2012–13 Eurocup Basketball

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
Season	2012–13
Duration	6 November 2012 – 13 April 2013
Teams	32
Regular season
Season MVP	Nick Calathes
Finals
Champions	Lokomotiv-Kuban 1st title
Runners-up	Uxúe Bilbao
Finals MVP	Richard Hendrix
Awards
Rising Star	Bojan Dubljević
Coach of the Year	Fotis Katsikaris
Statistical leaders
Points Walter Hodge 21.2 Rebounds John Bryant 9.0 Assists Nick Calathes 6.7 Index Rating Tywain McKee 23.6
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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)
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)

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

• ^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 Kyiv 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
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

Lokomotiv-Kuban

Triumph

Unics

Spartak

Le Mans

Orléans

Cholet

Ulm

Quakenbrück

Würzburg

Valencia

Bilbao

Sevilla

Donetsk

Mariupol

Kyiv

Oostende

Charleroi

Sopot

Zielona Góra

Istanbul

Bandırma

Sofia

Zagreb

Nymburk

Panionios

H. Jerusalem

Sassari

Riga

Prienai

Podgorica

Belgrade

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: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the regular season. Points scored during the regular season. 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

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group A

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

Group B

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group B

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

Group C

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group C

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

Group D

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group D

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

Group E

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group E

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

Group F

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group F

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

Group G

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group G

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

Group H

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Regular Season Group H

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

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

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group I

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

Group J

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group J

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

Group K

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group K

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

Group L

Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Last 16 Group L

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

Knockout stage

Main article: 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball Knockout Stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Uxúe Bilbao	81	101	182
	ratiopharm Ulm	81	78	159
							Uxúe Bilbao	93	75	168
							Budivelnyk	83	53	136
	Budivelnyk	72	73	145
													13 April – Charleroi
	Spartak St. Petersburg	83	56	139
													Uxúe Bilbao			64
													Lokomotiv Kuban			75
	UNICS	70	71	141
	Valencia	80	68	148
							Valencia	87	68	155
							Lokomotiv Kuban	97	63	160
	Lokomotiv Kuban	72	90	162
	Budućnost VOLI	54	65	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	145–139	Spartak St. Petersburg	72–83	73–56
Uxúe Bilbao	182–163	ratiopharm Ulm	81–85	101–78
Lokomotiv Kuban	162–119	Budućnost VOLI	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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uxúe Bilbao	168–136	Budivelnyk	93–83	75–53
Lokomotiv Kuban	160–155	Valencia	97–87	63–68

Final

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

13 April 2013 21:00

Report

Uxúe Bilbao	64–75	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
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban First title

Individual statistics

Rating

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

Rebounds

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

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR
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	PIR
1	Čedomir Vitkovac	Budućnost VOLI	40
2	E. J. Rowland	VEF Rīga	36
3	Čedomir Vitkovac (2)	Budućnost VOLI	30
4	John Bryant	Ratiopharm Ulm	36
5	Walter Hodge	Stelmet Zielona Góra	42
6	Walter Hodge (2)	Stelmet Zielona Góra	39

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR
1	John Bryant (2)	Ratiopharm Ulm	30
2	Simas Jasaitis	Lokomotiv-Kuban	28

Semifinals

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

Eurocup MVP

• Nick Calathes^[8] (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

Eurocup Finals MVP

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

All-Eurocup Teams

^[10]

Position	All-Eurocup First Team	Club team	All-Eurocup Second Team	Club team
PG	Nick Calathes	Lokomotiv-Kuban	Walter Hodge	Stelmet Zielona Góra
SG/SF	Malcolm Delaney	Budivelnyk Kyiv	Chuck Eidson	BC UNICS Kazan
SG/SF	Kostas Vasileiadis	Uxúe Bilbao Basket	Derrick Brown	Lokomotiv-Kuban
PF/C	Justin Doellman	Valencia	Lamont Hamilton	Uxúe Bilbao Basket
PF/C	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

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.

External links

• Official website