EuroChallenge 2012/13

EuroChallenge 2012/13
Duration		September 25, 2012 - April 28, 2013
Order of execution		10th season
organizer		FIBA
Number of teams		32
Final Four
venue		Izmir
master		Krasnye Krylja Samara
Runner-up		Pınar Karşıyaka
Finals - MVP		Chester Simmons (Krasnye Krylja)
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The season 2012/13 was the 10th season of the FIBA Europe discharged Euro Challenge .

The title was won for the first time by Krasnye Krylja Samara from Russia .

mode

32 teams took part in the tournament. The regular season was played in eight groups of 4 teams each. The group winners and runners-up continued to play in the second group phase with four groups of four teams, with the two best in each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. The quarterfinals were played according to the "best of three" mode. The winners of the quarterfinals determined the winner of the tournament on a Final Four weekend.

qualification

In a round of elimination from two games on September 25 and October 2, 2012, eight qualifiers determined the last 4 participants in the main round

Team 1	Result	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
Aliağa Petkim	134: 159	Joensuun Kataja	70: 82	64: 77
Pizza Express Apollon	174 : 160	Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	70: 78	96 : 90
Urals Yekaterinburg	161: 164	Gaz Metan Mediaș	69 : 67	92: 97
Tofaş Bursa	185 : 152	Rakvere Tarvas	106 : 76	79 : 76

Participants in the main round

Of the 32 participants, 28 teams were directly qualified. The remaining 4 teams were determined in qualifying games.

Country (league)	Teams	Name (VJP 1 )
France ( LNB Pro A )	4th	BCM Gravelines (5)	SLUC Nancy Basket (6)	Paris-Levallois Basket (7)	JDA Dijon (9)
Romania ( Divizia A )	4th	CSU Asesoft Ploieşti (1)	BC Timișoara (2)	Gaz Metan Mediaș 2 (3)	CSU Pitesti (9)
Belgium ( SU )	3	Antwerp Giants (3)	Belfius Mons-Hainaut (4)	Okapi Aalstar (5)
Cyprus ( Division 1 )	3	Michelin Etha (1)	Keravnos Strovolou (2)	Pizza Express Apollon 2 (3)
Germany ( BBL )	2	Telecom Baskets (8)	EWE Baskets (10)
Finland ( Korisliiga )	2	Tampereen Pyrintö (1)	Joensuun Kataja 2 (2)
Sweden ( Basketligan )	2	Norrkoping Dolphins (1)	Sodertalje Kings (2)
Turkey ( TBL )	2	Pinar Karşıyaka (6)	Tofaş Bursa 2 (8)
Hungary ( Hungarian Basketball League )	2	Szolnoki Olaj KK (1)	Lami-Véd Körmend (4)
Estonia ( KML )	1	Tartu skirt (2)
Georgia ( Georgian Basketball League )	1	BC Armia (1)
Israel ( ha'Al )	1	Hapoel Holon (4)
Latvia ( LBL )	1	BK Ventspils (2)
Russia ( PBL )	1	Krasnye Krylya (7)
Slovenia ( SKL )	1	Krka Novo Mesto (1)
Ukraine ( SuperLeague )	1	Chimik Juschne (5)
Belarus ( Belarusian Basketball League )	1	Zmoki Minsk (1)

¹ : Previous year placement in the national leagues
² : Qualifier

1st group stage

The regular season games were played from November 6, 2012 to December 11, 2012 in a round of everyone against everyone with a return game.

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pinar Karsiyaka	6th	5	1	486	375
2. Tofaş Bursa	6th	4th	2	438	402
3. Krka Novo Mesto	6th	3	3	459	439
4. Michelin Etha	6th	0	6th	363	530

	Bursa	Krka	Etha	Pinar
Bursa	*	82 : 79 a.d.	87 : 54	63: 64
Krka	70: 72	*	100 : 73	80 : 74
Etha	57: 78	59: 74	*	59: 86
Pinar	78 : 56	79 : 56	105 : 61	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Krasnye Krylya	6th	6th	0	499	417
2. Joensuun Kataja	6th	3	3	453	434
3. Keravnos Strovolou	6th	2	4th	438	465
4. CSU Asesoft Ploiesti	6th	0	6th	448	522

	Joensuu	Krylja	Keravnos	Ploiesti
Joensuu	*	86: 96	71 : 66	91 : 67
Krylja	66 : 58	*	79 : 74	97 : 72
Keravnos	72 : 67	51: 82	*	88 : 76
Ploiesti	67: 80	76: 79	90 : 87	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Ventspils	6th	6th	0	481	388
2. Norrkoping Dolphins	6th	2	4th	409	427
3. Södertälje Kings	6th	2	4th	404	439
4. Tampereen Pyrintö	6th	2	4th	431	471

	Södertälje	Ventspils	Norrkoping	Tampere
Södertälje	*	80: 82	67 : 62	74 : 68
Ventspils	90 : 56	*	72 : 68	79 : 59
Norrkoping	64 : 62	51: 69	*	84 : 73
Tampere	73 : 65	74: 89	84 : 80	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Chimik Juschne	6th	4th	2	484	471
2. Gas Metan Medias	6th	4th	2	476	473
3. JDA Dijon	6th	2	4th	464	461
4. Tartu skirt	6th	2	4th	431	450

	Medias	Yuschne	Tartu	Dijon
Medias	*	88 : 86	81 : 58	92 : 89 a.d.
Yuschne	89 : 66	*	77 : 76	79 : 74
Tartu	68: 70	94 : 77	*	74 : 62
Dijon	83 : 79	73: 76	83 : 61	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Paris-Levallois	6th	4th	2	516	486
2. Okapi Aalstar	6th	4th	2	523	485
3. Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6th	3	3	506	491
4. BCMU Pitesti	6th	1	5	438	521

	Pitesti	Mons-Hainaut	Eel star	Levallois
Pitesti	*	73: 78	89 : 77	75: 91
Mons-Hainaut	92 : 63	*	77: 84	89: 90 a.d.
Eel star	99 : 68	97 : 84	*	76: 86
Levallois	84 : 70	84: 86 a.d.	81: 90	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6th	6th	0	517	401
2. Szolnoki Olaj	6th	3	3	486	509
3. Lami-Véd Körmend	6th	2	3	479	525
4th BC Timisoara	6th	1	5	445	492

	Timisoara	Szolnok	Oldenburg	Forming
Timisoara	*	80: 93	66: 76	75 : 65
Szolnok	77 : 71	*	67: 85	84: 94
Oldenburg	84 : 67	87 : 70	*	95 : 64
Forming	97 : 86	92: 96	67: 90	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BCM Gravelines	6th	4th	2	504	422
2. Zmoki Minsk	6th	4th	2	445	441
3. SLUC Nancy	6th	3	3	435	424
4. Pizza Express Apollon	6th	1	5	421	518

	Apollo	Gravelines	Cho Minsk let	Nancy
Apollo	*	89 : 88	72: 81	65: 81
Gravelines	88 : 64	*	96 : 63	69: 71
Minsk	93 : 62	67: 83	*	78 : 71
Nancy	87 : 69	68: 80	57: 63	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Telecom Baskets	6th	4th	2	491	455
2. Hapoel Holon	6th	4th	2	478	453
3. Antwerp Giants	6th	4th	2	478	446
4th BC Armia	6th	0	6th	414	507

	Holon	Antwerp	Bonn	Tbilisi
Holon	*	88 : 64	75 : 70	84 : 69
Antwerp	93 : 74	*	72: 81	87: 54
Bonn	85 : 78	78: 82 a.d.	*	75 : 71
Tbilisi	72: 79	71: 80	77: 102	*

2nd group stage (Last 16)

The Round of 16 games took place between January 15, 2013 and February 26, 2013.

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Pinar Karsiyaka	6th	4th	2	496	449
2. Joensuun Kataja	6th	3	3	459	480
3. Gaz Metan Medias	6th	3	3	426	473
4. BK Ventspils	6th	2	4th	463	442

	Karsiyaka	Joensuun	Ventspils	Medias
Karsiyaka	*	89 : 70	84 : 75	89 : 59
Joensuun	87 : 79	*	80 : 78	79 : 75
Ventspils	81: 86	75 : 61	*	96 : 64
Medias	77 : 69	84 : 82	67 : 58	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BCM Gravelines	6th	5	1	493	475
2. Paris Levallois	6th	4th	2	520	464
3. Szolnoki Olaj	6th	3	3	456	464
4. Hapoel Holon	6th	0	6th	447	513

	Paris	Szolnoki	Gravelines	Holon
Paris	*	93 : 71	86: 87	83 : 66
Szolnoki	74: 80	*	75 : 71	81 : 66
Gravelines	82 : 77	82 : 78	*	86 : 80
Holon	84: 101	72: 77	79: 85	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Krasnye Krylya	6th	6th	0	503	415
3. Chimik Yuschne	6th	3	3	458	435
3. Tofas Bursa	6th	2	4th	448	477
4. Norrkoping Dolphins	6th	1	5	424	506

	Bursa	Krylja	Norrkoping	Yuschne
Bursa	*	70: 78	76 : 70	93 : 90
Krylja	86 : 65	*	93 : 75	76 : 68
Norrkoping	84 : 82	68: 93	*	76: 81
Yuschne	69 : 62	69: 77	81 : 51	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6th	5	1	501	441
2. Telekom Baskets Bonn	6th	4th	2	463	448
3. Okapi Aalstar	6th	2	4th	477	498
4. Zmoki Minsk	6th	1	5	439	493

	Eel star	Oldenburg	Minsk	Telecom
Eel star	*	80: 103	100 : 76	60: 65
Oldenburg	82 : 74	*	74 : 64	88: 92
Minsk	87: 91	66: 72	*	74 : 70
Telecom Baskets	85 : 72	65: 82	86 : 72	*

Quarter finals

The quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three series. The games took place on March 12th, 14th and 19th.

Game #		Total.		1st game	2nd game	3rd game
1	Pınar Karşıyaka	2: 1	Paris-Levallois	74: 76	72 : 66	85 : 69
2	BCM Gravelines	2-0	Joensuun Kataja	86 : 57	102 : 98
3	Krasnye Krylya	2-0	Telekom Baskets Bonn	80 : 60	95 : 85
4th	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2: 1	Chimik Yuschne	82 : 74	61: 66	100 : 78

Final Four

Final Four MVP:
Chester Simmons

The Final Four was played in the Karşıyaka Arena in Izmir , Turkey . The semi-finals took place on April 26th, the third place match and the final on April 28th.

	Semifinals				final
	26th of April
	Krasnye Krylja Samara	81
	BCM Gravelines	78
					April 28
					Krasnye Krylja Samara	77
					Pınar Karşıyaka	76
					3rd place match
	26th of April				April 28
	Pınar Karşıyaka	66			BCM Gravelines	76
	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	62			EWE Baskets Oldenburg	84

Final Four MVP

• Chester Simmons (Krasnye Krylja Samara)

Web links

• EuroChallenge 2013 - Homepage of the competition on the FIBA Europa website (English)
• Comp. System - EuroChallenge 2013 - Mode of the competition (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Izmir Picked to Host Final Four FIBA Europe, March 27, 2013