Eurocup 2011/12

ULEB Eurocup 2011/12
Duration		September 27, 2011 - April 15, 2012
Order of execution		10th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		32
Main rounds - MVP		Patrick Beverley (Spartak)
Rising Star Trophy		Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos)
Coach of the year		Jurij Zdovc (Spartak)
Final Four
venue		Khimki
master		BK Khimki
Runner-up		Valencia BC
Finals - MVP		Zoran Planinić (BK Chimki)
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The season 2011/12 was the 10th season of the ULEB discharged Euro Cup .

BK Chimki from Russia won the title .

mode

The competition began with the qualifying games on September 27, 2011 and ended with the final of the Final Four on April 15, 2012. The tournament consisted of a qualifying round, followed by 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 each, with the two best in each group qualifying for the quarter-finals, which were played in two legs. The winner of the tournament was determined in a Final Four tournament.

Qualifying round

pairing			1st game	2nd game
BK Ventspils	140: 153	Azovmash Mariupol	75 : 74	65: 79
Artland Dragons	121: 153	CB Gran Canaria	56: 61	65: 92
Beşiktaş Cola Turka	141: 144	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	78 : 70	63: 74
Élan Chalonnais	147: 157	Cedevita Zagreb	78 : 73	69: 84
Pınar Karşıyaka	151: 160	Le Mans Sarthe	73: 80	78: 80
Norrkoping Dolphins	139: 168	Telenet Ostend	62: 88	77: 80
ETHA Engomis	123: 143	Spartak Saint Petersburg	59: 60	64: 83
Lukoil Academic	157 : 142	BK Prostějov	70 : 65	87 : 77

Participants in the main round

Country / League	team	Hall	capacity	VJP 1	Country / League	team	Hall	capacity	VJP 1
League ACB	Power Electronics Valencia	Pabellón Fuente de San Luis	9000	VF	A1 league	KK Cedevita 3	Šd Sutinska Vrela	2500	F.
	CB Gran Canaria	Centro Insular de Deportes	4500	VF		KK Cibona Zagreb 3	Dvorana Dražen Petrović	5400	HF
Series A	Benetton Treviso	Palaverde	5134	HF	Basketball Bundesliga	Alba Berlin	O2 World	14500	F.
A1 Ethniki	PAOK Thessaloniki	PAOK Sports Arena	8500	HF		Skyliners Frankfurt	Ball sports hall Frankfurt am Main	5002	HF
	Aris Thessaloniki	Alexandreio Melathron	5500	HF		FC Bayern Munich	Audi Dome	6700	-
Professional basketball league	BK Khimki	Nowator Sports Arena	6000	F.	Dominet Basket League	Turów Zgorzelec	Center Sportowe	1500	F.
	Kuban Krasnodar locomotive	Olympus hall	10,000	HF	Ethias League	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	Mons Arena	4000	HF
	BK Spartak Saint Petersburg	Jubileiny Sports Complex	7700	VF		Telenet Ostend	Sleuyter Arena	5000	HF
Ligue Nationale de Basket	Cholet Basket	Salle de la Meilleraie	5191	F.	Latvijas Basketbola Līga 3	BK VEF Rīga	Arena Riga	12500	M.
	BCM Gravelines	Gravelines Sportica	3500	HF	Basketball super league	BK Donetsk	Druzhba Sports Palace	4700	F.
	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5643	HF		BK Azovmasch Mariupol 4	Sports complex Illichivets	1200	VF
	Le Mans Sarthe Basket	Antares	6003	VF	Ligat ha'Al	Hapoel Jerusalem 3	Malha arena	3000	HF
Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Banvit BK	Kara Ali Acar Sports Hall	2500	HF	Národní Basketbalová League	ČEZ Nymburk	ČEZ Arena	10300	M.
Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga 2	Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	Siemens Arena	11000	F.	Opportunity League	KK Budućnost Podgorica 3	Morača Sports Center	5000	M.
	Rūdupis	Prienai Sports Center	4500	HF	Federatie Eredivisie basketball clubs	GasTerra Flames	MartiniPlaza	4310	F.
League UPC Telemach	KK Krka 3	Leon Štukelj	2500	M.	Natsionalna Basketbolna Liga	Lukoil Academik	Arena Armeec Sofia	12470	M.

¹ Previous year placement in the national leagues

²Teams of the leagues from Latvia and Lithuania have also at the Baltic Basketball League participated

³Qualified by placement in the Adriatic Basketball Association

^4thAsowmasch Mariupol also participates in the VTB United League part

1st group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BCM Gravelines	6th	5	1	517	430
2. BK Donetsk	6th	5	1	463	443
3. Hapoel Jerusalem	6th	2	4th	463	493
4. Cibona Zagreb	6th	0	6th	456	533

	Zagreb	Jerusalem	Donetsk	Gravelines
Cibona Zagreb	*	78: 86	76: 78	71: 101
Hapoel Jerusalem	89 : 73	*	68: 74	75: 91
BK Donetsk	98 : 81	80 : 71	*	80 : 69
BCM Gravelines	81 : 77	97 : 74	78 : 53	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Khimki	6th	6th	0	480	398
2. VEF Rīga	6th	3	3	436	444
3. Cholet Basket	6th	2	4th	389	428
4. PAOK Thessaloniki	6th	1	5	417	452

	Khimki	PAOK	Cholet	Riga
BK Khimki	*	89 : 65	76 : 70	90 : 70
PAOK Thessaloniki	62: 71	*	74 : 62	76: 81
Cholet Basket	63: 75	69 : 66	*	72 : 68
VEF Rīga	68: 79	80 : 74	69 : 53	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	5	1	498	424
2. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	4th	2	431	397
3. Rūdupis	6th	3	3	487	485
4. GasTerra Flames	6th	0	6th	391	501

	Aris	Nymburk	Rūdupis	GasTerra
Aris Thessaloniki	*	55: 64	96 : 86 a.d.	79 : 58
ČEZ Nymburk	78 : 72	*	80: 83	93 : 60
Rūdupis	60: 71	79: 91	*	97 : 70
GasTerra Flames	51: 58	75: 92	77: 82	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne	6th	4th	2	459	426
2. Power Electronics Valencia	6th	4th	2	487	447
3. Telenet Ostend	6th	2	4th	415	454
4. Lukoil Academik	6th	2	4th	400	434

	Valencia	Ostend	Lyon	Lukoil
Power Electronics Valencia	*	75 : 62	96 : 88	83 : 59
Telenet Ostend	87 : 83	*	53: 70	65: 66
ASVEL Lyon	87 : 78	83 : 65	*	69 : 68 a.d.
Lukoil Academik	64: 72	77: 83	66 : 62	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Banvit BK	6th	4th	2	421	397
2. Kuban locomotive	6th	4th	2	431	399
3. CB Gran Canaria	6th	4th	2	416	405
4. Skyliners Frankfurt	6th	0	6th	362	429

	CB Gran	Krasnodar	Banvit	Frankfurt
Gran Canaria	*	84 : 76	85 : 61	71 : 58
Kuban locomotive	73 : 51	*	75 : 67	83 : 60
Banvit BK	79 : 54	79 : 55	*	73 : 72
Skyliners Frankfurt	58: 71	58: 69	56: 62	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	6th	6th	0	478	370
2. KK Krka	6th	4th	2	434	421
3. Le Mans Sarthe Basket	6th	1	5	392	464
4. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	1	5	404	453

	Vilnius	Le Mans	Mariupol	Krka
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	*	87 : 49	83 : 55	82 : 72
Le Mans Sarthe Basket	62: 79	*	75 : 67	65: 84
Azovmash Mariupol	67: 74	79 : 76	*	66: 71
KK Krka	65: 73	68 : 65	74 : 70	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Spartak Saint Petersburg	6th	6th	0	477	401
2. Benetton Treviso	6th	3	3	478	476
3. FC Bayern Munich	6th	2	4th	404	436
4. Cedevita	6th	1	5	413	459

	Treviso	St. P`burg	Cedevita	Munich
Benetton Treviso	*	78: 87	82 : 68	92 : 66
Spartak St. Petersburg	97 : 77	*	73 : 56	75 : 62
Cedevita	86: 87 a.d.	68: 73	*	70 : 64
FC Bayern Munich	72 : 62	60: 72	80 : 65	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Alba Berlin	6th	5	1	485	421
2. Budućnost Podgorica	6th	3	3	416	425
3. Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6th	2	4th	445	463
4. Turów Zgorzelec	6th	2	4th	446	483

	Berlin	Mons	Podgorica	Zgorzelec
Alba Berlin	*	83 : 63	86 : 68	79 : 68
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	74: 78	*	66 : 53	98 : 97 a.d.
Budućnost Podgorica	57: 72	85 : 78 a.d.	*	75 : 50
Turów Zgorzelec	91 : 87 a.d.	67 : 66	73: 78	*

2nd group stage

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Power Electronics Valencia	6th	6th	0	463	387
2. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	3	3	484	441
3. VEF Rīga	6th	3	3	432	456
4. BCM Gravelines	6th	0	6th	370	465

	Gravelines	Nymburk	Riga	Valencia
BCM Gravelines	*	61: 91	62: 69	63: 69
ČEZ Nymburk	79 : 62	*	80: 84 a.d.	71: 80
VEF Rīga	78 : 61	81: 91	*	71: 82
Power Electronics Valencia	79 : 61	73 : 72	80 : 49	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK Donetsk	6th	5	1	477	437
2. BK Khimki	6th	5	1	465	419
3. ASVEL Lyon	6th	1	5	460	477
4. Aris Thessaloniki	6th	1	5	389	458

	Khimki	Lyon	Donetsk	Aris
BK Khimki	*	86 : 80	68 : 55	88 : 72
ASVEL Lyon	79: 83	*	75: 86	79 : 52
BK Donetsk	85 : 67	93 : 87	*	81 : 74
Aris Thessaloniki	48: 73	77 : 60	66: 77	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Spartak Saint Petersburg	6th	5	1	428	385
2. Budućnost Podgorica	6th	3	3	397	398
3. Banvit BK	6th	3	3	430	428
4. KK Krka	6th	1	5	390	434

	Banvit	St. P`burg	Krka	Podgorica
Banvit BK	*	68 : 61	77 : 65	68 : 61
Spartak St. Petersburg	80 : 71	*	71 : 57	70 : 64
KK Krka	78 : 73	68: 81	*	64: 69
Budućnost Podgorica	83 : 73	57: 65	63 : 58	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotive	6th	4th	2	466	452
2. Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	6th	4th	2	468	443
3. Benetton Treviso	6th	3	3	447	451
4. Alba Berlin	6th	1	5	433	468

	Vilnius	Berlin	Krasnodar	Treviso
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	*	86 : 75	78: 82	78 : 69
Alba Berlin	62: 79	*	79: 84	83 : 74
Kuban locomotive	81 : 67 a.d.	73 : 70	*	70: 71
Benetton Treviso	74: 80	72 : 64	87 : 76	*

Final round

The quarter-finals took place on March 20 and 27, 2012, the Final Four on April 14 and 15 in Khimki . The play-off pairings at a glance:

Valencia Basket Club	71	85
Budućnost Podgorica	75	63
					Valencia Basket Club	80
					Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	70
BK Donetsk	65	80
Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	76	78
									Valencia Basket Club	68
									BK Khimki	77
Spartak Saint Petersburg	68	86
ČEZ Nymburk	64	71							3rd place match:
					Spartak Saint Petersburg	73			Lietuvos rytas Vilnius	71
					BK Khimki	77			Spartak Saint Petersburg	62
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar	72	81
BK Khimki	81	77

Honors

Rising Star: Jonas Valančiūnas

At the Final Four weekend in Khimki, the following players from the past season received special awards:

All-Eurocup First Team 2011/12

• Patrick Beverley (Spartak Saint Petersburg) - Regular Season MVP
• Renaldas Seibutis (Lietuvos rytas Vilnius)
• Zoran Planinić (BK Chimki) - Final Four MVP
• / Nik Caner Medley (Valencia Basket Club)
• Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos rytas Vilnius) - Rising Star Trophy

All-Eurocup Second Team 2011/12

• Yotam Halperin (Spartak Saint Petersburg)
• Ramel Curry (BK Donetsk)
• Pavel Pumprla (ČEZ Nymburk)
• Jeremiah Massey (Lokomotiv Kuban)
• Bojan Dubljević (Budućnost)

Coach of the Year

• Jurij Zdovc (Spartak Saint Petersburg)

Web links

• Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ format of the competition euroleague.net: Mode (English).
2. ↑ Khimki to host 2012 Eurocup Finals eurocupbasketball.com: (English).
3. ↑ All-Eurocup First Team players receive trophies. ULEB , April 15, 2012, accessed April 15, 2012 .