The 2015 BBL-Pokal was the 48th season of the German Basketball Cup. The Final Four was held in Oldenburg, which gained EWE Baskets Oldenburg automatic qualification. The other six participating teams were selected through the standings in the 2014–15 Basketball Bundesliga.

BBL-Pokal
The EWE Arena is the venue for the Final Four
Number of games7
Number of teams7
Finals
ChampionsEWE Baskets Oldenburg
1st title
  Runners-upBrose Baskets
Third placeAlba Berlin
Fourth placeTelekom Baskets Bonn
2014
2016

Participants edit

The following six teams qualified based on their standings in the 2013–14 BBL.

  1. Alba Berlin
  2. Brose Baskets
  3. Bayern Munich
  4. Telekom Baskets Bonn
  5. ratiopharm ulm
  6. BG Göttingen

EWE Baskets Oldenburg was qualified because the Final Four will be played on their home court.

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
4 ratiopharm ulm 61
2 Brose Baskets 76
2 Brose Baskets 86
1 Alba Berlin 65
1 Alba Berlin 74
3 Bayern Munich 69
2 Brose Baskets 70
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 72
5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 92
6 BG Göttingen 83
5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 71 Third place
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 77
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1 Alba Berlin 85
Bye 5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 69

Quarterfinals edit

18 February 2015
20:00
ratiopharm ulm 61–76 Brose Baskets
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 11–23, 23–18, 14–17
Pts: Brion Rush 16
Rebs: Tim Ohlbrecht 6
Asts: Per Günther 6
Pts: Daniel Theis 17
Rebs: Trevor Mbakwe 10
Asts: Dawan Robinson 4
Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Moritz Reiter, Clemens Fritz, Konstantin Simonow
18 February 2015
20:00
Alba Berlin 74–69 Bayern Munich
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 17–19, 17–16, 26–15
Pts: Jamel McLean 19
Rebs: Jamel McLean 8
Asts: Alex Renfroe 6
Pts: Duško Savanović 15
Rebs: John Bryant 11
Asts: Vasilije Micić 4
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 11,678
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Oliver Krause, Toni Rodriguez
24 February 2015
20:00
Telekom Baskets Bonn 92–83 BG Göttingen
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 23–19, 24–23, 16–23
Pts: Benas Veikalas 26
Rebs: Tadas Klimavičius 9
Asts: Caloiaro, Lawrence 5
Pts: Harper Kamp 17
Rebs: Raymar Morgan 5
Asts: Alex Ruoff 4
Telekom Dome, Bonn
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Boris Schmidt, Martin Matip, Andreas Schreiner

Semifinals edit

11 April 2015
17:00
Brose Baskets 86–65 Alba Berlin
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 22–14, 18–23, 24–12
Pts: Brad Wanamaker 22
Rebs: Trevor Mbakwe 8
Asts: Robinson, Thompson 3
Pts: Banić, Radošević 11
Rebs: Alex Renfroe 5
Asts: Alex Renfroe 4
Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Martin Matip, Toni Rodriguez, Oliver Krause
11 April 2015
20:00
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 77–71 Telekom Baskets Bonn
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 15–25, 22–13, 20–15
Pts: Casper Ware 14
Rebs: Philipp Neumann 7
Asts: Ware, Jenkins 4
Pts: Benas Veikalas 17
Rebs: Tadas Klimavičius 8
Asts: Eugene Lawrence 5
Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Moritz Reiter, Benjamin Barth

Third place game edit

12 April 2015
11:00
Alba Berlin 85–69 Telekom Baskets Bonn
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 24–17, 22–17, 21–15
Pts: Reggie Redding 15
Rebs: Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann 8
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Angelo Caloiaro 11
Rebs: Tadas Klimavičius 4
Asts: McConnell, Klimavičius 3
Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Martin Matip, Oliver Krause, Toni Rodriguez

Final edit

12 April 2015
14:00
Brose Bamberg 70–72 EWE Oldenburg
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 17–10, 20–17, 16–21
Pts: Brad Wanamaker 19
Rebs: Trevor Mbakwe 10
Asts: Brad Wanamaker 4
Pts: Casper Ware 13
Rebs: Chubb, Aleksandrov 5
Asts: Chris Kramer 7
Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Moritz Reiter, Benjamin Barth
 
 
 
 
Brose
 
 
 
 
Oldenburg
Starters: Pts
PG 11   Bradley Wanamaker 19
SG 9   Karsten Tadda 0
SF 7   Ryan Thompson 3
PF 20   Elias Harris 5
C 21   Trevor Mbakwe 8
Reserves:
G 13   Jānis Strēlnieks 16
F 6   Darius Miller 10
G 55   Dawan Robinson 6
F 10   Daniel Theis 3
C 4   Dalibor Bagarić
G 17   Andreas Obst
G 12   Daniel Schmidt
Head coach:
  Andrea Trinchieri
Game rules
The game was played with FIBA rules.
2015 BBL-Pokal Winners
EWE Oldenburg
1st title
Starters: Pts
PG 5   Casper Ware 13
SG 4   Chris Kramer 8
SF 23   Rickey Paulding 8
PF 32   Nemanja Aleksandrov 3
C 34   Philipp Neumann 12
Reserves:
G 9   Maurice Stuckey 9
F 7   Philip Zwiener 9
G 11   Adam Chubb 8
C 12   Robin Smeulders 2
G 22   Julius Jenkins 0
F 30   Jan-Niklas Wimberg
G 21   Dominic Lockhart
Head coach:
  Mladen Drijencic

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