Eurocup 2012/13

ULEB Eurocup 2012/13
Duration		November 7, 2012 - April 13, 2013
Order of execution		11th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		32
Main rounds - MVP		Nick Calathes (Kuban)
Rising Star Trophy		Bojan Dubljević (Valencia BC)
Coach of the year		Fotis Katsikaris (Bilbao)
Play-offs
master		Kuban locomotive
Runner-up		Bilbao Basket
Finals - MVP		Richard Hendrix (Kuban)
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The season 2012/13 was the 11th season of the ULEB discharged Euro Cup .

Lokomotive Kuban from Russia won the title .

mode

The competition began with the group matches on November 7, 2012 and ended with the final on April 13, 2013. 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 quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played in two games with a return leg. The overall winner advanced one lap. The final consisted of one game.

Participants in the main round

Country (league)	Teams	Name (VJP 1 )
Russia ( PBL )	4th	Kuban Locomotive (3)	Triumph Lyubertsy (4)	UNICS Kazan 2 (5)	Spartak St. Petersburg (6)
France ( LNB Pro A )	3	Le Mans Sarthe Basket 2 (2)	Orléans Loiret Basket (3)	Cholet Basket (4)
Germany ( BBL )	3	ratiopharm ulm 2 (2)	Artland Dragons (3)	s.Oliver Baskets (4)
Spain ( ACB )	3	Valencia Basket (4)	Scrap Bilbao Basket (6)	Cajasol Seville (7)
Ukraine ( SuperLeague )	3	BK Donetsk 2 (1)	Azovmash Mariupol toilet (2)	Budiwelnik Kiev (4)
Belgium ( Ethias League )	2	BC Ostend 2 (1)	Belgacom Spirou (2)
Poland ( PLK )	2	Trefl Sopot (2)	Stelmet Zielona Góra (3)
Turkey ( TBL )	2	Galatasaray Medical Park (3)	Banvit BK WC (4)
Bulgaria ( 1st division )	1	Lukoil Academic 2 (1)
Greece ( Basket League )	1	Panionios On Telecom (3)
Israel ( ha'Al )	1	Hapoel Jerusalem WC (6)
Italy ( Lega A )	1	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3)
Croatia ( A-1 league )	1	Cibona Zagreb WC (1)
Latvia ( LBL )	1	VEF Rīga (1)
Lithuania ( LKL )	1	Rūdupis Prienai WC (3)
Montenegro ( Opportunity League )	1	Budućnost Podgorica (1)
Serbia ( KLS )	1	Red Star Belgrade WC (2)
Czech Republic ( NBL )	1	ČEZ Nymburk 2 (1)

¹ : Previous year placement in the national leagues
² : Loser of the ULEB Euroleague qualification

1st group stage

Group A

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Budiwelnik Kiev	6th	4th	2	469	441
2. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	3	3	469	451
3. Hapoel Jerusalem	6th	3	3	473	475
4th BC Prienai	6th	2	4th	444	488

	Nymburk	Jerusalem	Kiev	Prienai
Nymburk	*	74: 82	91 : 78	90 : 66
Jerusalem	69: 86	*	81 : 67	92 : 79
Kiev	72 : 62	84 : 77	*	84 : 57
Prienai	84 : 66	85 : 72	73: 84	*

Group B

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Bilbao Basket	6th	6th	0	490	421
2. Buducnost	6th	4th	2	418	388
3. Lukoil academy	6th	2	4th	423	452
4. Belgacom Spirou	6th	0	6th	397	467

	Bilbao	Buducnost	Spirou	Academics
Bilbao	*	85 : 78 a.d.	85 : 84	82 : 60
Buducnost	66: 68	*	59 : 55	75 : 72
Spirou	69: 85	53: 66	*	61: 79
Academics	64: 85	55: 74	93 : 75	*

Group C

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lyubertsy's triumph	6th	6th	0	505	473
2. VEF Riga	6th	3	3	475	473
3. Le Mans Sarthe	6th	2	4th	454	429
4. Artland Dragons	6th	1	5	444	503

	Le Mans	triumph	VEF Riga	Dragons
Le Mans	*	71: 76	67: 69	88 : 71
triumph	77 : 68	*	82 : 77	84 : 79 a.d.
VEF Riga	80: 89	84: 91	*	83 : 72
Dragons	76 : 71	94: 95	72: 82	*

Group D

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Valencia Basket	6th	5	1	520	439
2. Banvit BK	6th	4th	2	522	485
3. S.Oliver Baskets	6th	3	3	460	509
4. Azovmash Mariupol	6th	0	6th	455	524

	Valencia	Banvit	Azovmash	Wurzburg
Valencia	*	88 : 78	93: 68	97 : 64
Banvit	70: 84	*	97 : 81	101 : 82
Azovmash	70: 76	88: 95 a.d.	*	71: 82
Wurzburg	89 : 82	62: 81	81 : 77	*

Group E

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Galatasaray	6th	4th	2	492	446
2. Locomotive Kuban	6th	4th	2	471	437
3. BC Donetsk	6th	3	3	461	459
4. Trefl Sopot	6th	1	5	460	542

	Galatasaray	locomotive	Donetsk	Sopot
Galatasaray	*	76 : 52	72 : 68	103 : 82
locomotive	91 : 66	*	64: 71	99 : 79
Donetsk	88 : 81	75: 78	*	92 : 87 a.d.
Sopot	65: 94	70: 87	77 : 67	*

Group F.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS Kazan	6th	5	1	481	442
2. Stelmet Zielona Góra	6th	3	3	477	446
3. Telenet Ostend	6th	2	4th	464	482
4. Panionios Athens	6th	2	4th	466	518

	UNICS	Panionios	East End	Zielona Góra
UNICS	*	82 : 73	83 : 72	76: 91
Panionios	72: 92	*	101 : 100	70: 76
East End	67: 74	84 : 65	*	80 : 74
Zielona Góra	67: 74	84: 85	85 : 61	*

Group G

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Spartak St. Petersburg	6th	6th	0	468	389
2. Ratiopharm Ulm	6th	3	3	476	457
3. Cholet Basket	6th	3	3	444	456
4. Cibona Zagreb	6th	0	6th	414	500

	St. P`burg	Zagreb	Cholet	Ulm
St. Petersburg	*	93 : 60	69 : 60	89 : 71
Zagreb	56: 64	*	90: 95	81: 86
Cholet	68: 76	79 : 59	*	71: 93
Ulm	74: 77	83 : 68	69: 71	*

Group H.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Red Star Belgrade	6th	5	1	556	515
2. Cajasol Seville	6th	3	3	482	471
3. Orleans Loiret	6th	2	4th	465	478
4. Dinamo Sessari	6th	2	4th	516	556

	Seville	Sessari	Red Star	Orleans
Seville	*	76: 85	93: 95 a.d.	84 : 78
Sessari	87 : 84	*	94: 97	71: 95
Red Star	70: 76	116 : 104	*	93 : 73
Orleans	56: 70	88 : 75	75: 85	*

2nd group stage (Last 16)

Group I.

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Budiwelnik Kiev	6th	4th	2	486	478
2. Buducnost	6th	3	3	456	436
3. Banvit BK	6th	3	3	477	479
4. Lyubertsy's triumph	6th	2	4th	478	504

	Budiwelnik	triumph	Buducnost	Banvit
Budiwelnik	*	88 : 77	75: 79	76 : 69
triumph	84: 85	*	76 : 66	93 : 89
Buducnost	75: 77	90 : 69	*	66 : 50
Banvit	94 : 85	86 : 79	89 : 80	*

Group J

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Bilbao Basket	6th	4th	2	470	454
2. Valencia Basket	6th	4th	2	511	462
3. VEF Riga	6th	3	3	508	480
4. ČEZ Nymburk	6th	1	5	425	518

	Bilbao	Valencia	Nymburk	VEF Riga
Bilbao	*	91 : 76	83: 85	76 : 65
Valencia	60: 61	*	104 : 55	86 : 82
Nymburk	69: 83	77: 82	*	80: 85
VEF Riga	99 : 76	96: 103	81 : 59	*

Group K

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Kuban locomotive	6th	5	1	515	475
2. Spartak St.Petersburg	6th	3	3	456	411
3. Stelmet Zielona Góra	6th	3	3	465	502
4. Cajasol Seville	6th	1	5	427	475

	Krasnodar	St. P`burg	Zielona Góra	Seville
Krasnodar	*	77 : 72	96 : 87	83 : 72
St. P'burg	70: 84	*	81 : 54	78 : 59
Zielona Góra	94 : 88	69: 89	*	76 : 67
Seville	80: 87	68 : 66	81: 85	*

Group L

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. UNICS Kazan	6th	4th	2	461	443
2. Ratiopharm Ulm	6th	3	3	516	496
3. Galatasaray	6th	3	3	459	459
4. Red Star Belgrade	6th	2	4th	476	514

	Kazan	Belgrade	Galatasaray	Ulm
Kazan	*	78 : 59	64 : 57	87: 95
Belgrade	81 : 73	*	74: 91	78: 92
Galatasaray	74: 80	85 : 84	*	82 : 66
Ulm	77: 79	95: 100	91 : 70	*

Final round

The quarter-finals took place on March 6 and 13, 2013, the semi-finals first legs took place on March 20, and the second legs on March 26 and 27, 2013. Instead of a Final Four tournament, as in previous years, the winner was determined in a final on April 13 in Charleroi, Belgium .

The play-off pairings at a glance:

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	Budiwelnik Kiev	72	73
	Spartak St Petersburg	83	56
						Budiwelnik Kiev	83	53
						Bilbao Basket	93	75
	Bilbao Basket	81	101
	Ratiopharm Ulm	85	78
											Bilbao Basket	64
										Kuban locomotive	75
	Kuban locomotive	72	90
	Buducnost	54	65
						Kuban locomotive	97	63
						Valencia Basket	87	68
	UNICS Kazan	70	71
	Valencia Basket	80	68

Honors

The following actors received special awards in the past season:

All-Eurocup First Team 2012/13

Regular Season MVP: Nick Calathes

• Nick Calathes (Lokomotiv Kuban) - Regular Season MVP
• Malcolm Delaney (Budiwelnik Kiev)
• Justin Doellman (Valencia Basket)
• Kostas Vasileiadis (Bilbao Basket)
• John Bryant (Ratiopharm Ulm)

All-Eurocup Second Team 2012/13

• Walter Hodge (Stelmet Zielona Góra)
• Chuck Eidson (UNICS Kazan)
• Derrick Brown (Kuban Locomotive)
• Lamont Hamilton (Bilbao Basket)
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Final MVP

• Richard Hendrix (Kuban Locomotive)

Coach of the Year

• Fotis Katsikaris (Bilbao Basket)

Web links

• Official website of the Euro Cup ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lokomotiv Kuban is the new Eurocup champ , ULEB , accessed on April 13, 2013
2. ↑ Format of the competition , on eurocupbasketball.com (Format, Engl.)
3. ↑ Star power fills 2012-13 All-Eurocup teams! ULEB , April 10, 2013, accessed April 12, 2012 . 
4. ↑ 2012-13 Eurocup MVP: Nick Calathes, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. ULEB , April 11, 2013, accessed April 12, 2012 . 
5. ↑ 2012-13 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Fotis Katsikaris, Uxue Bilbao Basket. ULEB , April 9, 2013, accessed April 12, 2012 .