2012–13 Eurocup Basketball Explained

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Eurocup
Season:	2012–13
Nextseason:	2013–14
Champions:	Lokomotiv-Kuban 1st title
Runners Up:	Uxúe Bilbao
Teams:	32
Duration:	6 November 2012 – 13 April 2013
Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP
Pir:	23.6
Top Scorer:	Walter Hodge
Ppg:	21.2
Rpg:	9.0
Apg:	6.7

2012–13 Eurocup Basketball was the 11th 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. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.

In this edition, semifinals were played in home-and-away series, and the final in a single game. Eurocup Qualifying Rounds were deleted.^[1]

The final game was played at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.^[2]

Teams

32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:^[3]

• A total of 25 teams qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
• The remaining 7 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds.

Already Qualified
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships)
(PBL)	4	Lokomotiv Kuban (3)	Triumph Lyubertsy (4)	Unics Kazan (5)	Spartak St. Petersburg (6)
(LNB)	3	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (2)	Orléans Loiret Basket (3)	Cholet Basket (4)
(BBL)	3	Ratiopharm Ulm (2)	Artland Dragons (3)	s.Oliver Baskets (4)
(ACB)	3	Valencia Basket (4)	Uxúe Bilbao Basket (6)	Cajasol Sevilla (7)
(SuperLeague)	3	Donetsk (1)	Azovmash Mariupol (2)	Budivelnyk (4)
(BLB)	2	Telenet BC Oostende (1)	Belgacom Spirou (2)
(PLK)	2	Trefl Sopot (2)	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3)
(TBL)	2	Galatasaray Medical Park (3)	Banvit (4)
(NBL)	1	Lukoil Academic (1)
(A-1 Liga)	1	Cibona Zagreb (1)
(NBL)	1	Nymburk (1)
(GBL)	1	Panionios On Telecom (3)
(BSL)	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (6)
(Serie A)	1	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3)
(LBL)	1	VEF Rīga (1)
(LKL)	1	Rūdupis Prienai (3)
(OL)	1	Budućnost VOLI Podgorica (1)
(KLS)	1	Crvena zvezda (2)

• Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the Euroleague qualifying rounds.

• Stelmet Zielona Góra joined the Eurocup after VAP Kolossos resigned its berth.
• Cajasol Sevilla joined the Eurocup after Lagun Aro GBC resigned its berth.^[4]
• Budivelnik Kiev joined the Eurocup after EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.^[5]

• indicates that these teams qualified through a wild card.

Draw

The draws for the 2012–13 Eurocup were held on Tuesday, 9 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.^[6]

Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the European basketball club rankings.

width=16%	Pot 1	width=16%	Pot 2	width=16%	Pot 3	width=16%	Pot 4
Valencia BC Unics Kazan ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Uxúe Bilbao Basket Galatasaray Medical Park Cajasol Sevilla Le Mans Sarthe Basket BC Spartak Saint Petersburg	Hapoel Jerusalem Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar BC Triumph Lyubertsy Panionios BC Cibona Zagreb Banco di Sardegna Sassari Banvit BK Bandırma KK Budućnost	VEF Rīga Cholet Basket Belgacom Spirou BC Donetsk Budivelnyk Kyiv Telenet Oostende Azovmash Mariupol Crvena zvezda	Orléans Loiret Basket BC Prienai Trefl Sopot Stelmet Zielona Góra Ratiopharm Ulm Artland Dragons s.Oliver Baskets PBC Lukoil Academic

Regular season

The top two teams from each group advanced to the top 16. The match-days were on 7 November, 14 November, 27 November, 5 December and 12 December 2012.

Key to colors

Top two teams in each group advance to Last 16.

Group A

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group A.

Group B

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group B.

Group C

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group C.

Group D

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group D.

Group E

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group E.

Group F

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group F.

Group G

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group G.

Group H

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group H.

Last 16

The Last 16 phase began January 9.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
4. Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.

Key to colors

Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.

Group I

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group I.

Group J

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group J.

Group K

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group K.

Group L

See main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group L.

Knockout stage

See main article: 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball Knockout Stage.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 6, and the return legs were played on March 13. The group winner 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
Budivelnyk	145–139		72–83	73–56
Uxúe Bilbao	182–163		81–85	101–78
Lokomotiv Kuban	162–119		72–54	90–65
UNICS	141–148	Valencia	70–80	71–68

Semifinals

The semifinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20, and the return legs were played on March 26–27. The team finishing in the higher Last 16 place, 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
Uxúe Bilbao	168–136		93–83	75–53
Lokomotiv Kuban	160–155		97–87	63–68

Final

The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.^[7]

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Tywain McKee	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	11	260	23.64
2.	Walter Hodge	Stelmet Zielona Góra	12	269	22.42
3.	Chuck Davis	Banvit B.K.	12	260	21.67
4.	Chuck Eidson	BC UNICS Kazan	14	287	20.50
5.	John Bryant	Ratiopharm Ulm	13	260	20.00

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Walter Hodge	Stelmet Zielona Góra	12	254	21.17
2.		Crvena Zvezda Telekom	11	215	19.55
3.	Chuck Davis	Banvit B.K.	12	222	18.50
4.		BC Triumph Lyubertsy	11	197	17.91
5.	Chuck Eidson	BC UNICS Kazan	14	231	16.50

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	RPG
1.	John Bryant	Ratiopharm Ulm	13	117	9.00
2.	Aleks Marić	PBC Lokomotiv Kuban	14	104	7.43
3.	Oliver Stević	Stelmet Zielona Góra	12	89	7.42
4.	Leo Lyons	Budivelnyk Kyiv	16	117	7.31
5.	Kyle Landry	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	11	78	7.09

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	Nick Calathes	PBC Lokomotiv Kuban	17	113	6.65
2.		BC Triumph Lyubertsy	11	67	6.09
3.		BC Spartak Saint Petersburg	14	77	5.50
4.		Stelmet Zielona Góra	12	65	5.42
5.		PBC Lokomotiv Kuban	12	59	4.92

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team
1	Matt Lojeski	BC Telenet Oostende	34
2	Sammy Mejia	Banvit B.K.	35
	Tywain McKee	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	35
3	Tywain McKee (2)	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	42
4	Charles Davis	Banvit B.K.	36
5	Courtney Fells	Hapoel Jerusalem	41
6	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv-Kuban	39

Top 16

Week	Player	Team
1	Čedomir Vitkovac		40
2	E. J. Rowland		36
3	Čedomir Vitkovac (2)		30
4	John Bryant		36
5	Walter Hodge		42
6	Walter Hodge (2)		39

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team
1	John Bryant (2)		30
2	Simas Jasaitis		28

Semifinals

Game	Player	Team
1	Simas Jasaitis (2)		33
2			22

Eurocup MVP

• Nick Calathes^[8] (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Richard Hendrix^[9] (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

All-Eurocup Teams

^[10]

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Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club team
	Nick Calathes	Lokomotiv-Kuban	Walter Hodge	Stelmet Zielona Góra
		Budivelnyk Kyiv	Chuck Eidson	BC UNICS Kazan
	Kostas Vasileiadis	Uxúe Bilbao Basket	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv-Kuban
	Justin Doellman	Valencia	Lamont Hamilton	Uxúe Bilbao Basket
	John Bryant	Ratiopharm Ulm	Loukas Mavrokefalides	BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

Coach of the Year

• Fotis Katsikaris^[11] (Uxúe Bilbao Basket)

Rising Star

• Bojan Dubljević^[12] (Valencia Basket)

See also

• 2012–13 Euroleague
• EuroChallenge 2012–13

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120619055935/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/98205/3735 Euroleague Basketball and FIBA Europe agree on 2012-13 Eurocup Competition System Changes
2. http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/107787/6330 Eurocup Final heads back to Charleroi
3. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98298/180 ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012-13 season
4. http://www.bballheadlines.com/sevilla-gets-eurocup-wildcard/ Sevilla gets Eurocup wildcard
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018030739/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/99531/3735/budivelnik-substitutes-eiffeltowers-den-bosch Budivelnik substitutes EiffelTowers Den Bosch
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034913/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/100342/3735/regular-season-draw-seeds-and-procedure Eurocup Draw Seeds and Procedure
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119071720/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/format Eurocup 2012-13 Competition System
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20130414020539/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/112018/3735 2012-13 Eurocup MVP: Nick Calathes, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20130508163559/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/112220/3735 2013 Eurocup Final MVP: Richard Hendrix, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20130413212136/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/111934/3735 Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams!
11. Web site: 2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Fotis Katsikaris, Bilbao Basket . 2014-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140108202354/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/111886/3735/2012-13-eurocup-coach-of-the-year-fotis-katsikaris-uxue-bilbao-basket?smid=3742 . 2014-01-08 . live .
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20130508163112/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/111841/3735 2012-13 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket.