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.
The final game was played at
Spiroudome in
Charleroi
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. ,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
.
Teams
32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:
* 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.
* Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the
Euroleague qualifying rounds.
* Stelmet Zielona Góra joined the Eurocup after
VAP Kolossos resigned its berth.
* Cajasol Sevilla joined the Eurocup after
Lagun Aro GBC resigned its berth.
* Budivelnik Kiev joined the Eurocup after
EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.
* 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.
Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the
European basketball club rankings.
Regular season
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
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. ,
Belgium
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.
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Eurocup MVP
*
Nick Calathes
Nicholas William Calathes (Greek: Νικόλαος Γουίλιαμ "Νικ" Καλάθης, born February 7, 1989) is a Greek-American professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) and the Eu ...
(
Lokomotiv-Kuban)
Eurocup Finals MVP
*
Richard Hendrix
Venard Richard Hendrix (Macedonian: Венард Ричард Хендрикс; born November 15, 1986) is an American-born naturalized Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for Niigata Albirex BB of the B.League. He has al ...
(
Lokomotiv-Kuban)
All-Eurocup Teams
Coach of the Year
*
Fotis Katsikaris
Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) (Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player, he was most recently head coach for the Unicaja Mála ...
(
Uxúe Bilbao Basket)
Rising Star
*
Bojan Dubljević
Bojan Dubljević (born 24 October 1991) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player and the team captain for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in nation ...
2012-13 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket.
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Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is spon ...
)
See also
* 2012–13 Euroleague
The 2012–13 Euroleague was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was ...
* EuroChallenge 2012–13
References
External links
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Euro
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