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.
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, Belgium.

Teams

32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:
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.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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 Migdal 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

Budivelnik Kiev

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

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.

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:
  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.
Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.

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.
Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Budivelnyk 145–139 Spartak St. Petersburg72–8373–56
Uxúe Bilbao 182–163 ratiopharm Ulm81–85101–78
Lokomotiv Kuban 162–119 Budućnost VOLI72–5490–65
UNICS 141–148 Valencia70–8071–68

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Uxúe Bilbao 168–136 Budivelnyk93–8375–53
Lokomotiv Kuban 160–155 Valencia97–8763–68

Final

The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.
Eurocup 2013 Champions

PBC Lokomotiv Kuban
First title

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Eurocup MVP

PositionAll-Eurocup First TeamClub TeamAll-Eurocup Second TeamClub Team
PG
Nick Calathes Lokomotiv-Kuban Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra
SG/SF
Malcolm Delaney Budivelnik Kiev 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