The 2015–16 Turkish Airlines Euroleague is the 16th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the sixth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this is the 59th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.
The city of Berlin will host the Final Four from May 12 to 15, 2016. The German capital previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four.
The draw of the 2015–16 Euroleague was on July 9, 2015 at approximately
13:00 local time (CEST) and was live on Euroleague.net and broadcast live on TV in many countries.
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country or league can not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group, if possible. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.
The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.
A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.
The city of Berlin will host the Final Four from May 12 to 15, 2016. The German capital previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four.
Draw
The draw of the 2015–16 Euroleague was on July 9, 2015 at approximately
13:00 local time (CEST) and was live on Euroleague.net and broadcast live on TV in many countries.
Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country or league can not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group, if possible. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. In brackets, the points in the Club Ranking. Following the bylaws, the lowest possible position that any club from that country or league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.
Regular season
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 26–27 November, 3–4 December, 10–11 December and 17–18 December 2015.
The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth and the sixth-placed teams entered the Eurocup Last 32.
A total of 12 countries were represented in the group stage. Pınar Karşıyaka and Darüşşafaka Doğuş made their debut appearances in the group stage of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball.
