2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge

2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.

FIBA EuroChallenge
Competition details
Season 2011–12
Teams 32
Dates 8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012
Final positions
Champions Beşiktaş Milangaz (1st title)
Runners-up Élan Chalon
Third place Triumph Lyubertsy
Fourth place Szolnoki Olaj
Awards
Final Four MVP Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Statistical leaders
Points Chris Copeland
20.1
Rebounds Pops Mensah-Bonsu
11.8
Assists Jared Jordan
8.8
2012–13 →

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • EC: Transferred from Eurocup
    • QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Regular season
Artland Dragons (EC QR) Pınar Karşıyaka (EC QR) ETHA Engomis (EC QR) ZZ Leiden (1st)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th) Beşiktaş Milangaz (EC QR) Keravnos (4th) U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Göttingen (7th) Olin Edirne (7th) Prostějov (EC QR) Norrköping Dolphins (EC QR)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (13th) Türk Telekom (10th) Pardubice (3rd) Mad-Croc Funelabrada (7th)
Élan Chalon (EC QR) Generali Okapi Aalstar (2nd) Goverla (3rd) Ventspils (EC QR)
Chorale Roanne (6th) Antwerp Giants (5th) Khimik (12th) Nizhny Novgorod (8th)
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (10th) Bemaco SPU Nitra (1st) Armia (1st)
Qualifying round
Enisey (6th) Spartak Primorye[lower-alpha 1] (2nd) Minsk-2006 (1st) Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (6th)
Krasnye Krylia (7th) Szolnoki Olaj (1st) Sokhumi (4th) Tampereen Pyrintö (1st)
Triumph Lyubertsy (10th) Atomerőmű SE (3rd)
  1. Spartak Primorye finished second in the Russian Super League 1, the second division in Russia. (2nd)

Qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Primorye 141–147 Enisey75–5866–89
Triumph Lyubertsy 168–151 Krasnye Krylya94–7174–80
Sokhumi 157–175 Minsk-200694–7863–97
Atomerőmű SE 155–128 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions70–4880–85
Tampereen Pyrintö 134–137 Szolnoki Olaj77–6957–68

Regular season

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the last 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EWE FUE NIT NOR
1 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 6 0 534 428 +106 12 Advance to last 16 85–66 88–79 106–61
2 Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 6 4 2 530 477 +53 10 77–83 93–80 89–75
3 Bemaco SPU Nitra 6 1 5 478 504 26 7 72–77 75–86 108–78
4 Norrköping Dolphins 6 1 5 448 581 133 7 73–95 79–119 82–64
Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BJK ZZL ARM GÖT
1 Beşiktaş Milangaz 6 6 0 543 437 +106 12 Advance to last 16 76–69 103–82 105–94
2 ZZ Leiden 6 3 3 434 437 3 9 58–86 76–59 80–71
3 Armia 6 3 3 441 464 23 9 75–77 74–71 82–76
4 Göttingen 6 0 6 432 512 80 6 59–96 71–80 61–69
Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ROA PAR PRO GOV
1 Chorale Roanne 6 5 1 490 451 +39 11 Advance to last 16 88–73 87–70 81–78
2 JIP Pardubice 6 4 2 478 476 +2 10 82–77 98–84 72–69
3 Prostějov 6 3 3 476 487 11 9 85–87 82–76 78–64
4 Goverla 6 0 6 425 455 30 6 63–70 76–77 75–77
Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NN VEN KHI ATO
1 Nizhny Novgorod 6 4 2 492 425 +67 10 Advance to last 16 77–63 85–73 96–51
2 Ventspils 6 4 2 436 422 +14 10 77–75 81–55 69–56
3 Khimik 6 3 3 446 451 5 9 78–87 81–67 83–58
4 Atomerőmű SE 6 1 5 399 475 76 7 83–72 78–79 73–76
Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHA ANT ENI MOB
1 Élan Chalon 6 5 1 479 481 2 11 Advance to last 16 65–90 87–79 83–74
2 Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 474 424 +50 10 78–79 73–69 87–63
3 Enisey 6 2 4 458 468 10 8 79–80 76–72 73–81
4 U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 6 1 5 446 484 38 7 81–85 72–74 75–82
Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TRI OKA ETHA OLI
1 Triumph Lyubertsy 6 4 2 451 434 +17 10 Advance to last 16 83–78 60–68 70–61
2 Generali Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 511 463 +48 9 83–84 89–73 95–70
3 ETHA Engomis 6 3 3 409 438 29 9 55–72 61–80 70–67
4 Olin Edirne 6 2 4 449 485 36 8 89–82 70–82 92–86
Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON KSK MIN TUR
1 Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 4 2 490 452 +38 10 Advance to last 16 80–65 93–81 87–80
2 Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 476 477 1 9 66–65 103–105 81–83
3 Minsk-2006 6 3 3 487 515 28 9 79–71 70–79 74–93
4 Türk Telekom 6 2 4 487 496 9 8 81–94 74–82 76–78
Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ART SZO KER PAU
1 Artland Dragons 6 5 1 520 480 +40 11 Advance to last 16 86–78 93–75 87–81
2 Szolnoki Olaj 6 4 2 500 483 +17 10 90–85 81–93 85–70
3 Keravnos 6 2 4 483 511 28 8 81–93 82–91 67–70
4 Pau-Lacq-Orthez 6 1 5 446 475 29 7 75–76 67–75 83–85
Source: FIBA Europe

Last 16

The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VEN ROA EWE ZZL
1 Ventspils 6 4 2 455 448 +7 10 Advance to quarterfinals 94–92 74–61 69–73
2 Chorale Roanne 6 3 3 505 464 +41 9 88–89 86–80 91–56
3 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 3 3 456 447 +9 9 77–69 82–80 85–62
4 ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 387 444 57 8 57–60 63–68 76–71
Source: FIBA Europe

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHA SZO BON OKA
1 Élan Chalon 6 3 3 494 467 +27 9 Advance to quarterfinals 85–64 88–66 87–72
2 Szolnoki Olaj 6 3 3 521 511 +10 9 90–81 96–94 112–76
3 Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 3 3 497 509 12 9 91–89 89–75 71–63
4 Generali Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 479 504 25 9 84–64 86–84 98–86
Source: FIBA Europe

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FUE BJK NN PAR
1 Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 6 6 0 465 430 +35 12 Advance to quarterfinals 72–70 73–70 85–70
2 Beşiktaş Milangaz 6 4 2 458 433 +25 10 77–78 82–80 78–70
3 Nizhny Novgorod 6 1 5 450 460 10 7 70–78 64–75 86–65
4 Pardubice 6 1 5 434 484 50 7 73–79 69–76 87–80
Source: FIBA Europe

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ART TRI KSK ANT
1 Artland Dragons 6 5 1 495 478 +17 11 Advance to quarterfinals 83–74 95–88 81–71
2 Triumph Lyubertsy 6 3 3 452 463 11 9 87–70 75–90 79–60
3 Pınar Karşıyaka 6 2 4 487 488 1 8 95–99 77–79 70–51
4 Port of Antwerp Giants 6 2 4 417 422 5 8 63–67 83–58 89–67
Source: FIBA Europe

Quarter-finals

The eight teams that advanced from the last 16 be played in a best-of-three playoff format. Matches were played on 13, 15 and 20 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game (if necessary) at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Ventspils 1–2 Szolnoki Olaj 82–63 76–82 78–82
Élan Chalon 2–0 Chorale Roanne 75–73 78–76 0
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 1–2 Triumph Lyubertsy 75–76 78–68 65–80
Artland Dragons 0–2 Beşiktaş Milangaz 73–74 63–77 0

Final Four

The Final Four was held from 27 until 29 April 2012 in the Főnix Hall at Debrecen, Hungary.[1]

 
Semifinals
27 April
Final
29 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj 60
 
 
 
Beşiktaş Milangaz 64
 
Beşiktaş Milangaz91
 
 
 
Élan Chalon86
 
Élan Chalon 84
 
 
Triumph Lyubertsy 69
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Szolnoki Olaj 87
 
 
Triumph Lyubertsy 94

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Round Player Team EFF
1 Jovo Stanojević Pınar Karşıyaka36
2 Nathan Peavy Artland Dragons33
3 Deron Williams Beşiktaş Milangaz44
4 Erwin Dudley Beşiktaş Milangaz34
5 Vladimir Štimac Olin Edirne40
6 Chris Wright Olin Edirne31

Last 16

Round Player Team EFF
1 Chris Copeland Generali Okapi Aalstar30
Mire Chatman Pınar Karşıyaka
Darren Fenn Artland Dragons
2 Obie Trotter Szolnoki Olaj36
3 Jovo Stanojević (2) Pınar Karşıyaka37
4 Kyle Landry Triumph Lyubertsy32
5 Pops Mensah-Bonsu Beşiktaş Milangaz33
6 İlkan Karaman Pınar Karşıyaka31

Quarter-finals

Round Player Team EFF
1 Kyle Landry (2) Triumph Lyubertsy27
2 Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2) Beşiktaş Milangaz39
3 Obie Trotter (2) Szolnoki Olaj28

See also

References

  1. Szolnoki Olaj KK will host Final Four FIBA Europe. March 26, 2012
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