2014–15 Basketball League Belgium Division I

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.

Scooore! League^1
Season	2014–15
Teams	11
Games played	32 or 30
Dates	3 October 2014 – 3 June 2015
TV	Belgacom 5
Final positions
Champions	Telenet Oostende (16th title)
Runners-up	Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Major awards
MVP	Dušan Đorđević
Statistical leaders
Points Arizona Reid 19.9 Rebounds John Fields 11.0 Assists Dušan Đorđević 5.1
Records
Highest attendance	17,135[1] Antwerp 88–83 Charleroi (31 January 2015)
← 2013–14 2015–16 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

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]

A-licenses Telenet BC Oostende Okapi Aalstar Port of Antwerp Giants Proximus Spirou Belfius Mons-Hainaut Liège Basket

B-licenses Stella Artois Leuven Bears Limburg United VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster

C-licenses Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek Basic-Fit Brussels

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

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Home \ Away LIM MON OKA AWP SPI OOS Hubo Limburg United 70–78 84–71 95–98 105–90 81–64 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 84–71 79–73 74–79 59–64 64–76 Okapi Aalstar 112–79 88–80 102–93 101–74 76–79 Port of Antwerp Giants 85–91 84–92 86–90 77–84 94–97 Proximus Spirou 72–71 61–75 70–56 85–66 70–74 Telenet BC Oostende 89–86 83–56 90–74 87–79 80–67 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away BRU WIL LIE LEU VOO Basic-Fit Brussels 84–85 86–98 86–78 94–91 Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek 99–82 98–107 79–73 72–64 Liège Basket 89–87 79–101 86–83 88–68 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 82–74 83–87 72–74 73–80 VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster 81–64 79–82 81–80 80–77 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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

See also

• 2014–15 Belgian Basketball Cup

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.

External links

• Official website