# 2012–13 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

The 2012–13 Liga Națională season was the 63rd season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania.
The first half of the season consisted of 16 teams and 240-game regular season (30 games for each of the 16 teams). The season began on 6 October 2012 and ended on 2 April 2013, just before the Playoffs.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| BC Mureș | Târgu Mureș | Sala Sporturilor Târgu Mureș | 2,000 |
| Dinamo București | București | Arena de Baschet | 300 |
| Asesoft Ploieşti | Ploieşti | Olimpia Sports Hall | 3,500 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | Mediaş | Sala Sporturilor Mediaş | 461 |
| U Cluj | Cluj Napoca | Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian | 2,525 |
| Farul Constanţa | Constanţa | Sala Sporturilor Constanţa | 1,500 |
| BC Argeş Piteşti | Piteşti | Sala Sporturilor Trivale | 2,000 |
| BC Timișoara | Timișoara | Constantin Jude Hall | 2,200 |
| SCM Universitatea Craiova | Craiova | Sala Sporturilor Craiova | 4,215 |
| CSM Oradea | Oradea | Arena Antonio Alexe | 2,000 |
| CSU Atlassib Sibiu | Sibiu | Sala Transilvania | 3,000 |
| BC Miercurea Ciuc | Miercurea Ciuc | Sala Sporturilor Miercurea Ciuc | 600 |
| CSS Giurgiu | Giurgiu | Sala Sporturilor Giugiu | 300 |
| Timba Timișoara | Timișoara | Constantin Jude Hall | 2,200 |
| Energia Rovinari | Târgu Jiu | Sala Sporturilor Târgu Jiu | 1,500 |

## Regular season

| Number | Team | Points | GP | Wins/Losses | Points for/against |
| 1 | BC Mures | 53 | 30 | 23–7 | 2481–2203 |
| 2 | CSM Oradea | 53 | 30 | 23–7 | 2248–2111 |
| 3 | CSU Ploiesti | 53 | 30 | 23–7 | 2677–2341 |
| 4 | SCM U Craiova | 51 | 30 | 21–9 | 2465–2319 |
| 5 | CS Gaz Metan Medias | 50 | 30 | 20–10 | 2446–2158 |
| 6 | BC Timișoara | 50 | 30 | 20–10 | 2516–2335 |
| 7 | U Mobitelco Cluj | 50 | 30 | 20–10 | 2530–2284 |
| 8 | CSM Bucuresti | 48 | 30 | 18–12 | 2530–2284 |
| 9 | Energia Rovinari | 45 | 30 | 15–15 | 2392–2372 |
| 10 | CSU Sibiu | 44 | 30 | 14–16 | 2329–2292 |
| 11 | BCM U Pitesti | 43 | 30 | 13–17 | 2370–2310 |
| 12 | CSS Giurgiu | 41 | 30 | 11–19 | 2309–2358 |
| 13 | BC Timba Timișoara | 38 | 30 | 8–22 | 2240–2479 |
| 14 | BC Farul Constanta | 37 | 30 | 7–23 | 2048–2443 |
| 15 | BC Miercurea Ciuc | 33 | 30 | 3–27 | 2141–2571 |
| 16 | CS Dinamo Bucuresti | 31 | 30 | 1–29 | 1926–2845 |

## Playoffs

In the 2012–13 season, the first eight teams qualify for the play-off and the last eight teams qualify for the play-out. In the play-offs, the teams play by the "best of five" system in the first two rounds, and by the "best of seven" in the finals. For the third place, CSM Oradea won 2–1 against Gaz Metan Mediaş in the "best of three" system.
| Quarter finals (best of 5) | Quarter finals (best of 5) | Quarter finals (best of 5) | Semi finals (best of 5) | Semi finals (best of 5) | Semi finals (best of 5) | Finals (best of 7) | Finals (best of 7) | Finals (best of 7) |
| 1 | BC Mures | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | CSM Bucuresti | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | CSM Bucuresti | 1 | 1 | BC Mures | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 0 | | | |
| 4 | SCM U Craiova | 0 | 5 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 3 | | | | 1 | BC Mures | 2 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Asesoft Ploieşti | 4 |
| 3 | Asesoft Ploieşti | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Asesoft Ploieşti | 4 |
| 6 | BC Timișoara | 0 | | | | | | |
| 6 | BC Timișoara | 0 | 2 | CSM Oradea | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Asesoft Ploieşti | 3 | | | |
| 2 | CSM Oradea | 3 | 3 | Asesoft Ploieşti | 3 | | | |
| 7 | U Cluj | 0 | | | | | | |