# 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball

2012–13 Eurocup Basketball was the 11th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.
In this edition, semifinals were played in home-and-away series, and the final in a single game. Eurocup Qualifying Rounds were deleted.
The final game was played at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.

## Teams

32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:
* A total of 25 teams qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
* The remaining 7 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
Already Qualified :
| Country (League) | Teams | Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) | Teams (rankings in 2011–12 national championships) |
| Russia (PBL) | 4 | Lokomotiv Kuban (3) | Triumph Lyubertsy (4) | Unics Kazan (5) | Spartak St. Petersburg (6) |
| France (LNB) | 3 | Le Mans Sarthe Basket (2) | Orléans Loiret Basket (3) | Cholet Basket (4) | |
| Germany (BBL) | 3 | Ratiopharm Ulm (2) | Artland Dragons (3) | s.Oliver Baskets (4) | |
| Spain (ACB) | 3 | Valencia Basket (4) | Uxúe Bilbao Basket (6) | Cajasol Sevilla (7) | |
| Ukraine (SuperLeague) | 3 | Donetsk (1) | Azovmash Mariupol (2) | Budivelnyk (4) | |
| Belgium (BLB) | 2 | Telenet BC Oostende (1) | Belgacom Spirou (2) | | |
| Poland (PLK) | 2 | Trefl Sopot (2) | Stelmet Zielona Góra (3) | | |
| Turkey (TBL) | 2 | Galatasaray Medical Park (3) | Banvit (4) | | |
| Bulgaria (NBL) | 1 | Lukoil Academic (1) | | | |
| Croatia (A-1 Liga) | 1 | Cibona Zagreb (1) | | | |
| Czech Republic (NBL) | 1 | Nymburk (1) | | | |
| Greece (GBL) | 1 | Panionios On Telecom (3) | | | |
| Israel (BSL) | 1 | Hapoel Jerusalem (6) | | | |
| Italy (Serie A) | 1 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3) | | | |
| Latvia (LBL) | 1 | VEF Rīga (1) | | | |
| Lithuania (LKL) | 1 | Rūdupis Prienai (3) | | | |
| Montenegro (OL) | 1 | Budućnost VOLI Podgorica (1) | | | |
| Serbia (KLS) | 1 | Crvena zvezda (2) | | | |
* Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
* ^A Stelmet Zielona Góra joined the Eurocup after VAP Kolossos resigned its berth.
* ^B Cajasol Sevilla joined the Eurocup after Lagun Aro GBC resigned its berth.
* ^C Budivelnik Kyiv joined the Eurocup after EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.
* ^WC indicates that these teams qualified through a wild card.

## Draw

The draws for the 2012–13 Eurocup were held on Tuesday, 9 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.
Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the European basketball club rankings.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Valencia BC Unics Kazan ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Uxúe Bilbao Basket Galatasaray Medical Park Cajasol Sevilla Le Mans Sarthe Basket BC Spartak Saint Petersburg | Hapoel Jerusalem Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar BC Triumph Lyubertsy Panionios BC Cibona Zagreb Banco di Sardegna Sassari Banvit BK Bandırma KK Budućnost | VEF Rīga Cholet Basket Belgacom Spirou BC Donetsk Budivelnyk Kyiv Telenet Oostende Azovmash Mariupol Crvena zvezda | Orléans Loiret Basket BC Prienai Trefl Sopot Stelmet Zielona Góra Ratiopharm Ulm Artland Dragons s.Oliver Baskets PBC Lukoil Academic |

## Regular season

The top two teams from each group advanced to the top 16. The match-days were on 7 November, 14 November, 27 November, 5 December and 12 December 2012.
* Tiebreakers
* If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the regular season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Key to colors :
* Top two teams in each group advance to Last 16.

### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | BC Budivelnyk Kyiv | 6 | 4 | 2 | 469 | 441 | +28 | |
| 2. | ČEZ Nymburk | 6 | 3 | 3 | 469 | 451 | +18 | 1–1 (+9) |
| 3. | Hapoel Jerusalem | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 475 | –2 | 1–1 (–9) |
| 4. | BC Prienai | 6 | 2 | 4 | 444 | 488 | –44 | |

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | Uxúe Bilbao Basket | 6 | 6 | 0 | 490 | 421 | +69 |
| 2. | KK Budućnost VOLI | 6 | 4 | 2 | 418 | 388 | +30 |
| 3. | PBC Lukoil Academic | 6 | 2 | 4 | 423 | 452 | –29 |
| 4. | Belgacom Spirou | 6 | 0 | 6 | 397 | 467 | –70 |

### Group C

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 6 | 6 | 0 | 505 | 473 | +32 |
| 2. | BC VEF Rīga | 6 | 3 | 3 | 475 | 473 | +2 |
| 3. | Le Mans Sarthe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 454 | 429 | +25 |
| 4. | Artland Dragons | 6 | 1 | 5 | 444 | 503 | –59 |

### Group D

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
| 1. | Valencia BC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 520 | 439 | +81 |
| 2. | Banvit B.K. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 522 | 485 | +37 |
| 3. | s.Oliver Baskets | 6 | 3 | 3 | 460 | 509 | –49 |
| 4. | BC Azovmash Mariupol | 6 | 0 | 6 | 455 | 524 | –69 |

### Group E

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban | 6 | 4 | 2 | 471 | 437 | +34 | 1–1 (+1) |
| 2. | Galatasaray Medical Park | 6 | 4 | 2 | 492 | 446 | +46 | 1–1 (–1) |
| 3. | BC Donetsk | 6 | 3 | 3 | 461 | 459 | +2 | |
| 4. | Trefl Sopot | 6 | 1 | 5 | 460 | 542 | –82 | |

### Group F

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | BC UNICS Kazan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 481 | 442 | +39 | |
| 2. | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 477 | 446 | +31 | |
| 3. | BC Telenet Oostende | 6 | 2 | 4 | 464 | 482 | –18 | 1–1 (+18) |
| 4. | Panionios B.C. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 466 | 518 | –52 | 1–1 (–18) |

### Group G

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | BC Spartak Saint Petersburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 468 | 389 | +79 | |
| 2. | Ratiopharm Ulm | 6 | 3 | 3 | 476 | 457 | +19 | 1–1 (+20) |
| 3. | Cholet Basket | 6 | 3 | 3 | 444 | 456 | –12 | 1–1 (–20) |
| 4. | KK Cibona | 6 | 0 | 6 | 414 | 500 | –86 | |

### Group H

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | Crvena Zvezda Telekom | 6 | 5 | 1 | 556 | 515 | +41 | |
| 2. | Cajasol Sevilla | 6 | 3 | 3 | 483 | 471 | +12 | |
| 3. | Orléans Loiret | 6 | 2 | 4 | 465 | 478 | –13 | 2–0 |
| 4. | Dinamo Sassari | 6 | 2 | 4 | 516 | 556 | –40 | 0–2 |

## Last 16

The Last 16 phase began January 9.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
* Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.
Key to colors :
* Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals.

### Group I

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | BC Budivelnyk Kyiv | 6 | 4 | 2 | 486 | 478 | +8 | |
| 2. | KK Budućnost VOLI | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 436 | +20 | 1–1 (+7) |
| 3. | Banvit B.K. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 477 | 479 | –2 | 1–1 (–7) |
| 4. | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 478 | 504 | –26 | |

### Group J

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | Uxúe Bilbao Basket | 6 | 4 | 2 | 470 | 454 | +16 | 2–0 |
| 2. | Valencia BC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 511 | 462 | +49 | 0–2 |
| 3. | BC VEF Rīga | 6 | 3 | 3 | 508 | 480 | +28 | |
| 4. | ČEZ Nymburk | 6 | 1 | 5 | 425 | 518 | –93 | |

### Group K

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban | 6 | 5 | 1 | 515 | 475 | +40 | |
| 2. | BC Spartak Saint Petersburg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 411 | +45 | 2–0 |
| 3. | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 465 | 502 | –37 | 0–2 |
| 4. | Cajasol Sevilla | 6 | 1 | 5 | 427 | 475 | –48 | |

### Group L

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Tie-break |
| 1. | BC UNICS Kazan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 461 | 443 | +18 | |
| 2. | Ratiopharm Ulm | 6 | 3 | 3 | 516 | 496 | +20 | 1–1 (+5) |
| 3. | Galatasaray Medical Park | 6 | 3 | 3 | 459 | 459 | 0 | 1–1 (–5) |
| 4. | Crvena Zvezda Telekom | 6 | 2 | 4 | 476 | 514 | –38 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Uxúe Bilbao | 81 | 101 | 182 | | | | |
| ratiopharm Ulm | 81 | 78 | 159 | | | | |
| ratiopharm Ulm | 81 | 78 | 159 | Uxúe Bilbao | 93 | 75 | 168 |
| | | | | Budivelnyk | 83 | 53 | 136 |
| Budivelnyk | 72 | 73 | 145 | Budivelnyk | 83 | 53 | 136 |
| Budivelnyk | 72 | 73 | 145 | | | | | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi |
| Spartak St. Petersburg | 83 | 56 | 139 | | | | | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi | 13 April – Charleroi |
| Spartak St. Petersburg | 83 | 56 | 139 | | | | | Uxúe Bilbao | Uxúe Bilbao | Uxúe Bilbao | 64 |
| | | | | | | | | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | 75 |
| UNICS | 70 | 71 | 141 | | | | | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | Lokomotiv Kuban | 75 |
| Valencia | 80 | 68 | 148 | | | | | | | | |
| Valencia | 80 | 68 | 148 | Valencia | 87 | 68 | 155 | | | | |
| | | | | Lokomotiv Kuban | 97 | 63 | 160 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 72 | 90 | 162 | Lokomotiv Kuban | 97 | 63 | 160 |
| Budućnost VOLI | 54 | 65 | 119 | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 6, and the return legs were played on March 13. The group winner in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Budivelnyk | 145–139 | Spartak St. Petersburg | 72–83 | 73–56 |
| Uxúe Bilbao | 182–163 | ratiopharm Ulm | 81–85 | 101–78 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 162–119 | Budućnost VOLI | 72–54 | 90–65 |
| UNICS | 141–148 | Valencia | 70–80 | 71–68 |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20, and the return legs were played on March 26–27. The team finishing in the higher Last 16 place, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Uxúe Bilbao | 168–136 | Budivelnyk | 93–83 | 75–53 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 160–155 | Valencia | 97–87 | 63–68 |

### Final

The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.
* 13 April 2013 21:00
* Report
| Uxúe Bilbao | 64–75 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 13-22, 15-16, 19-21 |||
| Pts: Vasileiadis 16 Rebs: Three players 6 Asts: López 4 | | Pts: Hendrix 14 Rebs: Marić 10 Asts: Calathes 7 |
* Spiroudome, Charleroi Attendance: 3,862 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
* Eurocup 2013 Champions
* PBC Lokomotiv Kuban First title

## Individual statistics
### Rating

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1. | Tywain McKee | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 11 | 260 | 23.64 |
| 2. | Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 12 | 269 | 22.42 |
| 3. | Chuck Davis | Banvit B.K. | 12 | 260 | 21.67 |
| 4. | Chuck Eidson | BC UNICS Kazan | 14 | 287 | 20.50 |
| 5. | John Bryant | Ratiopharm Ulm | 13 | 260 | 20.00 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 12 | 254 | 21.17 |
| 2. | Igor Rakočević | Crvena Zvezda Telekom | 11 | 215 | 19.55 |
| 3. | Chuck Davis | Banvit B.K. | 12 | 222 | 18.50 |
| 4. | Tywain McKee | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 11 | 197 | 17.91 |
| 5. | Chuck Eidson | BC UNICS Kazan | 14 | 231 | 16.50 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | John Bryant | Ratiopharm Ulm | 13 | 117 | 9.00 |
| 2. | Aleks Marić | PBC Lokomotiv Kuban | 14 | 104 | 7.43 |
| 3. | Oliver Stević | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 12 | 89 | 7.42 |
| 4. | Leo Lyons | Budivelnyk Kyiv | 16 | 117 | 7.31 |
| 5. | Kyle Landry | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 11 | 78 | 7.09 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Nick Calathes | PBC Lokomotiv Kuban | 17 | 113 | 6.65 |
| 2. | Tywain McKee | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 11 | 67 | 6.09 |
| 3. | Zack Wright | BC Spartak Saint Petersburg | 14 | 77 | 5.50 |
| 4. | Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 12 | 65 | 5.42 |
| 5. | Mantas Kalnietis | PBC Lokomotiv Kuban | 12 | 59 | 4.92 |

## Awards
### MVP Weekly
#### Regular season

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Matt Lojeski | BC Telenet Oostende | 34 |
| 2 | Sammy Mejia | Banvit B.K. | 35 |
| 2 | Tywain McKee | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 35 |
| 3 | Tywain McKee (2) | BC Triumph Lyubertsy | 42 |
| 4 | Charles Davis | Banvit B.K. | 36 |
| 5 | Courtney Fells | Hapoel Jerusalem | 41 |
| 6 | Derrick Brown | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 39 |

#### Top 16

| Week | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Čedomir Vitkovac | Budućnost VOLI | 40 |
| 2 | E. J. Rowland | VEF Rīga | 36 |
| 3 | Čedomir Vitkovac (2) | Budućnost VOLI | 30 |
| 4 | John Bryant | Ratiopharm Ulm | 36 |
| 5 | Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 42 |
| 6 | Walter Hodge (2) | Stelmet Zielona Góra | 39 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | John Bryant (2) | Ratiopharm Ulm | 30 |
| 2 | Simas Jasaitis | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 28 |

#### Semifinals

| Game | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Simas Jasaitis (2) | Lokomotiv-Kuban | 33 |
| 2 | Stefan Marković | Valencia BC | 22 |

### Eurocup MVP

* Nick Calathes (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

### Eurocup Finals MVP

* Richard Hendrix (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

### All-Eurocup Teams

| Position | All-Eurocup First Team | Club team | All-Eurocup Second Team | Club team |
| PG | Nick Calathes | Lokomotiv-Kuban | Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra |
| SG/SF | Malcolm Delaney | Budivelnyk Kyiv | Chuck Eidson | BC UNICS Kazan |
| SG/SF | Kostas Vasileiadis | Uxúe Bilbao Basket | Derrick Brown | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
| PF/C | Justin Doellman | Valencia | Lamont Hamilton | Uxúe Bilbao Basket |
| PF/C | John Bryant | Ratiopharm Ulm | Loukas Mavrokefalides | BC Spartak Saint Petersburg |

### Coach of the Year

* Fotis Katsikaris (Uxúe Bilbao Basket)

### Rising Star

* Bojan Dubljević (Valencia Basket)