2012–13 Euroleague Explained

Nextseason:	2013–14
Season:	2012–13
Euroleague
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T Bg:	EF6D0D
T Color:	white
Champions:	Olympiacos 3rd title
Runners Up:	Real Madrid
Third Place:	CSKA Moscow
Fourth Place:	FC Barcelona Regal
Teams:	24
Duration:	11 October 2012 – 12 May 2013
Final Four Mvp:	Vassilis Spanoulis
Award4:	Best Defender
Award4 Winner:	Stéphane Lasme
Award5:	Coach of the Year
Award6:	Rising Star
Award6 Winner:	Kostas Papanikolaou
Pir:	17.4
Ppg:	18.8
Rpg:	7.3
Apg:	6.3

The 2012–13 Euroleague was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 56th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 11 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013.

The Final Four was held at The O2 Arena in London. The championship game was won by Olympiacos, who defeated Real Madrid 100–88. Olympiacos became the third team since the introduction of the Final Four format to win two Euroleague championships in a row and the second team in Euroleague Basketball Company era (2000–01 Euroleague season to present) to become back-to-back Euroleague champions.

Allocation

A total of 31 teams participated in the 2012–13 Euroleague. There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

• The top 13 teams with an A-Licence from the 2011–12 Euroleague based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.^[1]
• An additional team promoted to an A-Licence.
• The 2011–12 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
• 14 places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition. The last 2 places from the Netherlands and Latvia were not taken up.
• As the list of teams with a B-Licence was exhausted, two wild cards were granted to fill the remaining spaces in the qualifying competition.

Euroleague allocation criteria

On 31 May 2012, the Euroleague published the official License Allocation criteria.^[2]

A licenses

Rank Team Pos. Coefficient 1. 1st 131 2. 1st 124 3. 1st 116 4. 2nd 114 5. 1st 109 6. 2nd 108 7. 1st 104

Rank Team Pos. Coefficient 8. 3rd 84 9. 2nd 73 10. 9th 73 11. 1st 69 12. 6th 67 13. 1st 55 14. 13th 39

• The A license of Acea Roma was cancelled and it was awarded to Italian team EA7 Milano.

B licenses

Key to colors

	A licensed teams
	B licensed teams
	Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round

League Pos. Team Teams qualified for the regular season 1. 1st FC Barcelona Regal 2. 1st CSKA Moscow 3. 1st Olympiacos 4. 1st Montepaschi Siena 5. 1st Beşiktaş 6. 1st Élan Chalon 7. 1st Brose Bamberg 8. 1st Žalgiris 9. 1st Partizan 10. 1st Cedevita 11. 1st Union Olimpija 12. 2nd Real Madrid 13. 2nd Khimki 14. 2nd Panathinaikos 15. 2nd EA7 Milano 16. 2nd Lietuvos Rytas

League Pos. Team Teams qualified for the qualification rounds 17. 2nd Anadolu Efes 18. 2nd Le Mans 19. 2nd Ratiopharm Ulm 20. Maccabi Electra 21. 1st Telenet Oostende 22. 1st ČEZ Nymburk 23. 1st Donetsk 24. 1st Maccabi Electra 25. 1st Asseco Prokom 26. 1st Lukoil Academic 27. Dutch DBL< --The league now uses the English-language name, even in Dutch.--> 1st EiffelTowers Den Bosch^Withdrew 28. 1st VEF Rīga^Withdrew

* The Adriatic League teams (1 from Serbia, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Croatia) were the ones with the best Adriatic League + National League + European competitions ranking.

** Next best team from the Adriatic League without B licence.

C licenses and wildcards

• C license converted in wildcard for the Regular Season (since 2011–12 Eurocup champion BC Khimki qualified via B license):
  • Alba Berlin
• Wildcards for the qualification rounds:
  • Mapooro Cantù
  • UNICS

Teams

On 31 May 2012 the new Euroleague license allocation criteria were announced.^[3] Twenty-three teams directly joined the regular season, while one more team joined it from the qualifying rounds. Eight teams fought for the last berth, and Mapooro Cantù got the final spot.^[4]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

• A: Qualified through an A–licence
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• QR: Qualifying rounds
• WC: Wild card
• EC: Champion of the 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

Regular season
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Qualifying rounds
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Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2012–13 Euroleague qualifying rounds. The qualifying rounds were played in a knock-out tournament consisting of eight teams in a single-venue tournament format. The winner advanced to the Euroleague Regular Season. The qualifying rounds were played between 25 and 28 September at the PalaDesio in Desio, Italy.^[5]

Draw

The draws for the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Friday, 6 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.

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.^[6]

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group.

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FC Barcelona Regal Olympiacos Maccabi Electra Panathinaikos	Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid CSKA Moscow Caja Laboral	Khimki Partizan Alba Berlin Anadolu Efes	Unicaja Málaga Lietuvos Rytas Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Ülker	Asseco Prokom EA7 Milano Brose Bamberg Union Olimpija	Cedevita Beşiktaş Élan Chalon Mapooro Cantù (q)

Regular season

The regular season began on 11 October 2012.

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.

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Top 16

The Top 16 began on 27 December 2012.

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

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

Group E

See main article: 2012–13 Euroleague Top 16 Group E.

Group F

See main article: 2012–13 Euroleague Top 16 Group F.

Quarterfinals

See main article: 2012–13 Euroleague Quarterfinals.

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CSKA Moscow	3–1	Laboral Kutxa	89–78	90–68	72–93	94–85
Olympiacos	3–2	Anadolu Efes	67–62	71–53	72–83	73–74	82–72
FC Barcelona Regal	3–2	Panathinaikos	72–70	65–66	63–65	70–60	64–53
Real Madrid	3–0	Maccabi Electra	79–53	75–63	69–57

Final Four

See main article: 2013 Euroleague Final Four. On 12 May 2012 it was announced the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.^[7]

Top 10 attendances

Single game

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance	Sources
1	Quarter-finals	4	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona	20,300
2	Quarter-finals	3	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona	17,800
	Top 16	14	Panathinaikos	CSKA Moscow	17,800	^[8]
4	Regular Season	8	Žalgiris	Olympiacos	15,420
5	Top 16	4	Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow	15,199
6	Regular Season	7	Žalgiris	Caja Laboral	15,110
7	Top 16	5	Caja Laboral	FC Barcelona	15,068
8	Top 16	10	Žalgiris	Real Madrid	15,010
9	Regular Season	9	Panathinaikos	Fenerbahçe Ülker	15,000	^[9]
10	Top 16	5	Panathinaikos	Real Madrid	14,909	^[10]

Average

Rank	Team	Matches	Average
1	Žalgiris	12	13,425
2	Caja Laboral	14	12,036
3	Maccabi Electra	13	10,935
4	Panathinaikos	14	10,564
5	Real Madrid	14	9,148
6	Alba Berlin	12	9,033
7	Olympiacos	15	8,265
8	Anadolu Efes	14	8,191
9	Fenerbahçe Ülker	12	7,109
10	Partizan	5	7,100

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rating	width=40	PIR
1.	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	24	417	17.38
2.	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	26	443	17.04
3.	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	29	488	16.83

Points

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Points	width=40	PPG
1.	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	24	452	18.83
2.	Boštjan Nachbar	Brose Bamberg	23	370	16.09
3.	Bojan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe Ülker	21	334	15.90

Rebounds

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Rebounds	width=40	RPG
1.	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	26	190	7.31
2.	Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona	30	195	6.50
3.	Shawn James	Maccabi Electra	27	175	6.48

Assists

Rank	width=200	Name	width=200	Team	Games	width=75	Assists	width=40	APG
1.	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	22	139	6.32
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	27	156	5.78
3.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	170	5.48

Other Stats

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Steals per game	Bo McCalebb	Fenerbahçe Ülker	23	1.91
Blocks per game	Shawn James	Maccabi Electra	27	1.93
Turnovers per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	3.42
Fouls drawn per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	5.45
Minutes per game	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	24	32:37
2FG%	Sasha Kaun	CSKA Moscow	30	0.716
3FG%	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	31	0.520
FT%	Marcelinho Huertas	FC Barcelona	31	0.972

Game highs

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Rating	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	50
Points	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	41
Rebounds	Rašid Mahalbašić	Asseco Prokom	16
Assists	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	13
Steals	7 occasions		5
Blocks	6 occasions		5
Turnovers	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	8
Fouls Drawn	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	15

Awards

2012–13 Euroleague MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)^[11]

2012–13 Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis (Olympiacos)^[12]

All-Euroleague Team 2012–13

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All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club Team
	Panathinaikos	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
	Olympiacos	Juan Carlos Navarro	FC Barcelona
Rudy Fernández	Real Madrid	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow
Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	Nikola Mirotić	Real Madrid
Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona		Maccabi Electra

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Bobby Brown ( Montepaschi Siena)^[14]

Best Defender

• Stéphane Lasme (Panathinaikos)^[15]

Rising Star

• Kostas Papanikolaou (Olympiacos)^[16]

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

• Georgios Bartzokas (Olympiacos)^[17]

MVP Weekly

See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week.

Regular season

Game	Player	Team
1	Emir Preldžić	Fenerbahçe Ülker	31
2	Sonny Weems	CSKA Moscow	38
3	Rudy Fernández	Real Madrid	30
	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	30
4	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	43
5	Bobby Brown (2)	Montepaschi Siena	31
6	Sasha Vujačić	Anadolu Efes	31
7	Rudy Fernández (2)	Real Madrid	28
	Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona Regal	28
8	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	25
9	Blake Schilb	Élan Chalon	38
10	Shawn James	Maccabi Electra	27
	Nemanja Bjelica	Caja Laboral	27

Top 16

Game	Player	Team
1	Ante Tomić (2)	FC Barcelona	27
2	Bobby Brown (3)	Montepaschi Siena	50
3	Ricky Hickman	Maccabi Electra	34
4	Paul Davis	Khimki	29
5	Bojan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe Ülker	27
	Marcus Williams	Unicaja	27
6	Rudy Fernández (3)	Real Madrid	34
7	Sasha Kaun	CSKA Moscow	30
8	Devin Smith	Maccabi Electra	28
	Luka Žorić	Unicaja	28
	Roko Ukić	Panathinaikos	28
9	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	26
10	Nikola Mirotić	Real Madrid	37
11	Luka Žorić (2)	Unicaja	33
12	Petteri Koponen	Khimki	35
13	Nathan Jawai	FC Barcelona	34
14	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	37

Quarter-finals

Game	Player	Team
1	Rudy Fernández (4)	Real Madrid	22
2	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	25
3	Jamon Gordon	Anadolu Efes	24
4	Victor Khryapa (2)	CSKA Moscow	29
5	Nathan Jawai (2)	FC Barcelona	21

MVP of the Month

See main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award.

Month	Player	Team
October 2012	Sonny Weems	CSKA Moscow
November 2012	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
December 2012	Maciej Lampe	Caja Laboral
January 2013	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena
February 2013	Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona
March 2013	Devin Smith	Maccabi Electra
April 2013	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid

See also

• 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball
• 2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking. . 16 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001025745/http://www.in-the-game.org/?page_id=7895 . 1 October 2012 . dead .
2. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/97882/180/2012-13-turkish-airlines-euroleague-license-allocation-criteria 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria
3. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/97882/180 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria
4. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98298/180 ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012–13 season
5. Web site: Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw 2012–13 . Euroleague.net . 6 July 2012.
6. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98487/180 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds
7. News: The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. 12 May 2012. Euroleague.net.
8. http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=225&seasoncode=E2012#!boxscore Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 63 – 69 CSKA Moscow.
9. http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=97#!boxscore Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 69 – 55 Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul.
10. http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=153&seasoncode=E2012#!boxscore Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 54 – 58 Real Madrid.
11. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/113134/180 Euroleague.net Vassilis Spanoulis, named bwin MVP of the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague.
12. http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/london-2013/main-page/i/113633/7980/spanoulis-named-bwin-mvp-of-2013-final-four Euroleague.net Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four.
13. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/113030/180/2012-13-all-euroleague-first-and-second-teams-announced 2012–13 All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced
14. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/112863/180/montepaschi-siena-s-bobby-brown-wins-alphonso-ford-top-scorer-trophy Euroleague.net Montepaschi Siena's Bobby Brown wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy.
15. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/112932/180 Best Defender Trophy winner: Stephane Lasme, Panathinaikos Athens.
16. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/112909/180 Rising Star Trophy winner: Kostas Papanikolaou, Olympiacos Piraeus.
17. Web site: Latest News | Euroleague . 3 October 2024 .