,495	2,814	5,482	+46.2%1
17	Anadolu Efes	55,581	8,685	2,531	4,632	−24.2%†
18	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	53,204	4,989	3,291	4,434	n/a†
19	Limoges	21,623	4,886	3,446	4,325	−7.1%4
20	Pınar Karşıyaka	18,855	5,000	2,500	3,771	+21.6%1
21	Cedevita	45,003	5,281	1,497	3,750	−0.3%†
22	Stelmet Zielona Góra	17,980	5,002	2,750	3,596	+46.9%1
23	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	16,981	4,005	2,988	3,396	−10.2%†
24	Khimki	33,707	3,800	1,500	2,809	+29.5%1
	League total	1,832,920	18,150	1,497	7,332	−10.4%†

Pos.	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance	Ref
1	Top 16	10	Crvena zvezda	Panathinaikos	18,150	Link
2	Playoffs	3	Crvena zvezda	CSKA Moscow	18,087	Link
3	Top 16	13	Crvena zvezda	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	18,078	Link
4	Playoffs	3	Panathinaikos	Laboral Kutxa	16,419	Link
5	Top 16	13	Panathinaikos	Cedevita	16,366	Link
6	Regular Season	4	Crvena zvezda	Fenerbahçe	16,203	Link
7	Top 16	8	Panathinaikos	Fenerbahçe	16,188	Link
8	Regular Season	4	Žalgiris	FC Barcelona Lassa	14,790	Link
9	Regular Season	1	Crvena zvezda	Strasbourg	14,338	Link
10	Regular Season	8	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona Lassa	13,972	Link

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	656	24.30
2.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	29	612	21.10
3.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	612	19.74

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	525	19.44
2.	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	504	16.26
3.	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	29	467	16.10

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	29	251	8.66
2.	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	27	213	7.89
3.	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	23	156	6.78

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	24	190	7.92
2.	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	27	174	6.44
3.	Sergio Rodríguez	Real Madrid	27	167	6.19

Category	Name	Team	Games	Avg
Steals per game	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	27	2.00
Blocks per game	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	27	2.26
Turnovers per game	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	24	3.33
Fouls drawn per game	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	6.48
	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31
Minutes per game	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31	33:16
2FG%	James Augustine	Khimki	23	0.687
3FG%	Cory Higgins	CSKA Moscow	29	0.539
FT%	Pau Ribas	FC Barcelona Lassa	27	0.939

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Rating	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	44
Points	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	31
Rebounds	Tyler Honeycutt	Khimki	19
Assists	Stefan Jović	Crvena zvezda	19
Steals	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	6
Blocks	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	7
Turnovers	8 times		7
Fouls Drawn	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	13

• Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)^[6]

• Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)^[7]

Pos.	First Team[8]			Second Team[8]
G	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban		Luigi Datome	Fenerbahçe
G	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow		Quincy Miller	Crvena zvezda
F	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow		Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe
F	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe		Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban
C	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa		Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid

• Nando de Colo (CSKA Moscow)^[9]

• Kyle Hines (CSKA Moscow)^[10]

• Álex Abrines (FC Barcelona Lassa)^[11]

• Dimitrios Itoudis (CSKA Moscow)^[12]

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Patric Young	Olympiacos	26
2	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	44
3	Darius Adams	Laboral Kutxa	29
4	Felipe Reyes	Real Madrid	30
5	Nicolò Melli	Brose Baskets	37
6	Luke Harangody	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	35
7	Jamel McLean	EA7 Milano	36
8	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	33
	Maik Zirbes	Crvena zvezda
9	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	41
10	Nobel Boungou Colo	Limoges	34

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	41
2	Malcolm Delaney (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	30
3	Felipe Reyes (2)	Real Madrid	32
4	Ioannis Bourousis (2)	Laboral Kutxa	30
	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe
5	Tyrese Rice	Khimki	35
6	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	37
7	Gustavo Ayón (2)	Real Madrid	41
8	Anthony Randolph	Lokomotiv Kuban	43
9	Luigi Datome	Fenerbahçe	29
10	Ioannis Bourousis (3)	Laboral Kutxa	29
11	Bradley Wanamaker	Brose Baskets	34
12	Tyler Honeycutt	Khimki	30
13	Ioannis Bourousis (4)	Laboral Kutxa	35
	Nando de Colo (2)	CSKA Moscow
14	Nando de Colo (3)	CSKA Moscow	36

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	28
2	Kyle Hines	CSKA Moscow	25
	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe
3	Ekpe Udoh (2)	Fenerbahçe	33
4	Anthony Randolph (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	28
5	Chris Singleton	Lokomotiv Kuban	27

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October 2015	Malcolm Delaney	Lokomotiv Kuban	[13]
November 2015	Nicolò Melli	Brose Baskets	[14]
December 2015	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	[15]
January 2016	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	[16]
February 2016	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	[17]
March 2016	Ioannis Bourousis	Laboral Kutxa	[18]
April 2016	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	[19]

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