2012–13 Euroleague

The 2012–13 Euroleague was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 56th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 11 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013.

Euroleague
The O2 Arena in London hosted the Final Four
Competition details
Season 2012–13
Teams 24
Dates 11 October 2012 – 12 May 2013
Final positions
Champions Olympiacos
3rd title
Runners-up Real Madrid
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place FC Barcelona Regal
Awards
MVP Vassilis Spanoulis
Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis
Best Defender Stéphane Lasme
Coach of the Year Georgios Bartzokas
Rising Star Kostas Papanikolaou
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Bobby Brown
17.4
Points Bobby Brown
18.8
Rebounds Victor Khryapa
7.3
Assists Zoran Planinić
6.3

The Final Four was held at The O2 Arena in London. The championship game was won by Olympiacos, who defeated Real Madrid 100–88. Olympiacos became the just third team since the introduction of the Final Four format to win two Euroleague championships in a row and the second team in Euroleague Basketball Company era (Euroleague 2000–01 season to present) to become back-to-back Euroleague champions.

Allocation

A total of 31 teams participated in the 2012–13 Euroleague. There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:

  • The top 13 teams with an A-Licence from the 2011–12 Euroleague based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.[1]
  • An additional team promoted to an A-Licence.
  • The 2011–12 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
  • 14 places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition. The last 2 places from the Netherlands and Latvia were not taken up.
  • As the list of teams with a B-Licence was exhausted, two wild cards were granted to fill the remaining spaces in the qualifying competition.

Euroleague allocation criteria

On 31 May 2012, the Euroleague published the official License Allocation criteria.[2]

A licenses
RankTeamPos.Coefficient
1. FC Barcelona Regal1st131
2. Olympiacos1st124
3. Maccabi Electra1st116
4. Panathinaikos2nd114
5. Montepaschi Siena1st109
6. Real Madrid2nd108
7. CSKA Moscow1st104
    
RankTeamPos.Coefficient
8. Caja Laboral3rd84
9. Anadolu Efes2nd73
10. Unicaja Málaga9th73
11. Žalgiris1st69
12. Fenerbahçe Ülker6th67
13. Asseco Prokom1st55
14. Acea Roma13th39
  • The A license of Acea Roma was cancelled and it was awarded to Italian team EA7 Milano.

B licenses
Key to colors
     A licensed teams
     B licensed teams
     Teams qualified for the Qualifying Round
LeaguePos.Team
Teams qualified for the regular season
1. Spanish ACB1stFC Barcelona Regal
2. Russian PBL1stCSKA Moscow
3. Greek GBL1stOlympiacos
4. Italian Serie A1stMontepaschi Siena
5. Turkish TBL1stBeşiktaş
6. French Pro A1stÉlan Chalon
7. German BBL1stBrose Bamberg
8. Lithuanian LKL1stŽalgiris
9. Adriatic League1st*Partizan
10. Adriatic League1st*Cedevita
11. Adriatic League1st*Union Olimpija
12. Spanish ACB2ndReal Madrid
13. Russian PBL2ndKhimki
14. Greek GBL2ndPanathinaikos
15. Italian Serie A2ndEA7 Milano
16. Lithuanian LKL2ndLietuvos Rytas
    
LeaguePos.Team
Teams qualified for the qualification rounds
17. Turkish TBL2ndAnadolu Efes
18. French Pro A2ndLe Mans
19. German BBL2ndRatiopharm Ulm
20.Adriatic League**Maccabi Electra
21. Belgian BLB1stTelenet Oostende
22. Czech NBL1stČEZ Nymburk
23. Ukrainian SuperLeague1stDonetsk
24. Israeli Super League1stMaccabi Electra
25. Polish PLK1stAsseco Prokom
26. Bulgarian NBL1stLukoil Academic
27. Dutch DBL1stEiffelTowers Den BoschWithdrew
28. Latvian LBL1stVEF RīgaWithdrew
*^ The Adriatic League teams (1 from Serbia, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Croatia) were the ones with the best Adriatic League + National League + European competitions ranking.
**^ Next best team from the Adriatic League without B licence.

C licenses and wildcards

Teams

On 31 May 2012 the new Euroleague license allocation criteria was announced.[3] Twenty-three teams directly joined the regular season, while one more team joined it from the qualifying rounds. Eight teams fought for the last berth, and Mapooro Cantù got the final spot.[4]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Euroleague title holders):

Regular season
FC Barcelona Regal (A) Montepaschi Siena (A) CSKA Moscow (A) Asseco Prokom Gdynia (A)
Caja Laboral (A) EA7 Milano (2nd) Khimki (EC) Partizan (1st)
Unicaja (A) Beşiktaş (1st) Brose Baskets (1st) Maccabi Electra (A)
Real Madrid (A) Fenerbahçe Ülker (A) Alba Berlin (WC) Union Olimpija (2nd)
Panathinaikos(A) Anadolu Efes (A) Lietuvos rytas (1st) Cedevita (2nd)
Olympiacos TH(A) Élan Chalon (1st) Žalgiris (A)
Qualifying rounds
Telenet Oostende (1st) Lukoil Academic (1st) ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Le Mans (2nd)
ratiopharm Ulm (2nd) Mapooro Cantù (WC) Donetsk (1st) UNICS (WC)

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2012–13 Euroleague qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds were played in a knock-out tournament consisting of eight teams in a single-venue tournament format. The winner advanced to the Euroleague Regular Season. The qualifying rounds were played between 25 and 28 September at the PalaDesio in Desio, Italy.[5]

First qualifying round
25–26 September 		Second qualifying round
27 September 		Third qualifying round
28 September
         
UNICS 91
ratiopharm Ulm 73
UNICS 78
Le Mans 86
Le Mans 61
Donetsk 55
Le Mans 66
Mapooro Cantù 80
ČEZ Nymburk 83
Telenet Oostende 65
ČEZ Nymburk 83
Mapooro Cantù 89
Mapooro Cantù 87
Lukoil Academic 79

Draw

The draws for the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Friday, 6 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.

Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.[6]

Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

FC Barcelona Regal
Olympiacos
Maccabi Electra
Panathinaikos

Montepaschi Siena
Real Madrid
CSKA Moscow
Caja Laboral

Khimki
Partizan
Alba Berlin
Anadolu Efes

Unicaja Málaga
Lietuvos Rytas
Žalgiris
Fenerbahçe Ülker

Asseco Prokom
EA7 Milano
Brose Bamberg
Union Olimpija

Cedevita
Beşiktaş
Élan Chalon
Mapooro Cantù (q)

Regular season

The regular season began on 11 October 2012.

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.

Group A
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Regular Season Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Real Madrid 10 7 3 832 738 +94 Advance to Top 16
2 Khimki 10 6 4 753 754 −1
3 Panathinaikos 10 6 4 748 722 +26
4 Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 5 5 727 738 −11
5 Union Olimpija 10 3 7 722 808 −86
6 Mapooro Cantù 10 3 7 708 730 −22
Source: Euroleague

Group B
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Regular Season Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Maccabi Electra 10 8 2 810 708 +102 Advance to Top 16
2 Unicaja 10 8 2 762 715 +47
3 Montepaschi Siena 10 5 5 879 844 +35
4 Alba Berlin 10 4 6 722 748 −26
5 Élan Chalon 10 3 7 782 843 −61
6 Asseco Prokom Gdynia 10 2 8 704 801 −97
Source: Euroleague

Group C
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Regular Season Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Žalgiris 10 8 2 804 693 +111 Advance to Top 16
2 Olympiacos 10 8 2 788 737 +51
3 Anadolu Efes 10 5 5 738 740 −2
4 Caja Laboral 10 4 6 749 778 −29
5 EA7 Milano 10 3 7 760 767 −7
6 Cedevita 10 2 8 725 849 −124
Source: Euroleague

Group D
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Regular Season Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 FC Barcelona Regal 10 9[lower-alpha 1] 1 774 636 +138 Advance to Top 16
2 CSKA Moscow 10 9[lower-alpha 1] 1 783 709 +74
3 Beşiktaş 10 5 5 699 749 −50
4 Brose Baskets 10 3 7 740 807 −67
5 Lietuvos rytas 10 2[lower-alpha 2] 8 670 724 −54
6 Partizan 10 2[lower-alpha 2] 8 731 772 −41
Source: Euroleague
Notes:
  1. FC Barcelona Regal wins head-to-head 1–1 (+18) vs CSKA Moscow.
  2. Lietuvos rytas wins head-to-head 1–1 (+7) vs Partizan.

Top 16

The Top 16 began on 27 December 2012.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Top 16.
  4. Points scored during the Top 16.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.

Group E
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Top 16 Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 14 11 3 1095 981 +114 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Real Madrid 14 10 4 1085 1021 +64
3 Anadolu Efes 14 9[lower-alpha 1] 5 1028 1031 −3
4 Panathinaikos 14 9[lower-alpha 1] 5 1001 968 +33
5 Unicaja 14 7 7 988 1015 −27
6 Žalgiris 14 6 8 1065 1040 +25
7 Alba Berlin 14 4 10 959 1036 −77
8 Brose Baskets 14 0 14 1026 1115 −89
Source: Euroleague
Notes:
  1. Anadolu Efes wins head-to-head 1–1 (+1) vs Panathinaikos.

Group F
Main article: Euroleague 2012–13 Top 16 Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 FC Barcelona Regal 14 13 1 1151 986 +165 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Olympiacos 14 9 5 1068 1033 +35
3 Maccabi Electra 14 8 6 1105 1012 +93
4 Laboral Kutxa 14 8 6 1093 1045 +48
5 Khimki 14 7 7 1133 1051 +82
6 Montepaschi Siena 14 7 7 1036 1057 −21
7 Beşiktaş 14 2 12 893 1104 −211
8 Fenerbahçe Ülker 14 2 12 1055 1246 −191
Source: Euroleague

Quarterfinals
Main article: 2012–13 Euroleague Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Laboral Kutxa89–7890–6872–9394–85
Olympiacos 3–2 Anadolu Efes67–6271–5372–8373–7482–72
FC Barcelona Regal 3–2 Panathinaikos72–7065–6663–6570–6064–53
Real Madrid 3–0 Maccabi Electra79–5375–6369–57

Final Four
Main article: 2013 Euroleague Final Four

On 12 May 2012 it was announced the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.[7]

 
Semifinals
10 May		Final
12 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow52
 
 
 
 Olympiacos69
 
 Olympiacos100
 
 
 
 Real Madrid88
 
 FC Barcelona Regal 67
 
 
 Real Madrid74
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow 74
 
 
 FC Barcelona Regal73

Top 10 attendances

Single game
RoundGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceSources
1 Quarter-finals4 Panathinaikos FC Barcelona 18,300
2 Quarter-finals3 Panathinaikos FC Barcelona 17,800
Top 1614 Panathinaikos CSKA Moscow 17,800 [8]
4 Regular Season8 Žalgiris Olympiacos 15,420
5 Top 164 Žalgiris CSKA Moscow 15,199
6 Regular Season7 Žalgiris Caja Laboral 15,110
7 Top 165 Caja Laboral FC Barcelona 15,068
8 Top 1610 Žalgiris Real Madrid 15,010
9 Regular Season9 Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe Ülker 15,000 [9]
10 Top 165 Panathinaikos Real Madrid 14,909 [10]

Average
RankTeamMatchesAverage
1 Žalgiris 12 13,425
2 Caja Laboral 14 12,036
3 Maccabi Electra 13 10,935
4 Panathinaikos 14 10,564
5 Real Madrid 14 9,148
6 Alba Berlin 12 9,033
7 Olympiacos 15 8,265
8 Anadolu Efes 14 8,191
9 Fenerbahçe Ülker 12 7,109
10 Partizan 5 7,100

Individual statistics

Rating
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena2441717.38
2. Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow2644317.04
3. Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow2948816.83

Points
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena2445218.83
2. Boštjan Nachbar Brose Bamberg2337016.09
3. Bojan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe Ülker2133415.90

Rebounds
Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow261907.31
2. Ante Tomić FC Barcelona301956.50
3. Shawn James Maccabi Electra271756.48

Assists
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Zoran Planinić Khimki221396.32
2. Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos271565.78
3. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos311705.48

Other Stats
Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per game Bo McCalebb Fenerbahçe Ülker231.91
Blocks per game Shawn James Maccabi Electra271.93
Turnovers per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos313.42
Fouls drawn per game Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos315.45
Minutes per game Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena2432:37
2FG% Sasha Kaun CSKA Moscow300.716
3FG% Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos310.520
FT% Marcelinho Huertas FC Barcelona310.972

Game highs
Category Name Team Stat
Rating Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena50
Points Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena41
Rebounds Rašid Mahalbašić Asseco Prokom16
Assists Zoran Planinić Khimki13
Steals7 occasions5
Blocks6 occasions5
Turnovers Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow8
Fouls Drawn Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena15

Awards

Euroleague 2012–13 MVP

Euroleague 2012–13 Final Four MVP

All-Euroleague Team 2012–13

[13]

All-Euroleague First TeamClub TeamAll-Euroleague Second TeamClub Team
Dimitris Diamantidis Panathinaikos Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow
Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Juan Carlos Navarro FC Barcelona
Rudy Fernández Real Madrid Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow
Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid
Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Shawn James Maccabi Electra

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

MVP Weekly

Regular season
Game Player Team PIR
1 Emir Preldžić Fenerbahçe Ülker31
2 Sonny Weems CSKA Moscow38
3 Rudy Fernández Real Madrid30
Fernando San Emeterio Caja Laboral30
4 Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena43
5 Bobby Brown (2) Montepaschi Siena31
6 Sasha Vujačić Anadolu Efes31
7 Rudy Fernández (2) Real Madrid28
Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Regal28
8 Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow25
9 Blake Schilb Élan Chalon38
10 Shawn James Maccabi Electra27
Nemanja Bjelica Caja Laboral27

Top 16
Game Player Team PIR
1 Ante Tomić (2) FC Barcelona27
2 Bobby Brown (3) Montepaschi Siena50
3 Ricky Hickman Maccabi Electra34
4 Paul Davis Khimki29
5 Bojan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe Ülker27
Marcus Williams Unicaja27
6 Rudy Fernández (3) Real Madrid34
7 Sasha Kaun CSKA Moscow30
8 Devin Smith Maccabi Electra28
Luka Žorić Unicaja28
Roko Ukić Panathinaikos28
9 Nenad Krstić CSKA Moscow26
10 Nikola Mirotić Real Madrid37
11 Luka Žorić (2) Unicaja33
12 Petteri Koponen Khimki35
13 Nathan Jawai FC Barcelona34
14 Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos37

Quarter-finals
Game Player Team PIR
1 Rudy Fernández (4) Real Madrid22
2 Victor Khryapa CSKA Moscow25
3 Jamon Gordon Anadolu Efes24
4 Victor Khryapa (2) CSKA Moscow29
5 Nathan Jawai (2) FC Barcelona21

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team
October 2012 Sonny Weems CSKA Moscow
November 2012 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
December 2012 Maciej Lampe Caja Laboral
January 2013 Bobby Brown Montepaschi Siena
February 2013 Ante Tomić FC Barcelona
March 2013 Devin Smith Maccabi Electra
April 2013 Sergio Llull Real Madrid

See also

References
  1. "In-The-Game.org Euroleague three-year-ranking". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria Euroleague
  3. 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria Euroleague.net 31 May 2012
  4. ECA Board meets in preparation for the 2012–13 season Euroleague.net 20 June 2012
  5. "Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw 2012–13". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  6. Turkish Airlines Euroleague Draw seeds Euroleague.net – 29 June 2012
  7. "The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2012.
  8. Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 63 – 69 CSKA Moscow.
  9. Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 69 – 55 Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul.
  10. Euroleague.net Panathinaikos Athens 54 – 58 Real Madrid.
  11. Euroleague.net Vassilis Spanoulis, named bwin MVP of the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague.
  12. Euroleague.net Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four.
  13. 2012–13 All-Euroleague First and Second teams announced. Euroleague.net. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
  14. Euroleague.net Montepaschi Siena's Bobby Brown wins Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy.
  15. Best Defender Trophy winner: Stephane Lasme, Panathinaikos Athens.
  16. Rising Star Trophy winner: Kostas Papanikolaou, Olympiacos Piraeus.
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