2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's
third-tier level transnational men's professional club
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by
FIBA Europe.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
* EC: Transferred from
Eurocup
** QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Qualifying round
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Spartak Primorye
BC Spartak Primorye (russian: БК «Спартак-Приморье») is a Russian professional basketball club that is based in Vladivostok, Russia. It currently plays in the Russian Super League 1.
Players Current roster
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Enisey
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...
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Triumph Lyubertsy , , 168–151 , , align=left,
Krasnye Krylya , , 94–71, , 74–80
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Sokhumi , , 157–175 , , align=left,
Minsk-2006 , , 94–78 , , 63–97
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Atomerőmű SE , , 155–128 , , align=left,
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions , , 70–48 , , 80–85
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Tampereen Pyrintö , , 134–137 , , align=left,
Szolnoki Olaj , , 77–69 , , 57–68
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Regular season
The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the
last 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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
The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the
quarterfinals
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, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Quarter-finals
The eight teams that advanced from the last 16 be played in a
best-of-three playoff format. Matches were played on 13, 15 and 20 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game (if necessary) at home.
Final Four
The Final Four was held from 27 until 29 April 2012 in the
Főnix Hall
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Debrecen
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Hungary
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Szolnoki Olaj KK will host Final Four
FIBA Europe. March 26, 2012
Awards
Weekly MVP
Regular season
Last 16
Quarter-finals
See also
* 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eurochallenge 2011-12
2011
2011–12 in European basketball leagues