The 2015–16 Liga Națională season was the 66th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. CSM U Oradea won its first national championship this season.[1]
| Liga Națională | ||||||||||
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| Season | 2015–16 | |||||||||
| Duration | 3 October 2015–2 June 2016 | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Top seed | Steaua CSM Eximbank | |||||||||
| Relegated | Energia Târgu Jiu Gaz Metan Mediaș | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Oradea 1st title | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Mureș | |||||||||
| Third place | Steaua CSM Eximbank | |||||||||
| Fourth place | U-Banca Transilvania | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Martin Zeno (Oradea) | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2014–15 2016–17 → | ||||||||||
Teams
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Defending champion Asesoft Ploiești left the league due to its financial trouble to play in the first league.[2] Meanwhile, Universitatea Cluj and Timba Timișoara were relegated to the Liga I as last qualified teams of the previous season. Dinamo București and Phoenix Galați promoted as champions and runners-up from the 2014–15 Liga I season.
Regular season
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steaua CSM Eximbank | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2575 | 2427 | +148 | 55 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | CSM U Oradea | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2613 | 2397 | +216 | 55 | |
| 3 | U-Banca Transilvania | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2495 | 2365 | +130 | 52 | |
| 4 | SCM Universitatea Craiova | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2584 | 2512 | +72 | 52 | |
| 5 | Mureș | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2594 | 2568 | +26 | 48 | |
| 6 | Atlassib Sibiu | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2494 | 2527 | −33 | 48 | |
| 7 | Phoenix Galați | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2588 | 2684 | −96 | 48 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2586 | 2532 | +54 | 47 | |
| 9 | BCM U Pitești[a] | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2570 | 2390 | +180 | 44 | |
| 10 | Timișoara | 32 | 12 | 20 | 2410 | 2551 | −141 | 44 | |
| 11 | Energia Târgu Jiu | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2379 | 2589 | −210 | 43 | Relegation to Liga I |
| 12 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2458 | 2804 | −346 | 37 |
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ BCMU Pitești was deducted 3 points.
Play-offs
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Dinamo București | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Steaua CSM Eximbank | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mureș | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | SCM Universitatea Craiova | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mureș | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | CSM U Oradea | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mureș | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | CSM U Oradea | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Phoenix Galați | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | CSM U Oradea | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 3 | U-Banca Transilvania | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | U-Banca Transilvania | 3 | 1 | Steaua CSM Eximbank | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Atlassib Sibiu | 1 | 3 | U-Banca Transilvania | 0 | |||||||||
References
editExternal links
edit- Official site of the Romanian Basketball Federation
- Halfcourt.info (Romanian and English)
- Numaibaschet.ro (Romanian)
- Baschetromania.ro (Romanian)