2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge

FIBA EuroChallenge
Season2012–13
Duration6 November 2012 – 28 April 2013
Teams32
Finals
ChampionsRussia Krasnye Krylia Samara (1st title)
  Runners-upTurkey Pınar Karşıyaka
Third placeGermany EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Fourth placeFrance BCM Gravelines
Final Four MVPUnited States Chester Simmons
Statistical leaders
Points United States Frank Hassell 20.2
Rebounds United States Frank Hassell 11.6
Assists United States Aaron Miles 6.9

2012–13 EuroChallenge was the 9th edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs.

Teams

32 teams will participate in EuroChallenge Regular Season:[1]

  • A total of 28 teams have already qualified directly to the 32-team regular season.
  • Another 4 teams will earn their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round.
Regular season teams
Country (League) Teams Teams (rankings in 2010–11 national championships)
France France (LNB) 4 BCM Gravelines (5) SLUC Nancy (6) Paris-Levallois (7) JDA Dijon (9)
Romania Romania (Divizia A) 4 Asesoft Ploiești (1) BC Timișoara (2) CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (3) BCMU Pitești (9)
Belgium Belgium (BLB) 3 Port of Antwerp Giants (3) Belfius Mons-Hainaut (4) Okapi Aalstar (5)
Cyprus Cyprus (Division 1) 3 Michelin ETHA (1) Keravnos Strovolou (2) Pizza Express Apollon (3)
Finland Finland (Korisliiga) 2 Joensuun Kataja (2) Tampereen Pyrintö (4)
Germany Germany (BBL) 2 Telekom Baskets (8) EWE Baskets Oldenburg (10)
Hungary Hungary (NBI/A) 2 Szolnoki Olaj KK (1) Lami-Véd Körmend (4)
Sweden Sweden (Basketligan) 2 Norrköping Dolphins (1) Södertälje Kings (2)
Turkey Turkey (TBL) 2 Pınar Karşıyaka (6) Tofaş Bursa (8)
Belarus Belarus (BPL) 1 Tsmoki-Minsk (1)
Estonia Estonia (KML) 1 University of Tartu (2)
Georgia (country) Georgia (Super Liga) 1 BC Armia (1)
 Israel (BSL) 1 Hapoel Holon (4)
 Latvia (LBL) 1 BK Ventspils (2)
Russia Russia (PBL) 1 Krasnye Krylia Samara (8)
Slovenia Slovenia (SKL) 1 Krka Novo Mesto (1)
Ukraine Ukraine (SuperLeague) 1 Khimik Yuzhny (5)

Qualifying round

First leg will be played in September 25 and the second one in October 2. Team 1 plays the second leg at home.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aliağa Petkim Turkey 134–159 Finland Joensuun Kataja 70–82 64–77
Pizza Express Apollon Cyprus 174–160 Austria Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 78–70 96–90
Ural Ekaterinburg Russia 161–164 Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș 69–67 92–97
Tofaş Bursa Turkey 185–152 Estonia Rakvere Tarvas 106–76 79–76

Regular season

Key to colors
     Top two places in each group advanced to Last 16

The Regular Season began on November 6 and finished on December 14, 2012.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Last 16

Key to colors
     Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
     Advance to quarterfinals

Starts on January 15, 2013

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played in a best-of-three series. Matches dates were 12, 14 and 19 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game at home court.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 2–1 France Paris-Levallois 74–76 72–66 85–69
BCM Gravelines France 2–0 Finland Joensuun Kataja 86–57 102–98
Krasnye Krylia Samara Russia 2–0 Germany Telekom Baskets 80–60 95–85
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Germany 2–1 Ukraine BC Khimik Yuzhny 82–74 61–66 100–78

Final Four

The Final Four was held in the Karşıyaka Arena at İzmir, Turkey.[2]

 
Semifinals
26 April
Final
28 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka66
 
 
 
Germany EWE Baskets62
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 76
 
 
 
Russia Krasnye Krylia77
 
France BCM Gravelines78
 
 
Russia Krasnye Krylia81
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Germany EWE Baskets 84
 
 
France BCM Gravelines76

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Round Player Team EFF
1 United States Franklin Hassell Israel Hapoel Holon 37
2 Hungary Márton Báder Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 45
3 United States Brandon Brown Cyprus Pizza Express Apollon 32
4 United States Matthew Shaw Hungary Lami-Véd Körmend 38
5 United States Sean May France Paris-Levallois 38
6 United States Bryan Hopkins Belgium Antwerp Giants 38

Last 16

Round Player Team EFF
1 United States Lawrence Hill Israel Hapoel Holon 37
2 United States Bobby Dixon Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 34
3 United States Jerome Dyson Israel Hapoel Holon 33
4 United States Kyle Weems Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 35
5 United States Franklin Hassell Israel Hapoel Holon 31
6 United States Jonte Flowers Finland Kataja 31

Quarterfinals

Round Player Team EFF
1 United States Will Thomas Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 29
2 United States Will Thomas Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 29
3 United States Adam Chubb Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 29
United States Rickey Paulding Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg
United States Will Thomas Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
Player Team
United States Chester Simmons Russia Krasnye Krylia Samara

Individual statistics

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 United States Frank Hassell Israel Hapoel Holon 11 222 20.2
2 United States Sean May France Paris-Levallois Basket 13 258 19.8
3 United States Jerome Dyson Israel Hapoel Holon 12 225 18.8
4 United States Robert Dixon Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 17 310 18.2
5 United States Jonte Flowers Finland Joensuun Kataja 15 269 17.9

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 United States Frank Hassell Israel Hapoel Holon 11 128 11.6
2 Hungary Marton Bader Hungary Szolnoki Olaj KK 12 118 9.8
3 United States Lawrence Hill Israel Hapoel Holon 12 98 8.2
4 United States Sean May France Paris-Levallois Basket 13 101 7.8
5 Nigeria Chinemelu Elonu Turkey Tofaş S.K. 15 269 7.6

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 United States Aaron Miles Russia BC Krasnye Krylia 16 110 6.9
2 France Andrew Albicy France Paris-Levallois Basket 15 96 6.4
3 United States Jared Jordan Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 83 5.9
4 United States Bobby Dixon Turkey Pinar Karsiyaka 17 92 5.4
5 United States Willie Deane Ukraine BC Khimik 15 71 4.7

See also

References

  1. ^ FIBA Europe 28 June 2012
  2. ^ Pınar Karşıyaka will host Final Four FIBA Europe. March 27, 2013