2014–15 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga

ÖBL
Season2014–15; 69th
Duration25 September 2014 – 3 June 2015
Number of games28
Number of teams10
Regular season
Top seedZepter Vienna
Season MVPUnited States Travis Taylor
Finals
ChampionsGüssing Knights
2nd title
  Runners-upZepter Vienna
Finals MVPUnited States Christopher Dunn
Awards
Austrian MVPAustria Thomas Klepeisz
Coach of the YearGermany Matthias Zollner
Statistical leaders
Points Croatia Marko Car 20.4
Rebounds United States Travis Taylor 10.0
Assists Austria Benedikt Danek 7.7
All statistics correct as of 12 February 2015.

The 2014–15 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga[note 1] was the 69th season of the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. 10 teams participated this season, after St. Pölten left the league.

The season started on September 25, 2014 and ended on June 3, 2015. Güssing Knights repeated as the national champion by beating BC Zepter Vienna 1–3 in the Finals.

Teams

Chin Min Dragons from St. Pölten left the league this season.

Club Place Arena Capacity
Swans Gmunden Gmunden Volksbank Arena 2,200
WBC Raiffeisen Wels Wels Raiffeisen Arena 1,700
Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld Stadthalle Fürstenfeld 1,200
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions Traiskirchen Lions Dome 1,200
ece Bulls Kapfenberg Kapfenberg Sporthalle Walfersam 1,000
Zepter Vienna Wien Wiener Stadthalle B 1,000
Redwell Gunners Oberwart Oberwart Sporthalle Oberwart 2,500
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg Klosterneuburg Happyland Klosterneuburg 1,000
Magnofit Güssing Knights Güssing Aktiv Park Güssing 0800
Raiffeisen Graz Graz Unionhalle 0600

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Zepter Vienna 36 26 10 3353 3163 +190 52 Qualification to quarter-finals
2 Güssing Knights 36 25 11 3303 2917 +386 50
3 Kapfenberg Bulls 36 22 14 3171 2922 +249 44
4 Swans Gmunden 36 21 15 3314 3151 +163 42
5 Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 36 20 16 2900 2867 +33 40
6 Raiffeisen Wels 36 19 17 3085 3028 +57 38
7 Oberwart Gunners 36 18 18 3012 2991 +21 36
8 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 36 17 19 2985 3110 −125 34
9 Panthers Fürstenfeld 36 10 26 2693 2887 −194 20
10 Raiffeisen Graz 36 2 34 2496 3276 −780 4
Source: Eurobasket, ABL

Rounds 1-18

Home \ Away FUR GMU GRA GUS KAP KLO OBE TRA VIE WEL
BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld 69–111 77–84 69–81 80–86 76–80 79–83 67–84 77–78 64–76
Swans Gmunden 71–70 107–60 90–85 96–83 69–73 79–61 94–62 96–81 81–89
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz 73–79 77–99 46–124 67–91 83–97 63–91 49–78 82–76 67–87
UBC Güssing Knights 99–70 84–76 92–71 60–58 73–67 77–78 74–68 96–84 103–105
Kapfenberg Bulls 96–84 91–85 83–70 71–88 78–62 76–68 91–73 82–84 75–89
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 88–71 81–99 89–61 83–69 69–74 63–61 91–69 75–62 64–72
Oberwart Gunners 76–61 67–73 84–73 82–88 65–91 87–66 84–62 75–78 80–73
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 75–81 81–99 94–82 93–83 62–50 82–78 82–73 81–93 68–76
BC Zepter Vienna 86–70 103–97 109–72 77–80 87–83 80–70 95–94 85–82 86–84
WBC Raiffeisen Wels 85–73 84–90 71–60 84–64 81–89 72–64 74–64 69–73 67–79
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19-36

Home \ Away FUR GMU GRA GUS KAP KLO OBE TRA VIE WEL
BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld 95–87 77–67 77–97 80–75 91–84 80–84 79–72 74–85 91–83
Swans Gmunden 88–86 94–87 84–96 82–90 77–80 79–88 83–87 87–83 73–89
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz 88–93 68–97 52–86 62–74 74–88 68–95 75–83 64–104 84–92
UBC Güssing Knights 79–72 69–73 86–46 77–91 74–63 73–82 88–78 92–72 79–69
Kapfenberg Bulls 83–82 99–65 103–56 75–73 81–66 64–74 83–68 104–76 92–79
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 72–66 95–83 91–78 92–97 81–78 75–63 69–81 71–77 73–67
Oberwart Gunners 93–81 79–82 93–72 70–73 71–60 65–67 87–78 93–94 81–90
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 78–77 82–92 92–79 83–76 77–72 69–90 78–75 78–66 71–91
BC Zepter Vienna 85–77 93–80 111–76 96–116 89–86 86–79 95–84 85–77 107–64
WBC Raiffeisen Wels 63–69 71–81 89–60 87–95 73–60 78–79 72–79 88–67 81–90
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Zepter Vienna 3
8 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions 2
1 Zepter Vienna 3
4 Swans Gmunden 0
4 Swans Gmunden 3
5 Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 2
1 Zepter Vienna 1
2 Güssing Knights 3
2 Güssing Knights 3
7 Oberwart Gunners 0
2 Güssing Knights 3
3 Kapfenberg Bulls 0
3 Kapfenberg Bulls 3
6 Raiffeisen Wels 1

Awards

This season, three new awards were announced by the ABL.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Named the Admiral Basketball Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons.

References

'General

  • "A Bundesliga 2014-2015". Eurobasket.com.

Specific

  1. ^ Travis Taylor named ABL MVP 2014/2015 Eurobasket.com
  2. ^ "ABL". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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