Basketball competition
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.
- ^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.
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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
- Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Knockout stage
Bracket
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.
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.
Final
The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.[7]
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Eurocup MVP
Eurocup Finals MVP
All-Eurocup Teams
[10]
Coach of the Year
Rising Star
See also
References
- ^ Euroleague Basketball and FIBA Europe agree on 2012-13 Eurocup Competition System Changes Eurocupbasketball.com June 16, 2012
- ^ Eurocup Final heads back to Charleroi Eurocupbasketball.com January 22, 2013
- ^ ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012-13 season Euroleague.net June 20, 2012
- ^ Sevilla gets Eurocup wildcard Archived 2013-01-17 at archive.today Bball Headlines. August 17, 2012
- ^ Budivelnik substitutes EiffelTowers Den Bosch Eurocup Basketball. September 7, 2012
- ^ Eurocup Draw Seeds and Procedure
- ^ Eurocup 2012-13 Competition System
- ^ 2012-13 Eurocup MVP: Nick Calathes, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
- ^ 2013 Eurocup Final MVP: Richard Hendrix, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
- ^ Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams!
- ^ "2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Fotis Katsikaris, Bilbao Basket". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
- ^ 2012-13 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket.
External links
Green: Group B; 
Yellow: Group D; 
Purple: Group E; 
Orange: Group F; 
Brown: Group H.
