2015 EuroChallenge Final Four

The 2015 EuroChallenge Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge season. The tournament was held in the Hayri Gür Arena in Trabzon, home of Trabzonspor Medical Park, one of the semifinalists. JSF Nanterre took the title, after beating hosts Trabzonspor 63–64 in the Final. Energia Târgu Jiu took third place, while Fraport Skyliners finished fourth.

2015 EuroChallenge Final Four
Tournament details
ArenaHayri Gür Arena
Trabzon, Turkey
DatesApril 24, 2015 – April 26, 2014
Final positions
ChampionsFrance JSF Nanterre
(1st title)
Runners-upTurkey Trabzonspor Medical Park
Third placeRomania Energia Târgu Jiu
Fourth placeGermany Fraport Skyliners
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Jamal Shuler[1]
2014

Bracket edit

 
Semifinals
24 April
Final
26 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Energia Târgu Jiu 63
 
 
 
  Trabzonspor MP 83
 
  Trabzonspor MP 63
 
 
 
  JSF Nanterre 64
 
  JSF Nanterre 84
 
 
  Fraport Skyliners 79
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Energia Târgu Jiu 83
 
 
  Fraport Skyliners 80

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

24 April 2015
16:30
JSF Nanterre   84–79   Fraport Skyliners
Scoring by quarter: 27-18, 18-19, 19-24, 20-18
Pts: Weems 25
Rebs: Jaiteh 8
Asts: Shuler 7
Pts: Armand 17
Rebs: Morrison, Robertson 8
Asts: Coobs 5
Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon
Attendance: 1354
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Milan Nedovic (SLO)

Semifinal 2 edit

24 April 2015
19:00
Energia Târgu Jiu   63–83   Trabzonspor Medical Park
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 9–22, 18–19, 14–25
Pts: Watson 15
Rebs: Milošević 5
Asts: Watson 4
Pts: Hardy 26
Rebs: Ivanov 9
Asts: Bost 4
Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon
Attendance: 6650
Referees: Neil Wilkinson (ENG), Fernando Calatrava Cuevas (ESP), Gellert Kapitany (HUN)

Third place game edit

Giordan Watson hit a crucial three-point field goal with less than two seconds to go, to lead Energia to the win.[2]

26 April 2015
16:30
Energia Târgu Jiu   83–80   Fraport Skyliners
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 16–21, 19–22, 28–24
Pts: Watson 18
Rebs: Milošević 10
Asts: Watson 6
Pts: Voigtmann 21
Rebs: Voigtmann 11
Asts: Cobbs 4
Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Fernando Calatrava Cuevas (ESP), Rain Peerandi (EST)

Final edit

The game was won by JSF Nanterre on a buzzer-beating lay-up from Terrance Campbell, that was reviewed by using instant replay.[3]

26 April 2015
19:00
Trabzonspor Medical Park   63–64   JSF Nanterre
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 11–18, 19–16, 16–11
Pts: Hardy 16
Rebs: Veličković 7
Asts: Hardy 6
Pts: Campbell 15
Rebs: Jaiteh 7
Asts: 3 players 3
Hayri Gür Arena, Trabzon
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Neil Wilkinson (ENG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Milan Nedovic (SLO)
 
 
 
 
Trabzonspor
 
 
 
 
Nanterre
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3   Dee Bost 9 2 1
SG 7   Dwight Hardy 16 1 6
SF 19   Alper Saruhan 0 0 0
PF 12   Novica Veličković 13 7 3
C 13   Andrija Stipanović 10 5 1
Reserves:
G 20   Can Altıntığ 3 1 0
F 23   Sean Marshall 5 4 4
F 55   Kaloyan Ivanov 7 3 0
G 10   Yunus Akcay 0 0 0
C 9   Hasan Yigit Seckin DNP
F 21   Nusret Yıldırım DNP
G 8   Can Korkmaz DNP
Head coach:
  Nenad Marković
Game rules

Game played with FIBA rules.

 
Hayri Gür Arena

Starters: P R A
PG 1   Jamal Shuler 10 3 2
SG 44   Terrance Campbell 15 1 3
SF 9   Jérémy Nzeulie 14 3 3
PF 34   Kyle Weems 8 5 3
C 14   Mouhammadou Jaiteh 6 7 0
Reserves: P R A
G 3   Joseph Gomis 7 3 1
G 5   Marc Judith 2 1 0
F 21   Laurence Ekperigin 0 4 1
C 42   Johan Passave-Ducteil 2 4 1
G 93   William Mensah DNP
SF 24   Mykal Riley DNP
Head coach:
  Pascal Donnadieu

References edit