2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs EC: Transferred from Eurocup QR: Losers from qualifying rounds Regular season Artland Dragons Pınar Karşıyaka ETHA Engomis ZZ Leiden EWE Baskets Oldenburg Beşiktaş Milangaz Keravnos "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca Göttingen Olin Edirne Prostějov Norrköping Dolphins Telekom Baskets Bonn Türk Telekom Pardubice Mad-Croc Funelabrada Élan Chalon Generali Okapi Aalstar Goverla Ventspils Chorale Roanne Antwerp Giants Khimik Nizhny Novgorod Pau-Lacq-Orthez Bemaco SPU Nitra Armia Qualifying round Enisey Spartak Primorye Minsk-2006 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions Krasnye Krylia Szolnoki Olaj Sokhumi Tampereen Pyrintö Triumph Lyubertsy Atomerőmű SE
Qualifying round
|align=right| Spartak Primorye || 141–147 || align=left| Enisey || 75–58 || 66–89 |- |align=right| Triumph Lyubertsy || 168–151 || align=left| Krasnye Krylya || 94–71|| 74–80 |- |align=right| Sokhumi || 157–175 || align=left| Minsk-2006 || 94–78 || 63–97 |- |align=right| Atomerőmű SE || 155–128 || align=left| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions || 70–48 || 80–85 |- |align=right| Tampereen Pyrintö || 134–137 || align=left| Szolnoki Olaj ||77–69 || 57–68
Regular season The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the last 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16 The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Quarter-finals The eight teams that advanced from the last 16 be played in a best-of-three playoff format. Matches were played on 13, 15 and 20 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game (if necessary) at home.
Final Four
The Final Four was held from 27 until 29 April 2012 in the Főnix Hall at Debrecen, Hungary.Szolnoki Olaj KK will host Final Four FIBA Europe. March 26, 2012
Awards Weekly MVP Regular season Round Player Team 1 Jovo Stanojević Pınar Karşıyaka 362 Nathan Peavy Artland Dragons 333 Deron Williams Beşiktaş Milangaz 444 Erwin Dudley Beşiktaş Milangaz 345 Vladimir Štimac Olin Edirne 406 Chris Wright Olin Edirne 31
Last 16 Round Player Team 1 Chris Copeland Generali Okapi Aalstar 30 Mire Chatman Pınar Karşıyaka Darren Fenn Artland Dragons2 Obie Trotter Szolnoki Olaj 363 Jovo Stanojević (2) Pınar Karşıyaka 374 Kyle Landry Triumph Lyubertsy 325 Pops Mensah-Bonsu Beşiktaş Milangaz 336 İlkan Karaman Pınar Karşıyaka 31
Quarter-finals Round Player Team 1 Kyle Landry (2) Triumph Lyubertsy 272 Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2) Beşiktaş Milangaz 393 Obie Trotter (2) Szolnoki Olaj 28
See also 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball
References
External links Official website