The 2015 Eurocup finals were the concluding two games of the 2014–15 Eurocup Basketball season. BC Khimki and Herbalife Gran Canaria faced off in a two-legged series.

2015 Eurocup finals
Event2014–15 Eurocup Basketball
Herbalife
Gran Canaria
Khimki
Spain Russia
130 174
First leg
DateApril 25, 2015 (2015-04-25)
VenueGran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
MVPMontenegro Tyrese Rice
Attendance9,875
Second leg
DateApril 29, 2015 (2015-04-29)
VenueBasketball Center, Khimki
Attendance3,850
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It was the third time that Khimki played in a Eurocup Finals, after their league title in 2011 and being runners-up in 2009.[1] For Gran Canaria, it was the first-ever Finals appearance after they never reached a stage further than the quarterfinals in history.[2] The winner of the Finals would play in the 2015–16 Euroleague regular season.

Road to the Finals

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  Herbalife Gran Canaria[2] Round   Khimki[1]
1st place (10–0) (Group B) Regular season 1st place (8–2) (Group D)
1st place (5–1) (Group H) Round of 32 1st place (5–1) (Group J)
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Cedevita
159–148
84–76
75–72
Eightfinals   Zenit Saint Petersburg
175–154
86–84
89–70
  Pınar Karşıyaka
151–140
76–66
75–74
Quarterfinals   Valencia
152–136
76–75
76–61
  UNICS
161–146
83–70
78–76
Semifinals   Banvit
175–172
82–83
93–89

First leg

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24 April 2015
20:45
Herbalife Gran Canaria   66–91   Khimki
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–19, 21–19, 12–32
Pts: Kuric 23
Rebs: Báez 7
Asts: Oliver 4
PIR: Kuric 21
Pts: Koponen, Vyaltsev 18
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Rice 5
PIR: Davis 22
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
Attendance: 9,875
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Roberto Chiari (ITA), Rüştü Nuran (TUR)
 
 
 
 
Gran Canaria
 
 
 
 
Khimki
Starters: P R A
PG 11   Tomás Bellas 3 0 3
SG 10   Txemi Urtasun 0 1 2
SF 24   Kyle Kuric 23 2 0
PF 14   Eulis Báez 18 7 1
C 13   Walter Tavares 4 4 1
Reserves: P R A
PG 4   Albert Oliver 7 2 4
SF 8   Brad Newley 2 2 0
C 14   Levon Kendall 1 3 2
PG 15   Joaquín Portugués DNP
PF 21   Oriol Paulí 3 1 0
PF 25   Ian O'Leary 5 1 0
SF 35   DaJuan Summers DNP
Head coach:
  Aíto García Reneses
Starters: P R A
PG 0   Tyrese Rice 13 2 5
SG 9   Egor Vyaltsev 18 3 4
PF 12   Sergei Monia 9 6 3
PF 11   Stanislav Ilnitskiy 5 4 0
C 40   Paul Davis 17 6 1
Reserves: P R A
PF 5   James Augustine 9 6 2
PG 6   Marko Popović DNP
C 7   Ruslan Pateev DNP
PG 8   Petteri Koponen 18 2 3
SG 34   Maxim Shakharov DNP
SF 45   Maxim Sheleketo 2 2 0
Head coach:
  Rimas Kurtinaitis

Second leg

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29 April 2015
18:30
Khimki   83–64   Herbalife Gran Canaria
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 18–12, 23–16, 15–18
Pts: Augustine 18
Rebs: Davis 10
Asts: Popović 7
PIR: Davis 20
Pts: Tavares 17
Rebs: Tavares 10
Asts: Kendall 3
PIR: Tavares 23
Basketball Center, Khimki
Attendance: 3,850
Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Ioannis Foufis (GRE)
 
 
 
 
Khimki
 
 
 
 
Gran Canaria
Starters: P R A
PG 0   Tyrese Rice 16 3 6
SG 9   Egor Vyaltsev 7 3 2
PF 12   Sergei Monia 2 4 1
PF 11   Stanislav Ilnitskiy 2 1 0
C 40   Paul Davis 16 10 0
Reserves: P R A
PF 5   James Augustine 18 0 1
PG 6   Marko Popović 2 2 7
C 7   Ruslan Pateev 2 2 0
PG 8   Petteri Koponen 13 5 4
SG 34   Maxim Shakharov DNP
SF 45   Maxim Sheleketo 5 6 0
Head coach:
  Rimas Kurtinaitis
2014–15 Eurocup champions

Khimki
2nd title
Starters: P R A
PG 11   Tomás Bellas 5 5 4
SF 8   Brad Newley 12 2 1
SF 24   Kyle Kuric 8 2 2
PF 14   Eulis Báez 6 5 3
C 13   Walter Tavares 17 10 0
Reserves: P R A
PG 4   Albert Oliver 0 2 0
SG 10   Txemi Urtasun 5 1 1
C 14   Levon Kendall 6 6 1
PG 15   Joaquín Portugués DNP
PF 21   Oriol Paulí 3 0 0
PF 25   Ian O'Leary 2 0 0
SF 35   DaJuan Summers DNP
Head coach:
  Aíto García Reneses

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Road to the Finals: Khimki Moscow Region". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2015-04-10. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. ^ a b "Road to the Finals: Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2015-04-10. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-21.