2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

The 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball season was the tenth 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. It ran from September 27, 2011, until April 15, 2012. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.

Eurocup Basketball
Season	2011–12
Dates	September 27, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Regular season
Season MVP	Patrick Beverley
Finals
Champions	Khimki (1st title)
Runners-up	Valencia
Third place	Lietuvos rytas
Fourth place	Spartak Saint Petersburg
Finals MVP	Zoran Planinić
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Teams allocation

Distribution

^[1] 32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:

• A total of 10 teams from nine countries qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
• Another 8 teams earned their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round. On July 7, a draw for the Eurocup Qualifying Round, which featured 16 teams from 13 countries, was held in Barcelona. The 8 winners from those two-game, head-to-head qualifying games advanced to the Eurocup Regular Season.^[2]
• The remaining 14 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds that was played from 29 September - 2 October.^[3]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroCup title holders; FEC: FBIA EuroChallenge title holders):

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• RW: Regular season winners
• CW: Cup winners
• EL: EuroLeague
  • EL QR: EuroLeague qualifying round losers

Regular season
Cholet (EL QR)	Khimki (EL QR)	Cibona (EL QR)	PGE Turów (EL QR)
Gravelines (EL QR)	Lokomotiv Kuban (4th)	Donetsk (EL QR)	Valencia (5th)
ASVEL (EL QR)	PAOK (EL QR)	ČEZ Nymburk (EL QR)	Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd)
Alba Berlin (EL QR)	Aris (4th)	VEF Rīga (EL QR)	Benetton Bwin (4th)
Fraport Skyliners (3rd)	Lietuvos rytas (EL QR)	Budućnost VOLI (EL QR)	GasTerra Flames (1st)
Bayern Munich (WC)	Rūdupis (3rd)	Banvit (EL QR)	KrkaFEC (1st)
Qualifying round
Élan Chalon (5th)	Beşiktaş Milangaz (5th)	Azovmash (5th)	Cedevita (2nd)
Le Mans (8th)	Pınar Karşıyaka (6th)	Gran Canaria 2014 (6th)	Artland Dragons (4th)
Dexia Mons-Hainaut (3rd)	Spartak Saint Petersburg (7th)	Norrköping Dolphins (2nd)	ETHA Engomis (1st)
Telenet Oostende (4th)	Ventspils (2nd)	Prostějov (2nd)	Lukoil Academic (1st)

Qualifying round

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Qualifying Round

The eight winners of the qualifying round joined the regular season. The eight losers transferred to the EuroChallenge regular season.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Azovmash	153–140	Ventspils	74–75	79–65
Gran Canaria 2014	153–121	Artland Dragons	61–56	92–65
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	144–141	Beşiktaş Milangaz	70–78	74–63
Cedevita	157–147	Élan Chalon	73–78	84–69
Le Mans Sarthe	160–151	Pınar Karşıyaka	80–73	80–78
Telenet Oostende	158–129	Norrköping Dolphins	88–62	70–67
Spartak Saint Petersburg	143–123	ETHA Engomis	60–59	83–64
Prostějov	142–157	Lukoil Academic	65–70	77–87

Regular season

The Regular Season ran from November 15, 2011, to December 20, 2011.

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 places in each group advance to Last 16

Group A

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Gravelines	6	5	1	517	430	+87
2.	Donetsk	6	5	1	463	443	+20
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	2	4	463	493	−30
4.	Cibona	6	0	6	456	533	−77

Group B

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Khimki	6	6	0	480	398	+82
2.	VEF Rīga	6	3	3	436	444	−8
3.	Cholet Basket	6	2	4	389	428	−39
4.	P.A.O.K.	6	1	5	417	452	−35

Group C

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Nymburk	6	5	1	498	424	+74
2.	Aris	6	4	2	431	397	+34
3.	Rūdupis	6	3	3	487	485	+2
4.	GasTerra Flames	6	0	6	391	501	−110

Group D

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	ASVEL	6	4	2	459	426	+33
2.	Valencia Basket	6	4	2	487	447	+40
3.	Telenet Oostende	6	2	4	415	454	−39
4.	Lukoil Academic	6	2	4	400	434	−34

Group E

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Banvit	6	4	2	421	397	+24
2.	Lokomotiv-Kuban	6	4	2	431	399	+32
3.	Gran Canaria	6	4	2	416	405	+11
4.	Skyliners Frankfurt	6	0	6	362	429	−67

Group F

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lietuvos rytas	6	6	0	478	370	+108
2.	Krka	6	4	2	434	421	+13
3.	Azovmash	6	1	5	404	453	−49
4.	Le Mans	6	1	5	392	464	−72

Group G

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	6	6	0	477	401	+76
2.	Benetton Treviso	6	3	3	478	476	+2
3.	Bayern Munich	6	2	4	404	436	−32
4.	Cedevita	6	1	5	413	459	−46

Group H

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Alba Berlin	6	5	1	485	421	+64
2.	Budućnost	6	3	3	416	425	−9
3.	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6	2	4	445	463	−18
4.	Turów Zgorzelec	6	2	4	446	483	−37

Last 16

Group I

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Valencia Basket	6	6	0	463	387	+76
2.	Nymburk	6	3	3	484	441	+43	1–1 (+6)
3.	VEF Rīga	6	3	3	432	456	–24	1–1 (–6)
4.	Gravelines	6	0	6	370	465	–95

Group J

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Donetsk	6	5	1	477	437	+40	1–1 (+5)
2.	Khimki	6	5	1	465	419	+46	1–1 (–5)
3.	ASVEL	6	1	5	460	477	–17	1–1 (+10)
4.	Aris	6	1	5	389	458	–69	1–1 (–10)

Group K

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Spartak St. Petersburg	6	5	1	428	385	+43
2.	Budućnost	6	3	3	397	398	–1	1–1 (+3)
3.	Banvit	6	3	3	430	428	+2	1–1 (–3)
4.	Krka	6	1	5	390	434	–44

Group L

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Lokomotiv-Kuban	6	4	2	466	452	+14	2–0 (+18)
2.	Lietuvos rytas	6	4	2	468	443	+25	0–2 (–18)
3.	Benetton Treviso	6	3	3	447	451	–4
4.	Alba Berlin	6	1	5	433	468	–35

Quarterfinals

Main article: 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20. The return legs were played on March 27. The group winners in each tie, listed as Team 1, hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	156–138	Budućnost VOLI	71–75	85–63
Donetsk	145–154	Lietuvos rytas	65–76	80–78
Spartak St. Petersburg	154–135	ČEZ Nymburk	68–64	86–71
Lokomotiv Kuban	153–158	Khimki	72–81	81–77

Final four

Main article: 2012 Eurocup Final Four

Euroleague Basketball Company announced that the 2011–12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Khimki, Russia, on April 14 and 15.^[5]

	Semifinals				Final
	14 April
	Valencia	80
					15 April
	Lietuvos rytas	70
					Valencia	68
	14 April
					Khimki	77
	Spartak St. Petersburg	73
	Khimki	77
					Third place game
					15 April
					Lietuvos rytas	71
					Spartak St. Petersburg	62

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	278	19.86
2.	Patrick Beverley	Spartak Saint Petersburg	16	275	17.19
3.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	219	16.85
4.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	202	16.83
5.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	218	16.77

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Ramel Curry	BC Donetsk	14	230	16.43
2.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	223	15.93
3.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	199	15.31
4.	Tre Simmons	ČEZ Nymburk	14	211	15.07
5.	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos rytas	16	236	14.75

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	117	8.36
2.	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos rytas	16	122	7.63
3.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	92	7.08
4.	Lawrence Roberts	Lietuvos rytas	16	103	6.44
5.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	83	6.38

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	65	5.42
2.	Yotam Halperin	Spartak Saint Petersburg	14	74	5.29
3.	Zoran Planinić	BC Khimki	15	73	4.87
4.	Tyrese Rice	Lietuvos rytas	15	70	4.67
5.	Barış Ermiş	Banvit	10	45	4.50

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Tony Parker	ASVEL Basket	40
2	J. R. Giddens	P.A.O.K.	32
3	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia Basket	29
4	Nikola Vučević	Budućnost	36
5	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	28
6	Fabien Causeur	Cholet Basket	33

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR
1	Patrick Beverley	Spartak Saint Petersburg	27
2	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Spartak Saint Petersburg	29
3	Nando de Colo	Valencia Basket	40
4	Hilton Armstrong	ASVEL Basket	26
5	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	37
6	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	37

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	Bojan Dubljević	Budućnost	25
2	Yotam Halperin	Spartak St. Petersburg	31

Eurocup MVP

• Patrick Beverley^[6] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Zoran Planinić^[7] (Khimki)

All-Eurocup Team

Position	All-Eurocup First Team[8]	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team [9]	Club team
PG	Patrick Beverley	Spartak St. Petersburg	Yotam Halperin	Spartak St. Petersburg
SG/SF	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	Ramel Curry	Donetsk
SG/SF	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos Rytas	Pavel Pumprla	ČEZ Nymburk
PF/C	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	Jeremiah Massey	Lokomotiv Kuban
PF/C	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos Rytas	Bojan Dubljević	Budućnost

Coach of the Year

• Jure Zdovc^[10] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Rising Star

• Jonas Valančiūnas^[11] (Lietuvos Rytas)

See also

• 2011–12 Euroleague Basketball
• 2011–12 EuroChallenge

References

1. 2011-12 Eurocup teams Euroleague.net July 5, 2011
2. Eurocup qualifying round EuroCupBasketball.com
3. Euroleague qualifying rounds Euroleague.net
4. 2011-12 Eurocup draw Eurocupbasketball.com June 6, 2011
5. "Eurocup-Final Four 2012 in Khimki". Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
6. 2011-12 Eurocup MVP: Patrick Beverley, Spartak St. Petersburg
7. Zoran Planinic was named Eurocup Finals MVP
8. 2011-12 All-Eurocup First Team
9. 2011-12 All-Eurocup Second Team
10. 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg
11. 2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas

• Seeding and draw procedure

External links

• Official website