2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup 2011–12
Eurocup 2011–12
League	Eurocup
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 27, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Season MVP	Patrick Beverley; (Spartak St. Petersburg)
Top scorer	Ramel Curry; (Donetsk)
Finals
Champions	Khimki
Runners-up	Valencia Basket
Finals MVP	Zoran Planinić; (Khimki)
Eurocup Basketball seasons
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

2011–12 Eurocup Basketball was the tenth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the Eurocup. The Eurocup is the league level that is one level below the Euroleague. It ran from September 27, 2011, until April 15, 2012. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's Euroleague.

Teams

^[1] 32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:

A total of 10 teams from nine countries qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
Another 8 teams earned their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round. On July 7, a draw for the Eurocup Qualifying Round, which featured 16 teams from 13 countries, was held in Barcelona. The 8 winners from those two-game, head-to-head qualifying games advanced to the Eurocup Regular Season.^[2]
The remaining 14 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds that was played from 29 September - 2 October.^[3]

Already Qualified
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2010-11 national championships)
France (LNB Pro A)	4	Cholet Basket (2)	BCM Gravelines (3)	ASVEL Basket^WC (4)	Le Mans Sarthe Basket^WC (8)
Germany (BBL)	3	Alba Berlin^WC (2)	Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (3)	Bayern Munich^WC
Russia (PBL)	3	BC Khimki (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban (4)	Spartak St. Petersburg (7)
Belgium (BLB)	2	Dexia Mons-Hainaut (3)	Telenet Oostende (4)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	2	Cedevita Zagreb (2)	Cibona Zagreb^WC (4)
Greece (GBL)	2	PAOK Thessaloniki (3)	Aris BSA 2003 (4)
Lithuania (LKL)	2	BC Lietuvos Rytas (2)	Rūdupis (3)
Spain (ACB)	2	Valencia Basket (5)	Gran Canaria 2014 (6)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	2	BC Donetsk^WC (2)	BC Azovmash (5)
Bulgaria (NBL)	1	Lukoil Academic (1)
Czech Republic (NBL)	1	ČEZ Nymburk (1)
Israel (BSL)	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (3)
Italy (Serie A)	1	Benetton Basket Bwin (4)
Latvia (LBL)	1	VEF Rīga (1)
Montenegro (Opportunity Liga)	1	KK Budućnost (1)
Netherlands (DBL)	1	GasTerra Flames (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	PGE Turów^WC (2)
Slovenia (SKL)	1	KRKA Novo Mesto (1)
Turkey (TBL)	1	Banvit (3)

Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
Italics indicates that these teams were winners of the Eurocup Qualifying Round.

Qualifying round

The winners of the Qualifying round joined the Regular Season groups. The losers played in the EuroChallenge.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Azovmash	153–140	Ventspils	74–75	79–65
Gran Canaria 2014	153–121	Artland Dragons	61–56	92–65
Dexia Mons-Hainaut	144–141	Beşiktaş Milangaz	70–78	74–63
Cedevita	157–147	Élan Chalon	73–78	84–69
Le Mans Sarthe	160–151	Pınar Karşıyaka	80–73	80–78
Telenet Oostende	158–129	Norrköping Dolphins	88–62	70–67
Spartak Saint Petersburg	143–123	ETHA Engomis	60–59	83–64
Prostějov	142–157	Lukoil Academic	65–70	77–87

Regular season

The Regular Season ran from November 15, 2011, to December 20, 2011.

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 places in each group advance to Last 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Gravelines	6	5	1	517	430	+87
2.	Donetsk	6	5	1	463	443	+20
3.	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	2	4	463	493	−30
4.	Cibona	6	0	6	456	533	−77

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Khimki	6	6	0	480	398	+82
2.	VEF Rīga	6	3	3	436	444	−8
3.	Cholet Basket	6	2	4	389	428	−39
4.	P.A.O.K.	6	1	5	417	452	−35

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Nymburk	6	5	1	498	424	+74
2.	Aris	6	4	2	431	397	+34
3.	Rūdupis	6	3	3	487	485	+2
4.	GasTerra Flames	6	0	6	391	501	−110

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	ASVEL	6	4	2	459	426	+33
2.	Valencia Basket	6	4	2	487	447	+40
3.	Telenet Oostende	6	2	4	415	454	−39
4.	Lukoil Academic	6	2	4	400	434	−34

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Banvit	6	4	2	421	397	+24
2.	Lokomotiv-Kuban	6	4	2	431	399	+32
3.	Gran Canaria	6	4	2	416	405	+11
4.	Skyliners Frankfurt	6	0	6	362	429	−67

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Lietuvos rytas	6	6	0	478	370	+108
2.	Krka	6	4	2	434	421	+13
3.	Azovmash	6	1	5	404	453	−49
4.	Le Mans	6	1	5	392	464	−72

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Spartak Saint Petersburg	6	6	0	477	401	+76
2.	Benetton Treviso	6	3	3	478	476	+2
3.	Bayern Munich	6	2	4	404	436	−32
4.	Cedevita	6	1	5	413	459	−46

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1.	Alba Berlin	6	5	1	485	421	+64
2.	Budućnost	6	3	3	416	425	−9
3.	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	6	2	4	445	463	−18
4.	Turów Zgorzelec	6	2	4	446	483	−37

Last 16

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Valencia Basket	6	6	0	463	387	+76
2.	Nymburk	6	3	3	484	441	+43	1–1 (+6)
3.	VEF Rīga	6	3	3	432	456	–24	1–1 (–6)
4.	Gravelines	6	0	6	370	465	–95

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Donetsk	6	5	1	477	437	+40	1–1 (+5)
2.	Khimki	6	5	1	465	419	+46	1–1 (–5)
3.	ASVEL	6	1	5	460	477	–17	1–1 (+10)
4.	Aris	6	1	5	389	458	–69	1–1 (–10)

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Spartak St. Petersburg	6	5	1	428	385	+43
2.	Budućnost	6	3	3	397	398	–1	1–1 (+3)
3.	Banvit	6	3	3	430	428	+2	1–1 (–3)
4.	Krka	6	1	5	390	434	–44

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Lokomotiv-Kuban	6	4	2	466	452	+14	2–0 (+18)
2.	Lietuvos rytas	6	4	2	468	443	+25	0–2 (–18)
3.	Benetton Treviso	6	3	3	447	451	–4
4.	Alba Berlin	6	1	5	433	468	–35

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20. The return legs were played on March 27. The group winners in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia Basket	156–138	Budućnost Voli	71–75	85–63
Donetsk	145–154	Lietuvos Rytas	65–76	80–78
Spartak St. Petersburg	154–135	ČEZ Nymburk	68–64	86–71
Lokomotiv-Kuban	153–158	Khimki	72–81	81–77

Final Four

Euroleague Basketball Company announced that the 2011-12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Khimki, Russia, on April 14 and 15.^[5]

Semifinals April 14		Final April 15



Valencia Basket	80

Lietuvos Rytas	70
		Valencia Basket	68

		Khimki	77
Spartak St. Petersburg	73

Khimki	77
		Third place



		Lietuvos Rytas	71

		Spartak St. Petersburg	62

Eurocup 2012 Champions
Khimki First title

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	278	19.86
2.	Patrick Beverley	Spartak Saint Petersburg	16	275	17.19
3.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	219	16.85
4.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	202	16.83
5.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	218	16.77

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Ramel Curry	BC Donetsk	14	230	16.43
2.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	223	15.93
3.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	199	15.31
4.	Chester Simmons	ČEZ Nymburk	14	211	15.07
5.	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos rytas	16	236	14.75

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	14	117	8.36
2.	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos rytas	16	122	7.63
3.	Ali Traore	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	13	92	7.08
4.	Lawrence Roberts	Lietuvos rytas	16	103	6.44
5.	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	13	83	6.38

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	12	65	5.42
2.	Yotam Halperin	Spartak Saint Petersburg	14	74	5.29
3.	Zoran Planinić	BC Khimki	15	73	4.87
4.	Tyrese Rice	Lietuvos rytas	15	70	4.67
5.	Barış Ermiş	Banvit	10	45	4.50

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Tony Parker	ASVEL Basket	40
2	J. R. Giddens	P.A.O.K.	32
3	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia Basket	29
4	Nikola Vučević	Budućnost	36
5	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	28
6	Fabien Causeur	Cholet Basket	33

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Patrick Beverley	Spartak Saint Petersburg	27
2	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Spartak Saint Petersburg	29
3	Nando de Colo	Valencia Basket	40
4	Hilton Armstrong	ASVEL Basket	26
5	DaShaun Wood	Alba Berlin	37
6	Jeremiah Massey	PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban	37

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	Performance Index Rating
1	Bojan Dubljević	Budućnost	25
2	Yotam Halperin	Spartak St. Petersburg	31

Eurocup MVP

Patrick Beverley^[6] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Eurocup Finals MVP

Zoran Planinić^[7] (Khimki)

All-Eurocup Team

Position	All-Eurocup First Team^[8]	Club Team	All-Eurocup Second Team ^[9]	Club Team
PG	Patrick Beverley	Spartak St. Petersburg	Yotam Halperin	Spartak St. Petersburg
SG/SF	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	Ramel Curry	Donetsk
SG/SF	Renaldas Seibutis	Lietuvos Rytas	Pavel Pumprla	ČEZ Nymburk
PF/C	Nik Caner-Medley	Valencia	Jeremiah Massey	Lokomotiv Kuban
PF/C	Jonas Valančiūnas	Lietuvos Rytas	Bojan Dubljević	Budućnost

Coach of the Year

Jure Zdovc^[10] (Spartak St. Petersburg)

Rising Star

Jonas Valančiūnas^[11] (Lietuvos Rytas)

References

^ 2011-12 Eurocup teams Euroleague.net July 5, 2011
^ Eurocup qualifying round EuroCupBasketball.com
^ Euroleague qualifying rounds Euroleague.net
^ 2011-12 Eurocup draw Eurocupbasketball.com June 6, 2011
^ Eurocup-Final Four 2012 in Khimki
^ 2011-12 Eurocup MVP: Patrick Beverley, Spartak St. Petersburg
^ Zoran Planinic was named Eurocup Finals MVP
^ 2011-12 All-Eurocup First Team
^ 2011-12 All-Eurocup Second Team
^ 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg
^ 2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas

Seeding and draw procedure

External links

Official website

[1] 2011-12 Eurocup teams Euroleague.net July 5, 2011

[2] Eurocup qualifying round EuroCupBasketball.com

[3] Euroleague qualifying rounds Euroleague.net

[4] 2011-12 Eurocup draw Eurocupbasketball.com June 6, 2011

[5] Eurocup-Final Four 2012 in Khimki

[6] 2011-12 Eurocup MVP: Patrick Beverley, Spartak St. Petersburg

[7] Zoran Planinic was named Eurocup Finals MVP

[8] 2011-12 All-Eurocup First Team

[9] 2011-12 All-Eurocup Second Team

[10] 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg

[11] 2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas

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v t e 2011–12 Eurocup
Champions	BC Khimki
Runners-up	Power Electronics Valencia
Third place	Lietuvos Rytas
Fourth place	Spartak St. Petersburg
Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Budućnost ČEZ Nymburk BC Donetsk Lokomotiv-Kuban
Eliminated in the last 16	Group I Group J Group K Group L BCM Gravelines VEF Rīga ASVEL Basket Aris Banvit BC Krka Alba Berlin Benetton Treviso
Eliminated in the regular season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H KK Cibona Hapoel Jerusalem P.A.O.K. Cholet Basket BC Rūdupis GasTerra Flames BC Oostende Lukoil Academic Gran Canaria Skyliners Frankfurt Le Mans BC Azovmash KK Cedevita Bayern Munich Dexia Mons-Hainaut Turów Zgorzelec
Eliminated in the qualifying round	Artland Dragons Beşiktaş Milangaz Élan Chalon ETHA Engomis Norrköping Dolphins Pınar Karşıyaka Prostějov Ventspils

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Teams

Qualifying round

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Last 16

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Quarterfinals

Final Four

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Top 16

Quarterfinals

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Team

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

See also

References

External links