2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge

FIBA EuroChallenge
Season2012–13
Duration6 November 2012 – 28 April 2013
Teams32
Finals
Champions Krasnye Krylia Samara (1st title)
Runners-up Pınar Karşıyaka
Third place EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Fourth place BCM Gravelines
Final Four MVP Chester Simmons
Statistical leaders
Points Frank Hassell 20.2
Rebounds Frank Hassell 11.6
Assists 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 (LNB) 4 BCM Gravelines (5) SLUC Nancy (6) Paris-Levallois (7) JDA Dijon (9)
Romania (Divizia A) 4 Asesoft Ploiești (1) BC Timișoara (2) CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (3) BCMU Pitești (9)
Belgium (BLB) 3 Port of Antwerp Giants (3) Belfius Mons-Hainaut (4) Okapi Aalstar (5)
Cyprus (Division 1) 3 Michelin ETHA (1) Keravnos Strovolou (2) Pizza Express Apollon (3)
Finland (Korisliiga) 2 Joensuun Kataja (2) Tampereen Pyrintö (4)
Germany (BBL) 2 Telekom Baskets (8) EWE Baskets Oldenburg (10)
Hungary (NBI/A) 2 Szolnoki Olaj KK (1) Lami-Véd Körmend (4)
Sweden (Basketligan) 2 Norrköping Dolphins (1) Södertälje Kings (2)
Turkey (TBL) 2 Pınar Karşıyaka (6) Tofaş Bursa (8)
Belarus (BPL) 1 Tsmoki-Minsk (1)
Estonia (KML) 1 University of Tartu (2)
Georgia (Super Liga) 1 BC Armia (1)
 Israel (BSL) 1 Hapoel Holon (4)
 Latvia (LBL) 1 BK Ventspils (2)
Russia (PBL) 1 Krasnye Krylia Samara (8)
Slovenia (SKL) 1 Krka Novo Mesto (1)
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 134–159 Joensuun Kataja 70–82 64–77
Pizza Express Apollon 174–160 Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg 78–70 96–90
Ural Ekaterinburg 161–164 Gaz Metan Mediaș 69–67 92–97
Tofaş Bursa 185–152 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 2–1 Paris-Levallois 74–76 72–66 85–69
BCM Gravelines 2–0 Joensuun Kataja 86–57 102–98
Krasnye Krylia Samara 2–0 Telekom Baskets 80–60 95–85
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2–1 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
Pınar Karşıyaka66
 
 
 
EWE Baskets62
 
Pınar Karşıyaka 76
 
 
 
Krasnye Krylia77
 
BCM Gravelines78
 
 
Krasnye Krylia81
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
EWE Baskets 84
 
 
BCM Gravelines76

Awards

Weekly MVP

Regular season

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

Last 16

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

Quarterfinals

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

Individual statistics

Points

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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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