Eurocup
Season2012–13
Duration6 November 2012 – 13 April 2013
Number of teams32
Regular season
Season MVPGreece Nick Calathes
Finals
ChampionsRussia Lokomotiv-Kuban
1st title
  Runners-upSpain Uxúe Bilbao
Finals MVPNorth Macedonia Richard Hendrix
Awards
Rising StarMontenegro Bojan Dubljević
Coach of the YearGreece Fotis Katsikaris
Statistical leaders
Points United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge 21.2
Rebounds United States John Bryant 9.0
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 6.7
Index Rating United States Tywain McKee 23.6

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)TeamsTeams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships)
 Russia (PBL)4 Lokomotiv Kuban (3) Triumph Lyubertsy (4) Unics Kazan (5) Spartak St. Petersburg (6)
 France (LNB)3 Le Mans Sarthe Basket (2) Orléans Loiret Basket (3) Cholet Basket (4)
 Germany (BBL)3 Ratiopharm Ulm (2) Artland Dragons (3) s.Oliver Baskets (4)
 Spain (ACB)3 Valencia Basket (4) Uxúe Bilbao Basket (6) Cajasol Sevilla B (7)
 Ukraine (SuperLeague)3 Donetsk (1) Azovmash Mariupol WC (2) Budivelnyk C (4)
 Belgium (BLB)2 Telenet BC Oostende (1) Belgacom Spirou (2)
 Poland (PLK)2 Trefl Sopot (2) Stelmet Zielona Góra A (3)
 Turkey (TBL)2 Galatasaray Medical Park (3) Banvit WC (4)
 Bulgaria (NBL)1 Lukoil Academic (1)
 Croatia (A-1 Liga)1 Cibona Zagreb WC (1)
 Czech Republic (NBL)1 Nymburk (1)
 Greece (GBL)1 Panionios On Telecom (3)
 Israel (BSL)1 Hapoel Jerusalem WC (6)
 Italy (Serie A)1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3)
 Latvia (LBL)1 VEF Rīga (1)
 Lithuania (LKL)1 Rūdupis Prienai WC (3)
 Montenegro (OL)1 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica (1)
 Serbia (KLS)1 Crvena zvezda WC (2)
  • ^A Stelmet Zielona Góra joined the Eurocup after VAP Kolossos resigned its berth.
  • ^B Cajasol Sevilla joined the Eurocup after Lagun Aro GBC resigned its berth.[4]
  • ^C Budivelnik Kiev joined the Eurocup after EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.[5]
  • ^WC 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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Spain Valencia BC
Russia Unics Kazan
Czech Republic ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket
Turkey Galatasaray Medical Park
Spain Cajasol Sevilla
France Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Russia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
Russia BC Triumph Lyubertsy
Greece Panionios BC
Croatia Cibona Zagreb
Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Turkey Banvit BK Bandırma
Montenegro KK Budućnost

Latvia VEF Rīga
France Cholet Basket
Belgium Belgacom Spirou
Ukraine BC Donetsk
Ukraine Budivelnyk Kyiv
Belgium Telenet Oostende
Ukraine Azovmash Mariupol
Serbia Crvena zvezda

France Orléans Loiret Basket
Lithuania BC Prienai
Poland Trefl Sopot
Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra
Germany Ratiopharm Ulm
Germany Artland Dragons
Germany s.Oliver Baskets
Bulgaria PBC Lukoil Academic

Regular season

Location of teams of the Regular season in 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Purple: Group E; Orange: Group F; Pink: Group G; Brown: Group H.

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.

Tiebreakers
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 teams in each group advance to Last 16.

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Ukraine BC Budivelnyk Kyiv 642469441+28
2.Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 633469451+181–1 (+9)
3.Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 633473475–21–1 (–9)
4.Lithuania BC Prienai 624444488–44

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket 660490421+69
2.Montenegro KK Budućnost VOLI 642418388+30
3.Bulgaria PBC Lukoil Academic 624423452–29
4.Belgium Belgacom Spirou 606397467–70

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia BC Triumph Lyubertsy 660505473+32
2.Latvia BC VEF Rīga 633475473+2
3.France Le Mans Sarthe 624454429+25
4.Germany Artland Dragons 615444503–59

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Spain Valencia BC 651520439+81
2.Turkey Banvit B.K. 642522485+37
3.Germany s.Oliver Baskets 633460509–49
4.Ukraine BC Azovmash Mariupol 606455524–69

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban 642471437+341–1 (+1)
2.Turkey Galatasaray Medical Park 642492446+461–1 (–1)
3.Ukraine BC Donetsk 633461459+2
4.Poland Trefl Sopot 615460542–82

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia BC UNICS Kazan 651481442+39
2.Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 633477446+31
3.Belgium BC Telenet Oostende 624464482–181–1 (+18)
4.Greece Panionios B.C. 624466518–521–1 (–18)

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg 660468389+79
2.Germany Ratiopharm Ulm 633476457+191–1 (+20)
3.France Cholet Basket 633444456–121–1 (–20)
4.Croatia KK Cibona 606414500–86

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Serbia Crvena Zvezda Telekom 651556515+41
2.Spain Cajasol Sevilla 633483471+12
3.France Orléans Loiret 624465478–132–0
4.Italy Dinamo Sassari 624516556–400–2

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

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Ukraine BC Budivelnyk Kyiv 642486478+8
2.Montenegro KK Budućnost VOLI 633456436+201–1 (+7)
3.Turkey Banvit B.K. 633477479–21–1 (–7)
4.Russia BC Triumph Lyubertsy 624478504–26

Group J

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket 642470454+162–0
2.Spain Valencia BC 642511462+490–2
3.Latvia BC VEF Rīga 633508480+28
4.Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 615425518–93

Group K

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban 651515475+40
2.Russia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg 633456411+452–0
3.Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 633465502–370–2
4.Spain Cajasol Sevilla 615427475–48

Group L

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1.Russia BC UNICS Kazan 642461443+18
2.Germany Ratiopharm Ulm 633516496+201–1 (+5)
3.Turkey Galatasaray Medical Park 63345945901–1 (–5)
4.Serbia Crvena Zvezda Telekom 624476514–38

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
Spain Uxúe Bilbao81101182
 
 
 
Germany ratiopharm Ulm8178 159
 
Spain Uxúe Bilbao9375168
 
 
 
Ukraine Budivelnyk8353 136
 
Ukraine Budivelnyk7273145
 
13 April – Charleroi
 
Russia Spartak St. Petersburg8356 139
 
Spain Uxúe Bilbao64
 
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban75
 
Russia UNICS7071141
 
 
 
Spain Valencia8068 148
 
Spain Valencia8768155
 
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban9763 160
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban7290162
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI5465 119
 

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budivelnyk Ukraine145–139Russia Spartak St. Petersburg72–8373–56
Uxúe Bilbao Spain182–163Germany ratiopharm Ulm81–85101–78
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia162–119Montenegro Budućnost VOLI72–5490–65
UNICS Russia141–148Spain Valencia70–8071–68

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uxúe Bilbao Spain168–136Ukraine Budivelnyk93–8375–53
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia160–155Spain Valencia97–8763–68

Final

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

13 April 2013
21:00
Uxúe Bilbao Spain 64–75 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 13-22, 15-16, 19-21
Pts: Vasileiadis 16
Rebs: Three players 6
Asts: López 4		 Pts: Hendrix 14
Rebs: Marić 10
Asts: Calathes 7
Spiroudome, Charleroi
Attendance: 3,862
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)


Eurocup 2013 Champions
Russia
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban
First title

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.United States Tywain McKeeRussia BC Triumph Lyubertsy1126023.64
2.United States Virgin Islands Walter HodgePoland Stelmet Zielona Góra1226922.42
3.Azerbaijan Chuck DavisTurkey Banvit B.K.1226021.67
4.United States Chuck EidsonRussia BC UNICS Kazan1428720.50
5.United States John BryantGermany Ratiopharm Ulm1326020.00

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.United States Virgin Islands Walter HodgePoland Stelmet Zielona Góra1225421.17
2.Serbia Igor RakočevićSerbia Crvena Zvezda Telekom1121519.55
3.Azerbaijan Chuck DavisTurkey Banvit B.K.1222218.50
4.United States Tywain McKeeRussia BC Triumph Lyubertsy1119717.91
5.United States Chuck EidsonRussia BC UNICS Kazan1423116.50

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.United States John BryantGermany Ratiopharm Ulm131179.00
2.Australia Aleks MarićRussia PBC Lokomotiv Kuban141047.43
3.Serbia Oliver StevićPoland Stelmet Zielona Góra12897.42
4.United States Leo LyonsUkraine Budivelnyk Kyiv161177.31
5.Canada Kyle LandryRussia BC Triumph Lyubertsy11787.09

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Greece Nick CalathesRussia PBC Lokomotiv Kuban171136.65
2.United States Tywain McKeeRussia BC Triumph Lyubertsy11676.09
3.Bosnia and Herzegovina Zack WrightRussia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg14775.50
4.United States Virgin Islands Walter HodgePoland Stelmet Zielona Góra12655.42
5.Lithuania Mantas KalnietisRussia PBC Lokomotiv Kuban12594.92

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week Player Team PIR
1Belgium Matt LojeskiBelgium BC Telenet Oostende34
2Dominican Republic Sammy MejiaTurkey Banvit B.K.35
United States Tywain McKeeRussia BC Triumph Lyubertsy35
3United States Tywain McKee (2)Russia BC Triumph Lyubertsy42
4Azerbaijan Charles DavisTurkey Banvit B.K.36
5United States Courtney FellsIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem41
6United States Derrick BrownRussia Lokomotiv-Kuban39

Top 16

Week Player Team PIR
1Serbia Čedomir VitkovacMontenegro Budućnost VOLI40
2Bulgaria E. J. RowlandLatvia VEF Rīga36
3Serbia Čedomir Vitkovac (2)Montenegro Budućnost VOLI30
4United States John BryantGermany Ratiopharm Ulm36
5United States Virgin Islands Walter HodgePoland Stelmet Zielona Góra42
6United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge (2)Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra39

Quarterfinals

Game Player Team PIR
1United States John Bryant (2)Germany Ratiopharm Ulm30
2Lithuania Simas JasaitisRussia Lokomotiv-Kuban28

Semifinals

Game Player Team PIR
1Lithuania Simas Jasaitis (2)Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban33
2Serbia Stefan MarkovićSpain Valencia BC22

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Teams

[10]

PositionAll-Eurocup First TeamClub teamAll-Eurocup Second TeamClub team
Greece Nick Calathes Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban United States Virgin Islands Walter Hodge Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra
United States Malcolm Delaney Ukraine Budivelnyk Kyiv United States Chuck Eidson Russia BC UNICS Kazan
Greece Kostas Vasileiadis Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket United States Derrick Brown Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban
Kosovo Justin Doellman Spain Valencia United States Lamont Hamilton Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket
United States John Bryant Germany Ratiopharm Ulm Greece Loukas Mavrokefalides Russia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

See also

References

  1. ↑ Euroleague Basketball and FIBA Europe agree on 2012-13 Eurocup Competition System Changes Eurocupbasketball.com June 16, 2012
  2. ↑ Eurocup Final heads back to Charleroi Eurocupbasketball.com January 22, 2013
  3. ↑ ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012-13 season Euroleague.net June 20, 2012
  4. ↑ Sevilla gets Eurocup wildcard Archived 2013-01-17 at archive.today Bball Headlines. August 17, 2012
  5. ↑ Budivelnik substitutes EiffelTowers Den Bosch Eurocup Basketball. September 7, 2012
  6. ↑ Eurocup Draw Seeds and Procedure
  7. ↑ Eurocup 2012-13 Competition System
  8. ↑ 2012-13 Eurocup MVP: Nick Calathes, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
  9. ↑ 2013 Eurocup Final MVP: Richard Hendrix, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
  10. ↑ Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams!
  11. ↑ "2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Fotis Katsikaris, Bilbao Basket". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  12. ↑ 2012-13 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket.
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