Admiral Basketball Bundesliga 2012/13

The 2012/13 ABL season was the 67th season of the “ Admiral Basketball Bundesliga ”.

Season Notes

• Master of the 2012/13 season was BC Zepter Vienna , who prevailed against the Oberwart Gunners in the final .
• Cup winner of the 2012/13 season was Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg , who prevailed against BC Zepter Vienna in the final.

All Star Day

• The All-Star-Game 2013 took place in the Raiffeisen Arena Wels. The winners were the International All-Stars (all players with non-European citizenship) in the game against the European All-Stars (all players with European citizenship) in front of around 1000 spectators.
• Mike Dale was chosen as the MVP of the All-Star-Game . The UBSC Raiffeisen Graz forward was also the top scorer with 29 points.
• The victory in the dunking contest went to Darnell Gant from the Oberwart Gunners .
• Romed Vieider from WBC Raiffeisen Wels won the three-point competition .

Game mode 2012/13

Eleven teams took part in the Austrian basketball league. In the basic round there were 20 rounds on the schedule. The first six teams qualified for the main round 1 (H1), the remaining five teams for the main round 2 (H2) in which all results achieved up to then were "taken". In the main round 1 ten rounds were held and in the main round 2 eight. The six teams of the H1 were firmly qualified for the quarter-finals, in addition, the first two of the H2 qualified for the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, the first of the H1 played against the second of the H2, the second of the H1 against the first of the H2, the third of the H1 against the sixth of the H1 and the fourth of the H1 against the fifth of the H1 (each best-of-five ). The semi-finals and the final were also played best-of-five.

Attendees

The field of participants was unchanged compared to the previous season . Thus, the following eleven teams took part in the ABL:

team
WBC Raiffeisen Wels
Alliance Swans Gmunden
BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions
ece bulls Kapfenberg
Oberwart Gunners
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg
Chin Min Dragons
eco city of Güssing Knights
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz
BC Zepter Vienna

table

Table of basic round

#	team	Points
1	BC Zepter Vienna	32
2	Alliance Swans Gmunden	30th
3	ece bulls Kapfenberg	30th
4th	Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	28
5	Oberwart Gunners	22nd
6th	eco city of Güssing Knights	22nd
7th	WBC Raiffeisen Wels	22nd
8th	UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	14th
9	BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld	12
10	Chin Min Dragons	6th
11	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	2

Table main round 1 (H1)

= Playoff places

#	team	Points
1	Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	42
2	BC Zepter Vienna	42
3	ece bulls Kapfenberg	40
4th	Oberwart Gunners	36
5	Alliance Swans Gmunden	36
6th	eco city of Güssing Knights	28

Table main round 2 (H2)

#	team	Points
1	WBC Raiffeisen Wels	36
2	BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld	22nd
3	UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	22nd
4th	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	8th
5	Chin Min Dragons	8th

Play-offs

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1.H1

Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg

3

2.H2

BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld

0

1.H1

Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg

2

4.H1

Oberwart Gunners

3

4.H1

Oberwart Gunners

3

5.H1

Alliance Swans Gmunden

1

4.H1

Oberwart Gunners

2

2.H1

BC Zepter Vienna

3

2.H1

BC Zepter Vienna

3

1.H2

WBC Raiffeisen Wels

1

2.H1

BC Zepter Vienna

3

3.H1

ece bulls Kapfenberg

2

3.H1

ece bulls Kapfenberg

3

6.H1

eco city of Güssing Knights

2

Leading the player stats

category	player	team	value
Points per game	Darnell Hinson	Oberwart Gunners	20.2
Rebounds per game	Maurice Pearson	BC Zepter Vienna	8.2
Assists per game	Ian Boylan	BC Zepter Vienna	5.5
Steals per game	Eric Gilchrese	UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	2.4

Honors 2012/13

Most Valuable Player

• Seamus Boxley ( Oberwart Gunners )

Coach of the Year

• Werner Sallomon ( Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg )

Finals Most Valuable Player

• Shawn Ray ( BC Zepter Vienna )

Most Valuable Austrian Player

• Thomas Klepeisz ( eco city of Güssing Knights )

See also

• Basketball Bundesliga (Austria)
• Austrian champion (basketball)
• Austrian Cup (basketball)
• 2. Basketball Bundesliga (Austria)

Web links

• Basketball Bundesliga