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.
Teams allocation Distribution 2011-12 Eurocup teams Euroleague.net July 5, 2011 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.Eurocup qualifying round EuroCupBasketball.com The remaining 14 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds that was played from 29 September - 2 October.Euroleague qualifying rounds Euroleague.net 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
The eight winners of the qualifying round joined the regular season. The eight losers transferred to the EuroChallenge regular season.2011-12 Eurocup draw Eurocupbasketball.com June 6, 2011
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: 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 places in each group advance to Last 16
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16 Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd 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
Euroleague Basketball Company announced that the 2011–12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Khimki, Russia, on April 14 and 15.
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1427819.862. Patrick Beverley Spartak Saint Petersburg1627517.193. Nik Caner-Medley Valencia1321916.854. DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin1220216.835. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1321816.77
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Ramel Curry BC Donetsk1423016.432. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1422315.933. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1319915.314. Tre Simmons ČEZ Nymburk1421115.075. Renaldas Seibutis Lietuvos rytas1623614.75
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban141178.362. Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos rytas161227.633. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban13927.084. Lawrence Roberts Lietuvos rytas161036.445. Nik Caner-Medley Valencia13836.38
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin12655.422. Yotam Halperin Spartak Saint Petersburg14745.293. Zoran Planinić BC Khimki15734.874. Tyrese Rice Lietuvos rytas15704.675. Barış Ermiş Banvit10454.50
Awards MVP Weekly Regular season WeekPlayerTeam1 Tony Parker ASVEL Basket402 J. R. Giddens P.A.O.K.323 Nik Caner-Medley Valencia Basket294 Nikola Vučević Budućnost365 Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban286 Fabien Causeur Cholet Basket33
Top 16 WeekPlayerTeam1 Patrick Beverley Spartak Saint Petersburg 272 Loukas Mavrokefalidis Spartak Saint Petersburg 293 Nando de Colo Valencia Basket 404 Hilton Armstrong ASVEL Basket265 DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin376 Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban37
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam1 Budućnost 252 Spartak St. Petersburg 31
Eurocup MVP Patrick Beverley2011-12 Eurocup MVP: Patrick Beverley, Spartak St. Petersburg (Spartak St. Petersburg)
Eurocup Finals MVP Zoran PlaninićZoran Planinic was named Eurocup Finals MVP (Khimki)
All-Eurocup Team
Position All-Eurocup First Team2011-12 All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team 2011-12 All-Eurocup Second Team Club teamPG Patrick Beverley Spartak St. Petersburg Yotam Halperin Spartak St. PetersburgSG/SF Zoran Planinić Khimki Ramel Curry DonetskSG/SF Renaldas Seibutis Lietuvos Rytas Pavel Pumprla ČEZ NymburkPF/C Nik Caner-Medley Valencia Jeremiah Massey Lokomotiv KubanPF/C Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos Rytas Bojan Dubljević Budućnost
Coach of the Year Jure Zdovc2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg (Spartak St. Petersburg)
Rising Star Jonas Valančiūnas2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas (Lietuvos Rytas)
See also 2011–12 Euroleague Basketball 2011–12 EuroChallenge
References
Seeding and draw procedure
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