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2012–13 Eurocup Basketball

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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.

Eurocup
Season2012–13
Duration6 November 2012 – 13 April 2013
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

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

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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)
  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

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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

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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

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Ukraine  BC Budivelnyk Kyiv 6 4 2 469 441 +28
2. Czech Republic  ČEZ Nymburk 6 3 3 469 451 +18 1–1 (+9)
3. Israel  Hapoel Jerusalem 6 3 3 473 475 –2 1–1 (–9)
4. Lithuania  BC Prienai 6 2 4 444 488 –44


Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Spain  Uxúe Bilbao Basket 6 6 0 490 421 +69
2. Montenegro  KK Budućnost VOLI 6 4 2 418 388 +30
3. Bulgaria  PBC Lukoil Academic 6 2 4 423 452 –29
4. Belgium  Belgacom Spirou 6 0 6 397 467 –70

Group C

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 6 6 0 505 473 +32
2. Latvia  BC VEF Rīga 6 3 3 475 473 +2
3. France  Le Mans Sarthe 6 2 4 454 429 +25
4. Germany  Artland Dragons 6 1 5 444 503 –59

Group D

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Spain  Valencia BC 6 5 1 520 439 +81
2. Turkey  Banvit B.K. 6 4 2 522 485 +37
3. Germany  s.Oliver Baskets 6 3 3 460 509 –49
4. Ukraine  BC Azovmash Mariupol 6 0 6 455 524 –69

Group E

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban 6 4 2 471 437 +34 1–1 (+1)
2. Turkey  Galatasaray Medical Park 6 4 2 492 446 +46 1–1 (–1)
3. Ukraine  BC Donetsk 6 3 3 461 459 +2
4. Poland  Trefl Sopot 6 1 5 460 542 –82

Group F

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  BC UNICS Kazan 6 5 1 481 442 +39
2. Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 6 3 3 477 446 +31
3. Belgium  BC Telenet Oostende 6 2 4 464 482 –18 1–1 (+18)
4. Greece  Panionios B.C. 6 2 4 466 518 –52 1–1 (–18)

Group G

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  BC Spartak Saint Petersburg 6 6 0 468 389 +79
2. Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 6 3 3 476 457 +19 1–1 (+20)
3. France  Cholet Basket 6 3 3 444 456 –12 1–1 (–20)
4. Croatia  KK Cibona 6 0 6 414 500 –86

Group H

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Serbia  Crvena Zvezda Telekom 6 5 1 556 515 +41
2. Spain  Cajasol Sevilla 6 3 3 483 471 +12
3. France  Orléans Loiret 6 2 4 465 478 –13 2–0
4. Italy  Dinamo Sassari 6 2 4 516 556 –40 0–2

Last 16

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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

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Ukraine  BC Budivelnyk Kyiv 6 4 2 486 478 +8
2. Montenegro  KK Budućnost VOLI 6 3 3 456 436 +20 1–1 (+7)
3. Turkey  Banvit B.K. 6 3 3 477 479 –2 1–1 (–7)
4. Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 6 2 4 478 504 –26

Group J

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Spain  Uxúe Bilbao Basket 6 4 2 470 454 +16 2–0
2. Spain  Valencia BC 6 4 2 511 462 +49 0–2
3. Latvia  BC VEF Rīga 6 3 3 508 480 +28
4. Czech Republic  ČEZ Nymburk 6 1 5 425 518 –93

Group K

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban 6 5 1 515 475 +40
2. Russia  BC Spartak Saint Petersburg 6 3 3 456 411 +45 2–0
3. Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 6 3 3 465 502 –37 0–2
4. Spain  Cajasol Sevilla 6 1 5 427 475 –48

Group L

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Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Russia  BC UNICS Kazan 6 4 2 461 443 +18
2. Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 6 3 3 516 496 +20 1–1 (+5)
3. Turkey  Galatasaray Medical Park 6 3 3 459 459 0 1–1 (–5)
4. Serbia  Crvena Zvezda Telekom 6 2 4 476 514 –38

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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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 Ukraine  145–139 Russia  Spartak St. Petersburg 72–83 73–56
Uxúe Bilbao Spain  182–163 Germany  ratiopharm Ulm 81–85 101–78
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia  162–119 Montenegro  Budućnost VOLI 72–54 90–65
UNICS Russia  141–148 Spain  Valencia 70–80 71–68

Semifinals

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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 Spain  168–136 Ukraine  Budivelnyk 93–83 75–53
Lokomotiv Kuban Russia  160–155 Spain  Valencia 97–87 63–68

Final

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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

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Rating

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Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. United States  Tywain McKee Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 11 260 23.64
2. United States Virgin Islands  Walter Hodge Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 12 269 22.42
3. Azerbaijan  Chuck Davis Turkey  Banvit B.K. 12 260 21.67
4. United States  Chuck Eidson Russia  BC UNICS Kazan 14 287 20.50
5. United States  John Bryant Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 13 260 20.00

Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. United States Virgin Islands  Walter Hodge Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 12 254 21.17
2. Serbia  Igor Rakočević Serbia  Crvena Zvezda Telekom 11 215 19.55
3. Azerbaijan  Chuck Davis Turkey  Banvit B.K. 12 222 18.50
4. United States  Tywain McKee Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 11 197 17.91
5. United States  Chuck Eidson Russia  BC UNICS Kazan 14 231 16.50

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. United States  John Bryant Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 13 117 9.00
2. Australia  Aleks Marić Russia  PBC Lokomotiv Kuban 14 104 7.43
3. Serbia  Oliver Stević Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 12 89 7.42
4. United States  Leo Lyons Ukraine  Budivelnyk Kyiv 16 117 7.31
5. Canada  Kyle Landry Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 11 78 7.09

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Greece  Nick Calathes Russia  PBC Lokomotiv Kuban 17 113 6.65
2. United States  Tywain McKee Russia  BC Triumph Lyubertsy 11 67 6.09
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina  Zack Wright Russia  BC Spartak Saint Petersburg 14 77 5.50
4. United States Virgin Islands  Walter Hodge Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 12 65 5.42
5. Lithuania  Mantas Kalnietis Russia  PBC Lokomotiv Kuban 12 59 4.92

Awards

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MVP Weekly

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Regular season

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

Top 16

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Week Player Team PIR
1 Serbia  Čedomir Vitkovac Montenegro  Budućnost VOLI 40
2 Bulgaria  E. J. Rowland Latvia  VEF Rīga 36
3 Serbia  Čedomir Vitkovac (2) Montenegro  Budućnost VOLI 30
4 United States  John Bryant Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 36
5 United States Virgin Islands  Walter Hodge Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 42
6 United States Virgin Islands  Walter Hodge (2) Poland  Stelmet Zielona Góra 39

Quarterfinals

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Game Player Team PIR
1 United States  John Bryant (2) Germany  Ratiopharm Ulm 30
2 Lithuania  Simas Jasaitis Russia  Lokomotiv-Kuban 28

Semifinals

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Game Player Team PIR
1 Lithuania  Simas Jasaitis (2) Russia  Lokomotiv-Kuban 33
2 Serbia  Stefan Marković Spain  Valencia BC 22

Eurocup MVP

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Eurocup Finals MVP

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All-Eurocup Teams

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Position All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team Club 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

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Rising Star

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See also

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References

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  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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