2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Explained

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Eurocup Basketball
Season:	2011–12
Champions:	Khimki (1st title)
Runners Up:	Valencia
Third Place:	Lietuvos rytas
Fourth Place:	Spartak Saint Petersburg
Dates:	September 27, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP

The 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball season was the tenth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague. It ran from September 27, 2011, until April 15, 2012. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.

Teams allocation

Distribution

^[1] 32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:

• A total of 10 teams from nine countries qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
• Another 8 teams earned their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round. On July 7, a draw for the Eurocup Qualifying Round, which featured 16 teams from 13 countries, was held in Barcelona. The 8 winners from those two-game, head-to-head qualifying games advanced to the Eurocup Regular Season.^[2]
• The remaining 14 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds that was played from 29 September - 2 October.^[3]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroCup title holders; FEC: FBIA EuroChallenge title holders):

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• RW: Regular season winners
• CW: Cup winners
• EL: EuroLeague
  • EL QR: EuroLeague qualifying round losers

Regular season
width=230	Cholet (EL QR)	width=230	Khimki (EL QR)	width=230	Cibona (EL QR)	width=230	PGE Turów (EL QR)
Gravelines (EL QR)	Lokomotiv Kuban (4th)	Donetsk (EL QR)	Valencia (5th)
ASVEL (EL QR)	PAOK (EL QR)	ČEZ Nymburk (EL QR)	Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd)
Alba Berlin (EL QR)	Aris (4th)	VEF Rīga (EL QR)	Benetton Bwin (4th)
Fraport Skyliners (3rd)	Lietuvos rytas (EL QR)	Budućnost VOLI (EL QR)	GasTerra Flames (1st)
Bayern Munich (WC)	Rūdupis (3rd)	Banvit (EL QR)	Krka^FEC (1st)
Qualifying round
Élan Chalon (5th)	Beşiktaş Milangaz (5th)	Azovmash (5th)	Cedevita (2nd)
Le Mans (8th)	Pınar Karşıyaka (6th)	Gran Canaria 2014 (6th)	Artland Dragons (4th)
Dexia Mons-Hainaut (3rd)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (7th)	Norrköping Dolphins (2nd)	ETHA Engomis (1st)
Telenet Oostende (4th)	Ventspils (2nd)	Prostějov (2nd)	Lukoil Academic (1st)

Qualifying round

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Qualifying Round.

The eight winners of the qualifying round joined the regular season. The eight losers transferred to the EuroChallenge regular season.^[4]

Regular season

The Regular Season ran from November 15, 2011, to December 20, 2011.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advance to Last 16

Group A

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group A.

Group B

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group B.

Group C

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group C.

Group D

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group D.

Group E

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group E.

Group F

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group F.

Group G

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group G.

Group H

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group H.

Last 16

Group I

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group I.

Group J

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group J.

Group K

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group K.

Group L

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group L.

Quarterfinals

See main article: 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20. The return legs were played on March 27. The group winners in each tie, listed as Team 1, hosted the second leg.

width=250 style="text-align:right;"	Team 1	width=100	Agg.	width=250 style="text-align:left;"	Team 2	width=88	1st leg	width=88	2nd leg
Valencia	156–138			85–63
Donetsk	145–154	Lietuvos rytas		80–78
Spartak St. Petersburg	154–135			86–71
Lokomotiv Kuban	153–158	Khimki		81–77

Final four

See main article: 2012 Eurocup Final Four.

Euroleague Basketball Company announced that the 2011–12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Khimki, Russia, on April 14 and 15.^[5]

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	278	19.86
2.	Patrick Beverley	Spartak Saint Petersburg	16	275	17.19
3.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	219	16.85
4.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	202	16.83
5.		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	218	16.77

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Ramel Curry	BC Donetsk	14	230	16.43
2.		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	223	15.93
3.		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	199	15.31
4.		ČEZ Nymburk	14	211	15.07
5.	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos rytas	16	236	14.75

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	RPG
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	117	8.36
2.	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos rytas	16	122	7.63
3.		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	92	7.08
4.		Lietuvos rytas	16	103	6.44
5.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	83	6.38

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	65	5.42
2.	Yotam Halperin	Spartak Saint Petersburg	14	74	5.29
3.	Zoran Planinić	BC Khimki	15	73	4.87
4.		Lietuvos rytas	15	70	4.67
5.		Banvit	10	45	4.50

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team
1	Tony Parker	ASVEL Basket	40
2	J. R. Giddens	P.A.O.K.	32
3		Valencia Basket	29
4		Budućnost	36
5		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	28
6		Cholet Basket	33

Top 16

Week	Player	Team
1	Patrick Beverley		27
2	Loukas Mavrokefalidis		29
3	Nando de Colo		40
4	Hilton Armstrong	ASVEL Basket	26
5	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	37
6		PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	37

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team
1			25
2			31

Eurocup MVP

• Patrick Beverley^[6] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Zoran Planinić^[7] (Khimki)

All-Eurocup Team

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Position	All-Eurocup First Team^[8]	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team ^[9]	Club team
PG	Patrick Beverley	Spartak St. Petersburg	Yotam Halperin	Spartak St. Petersburg
SG/SF		Khimki	Ramel Curry	Donetsk
SG/SF	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos Rytas	Pavel Pumprla	ČEZ Nymburk
PF/C	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	Jeremiah Massey	Lokomotiv Kuban
PF/C	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos Rytas	Bojan Dubljević	Budućnost

Coach of the Year

• Jure Zdovc^[10] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Rising Star

• Jonas Valančiūnas^[11] (Lietuvos Rytas)

See also

• 2011–12 Euroleague Basketball
• 2011–12 EuroChallenge

References

• Seeding and draw procedure

External links

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708052815/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/86335/3735 2011-12 Eurocup teams
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014323/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/87721/3735/eurocup-201-12-qualifying-round-archive Eurocup qualifying round
3. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/86463/180/euroleague-2011-12-qualifying-rounds-calendar Euroleague qualifying rounds
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110710022859/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/86531/3735 2011-12 Eurocup draw
5. Web site: Eurocup-Final Four 2012 in Khimki . 2012-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111129214338/http://www.fcb-basketball.de/de/aktuell/news/35712.php . 2011-11-29 . dead .
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418061930/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/96016/3735/2011-12-eurocup-mvp-patrick-beverley-spartak-st-petersburg 2011-12 Eurocup MVP: Patrick Beverley, Spartak St. Petersburg
7. https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/?gamecode=156 Zoran Planinic was named Eurocup Finals MVP
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20120825024844/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/95987/3735/2011-12-all-eurocup-first-team 2011-12 All-Eurocup First Team
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821085025/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/95979/3735/2011-12-all-eurocup-second-team 2011-12 All-Eurocup Second Team
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418102536/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/95880/3735/2011-12-eurocup-coach-of-the-year-jure-zdovc-spartak-st-petersburg 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120825140555/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/95958/3735/2011-12-eurocup-rising-star-trophy-winner-jonas-valanciunas-lietuvos-rytas 2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas