2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

The 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball season was the tenth 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. 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.

Eurocup Basketball
Competition details
Season 2011–12
Dates September 27, 2011 – April 15, 2012
Final positions
Champions Khimki (1st title)
Runners-up Valencia
Third place Lietuvos rytas
Fourth place Spartak Saint Petersburg
Awards
MVP Patrick Beverley
Finals MVP Zoran Planinić

Teams allocation

Distribution

[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]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroCup title holders; FEC: FBIA EuroChallenge title holders):

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • RW: Regular season winners
  • CW: Cup winners
  • EL: EuroLeague
    • EL QR: EuroLeague qualifying round losers
Regular season
Cholet (EL QR) Khimki (EL QR) Cibona (EL QR) Banvit (EL QR)
Gravelines (EL QR) Lokomotiv Kuban (4th) Donetsk (EL QR) PGE Turów (EL QR)
ASVEL (EL QR) PAOK (EL QR) Lietuvos rytas (EL QR) Valencia (5th)
Alba Berlin (EL QR) Aris (4th) ČEZ Nymburk (EL QR) Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd)
Fraport Skyliners (3rd) Lietuvos rytas (EL QR) VEF Rīga (EL QR) Benetton Bwin (4th)
Bayern Munich (WC) Rūdupis (3rd) Budućnost VOLI (EL QR) GasTerra Flames (1st)
KrkaFEC (1st)
Qualifying round
Élan Chalon (5th) Beşiktaş Milangaz (5th) Azovmash (5th) Cedevita (2nd)
Le Mans (8th) Pınar Karşıyaka (6th) Gran Canaria 2014 (6th) Artland Dragons (4th)
Dexia Mons-Hainaut (3rd) Spartak Saint Petersburg (7th) Norrköping Dolphins (2nd) ETHA Engomis (1st)
Telenet Oostende (4th) Ventspils (2nd) Prostějov (2nd) Lukoil Academic (1st)

Qualifying round
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Qualifying Round

The eight winners of the qualifying round joined the regular season. The eight losers transferred to the EuroChallenge regular season.[4]

Team 1 Agg. 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:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. 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
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Gravelines 651517430+87
2. Donetsk 651463443+20
3. Hapoel Jerusalem 624463493−30
4. Cibona 606456533−77

Group B
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Khimki 660480398+82
2. VEF Rīga 633436444−8
3. Cholet Basket 624389428−39
4. P.A.O.K. 615417452−35

Group C
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Nymburk 651498424+74
2. Aris 642431397+34
3. Rūdupis 633487485+2
4. GasTerra Flames 606391501−110

Group D
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. ASVEL 642459426+33
2. Valencia Basket 642487447+40
3. Telenet Oostende 624415454−39
4. Lukoil Academic 624400434−34

Group E
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group E
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Banvit 642421397+24
2. Lokomotiv-Kuban 642431399+32
3. Gran Canaria 642416405+11
4. Skyliners Frankfurt 606362429−67

Group F
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group F
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Lietuvos rytas 660478370+108
2. Krka 642434421+13
3. Azovmash 615404453−49
4. Le Mans 615392464−72

Group G
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group G
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Spartak Saint Petersburg 660477401+76
2. Benetton Treviso 633478476+2
3. Bayern Munich 624404436−32
4. Cedevita 615413459−46

Group H
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Regular Season Group H
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff
1. Alba Berlin 651485421+64
2. Budućnost 633416425−9
3. Dexia Mons-Hainaut 624445463−18
4. Turów Zgorzelec 624446483−37

Last 16

Group I
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group I
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Valencia Basket 660463387+76
2. Nymburk 633484441+431–1 (+6)
3. VEF Rīga 633432456–241–1 (–6)
4. Gravelines 606370465–95

Group J
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group J
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Donetsk 651477437+401–1 (+5)
2. Khimki 651465419+461–1 (–5)
3. ASVEL 615460477–171–1 (+10)
4. Aris 615389458–691–1 (–10)

Group K
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group K
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Spartak St. Petersburg 651428385+43
2. Budućnost 633397398–11–1 (+3)
3. Banvit 633430428+21–1 (–3)
4. Krka 615390434–44

Group L
Main article: Eurocup Basketball 2011–12 Last 16 Group L
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Tie-break
1. Lokomotiv-Kuban 642466452+142–0 (+18)
2. Lietuvos rytas 642468443+250–2 (–18)
3. Benetton Treviso 633447451–4
4. Alba Berlin 615433468–35

Quarterfinals
Main article: 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball 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 156–138 Budućnost VOLI71–7585–63
Donetsk 145–154 Lietuvos rytas65–7680–78
Spartak St. Petersburg 154–135 ČEZ Nymburk68–6486–71
Lokomotiv Kuban 153–158 Khimki72–8181–77

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]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 April
 
 
 Valencia80
 
15 April
 
 Lietuvos rytas70
 
 Valencia68
 
14 April
 
 Khimki77
 
 Spartak St. Petersburg73
 
 
 Khimki77
 
Third place game
 
 
15 April
 
 
 Lietuvos rytas71
 
 
 Spartak St. Petersburg62

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1427819.86
2. Patrick Beverley Spartak Saint Petersburg1627517.19
3. Nik Caner-Medley Valencia1321916.85
4. DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin1220216.83
5. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1321816.77

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Ramel Curry BC Donetsk1423016.43
2. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1422315.93
3. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban1319915.31
4. Tre Simmons ČEZ Nymburk1421115.07
5. Renaldas Seibutis Lietuvos rytas1623614.75

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban141178.36
2. Jonas Valančiūnas Lietuvos rytas161227.63
3. Ali Traore PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban13927.08
4. Lawrence Roberts Lietuvos rytas161036.44
5. Nik Caner-Medley Valencia13836.38

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin12655.42
2. Yotam Halperin Spartak Saint Petersburg14745.29
3. Zoran Planinić BC Khimki15734.87
4. Tyrese Rice Lietuvos rytas15704.67
5. Barış Ermiş Banvit10454.50

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season
Week Player Team PIR
1 Tony Parker ASVEL Basket40
2 J. R. Giddens P.A.O.K.32
3 Nik Caner-Medley Valencia Basket29
4 Nikola Vučević Budućnost36
5 Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban28
6 Fabien Causeur Cholet Basket33

Top 16
Week Player Team PIR
1 Patrick Beverley Spartak Saint Petersburg27
2 Loukas Mavrokefalidis Spartak Saint Petersburg29
3 Nando de Colo Valencia Basket40
4 Hilton Armstrong ASVEL Basket26
5 DaShaun Wood Alba Berlin37
6 Jeremiah Massey PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban37

Quarterfinals
Game Player Team PIR
1 Bojan Dubljević Budućnost25
2 Yotam Halperin Spartak St. Petersburg31

Eurocup MVP

Eurocup Finals MVP

All-Eurocup Team
PositionAll-Eurocup First Team[8]Club TeamAll-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

Rising Star

See also
  • 2011–12 Euroleague Basketball
  • 2011–12 EuroChallenge

References
  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". Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  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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