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.Euroleague Basketball and FIBA Europe agree on 2012-13 Eurocup Competition System Changes Eurocupbasketball.com June 16, 2012

The final game was played at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.Eurocup Final heads back to Charleroi Eurocupbasketball.com January 22, 2013

Teams 32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season: ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012-13 season Euroleague.net June 20, 2012

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.

Already Qualified Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) (PBL) 4 Lokomotiv Kuban (3) Triumph Lyubertsy (4) Unics Kazan (5) Spartak St. Petersburg (6) (LNB) 3 Le Mans Sarthe Basket (2) Orléans Loiret Basket (3) Cholet Basket (4) (BBL) 3 Ratiopharm Ulm (2) Artland Dragons (3) s.Oliver Baskets (4) (ACB) 3 Valencia Basket (4) Uxúe Bilbao Basket (6) Cajasol Sevilla (7) (SuperLeague) 3 Donetsk (1) Azovmash Mariupol (2) Budivelnyk (4) (BLB) 2 Telenet BC Oostende (1) Belgacom Spirou (2) (PLK) 2 Trefl Sopot (2) Stelmet Zielona Góra (3) (TBL) 2 Galatasaray Medical Park (3) Banvit (4) (NBL) 1 Lukoil Academic (1) (A-1 Liga) 1 Cibona Zagreb (1) (NBL) 1 Nymburk (1) (GBL) 1 Panionios On Telecom (3) (BSL) 1 Hapoel Jerusalem (6) (Serie A) 1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3) (LBL) 1 VEF Rīga (1) (LKL) 1 Rūdupis Prienai (3) (OL) 1 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica (1) (KLS) 1 Crvena zvezda (2) 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.Sevilla gets Eurocup wildcard Bball Headlines. August 17, 2012 Budivelnik Kyiv joined the Eurocup after EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.Budivelnik substitutes EiffelTowers Den Bosch Eurocup Basketball. September 7, 2012

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.Eurocup Draw Seeds and Procedure

Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the European basketball club rankings.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 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 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 Budivelnyk Kyiv 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: 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 teams 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 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.

+ Key to colors     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. Petersburg 72–83 73–56 Uxúe Bilbao 182–163 ratiopharm Ulm 81–85 101–78 Lokomotiv Kuban 162–119 Budućnost VOLI 72–54 90–65 UNICS 141–148 Valencia 70–80 71–68

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 Budivelnyk 93–83 75–53 Lokomotiv Kuban 160–155 Valencia 97–87 63–68

Final The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.Eurocup 2012-13 Competition System

Eurocup 2013 Champions PBC Lokomotiv Kuban First title

Individual statistics

Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Tywain McKee BC Triumph Lyubertsy1126023.642. Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra1226922.423. Chuck Davis Banvit B.K.1226021.674. Chuck Eidson BC UNICS Kazan1428720.505. John Bryant Ratiopharm Ulm1326020.00

Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra1225421.172. Igor Rakočević Crvena Zvezda Telekom1121519.553. Chuck Davis Banvit B.K.1222218.504. Tywain McKee BC Triumph Lyubertsy1119717.915. Chuck Eidson BC UNICS Kazan1423116.50

Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. John Bryant Ratiopharm Ulm131179.002. Aleks Marić PBC Lokomotiv Kuban141047.433. Oliver Stević Stelmet Zielona Góra12897.424. Leo Lyons Budivelnyk Kyiv161177.315. Kyle Landry BC Triumph Lyubertsy11787.09

Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Nick Calathes PBC Lokomotiv Kuban171136.652. Tywain McKee BC Triumph Lyubertsy11676.093. Zack Wright BC Spartak Saint Petersburg14775.504. Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra12655.425. Mantas Kalnietis PBC Lokomotiv Kuban12594.92

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season WeekPlayerTeam1 Matt Lojeski BC Telenet Oostende342 Sammy Mejia Banvit B.K.35 Tywain McKee BC Triumph Lyubertsy353 Tywain McKee (2) BC Triumph Lyubertsy424 Charles Davis Banvit B.K.365 Courtney Fells Hapoel Jerusalem416 Derrick Brown Lokomotiv-Kuban39

Top 16 WeekPlayerTeam1 Čedomir Vitkovac Budućnost VOLI 402 E. J. Rowland VEF Rīga 363 Čedomir Vitkovac (2) Budućnost VOLI 304 John Bryant Ratiopharm Ulm 365 Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra 426 Walter Hodge (2) Stelmet Zielona Góra 39

Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam1 John Bryant (2) Ratiopharm Ulm 302 Simas Jasaitis Lokomotiv-Kuban 28

Semifinals GamePlayerTeam1 Simas Jasaitis (2) Lokomotiv-Kuban 332 Stefan Marković Valencia BC 22

Eurocup MVP Nick Calathes2012-13 Eurocup MVP: Nick Calathes, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

Eurocup Finals MVP Richard Hendrix2013 Eurocup Final MVP: Richard Hendrix, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

All-Eurocup Teams Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams! Position All-Eurocup First Team Club team All-Eurocup Second Team Club team Nick Calathes Lokomotiv-Kuban Walter Hodge Stelmet Zielona Góra Malcolm Delaney Budivelnyk Kyiv Chuck Eidson BC UNICS Kazan Kostas Vasileiadis Uxúe Bilbao Basket Derrick Brown Lokomotiv-Kuban Justin Doellman Valencia Lamont Hamilton Uxúe Bilbao Basket John Bryant Ratiopharm Ulm Loukas Mavrokefalides BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

Coach of the Year Fotis Katsikaris (Uxúe Bilbao Basket)

Rising Star Bojan Dubljević2012-13 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket. (Valencia Basket)

See also 2012–13 Euroleague EuroChallenge 2012–13

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