2012–13 Euroleague

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

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 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 (2000–01 Euroleague 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.
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.

A licenses

Rank	Team	Pos.	Coefficient
1.	FC Barcelona Regal	1st	131
2.	Olympiacos	1st	124
3.	Maccabi Electra	1st	116
4.	Panathinaikos	2nd	114
5.	Montepaschi Siena	1st	109
6.	Real Madrid	2nd	108
7.	CSKA Moscow	1st	104

Rank	Team	Pos.	Coefficient
8.	Caja Laboral	3rd	84
9.	Anadolu Efes	2nd	73
10.	Unicaja Málaga	9th	73
11.	Žalgiris	1st	69
12.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	6th	67
13.	Asseco Prokom	1st	55
14.	Acea Roma	13th	39

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

	League	Pos.	Team
Teams qualified for the regular season
1.	Spanish ACB	1st	FC Barcelona Regal
2.	Russian PBL	1st	CSKA Moscow
3.	Greek GBL	1st	Olympiacos
4.	Italian Serie A	1st	Montepaschi Siena
5.	Turkish TBL	1st	Beşiktaş
6.	French Pro A	1st	Élan Chalon
7.	German BBL	1st	Brose Bamberg
8.	Lithuanian LKL	1st	Žalgiris
9.	Adriatic League	1st	Partizan
10.	Adriatic League	1st	Cedevita
11.	Adriatic League	1st	Union Olimpija
12.	Spanish ACB	2nd	Real Madrid
13.	Russian PBL	2nd	Khimki
14.	Greek GBL	2nd	Panathinaikos
15.	Italian Serie A	2nd	EA7 Milano
16.	Lithuanian LKL	2nd	Lietuvos Rytas

	League	Pos.	Team
Teams qualified for the qualification rounds
17.	Turkish TBL	2nd	Anadolu Efes
18.	French Pro A	2nd	Le Mans
19.	German BBL	2nd	Ratiopharm Ulm
20.	Adriatic League		Maccabi Electra
21.	Belgian BLB	1st	Telenet Oostende
22.	Czech NBL	1st	ČEZ Nymburk
23.	Ukrainian SuperLeague	1st	Donetsk
24.	Israeli Super League	1st	Maccabi Electra
25.	Polish PLK	1st	Asseco Prokom
26.	Bulgarian NBL	1st	Lukoil Academic
27.	Dutch DBL	1st	EiffelTowers Den Bosch^Withdrew
28.	Latvian LBL	1st	VEF Rīga^Withdrew

* ^ 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

C license converted in wildcard for the Regular Season (since 2011–12 Eurocup champion BC Khimki qualified via B license):
- Alba Berlin
Wildcards for the qualification rounds:
- Mapooro Cantù
- UNICS

Teams

On 31 May 2012 the new Euroleague license allocation criteria were announced. 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.

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

A: Qualified through an A–licence
1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
QR: Qualifying rounds
WC: Wild card
EC: Champion of the 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

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

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.

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.

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:

Head-to-head record.
Head-to-head point differential.
Point differential during the Regular Season.
Points scored during the regular season.
Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	FC Barcelona Regal	10	9	1	774	636	+138	Advance to Top 16
2	CSKA Moscow	10	9	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	8	670	724	−54
6	Partizan	10	2	8	731	772	−41

Source: Euroleague
Notes:

Tiebreaker: 1–1 (+18).
Tiebreaker: 1–1 (−18).
Tiebreaker: 1–1 (+7).
Tiebreaker: 1–1 (−7).

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:

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

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	5	1028	1031	−3
4	Panathinaikos	14	9	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	1155	−129

Source: Euroleague
Notes:

Tiebreaker: 1–1 (+1).
Tiebreaker: 1–1 (−1).

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 Tel Aviv	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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
CSKA Moscow	3–1	Laboral Kutxa	89–78	90–68	72–93	94–85
Olympiacos	3–2	Anadolu Efes	67–62	71–53	72–83	73–74	82–72
FC Barcelona Regal	3–2	Panathinaikos	72–70	65–66	63–65	70–60	64–53
Real Madrid	3–0	Maccabi Electra	79–53	75–63	69–57

Final Four

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

Semifinals 10 May		Final 12 May



CSKA Moscow	52

Olympiacos	69
		Olympiacos	100

		Real Madrid	88
FC Barcelona Regal	67

Real Madrid	74
		Third place



		CSKA Moscow	74

		FC Barcelona Regal	73

Top 10 attendances

Single game

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance
1	Quarter-finals	4	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona	20,300
2	Quarter-finals	3	Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona	17,800
2	Top 16	14	Panathinaikos	CSKA Moscow	17,800
4	Regular Season	8	Žalgiris	Olympiacos	15,420
5	Top 16	4	Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow	15,199
6	Regular Season	7	Žalgiris	Caja Laboral	15,110
7	Top 16	5	Caja Laboral	FC Barcelona	15,068
8	Top 16	10	Žalgiris	Real Madrid	15,010
9	Regular Season	9	Panathinaikos	Fenerbahçe Ülker	15,000
10	Top 16	5	Panathinaikos	Real Madrid	14,909

Average

Rank	Team	Matches	Average
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 Siena	24	417	17.38
2.	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	26	443	17.04
3.	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	29	488	16.83

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	24	452	18.83
2.	Boštjan Nachbar	Brose Bamberg	23	370	16.09
3.	Bojan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe Ülker	21	334	15.90

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Victor Khryapa	CSKA Moscow	26	190	7.31
2.	Ante Tomić	FC Barcelona	30	195	6.50
3.	Shawn James	Maccabi Electra	27	175	6.48

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	22	139	6.32
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	27	156	5.78
3.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	170	5.48

Other Stats

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Bo McCalebb	Fenerbahçe Ülker	23	1.91
Blocks per game	Shawn James	Maccabi Electra	27	1.93
Turnovers per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	3.42
Fouls drawn per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	5.45
Minutes per game	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	24	32:37
2FG%	Sasha Kaun	CSKA Moscow	30	0.716
3FG%	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	31	0.520
FT%	Marcelinho Huertas	FC Barcelona	31	0.972

Game highs

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Rating	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	50
Points	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	41
Rebounds	Rašid Mahalbašić	Asseco Prokom	16
Assists	Zoran Planinić	Khimki	13
Steals	7 occasions		5
Blocks	6 occasions		5
Turnovers	Nenad Krstić	CSKA Moscow	8
Fouls Drawn	Bobby Brown	Montepaschi Siena	15

Awards