2014–15 MŽRKL

2014–15 MŽRKL
League	Adriatic League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	21 October 2013 – 15 March 2015
Number of games	73
Number of teams	12
Total attendance	2.400 (at Final Four)
TV partner(s)	RTCG
2014–15
Season champions	Umana Reyer Venezia (1st title)
Season MVP	Marica Gajić
Top scorer	Haleigh Lankster

MŽRKL League for the season 2014–15 was the fourteen season of the Adriatic League. Competition included fourteen teams from seven countries. In this season participating clubs from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and from Macedonia. MŽRKL League for the season 2014–15 has begun to play 22 October 2014. and ended on 4 March 2015, when he it was completed a Quarterfinals. Final Four to be played from 14 to 15 March 2015.

As a Cadet MŽRKL League last two season a success, the Board of league decided to continue playing Cadet MŽRKL League and founded Pionir MŽRKL League. Cadet MŽRKL League comprises 12 teams, where each team plays each at once. One team is organizing a mini tournament where four teams play two rounds of the league for a weekend and so once a month. Top 4 teams qualify for the Final Four to be played in the same place for seniors and the same weekend play. Pionir MŽRKL League comprises 13 teams, where each team plays each at once. One team is organizing a mini tournament where four teams play two rounds of the league for a weekend and so once a month. Top 4 teams qualify for the Final Four to be played in the same place for seniors and the same weekend play.

Team information

Country	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Slovenia	3
		Athlete Celje	Celje	Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center (1,500)
		Grosbasket	Grosuplje	ŠD Brinje (600)
		Triglav Kranj	Kranj	Športna dvorana Planina (800)
Serbia	2
		Partizan	Belgrade	Hall Vizura Sport (1,500)
		Radivoj Korać	Belgrade	Sport EKO Hall (1,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
		Čelik	Zenica	Arena Zenica (6,200)
		Play Off Happy	Sarajevo	Sport Hall Sarajevo (800)
Croatia	2
		Medveščak	Zagreb	ŠD Peščenica (600)
		Trešnjevka 2009	Zagreb	Športska dvorana Trešnjevka (5,000)
Montenegro	1	Budućnost Volcano	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (4,570)
Italy	1	Umana Reyer Venezia	Venice	Taliercio (3,500)
Macedonia	1	Badel 1862	Skopje	SRC Kale (2,500)

Regular season

In the Regular season was played with 12 teams divided into 2 groups of 6 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with one game each at home and away. The four best teams in each group at the end of the regular season were placed in the Quarterfinals. The regular season began on 21 October 2014. and it will end on 12 February 2015.

Group A

Place	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Budućnost Volcano	10	8	2	749	645	+104	18	Quarterfinals
2.	Umana Reyer Venezia	10	8	2	696	529	+167	18
3.	Medveščak	10	8	2	700	606	+94	18
4.	Triglav Kranj	10	4	6	633	684	-51	14
5.	Partizan	10	2	8	577	675	-98	12
6.	Play Off Happy	10	0	10	616	832	-216	10

1. round (26.10.) Budućnost - Triglav 71:62 (22.10.) Partizan - Play Off 84:51

2. round (30.10.) Triglav - Partizan 50:47 (29.10.) Medveščak - Budućnost 71:67

3. round (5.11.) Budućnost - Reyer 64:69 (5.11.) Partizan - Medveščak 49:67 (5.11.) Play Off - Triglav 69:75

4. round (12.11.) Medveščak - Play Off 91:57 (12.11.) Reyer - Partizan 76:50

5. round (19.11.) Play Off - Reyer 43:89 (20.11.) Triglav - Medveščak 63:67

6. round (26.11.) Reyer - Triglav 82:49 (27.11.) Budućnost - Partizan 76:45

7. round (6.12.) Play Off - Budućnost 78:85 (3.11.) Medveščak - Reyer 60:46

8. round (11.12.) Triglav – Budućnost 80:82 (11.12.) Play Off – Partizan 67:71

9. round (17.12.) Partizan – Triglav 63:67 (18.12.) Budućnost – Medveščak 76:66

10. round (14.1.) Reyer – Budućnost 51:58 (14.1.) Medveščak – Partizan 72:53 (15.1.) Triglav – Play Off 77:71

11. round (22.1.) Play Off – Medveščak 69:88 (21.1.) Partizan – Reyer 53:73

12. round (28.1.) Reyer – Play Off 78:50 (28.1.) Medveščak – Triglav 71:55

13. round (4.2.) Triglav – Reyer 55:61 (4.2.) Partizan – Budućnost 62:76

14. round (12.2.) Budućnost – Play Off 94:61 (11.2.) Reyer – Medveščak 71:47

Group B

Place	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Athlete Celje	10	9	1	856	597	+259	19	Quarterfinals
2.	Radivoj Korać	10	9	1	794	643	+151	19
3.	Čelik Zenica	10	6	4	680	591	+89	16
4.	Grosbasket	10	6	7	628	686	-58	16
5.	Trešnjevka 2009	10	3	7	555	795	-240	16
6.	Badel 1862	10	0	10	513	714	-201	10

1. round (21.10.) Badel 1862 - Trešnjevka 49:72 (23.10.) Athlete Celje - Grosbasket 82:71

2. round (29.10.) Trešnjevka - Athlete Celje 49:88 (29.10.) Radivoj Korać - Badel 1862 67:55

3. round (6.11.) Athlete Celje - Radivoj Korać 97:65 (5.11.) Čelik - Grosbasket 75:64

4. round (12.11.) Trešnjevka - Čelik 39:82 (12.11.) Badel 1862 - Athlete Celje 55:82

5. round (19.11.) Čelik - Radivoj Korać 62:63 (20.11.) Grosbasket - Trešnjevka 69:54

6. round (26.11.) Radivoj Korać - Grosbasket 95:71 (26.11.) Badel 1862 - Čelik 45:65

7. round (3.12.) Čelik - Athlete Celje 73:81 (4.11.) Grosbasket - Badel 1862 63:50 (3.11.) Trešnjevka - Radivoj Korać 59:92

8. round (5.12.) Trešnjevka – Badel 1862 61:57 (11.12.) Grosbasket – Athlete Celje 46:73

9. round (17.12.) Athlete Celje – Trešnjevka 126:61 (10.12.) Badel 1862 – Radivoj Korać 35:70

10. round (14.1.) Radivoj Korać – Athlete Celje 73:68 (15.1.) Grosbasket – Čelik 45:62

11. round (21.1.) Čelik – Trešnjevka 76:48 (24.1.) Athlete Celje – Badel 1862 91:53

12. round (28.1.) Radivoj Korać – Čelik 83:68 (28.1.) Trešnjevka – Grosbasket 54:52

13. round (5.2.) Grosbasket – Radivoj Korać 70:82 (5.2.) Čelik – Badel 1862 65:53

14. round (11.2.) Athlete Celje – Čelik 68:51 (11.2.) Badel 1862 – Grosbasket 59:77 (11.2.) Radivoj Korać - Trešnjevka 104:58

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, teams play until one team arrives first to 2 wins. The winning quarterfinalists were placed in the Final Four. The quarterfinals began on 18 February 2015. and it will end on 4 March 2015.

club 1	result	club 2
Quarterfinals
Budućnost Volcano	2:0	Grosbasket
Umana Reyer Venezia	2:0	Čelik Zenica
Athlete Celje	2:0	Triglav Kranj
Radivoj Korać	2:1	Medveščak

1. leg (19.2.) Budućnost – Grosbasket 72:50 (18.2.) Reyer Venezia – Čelik Zenica 74:49 (19.2.) Athlete Celje – Triglav 72:53 (19.2.) Radivoj Korać – Medveščak 65:67

2. leg (26.2.) Grosbasket – Budućnost 55:74 (25.2.) Čelik Zenica – Reyer Venezia 63:67 (26.2.) Triglav – Athlete Celje 51:79 (25.2.) Medveščak – Radivoj Korać 69:75

3. leg (4.3.) Radivoj Korać – Medveščak 72:48

Final four

Final Four to be played from 14 to 15 March 2015. in the Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center in Celje, Slovenia.

Semifinals

March 14 17:15

Report

Radivoj Korać	65–63	Budućnost Volcano
Scoring by quarter: 14:25, 27:14, 17:14, 7:10
Pts: three players 15 Rebs: Topuzović, Mandić 10 Asts: Mandić 6		Pts: Popović 26 Rebs: Matović 8 Asts: Sanders 3

Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center, Celje Attendance: 400 Referees: Majkić, Poljanšek, Tomić

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March 14 19:30

Report

Athlete Celje	79–83 (OT)	Umana Reyer Venezia
Scoring by quarter: 11:11, 14:13, 15:18, 21:19, Overtime: 18:22
Pts: Abramovič 20 Rebs: Gajić 14 Asts: Erkić 7		Pts: McCallum 20 Rebs: Henry, McCallum 7 Asts: Ruzickova 4

Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center, Celje Attendance: 1.000 Referees: Juras Tatić, Čavara, Karović

For third place

March 15 15:30

Report

Athlete Celje	75–76 (OT)	Budućnost Volcano
Scoring by quarter: 10:23, 22:9, 12:20, 23:15, Overtime: 8:9
Pts: Erkić 30 Rebs: Lisec 11 Asts: Dojkić 4		Pts: Sanders 25 Rebs: Radunović 9 Asts: four players 2

Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center, Celje Attendance: 500 Referees: Juras Tatić, Čavara, Karović

Final

March 15 18:00

Report

Radivoj Korać	52–69	Umana Reyer Venezia
Scoring by quarter: 17:19, 12:16, 9:21, 14:13
Pts: Kapor 12 Rebs: Erak 8 Asts: Mandić 4		Pts: Henry 16 Rebs: Henry 10 Asts: McCallum 4

Dvorana Gimnazije Celje – Center, Celje Attendance: 500 Referees: Majkić, Nedović, Poljanšek

Bracket

club 1	result	club 2
semifinals
Radivoj Korać	65:63	Budućnost Volcano
Athlete Celje	79:83	Umana Reyer Venezia
for third place
Athlete Celje	75:76	Budućnost Volcano
final
Radivoj Korać	52:69	Umana Reyer Venezia

2014–15 MŽRKL
Umana Reyer Venezia 1st Title

Awards

• Final Four MVP: Shannon McCallum (177-G-87) of Umana Reyer Venezia
• Player of the Year: Marica Gajić (187-C-95) of Athlete Celje
• Guard of the Year: Jovana Popović (173-PG-90) of Budućnost Volcano
• Forward of the Year: Irena Matović (186-F-88) of Budućnost Volcano
• Center of the Year: Marica Gajić (187-C-95) of Athlete Celje
• Best Young Player: Sanja Mandić (178-SG-95) of Radivoj Korać
• Defensive Player of the Year: Rebeka Abramovič (172-PG-93) of Athlete Celje
• Coach of the Year: Andrea Liberalotto of Umana Reyer Venezia

1st Team

• PG: Jovana Popović (173-PG-90) of Budućnost Volcano
• SG: Sanja Mandić (178-SG-95) of Radivoj Korać
• F: Irena Matović (186-F-88) of Budućnost Volcano
• C Ivana Tikvić (189-C-94) of Medveščak
• C: Marica Gajić (187-C-95) of Athlete Celje

2nd Team

• PG: Rebeka Abramovič (172-PG-93) of Athlete Celje
• PG: Shanasa Sanders (170-PG-89) of Budućnost Volcano
• G: Iva Borović (170-G-88) of Medveščak
• G/F: Maja Erkič (183-G/F-85) of Athlete Celje
• C: Eva Lisec (192-C-95) of Athlete Celje

Honorable Mention

• Marie Růžičková (189-C-86) of Umana Reyer Venezia
• Shannon McCallum (177-G-87) of Umana Reyer Venezia
• Ana-Marija Begić (190-C-94) of Medveščak
• Živa Zdolšek (178-F/G-89) of Triglav Kranj
• Bojana Janković (184-F-83) of Partizan
• Tamara Kapor (184-G-91) of Radivoj Korać
• Jasmina Bigović (174-G-79) of Čelik Zenica
• Anita Kelava (185-PF-97) of Trešnjevka 2009
• Haleigh Lankster (175-G-89) of Grosbasket

External links

• 2014–15 MŽRKL at eurobasket.com