2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I

Scooore! League1
Season2014–15
Duration3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
Games played32 or 30
Teams11
TV partner(s)Belgacom 5
Regular season
Season MVPSerbia Dušan Đorđević
Finals
ChampionsTelenet Oostende
(16th title)
  Runners-upBelfius Mons-Hainaut
Statistical leaders
Points United States Arizona Reid 19.9
Rebounds United States John Fields 11.0
Assists Serbia Dušan Đorđević 5.1
Records
Highest attendance17,135[1]
Antwerp 88–83 Charleroi
(31 January 2015)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

The 2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I, known as the 2014–15 Scooore! League for sponsorship reasons, was the 88th season of the Basketball League Belgium. This season started with 11 clubs, including newly formed team Limburg United. Telenet Oostende was the defending champion.

The 2014–15 season marked the first season of the league without the name Ethias League, after Ethias stopped their sponsoring activities.

Format

Because a new team was added in Limburg United, a new competition format was introduced. The regular season now contained two rounds: in the first round all teams would play 2 matches against each other (one at home, one away). After 20 played games the league will be divided in two groups: the first group contains the teams seeded 1–6 and the second group 7–11. The results of the first round are included in the final standings.

The first 8 teams qualified for the Playoffs, the quarterfinals would be played in a best-of-three format and the Semifinals and Finals in a best-of-five.[2]

Licenses

The licences for the 2014–15 season were announced in April 2014.[3]

Teams

Colors Club City Arena Capacity
    Basic-Fit Brussels Brussels Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek 1,200
   
 Limburg United Hasselt Alverberg-sporthal
1,730
    Belfius Mons-Hainaut Mons Mons Arena 4,000
    Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek Willebroek Sporthal de Schalk 1,000
    Liège Basket Liège Country Hall Ethias 5,000
    Okapi Aalstar Aalst Okapi Forum 2,800
    Port of Antwerp Giants Antwerp Lotto Arena 5,218
    Proximus Spirou Charleroi Spiroudome 6,200
    Stella Artois Leuven Bears Leuven Sportoase 3,400
    Telenet BC Oostende Ostend Sleuyter Arena 5,000
    VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster Verviers Halle du Paire 4,000

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Telenet Oostende 30 26 4 2516 2193 +323 56 Qualification for playoffs
2 Okapi Aalstar 30 17 13 2561 2514 +47 47
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 30 17 13 2288 2217 +71 47
4 Hubo Limburg United 30 16 14 2521 2500 +21 46
5 Proximus Spirou 30 16 14 2267 2228 +39 46
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 30 15 15 2568 2540 +28 45
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 28 15 13 2319 2335 −16 43 Qualification for playoffs
8 VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 28 13 15 2215 2289 −74 41
9 Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 28 11 17 2205 2316 −111 39
10 Basic-Fit Brussels 28 10 18 2248 2319 −71 38
11 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 28 4 24 2108 2365 −257 32
Source: Scooore League

Results

First stage

Home \ Away BRU LIM MON WIL LIE OKA AWP SPI LEU OOS VOO
Basic-Fit Brussels 89–87 80–74 91–96 103–91 94–67 89–99 76–80 73–69 69–84 99–91
Hubo Limburg United 102–88 85–67 76–79 97–81 90–101 107–103 68–84 88–61 82–91 91–76
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 67–70 81–60 87–71 79–74 72–68 76–84 73–69 77–59 59–72 102–65
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 86–95 82–90 77–93 76–81 82–71 98–104 78–75 80–86 70–100 81–82
Liège Basket 83–79 80–84 77–87 86–76 109–111 82–80 82–71 89–70 61–89 79–78
Okapi Aalstar 93–85 97–76 88–75 92–83 80–77 104–77 83–95 105–79 91–85 97–92
Port of Antwerp Giants 108–78 68–75 85–64 90–77 79–78 91–69 88–83 97–91 67–79 77–73
Proximus Spirou 88–78 67–73 65–43 80–69 74–79 83–70 80–68 74–59 75–69 69–73
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 78–76 108–111 59–102 86–75 81–84 70–82 71–81 73–80 82–86 85–89
Telenet BC Oostende 73–72 84–70 86–91 87–77 84–70 97–81 91–80 91–72 85–76 85–66
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 81–84 70–76 74–78 95–88 81–75 88–68 78–101 71–66 85–74 65–79
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Telenet Oostende 2
8 Verviers-Pepinster 0
1 Telenet Oostende 3
5 Spirou Charleroi 1
4 Hubo Limburg United 0
5 Proximus Spirou 2
1 Telenet Oostende 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 2
7 betFIRST Liège Basket 1
2 Okapi Aalstar 1
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2
6 Port of Antwerp Giants 1

Awards

Awards Player Team
MVP Serbia Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende
Coach of the Year United States Brian Lynch Limburg United
Belgian Player of the Year Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet Telenet Oostende
Most Promising Player Belgium Vincent Kesteloot Okapi Aalstar
Star of the Coaches Serbia Dušan Đorđević Telenet Oostende

See also

References

  1. ^ Round up: Magical 'Night of Giants'; FIBA Europe; 2 February 2015
  2. ^ "Nieuwe competitieformule met elf clubs voor seizoen 2014-2015". Metro (in Dutch). 2014-03-27. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  3. ^ Ruddy Berghmans (2014-04-13). "Basketploegen met licentie voor seizoen 2014-2015". Cartoon-Productions (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-11.