The 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball season was the tenth edition of Europe's
second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the
EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the
EuroLeague. It ran from September 27, 2011, until April 15, 2012. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's EuroLeague.
Teams allocation
Distribution
32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:
* A total of 10 teams from nine countries qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
* Another 8 teams earned their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round. On July 7, a draw for the Eurocup Qualifying Round, which featured 16 teams from 13 countries, was held in Barcelona. The 8 winners from those two-game, head-to-head qualifying games advanced to the Eurocup Regular Season.
* The remaining 14 teams were filled with the losers of the
Euroleague qualifying rounds that was played from 29 September - 2 October.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroCup title holders; FEC: FBIA EuroChallenge title holders):
*1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
*RW: Regular season winners
*CW: Cup winners
*EL: EuroLeague
**EL QR: EuroLeague qualifying round losers
Qualifying round
The eight winners of the qualifying round joined the
regular season
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. The eight losers transferred to the
EuroChallenge
FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...
regular season.
Regular season
The Regular Season ran from November 15, 2011, to December 20, 2011.
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20. The return legs were played on March 27. The group winners in each tie, listed as Team 1, hosted the second leg.
Final four
Euroleague Basketball Company
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announced that the 2011–12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in
Khimki
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, on April 14 and 15.
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Eurocup MVP
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Patrick Beverley
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(
Spartak St. Petersburg)
Eurocup Finals MVP
*
Zoran Planinić
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Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk fr ...
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Khimki
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Khimki was initially a railway station tha ...
)
All-Eurocup Team
Coach of the Year
*
Jure Zdovc
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(
Spartak St. Petersburg)
Rising Star
*
Jonas Valančiūnas
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2011-12 Eurocup Rising Star Trophy winner: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas
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''Lietuvos rytas'' (lit. 'Morning of Lithuania') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper.
History and profile
"Lietuvos rytas" was established in 1990 on a basis of newspaper "Komjaunimo tiesa". The paper is printed in Vilnius
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)
See also
* 2011–12 Euroleague Basketball
* 2011–12 EuroChallenge
References
Seeding and draw procedure
External links
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Euro
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