2012–13 EuroChallenge was the 9th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs.
Teams 32 teams will participate in EuroChallenge Regular Season:FIBA Europe 28 June 2012
A total of 28 teams have already qualified directly to the 32-team regular season. Another 4 teams will earn their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round.
Regular season teams Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2010–11 national championships) France (LNB) 4BCM Gravelines (5)SLUC Nancy (6)Paris-Levallois (7)JDA Dijon (9) Romania (Divizia A) 4Asesoft Ploiești (1)BC Timișoara (2)CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (3)BCMU Pitești (9) Belgium (BLB) 3Port of Antwerp Giants (3)Belfius Mons-Hainaut (4)Okapi Aalstar (5) Cyprus (Division 1) 3Michelin ETHA (1)Keravnos Strovolou (2)Pizza Express Apollon (3) Finland (Korisliiga) 2Joensuun Kataja (2)Tampereen Pyrintö (4) Germany (BBL) 2Telekom Baskets (8)EWE Baskets Oldenburg (10) Hungary (NBI/A) 2Szolnoki Olaj KK (1)Lami-Véd Körmend (4) Sweden (Basketligan) 2Norrköping Dolphins (1)Södertälje Kings (2) Turkey (TBL) 2Pınar Karşıyaka (6)Tofaş Bursa (8) Belarus (BPL) 1Tsmoki-Minsk (1) Estonia (KML) 1University of Tartu (2) Georgia (Super Liga) 1BC Armia (1) (BSL) 1Hapoel Holon (4) (LBL) 1BK Ventspils (2) Russia (PBL) 1 Krasnye Krylia Samara (8) Slovenia (SKL) 1Krka Novo Mesto (1) Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1Khimik Yuzhny (5)
Qualifying round First leg will be played in September 25 and the second one in October 2. Team 1 plays the second leg at home. Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Aliağa Petkim 134–159 Joensuun Kataja 70–82 64–77 Pizza Express Apollon 174–160 Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 78–70 96–90 Ural Ekaterinburg 161–164 Gaz Metan Mediaș 69–67 92–97 Tofaş Bursa 185–152 Rakvere Tarvas 106–76 79–76
Regular season + Key to colors Top two places in each group advanced to Last 16
The Regular Season began on November 6 and finished on December 14, 2012.
Group A
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Pınar Karşıyaka 6 5 1 486 375 +111 11 2. Tofaş Bursa 6 4 2 438 402 +36 10 3. Krka Novo Mesto 6 3 3 459 439 +20 9 4. Michelin ETHA 6 0 6 363 530 –167 6
KRKETHKSKTOF Krka Novo Mesto 100–7380–7470–72 Michelin ETHA59–7459–8657–78 Pınar Karşıyaka79–56105–61 78–56 Tofaş Bursa82–7987–5463–64
Group B
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Krasnye Krylia Samara 6 6 0 499 417 +82 12 2. Joensuun Kataja 6 3 3 453 434 +19 9 3. Keravnos Strovolou 6 2 4 438 465 –27 8 4. Asesoft Ploiești 6 1 5 448 522 –74 7
ASEKATKERKRA Asesoft Ploiești67–8090–8776–79 Joensuun Kataja91–67 71–6686–96 Keravnos Strovolou88–7672–6751–82 Krasnye Krylia Samara97–7266–5879–74
Group C
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. BK Ventspils 6 6 0 481 388 +93 12 2. Norrköping Dolphins 6 2 4 409 427 –18 8 3. Södertälje Kings 6 2 4 404 439 –35 8 4. Tampereen Pyrintö 6 2 4 431 471 –40 8
VENNORSÖDPYR BK Ventspils 72–6890–5679–59 Norrköping Dolphins51–6964–6284–73 Södertälje Kings80–8267–6274–68 Tampereen Pyrintö74–8984–8073–65
Group D
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. BC Khimik Yuzhny 6 4 2 484 471 +13 10 2. Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 4 2 476 473 +3 10 3. JDA Dijon Basket 6 2 4 464 461 +3 8 4. Tartu University Rock 6 2 4 431 450 –19 8
MEDJDAKHITAR Gaz Metan Mediaș92–8988–8681–58 JDA Dijon Basket83–79 73–7683–61 BC Khimik Yuzhny89–6679–7477–76 Tartu University Rock68–7074–6294–77
Group E
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Paris-Levallois 6 4 2 516 486 +30 10 2. Okapi Aalstar 6 4 2 523 485 +38 10 3. Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6 3 3 506 491 +15 9 4. BCM U Pitești 6 1 5 438 521 –83 7
PITMONOKAPAR BCM U Pitești 73–7889–7775–91 Belfius Mons-Hainaut92–6377–8489–90 Okapi Aalstar99–6897–8476–86 Paris-Levallois84–7084–8681–90
Group F
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 6 0 517 401 +116 12 2. Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 3 3 486 509 –23 9 3. Lami-Véd Körmend 6 2 4 479 525 –46 8 4. BC Timișoara 6 1 5 445 492 –47 7
TIMEWEKÖRSZO BC Timișoara 66–7675–6580–93 EWE Baskets Oldenburg84–6795–6487–70 Lami-Véd Körmend97–8667–9092–96 Szolnoki Olaj KK77–7167–8583–94
Group G
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. BCM Gravelines 6 4 2 504 422 +82 10 2. Tsmoki-Minsk 6 4 2 445 441 +4 10 3. SLUC Nancy 6 3 3 435 424 +11 9 4. Pizza Express Apollon 6 1 5 421 518 –97 7
GRAAPONANMIN BCM Gravelines88–6469–7196–63 Pizza Express Apollon89–88 65–8172–81 SLUC Nancy68–8087–69 57–63 Tsmoki-Minsk67–8393–6278–71
Group H
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Telekom Baskets 6 4 2 491 455 +36 10 2. Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 478 453 +25 10 3. Port of Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 478 446 +32 10 4. BC Armia 6 0 6 414 507 –93 6
ARMHOLANTTEL BC Armia72–7971–8077–102 Hapoel Holon84–6988–6475–70 Port of Antwerp Giants87–5493–74 72–81 Telekom Baskets75–7185–7878–82
Last 16 + Key to colors Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals Advance to quarterfinals
Starts on January 15, 2013
Group I
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Pınar Karşıyaka 6 4 2 496 449 +47 10 2. Joensuun Kataja 6 3 3 459 480 –21 9 3. Gaz Metan Mediaș 6 3 3 426 473 –47 9 4. BK Ventspils 6 2 4 463 442 +21 8
VENMEDKATKSK BK Ventspils 96–6475–6181–86 Gaz Metan Mediaș67–58 84–8277–69 Joensuun Kataja80–7879–75 87–79 Pınar Karşıyaka84–7589–5989–70
Group J
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. BCM Gravelines 6 5 1 493 475 +18 11 2. Paris-Levallois 6 4 2 520 464 +56 10 3. Szolnoki Olaj KK 6 3 3 456 464 –8 9 4. Hapoel Holon 6 0 6 447 513 –66 6
GRAHOLPARSZO BCM Gravelines 86–8082–7782–78 Hapoel Holon79–85 84–10172–77 Paris-Levallois86–8783–66 93–71 Szolnoki Olaj KK75–7181–6674–80
Group K
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Krasnye Krylia Samara 6 6 0 503 415 +88 12 2. BC Khimik Yuzhny 6 3 3 458 435 +23 9 3. Tofaş Bursa 6 2 4 448 477 –29 8 4. Norrköping Dolphins 6 1 5 424 506 –82 7
KHIKRANORTOF BC Khimik Yuzhny 69–7781–5169–62 Krasnye Krylia Samara76–68 93–7586–65 Norrköping Dolphins76–8168–93 84–82 Tofaş Bursa93–9070–7876–70
Group L
TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 5 1 501 441 +60 11 2. Telekom Baskets 6 4 2 463 448 +15 10 3. Okapi Aalstar 6 2 4 477 498 –21 8 4. Tsmoki-Minsk 6 1 5 439 493 –54 7
EWEOKATELMIN EWE Baskets Oldenburg 82–7488–9274–64 Okapi Aalstar80–103 60–65100–76 Telekom Baskets62–8585–72 86–72 Tsmoki-Minsk66–7287–9174–70
Quarter-finals Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. Matches dates were 12, 14 and 19 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.
Team 1Agg.Team 2Game 1Game 2Game 3 Pınar Karşıyaka 2–1 Paris-Levallois 74–76 72–66 85–69 BCM Gravelines 2–0 Joensuun Kataja 86–57 102–98 Krasnye Krylia Samara 2–0 Telekom Baskets 80–60 95–85 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2–1 BC Khimik Yuzhny 82–74 61–66 100–78
Final Four
The Final Four was held in the Karşıyaka Arena at İzmir, Turkey.Pınar Karşıyaka will host Final Four FIBA Europe. March 27, 2013
Awards
Weekly MVP
Regular season Round Player Team 1 Franklin Hassell Hapoel Holon 372 Márton Báder Szolnoki Olaj 453 Brandon Brown Pizza Express Apollon 324 Matthew Shaw Lami-Véd Körmend 385 Sean May Paris-Levallois 386 Bryan Hopkins Antwerp Giants 38
Last 16 Round Player Team 1 Lawrence Hill Hapoel Holon 372 Bobby Dixon Pınar Karşıyaka 343 Jerome Dyson Hapoel Holon 334 Kyle Weems Telekom Baskets Bonn 355 Franklin Hassell Hapoel Holon 316 Jonte Flowers Kataja 31
Quarterfinals Round Player Team 1 Will Thomas Pınar Karşıyaka 292 Will Thomas Pınar Karşıyaka 293 Adam Chubb EWE Baskets Oldenburg 29 Rickey Paulding EWE Baskets Oldenburg Will Thomas Pınar Karşıyaka
Final Four MVP Player Team Chester Simmons Krasnye Krylia Samara
Individual statistics
Points RankNameTeamGamesPoints1 Frank Hassell Hapoel Holon1122220.22 Sean May Paris-Levallois Basket1325819.83 Jerome Dyson Hapoel Holon1222518.84 Robert Dixon Pinar Karsiyaka1731018.25 Jonte Flowers Joensuun Kataja1526917.9
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesRebounds1 Frank Hassell Hapoel Holon1112811.62 Marton Bader Szolnoki Olaj KK 12118 9.83 Lawrence Hill Hapoel Holon12988.24 Sean May Paris-Levallois Basket13 1017.85 Chinemelu Elonu Tofaş S.K.15269 7.6
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssists1 Aaron Miles BC Krasnye Krylia161106.92 Andrew Albicy Paris-Levallois Basket1596 6.43 Jared Jordan Telekom Baskets Bonn1483 5.94 Bobby Dixon Pinar Karsiyaka17 92 5.45 Willie Deane BC Khimik15714.7
See also 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball
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