2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge explained

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FIBA EuroChallenge
Season:	2012–13
T Bg:	338928
Champions:	Krasnye Krylia Samara (1st title)
Runners Up:	Pınar Karşıyaka
Third Place:	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Fourth Place:	BCM Gravelines
Teams:	32
Duration:	6 November 2012 – 28 April 2013
Final Four Mvp Link:	EuroChallenge Final Four MVP
Ppg:	20.2
Rpg:	11.6
Apg:	6.9

2012–13 EuroChallenge was the 9th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs.

Teams

32 teams will participate in EuroChallenge Regular Season:^[1]

A total of 28 teams have already qualified directly to the 32-team regular season.
Another 4 teams will earn their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round.

Regular season teams
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2010–11 national championships)
France (LNB)	4	BCM Gravelines (5)	SLUC Nancy (6)	Paris-Levallois (7)	JDA Dijon (9)
Romania (Divizia A)	4	Asesoft Ploiești (1)	BC Timișoara (2)	CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (3)	BCMU Pitești (9)
Belgium (BLB)	3	Port of Antwerp Giants (3)	Belfius Mons-Hainaut (4)	Okapi Aalstar (5)
Cyprus (Division 1)	3	Michelin ETHA (1)	Keravnos Strovolou (2)	Pizza Express Apollon (3)
Finland (Korisliiga)	2	Joensuun Kataja (2)	Tampereen Pyrintö (4)
Germany (BBL)	2	Telekom Baskets (8)	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (10)
Hungary (NBI/A)	2	Szolnoki Olaj KK (1)	Lami-Véd Körmend (4)
Sweden (Basketligan)	2	Norrköping Dolphins (1)	Södertälje Kings (2)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Pınar Karşıyaka (6)	Tofaş Bursa (8)
Belarus (BPL)	1	Tsmoki-Minsk (1)
Estonia (KML)	1	University of Tartu (2)
Georgia (Super Liga)	1	BC Armia (1)
(BSL)	1	Hapoel Holon (4)
(LBL)	1	BK Ventspils (2)
Russia (PBL)	1	Krasnye Krylia Samara (8)
Slovenia (SKL)	1	Krka Novo Mesto (1)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	1	Khimik Yuzhny (5)

Qualifying round

First leg will be played in September 25 and the second one in October 2. Team 1 plays the second leg at home.

width=250	Team #1	width=100	Agg.	width=250	Team #2	width=88	1st leg	width=88	2nd leg
Aliağa Petkim	134–159	Joensuun Kataja	70–82	64–77
Pizza Express Apollon	174–160		78–70	96–90
Ural Ekaterinburg	161–164	Gaz Metan Mediaș	69–67	92–97
Tofaş Bursa	185–152		106–76	79–76

Regular season

Key to colors
	Top two places in each group advanced to Last 16

The Regular Season began on November 6 and finished on December 14, 2012.

Group A

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	5	1	486	375	+111	11
2.	Tofaş Bursa	6	4	2	438	402	+36	10
3.	Krka Novo Mesto	6	3	3	459	439	+20	9
4.	Michelin ETHA	6	0	6	363	530	–167	6

width=220		width=50	KRK	width=50	ETH	width=50	KSK	width=50	TOF
Krka Novo Mesto	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	100–73	style="background:#cfc;"	80–74	style="background:#fcc;"	70–72
Michelin ETHA	style="background:#fcc;"	59–74	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	59–86	style="background:#fcc;"	57–78
Pınar Karşıyaka	style="background:#cfc;"	79–56	style="background:#cfc;"	105–61	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	78–56
Tofaş Bursa	style="background:#cfc;"	82–79	style="background:#cfc;"	87–54	style="background:#fcc;"	63–64	style="background:#ccc;"

Group B

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Krasnye Krylia Samara	6	6	0	499	417	+82	12
2.	Joensuun Kataja	6	3	3	453	434	+19	9
3.	Keravnos Strovolou	6	2	4	438	465	–27	8
4.	Asesoft Ploiești	6	1	5	448	522	–74	7

width=220		width=50	ASE	width=50	KAT	width=50	KER	width=50	KRA
Asesoft Ploiești	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	67–80	style="background:#cfc;"	90–87	style="background:#fcc;"	76–79
Joensuun Kataja	style="background:#cfc;"	91–67	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	71–66	style="background:#fcc;"	86–96
Keravnos Strovolou	style="background:#cfc;"	88–76	style="background:#cfc;"	72–67	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	51–82
Krasnye Krylia Samara	style="background:#cfc;"	97–72	style="background:#cfc;"	66–58	style="background:#cfc;"	79–74	style="background:#ccc;"

Group C

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	BK Ventspils	6	6	0	481	388	+93	12
2.	Norrköping Dolphins	6	2	4	409	427	–18	8
3.	Södertälje Kings	6	2	4	404	439	–35	8
4.	Tampereen Pyrintö	6	2	4	431	471	–40	8

width=220		width=50	VEN	width=50	NOR	width=50	SÖD	width=50	PYR
BK Ventspils	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	72–68	style="background:#cfc;"	90–56	style="background:#cfc;"	79–59
Norrköping Dolphins	style="background:#fcc;"	51–69	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	64–62	style="background:#cfc;"	84–73
Södertälje Kings	style="background:#fcc;"	80–82	style="background:#cfc;"	67–62	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	74–68
Tampereen Pyrintö	style="background:#fcc;"	74–89	style="background:#cfc;"	84–80	style="background:#cfc;"	73–65	style="background:#ccc;"

Group D

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	BC Khimik Yuzhny	6	4	2	484	471	+13	10
2.	Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	4	2	476	473	+3	10
3.	JDA Dijon Basket	6	2	4	464	461	+3	8
4.	Tartu University Rock	6	2	4	431	450	–19	8

width=220		width=50	MED	width=50	JDA	width=50	KHI	width=50	TAR
Gaz Metan Mediaș	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	92–89	style="background:#cfc;"	88–86	style="background:#cfc;"	81–58
JDA Dijon Basket	style="background:#cfc;"	83–79	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	73–76	style="background:#cfc;"	83–61
BC Khimik Yuzhny	style="background:#cfc;"	89–66	style="background:#cfc;"	79–74	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	77–76
Tartu University Rock	style="background:#fcc;"	68–70	style="background:#cfc;"	74–62	style="background:#cfc;"	94–77	style="background:#ccc;"

Group E

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Paris-Levallois	6	4	2	516	486	+30	10
2.	Okapi Aalstar	6	4	2	523	485	+38	10
3.	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6	3	3	506	491	+15	9
4.	BCM U Pitești	6	1	5	438	521	–83	7

width=220		width=50	PIT	width=50	MON	width=50	OKA	width=50	PAR
BCM U Pitești	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	73–78	style="background:#cfc;"	89–77	style="background:#fcc;"	75–91
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	style="background:#cfc;"	92–63	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	77–84	style="background:#fcc;"	89–90
Okapi Aalstar	style="background:#cfc;"	99–68	style="background:#cfc;"	97–84	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	76–86
Paris-Levallois	style="background:#cfc;"	84–70	style="background:#fcc;"	84–86	style="background:#fcc;"	81–90	style="background:#ccc;"

Group F

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	6	0	517	401	+116	12
2.	Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	3	3	486	509	–23	9
3.	Lami-Véd Körmend	6	2	4	479	525	–46	8
4.	BC Timișoara	6	1	5	445	492	–47	7

width=220		width=50	TIM	width=50	EWE	width=50	KÖR	width=50	SZO
BC Timișoara	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	66–76	style="background:#cfc;"	75–65	style="background:#fcc;"	80–93
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	style="background:#cfc;"	84–67	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	95–64	style="background:#cfc;"	87–70
Lami-Véd Körmend	style="background:#cfc;"	97–86	style="background:#fcc;"	67–90	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	92–96
Szolnoki Olaj KK	style="background:#cfc;"	77–71	style="background:#fcc;"	67–85	style="background:#fcc;"	83–94	style="background:#ccc;"

Group G

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	BCM Gravelines	6	4	2	504	422	+82	10
2.	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	4	2	445	441	+4	10
3.	SLUC Nancy	6	3	3	435	424	+11	9
4.	Pizza Express Apollon	6	1	5	421	518	–97	7

width=220		width=50	GRA	width=50	APO	width=50	NAN	width=50	MIN
BCM Gravelines	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	88–64	style="background:#fcc;"	69–71	style="background:#cfc;"	96–63
Pizza Express Apollon	style="background:#cfc;"	89–88	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	65–81	style="background:#fcc;"	72–81
SLUC Nancy	style="background:#fcc;"	68–80	style="background:#cfc;"	87–69	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	57–63
Tsmoki-Minsk	style="background:#fcc;"	67–83	style="background:#cfc;"	93–62	style="background:#cfc;"	78–71	style="background:#ccc;"

Group H

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Telekom Baskets	6	4	2	491	455	+36	10
2.	Hapoel Holon	6	4	2	478	453	+25	10
3.	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	478	446	+32	10
4.	BC Armia	6	0	6	414	507	–93	6

width=220		width=50	ARM	width=50	HOL	width=50	ANT	width=50	TEL
BC Armia	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	72–79	style="background:#fcc;"	71–80	style="background:#fcc;"	77–102
Hapoel Holon	style="background:#cfc;"	84–69	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	88–64	style="background:#cfc;"	75–70
Port of Antwerp Giants	style="background:#cfc;"	87–54	style="background:#cfc;"	93–74	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	72–81
Telekom Baskets	style="background:#cfc;"	75–71	style="background:#cfc;"	85–78	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	78–82

Last 16

Key to colors
	Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
	Advance to quarterfinals

Starts on January 15, 2013

Group I

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	4	2	496	449	+47	10
2.	Joensuun Kataja	6	3	3	459	480	–21	9
3.	Gaz Metan Mediaș	6	3	3	426	473	–47	9
4.	BK Ventspils	6	2	4	463	442	+21	8

width=220		width=50	VEN	width=50	MED	width=50	KAT	width=50	KSK
BK Ventspils	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	96–64	style="background:#cfc;"	75–61	style="background:#fcc;"	81–86
Gaz Metan Mediaș	style="background:#cfc;"	67–58	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	84–82	style="background:#cfc;"	77–69
Joensuun Kataja	style="background:#cfc;"	80–78	style="background:#cfc;"	79–75	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	87–79
Pınar Karşıyaka	style="background:#cfc;"	84–75	style="background:#cfc;"	89–59	style="background:#cfc;"	89–70	style="background:#ccc;"

Group J

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	BCM Gravelines	6	5	1	493	475	+18	11
2.	Paris-Levallois	6	4	2	520	464	+56	10
3.	Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	3	3	456	464	–8	9
4.	Hapoel Holon	6	0	6	447	513	–66	6

width=220		width=50	GRA	width=50	HOL	width=50	PAR	width=50	SZO
BCM Gravelines	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	86–80	style="background:#cfc;"	82–77	style="background:#cfc;"	82–78
Hapoel Holon	style="background:#fcc;"	79–85	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	84–101	style="background:#fcc;"	72–77
Paris-Levallois	style="background:#fcc;"	86–87	style="background:#cfc;"	83–66	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	93–71
Szolnoki Olaj KK	style="background:#cfc;"	75–71	style="background:#cfc;"	81–66	style="background:#fcc;"	74–80	style="background:#ccc;"

Group K

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	Krasnye Krylia Samara	6	6	0	503	415	+88	12
2.	BC Khimik Yuzhny	6	3	3	458	435	+23	9
3.	Tofaş Bursa	6	2	4	448	477	–29	8
4.	Norrköping Dolphins	6	1	5	424	506	–82	7

width=220		width=50	KHI	width=50	KRA	width=50	NOR	width=50	TOF
BC Khimik Yuzhny	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	69–77	style="background:#cfc;"	81–51	style="background:#cfc;"	69–62
Krasnye Krylia Samara	style="background:#cfc;"	76–68	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	93–75	style="background:#cfc;"	86–65
Norrköping Dolphins	style="background:#fcc;"	76–81	style="background:#fcc;"	68–93	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	84–82
Tofaş Bursa	style="background:#cfc;"	93–90	style="background:#fcc;"	70–78	style="background:#cfc;"	76–70	style="background:#ccc;"

Group L

width=25		width=220	Team	width=40	Pld	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	PF	width=40	PA	width=40	Diff	width=40	Pts
1.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	5	1	501	441	+60	11
2.	Telekom Baskets	6	4	2	463	448	+15	10
3.	Okapi Aalstar	6	2	4	477	498	–21	8
4.	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	1	5	439	493	–54	7

width=220		width=50	EWE	width=50	OKA	width=50	TEL	width=50	MIN
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	82–74	style="background:#fcc;"	88–92	style="background:#cfc;"	74–64
Okapi Aalstar	style="background:#fcc;"	80–103	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#fcc;"	60–65	style="background:#cfc;"	100–76
Telekom Baskets	style="background:#fcc;"	62–85	style="background:#cfc;"	85–72	style="background:#ccc;"		style="background:#cfc;"	86–72
Tsmoki-Minsk	style="background:#fcc;"	66–72	style="background:#fcc;"	87–91	style="background:#cfc;"	74–70	style="background:#ccc;"

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. Matches dates were 12, 14 and 19 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.

width=220 style="text-align:right"	Team 1	width=70	Agg.	width=220 style="text-align:left"	Team 2	width=80	Game 1	width=80	Game 2	width=80	Game 3
Pınar Karşıyaka	2–1		74–76	72–66	85–69
BCM Gravelines	2–0		86–57	102–98	bgcolor=#C0C0C0
Krasnye Krylia Samara	2–0		80–60	95–85	bgcolor=#C0C0C0
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2–1		82–74	61–66	100–78

Final Four

See main article: 2013 FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four. The Final Four was held in the Karşıyaka Arena at İzmir, Turkey.^[2]

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Round	width=190	Player	width=190	Team
1			37
2			45
3			32
4	Matthew Shaw		38
5			38
6			38

Last 16

Round	width=190	Player	width=190	Team
1			37
2			34
3			33
4			35
5			31
6			31

Quarterfinals

Round	width=190	Player	width=190	Team
1			29
2			29
3			29
	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
	Pınar Karşıyaka

Final Four MVP

width=190	Player	width=190	Team
	Krasnye Krylia Samara

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points
1	Frank Hassell	Hapoel Holon	11	222	20.2
2	Sean May	Paris-Levallois Basket	13	258	19.8
3	Jerome Dyson	Hapoel Holon	12	225	18.8
4		Pinar Karsiyaka	17	310	18.2
5	Jonte Flowers	Joensuun Kataja	15	269	17.9

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds
1	Frank Hassell	Hapoel Holon	11	128	11.6
2	Marton Bader		12	118	9.8
3	Lawrence Hill	Hapoel Holon	12	98	8.2
4	Sean May	Paris-Levallois Basket	13	101	7.8
5	Chinemelu Elonu	Tofaş S.K.	15	269	7.6

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists
1	Aaron Miles	BC Krasnye Krylia	16	110	6.9
2	Andrew Albicy	Paris-Levallois Basket	15	96	6.4
3	Jared Jordan	Telekom Baskets Bonn	14	83	5.9
4	Bobby Dixon	Pinar Karsiyaka	17	92	5.4
5	Willie Deane	BC Khimik	15	71	4.7

Notes and References

http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_roZhMvABJO2vRv1urinIV2.articleMode_on.html FIBA Europe
http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_Opk0IganGdQrR14OEdU-J0.articleMode_on.html Pınar Karşıyaka will host Final Four

2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge explained

Teams

Qualifying round

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Last 16

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Quarter-finals

Final Four

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Last 16

Quarterfinals

Final Four MVP

Individual statistics

Points

Rebounds

Assists

See also

Notes and References