FIBA EuroChallenge | ||||||||||
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Season | 2011–12 | |||||||||
Duration | 8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012 | |||||||||
Teams | 32 | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Beşiktaş Milangaz (1st title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Élan Chalon | |||||||||
Third place | Triumph Lyubertsy | |||||||||
Fourth place | Szolnoki Olaj | |||||||||
Final Four MVP | Pops Mensah-Bonsu | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball 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
Regular season | |||
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Artland Dragons (EC QR) | Pınar Karşıyaka (EC QR) | ETHA Engomis (EC QR) | ZZ Leiden (1st) |
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th) | Beşiktaş Milangaz (EC QR) | Keravnos (4th) | "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (1st) |
Göttingen (7th) | Olin Edirne (7th) | Prostějov (EC QR) | Norrköping Dolphins (EC QR) |
Telekom Baskets Bonn (13th) | Türk Telekom (10th) | Pardubice (3rd) | Mad-Croc Funelabrada (7th) |
Élan Chalon (EC QR) | Generali Okapi Aalstar (2nd) | Goverla (3rd) | Ventspils (EC QR) |
Chorale Roanne (6th) | Antwerp Giants (5th) | Khimik (12th) | Nizhny Novgorod (8th) |
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (10th) | Bemaco SPU Nitra (1st) | Armia (1st) | |
Qualifying round | |||
Enisey (6th) | Spartak Primorye[a] (2nd) | Minsk-2006 (1st) | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (6th) |
Krasnye Krylia (7th) | Szolnoki Olaj (1st) | Sokhumi (4th) | Tampereen Pyrintö (1st) |
Triumph Lyubertsy (10th) | Atomerőmű SE (3rd) |
- ^ Spartak Primorye finished second in the Russian Super League 1, the second division in Russia.
Qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Spartak Primorye | 141–147 | Enisey | 75–58 | 66–89 |
Triumph Lyubertsy | 168–151 | Krasnye Krylya | 94–71 | 74–80 |
Sokhumi | 157–175 | Minsk-2006 | 94–78 | 63–97 |
Atomerőmű SE | 155–128 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 70–48 | 80–85 |
Tampereen Pyrintö | 134–137 | Szolnoki Olaj | 77–69 | 57–68 |
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EWE | FUE | NIT | NOR | |
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1 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 534 | 428 | +106 | 12 | Advance to last 16 | — | 85–66 | 88–79 | 106–61 | |
2 | Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada | 6 | 4 | 2 | 530 | 477 | +53 | 10 | 77–83 | — | 93–80 | 89–75 | ||
3 | Bemaco SPU Nitra | 6 | 1 | 5 | 478 | 504 | −26 | 7 | 72–77 | 75–86 | — | 108–78 | ||
4 | Norrköping Dolphins | 6 | 1 | 5 | 448 | 581 | −133 | 7 | 73–95 | 79–119 | 82–64 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BJK | ZZL | ARM | GÖT | |
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1 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 6 | 6 | 0 | 543 | 437 | +106 | 12 | Advance to last 16 | — | 76–69 | 103–82 | 105–94 | |
2 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 3 | 3 | 434 | 437 | −3 | 9 | 58–86 | — | 76–59 | 80–71 | ||
3 | Armia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 441 | 464 | −23 | 9 | 75–77 | 74–71 | — | 82–76 | ||
4 | Göttingen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 432 | 512 | −80 | 6 | 59–96 | 71–80 | 61–69 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ROA | PAR | PRO | GOV | |
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1 | Chorale Roanne | 6 | 5 | 1 | 490 | 451 | +39 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 88–73 | 87–70 | 81–78 | |
2 | JIP Pardubice | 6 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 476 | +2 | 10 | 82–77 | — | 98–84 | 72–69 | ||
3 | Prostějov | 6 | 3 | 3 | 476 | 487 | −11 | 9 | 85–87 | 82–76 | — | 78–64 | ||
4 | Goverla | 6 | 0 | 6 | 425 | 455 | −30 | 6 | 63–70 | 76–77 | 75–77 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NN | VEN | KHI | ATO | |
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1 | Nizhny Novgorod | 6 | 4 | 2 | 492 | 425 | +67 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 77–63 | 85–73 | 96–51 | |
2 | Ventspils | 6 | 4 | 2 | 436 | 422 | +14 | 10 | 77–75 | — | 81–55 | 69–56 | ||
3 | Khimik | 6 | 3 | 3 | 446 | 451 | −5 | 9 | 78–87 | 81–67 | — | 83–58 | ||
4 | Atomerőmű SE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 399 | 475 | −76 | 7 | 83–72 | 78–79 | 73–76 | — |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHA | ANT | ENI | MOB | |
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1 | Élan Chalon | 6 | 5 | 1 | 479 | 481 | −2 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 65–90 | 87–79 | 83–74 | |
2 | Antwerp Giants | 6 | 4 | 2 | 474 | 424 | +50 | 10 | 78–79 | — | 73–69 | 87–63 | ||
3 | Enisey | 6 | 2 | 4 | 458 | 468 | −10 | 8 | 79–80 | 76–72 | — | 73–81 | ||
4 | "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca | 6 | 1 | 5 | 446 | 484 | −38 | 7 | 81–85 | 72–74 | 75–82 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TRI | OKA | ETHA | OLI | |
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1 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 451 | 434 | +17 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 83–78 | 60–68 | 70–61 | |
2 | Generali Okapi Aalstar | 6 | 3 | 3 | 511 | 463 | +48 | 9 | 83–84 | — | 89–73 | 95–70 | ||
3 | ETHA Engomis | 6 | 3 | 3 | 409 | 438 | −29 | 9 | 55–72 | 61–80 | — | 70–67 | ||
4 | Olin Edirne | 6 | 2 | 4 | 449 | 485 | −36 | 8 | 89–82 | 70–82 | 92–86 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BON | KSK | MIN | TUR | |
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1 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 6 | 4 | 2 | 490 | 452 | +38 | 10 | Advance to last 16 | — | 80–65 | 93–81 | 87–80 | |
2 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 3 | 3 | 476 | 477 | −1 | 9 | 66–65 | — | 103–105 | 81–83 | ||
3 | Minsk-2006 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 487 | 515 | −28 | 9 | 79–71 | 70–79 | — | 74–93 | ||
4 | Türk Telekom | 6 | 2 | 4 | 487 | 496 | −9 | 8 | 81–94 | 74–82 | 76–78 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ART | SZO | KER | PAU | |
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1 | Artland Dragons | 6 | 5 | 1 | 520 | 480 | +40 | 11 | Advance to last 16 | — | 86–78 | 93–75 | 87–81 | |
2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 6 | 4 | 2 | 500 | 483 | +17 | 10 | 90–85 | — | 81–93 | 85–70 | ||
3 | Keravnos | 6 | 2 | 4 | 483 | 511 | −28 | 8 | 81–93 | 82–91 | — | 67–70 | ||
4 | Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 6 | 1 | 5 | 446 | 475 | −29 | 7 | 75–76 | 67–75 | 83–85 | — |
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, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VEN | ROA | EWE | ZZL | |
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1 | Ventspils | 6 | 4 | 2 | 455 | 448 | +7 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 94–92 | 74–61 | 69–73 | |
2 | Chorale Roanne | 6 | 3 | 3 | 505 | 464 | +41 | 9 | 88–89 | — | 86–80 | 91–56 | ||
3 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 447 | +9 | 9 | 77–69 | 82–80 | — | 85–62 | ||
4 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 2 | 4 | 387 | 444 | −57 | 8 | 57–60 | 63–68 | 76–71 | — |
Group J
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHA | SZO | BON | OKA | |
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1 | Élan Chalon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 494 | 467 | +27 | 9 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 85–64 | 88–66 | 87–72 | |
2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 6 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 511 | +10 | 9 | 90–81 | — | 96–94 | 112–76 | ||
3 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 6 | 3 | 3 | 497 | 509 | −12 | 9 | 91–89 | 89–75 | — | 71–63 | ||
4 | Generali Okapi Aalstar | 6 | 3 | 3 | 479 | 504 | −25 | 9 | 84–64 | 86–84 | 98–86 | — |
Group K
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FUE | BJK | NN | PAR | |
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1 | Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada | 6 | 6 | 0 | 465 | 430 | +35 | 12 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 72–70 | 73–70 | 85–70 | |
2 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 6 | 4 | 2 | 458 | 433 | +25 | 10 | 77–78 | — | 82–80 | 78–70 | ||
3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 6 | 1 | 5 | 450 | 460 | −10 | 7 | 70–78 | 64–75 | — | 86–65 | ||
4 | Pardubice | 6 | 1 | 5 | 434 | 484 | −50 | 7 | 73–79 | 69–76 | 87–80 | — |
Group L
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ART | TRI | KSK | ANT | |
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1 | Artland Dragons | 6 | 5 | 1 | 495 | 478 | +17 | 11 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 83–74 | 95–88 | 81–71 | |
2 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 452 | 463 | −11 | 9 | 87–70 | — | 75–90 | 79–60 | ||
3 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 2 | 4 | 487 | 488 | −1 | 8 | 95–99 | 77–79 | — | 70–51 | ||
4 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 6 | 2 | 4 | 417 | 422 | −5 | 8 | 63–67 | 83–58 | 89–67 | — |
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.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Ventspils | 1–2 | Szolnoki Olaj | 82–63 | 76–82 | 78–82 |
Élan Chalon | 2–0 | Chorale Roanne | 75–73 | 78–76 | |
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada | 1–2 | Triumph Lyubertsy | 75–76 | 78–68 | 65–80 |
Artland Dragons | 0–2 | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 73–74 | 63–77 |
Final Four
The Final Four was held from 27 until 29 April 2012 in the Főnix Hall at Debrecen, Hungary.[1]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
27 April | ||||||
Szolnoki Olaj | 60 | |||||
29 April | ||||||
Beşiktaş Milangaz | 64 | |||||
Beşiktaş Milangaz | 91 | |||||
27 April | ||||||
Élan Chalon | 86 | |||||
Élan Chalon | 84 | |||||
Triumph Lyubertsy | 69 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
29 April | ||||||
Szolnoki Olaj | 87 | |||||
Triumph Lyubertsy | 94 |
Awards
Weekly MVP
Regular season
Round | Player | Team | EFF |
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1 | Jovo Stanojević | Pınar Karşıyaka | 36 |
2 | Nathan Peavy | Artland Dragons | 33 |
3 | Deron Williams | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 44 |
4 | Erwin Dudley | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 34 |
5 | Vladimir Štimac | Olin Edirne | 40 |
6 | Chris Wright | Olin Edirne | 31 |
Last 16
Round | Player | Team | EFF |
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1 | Chris Copeland | Generali Okapi Aalstar | 30 |
Mire Chatman | Pınar Karşıyaka | ||
Darren Fenn | Artland Dragons | ||
2 | Obie Trotter | Szolnoki Olaj | 36 |
3 | Jovo Stanojević (2) | Pınar Karşıyaka | 37 |
4 | Kyle Landry | Triumph Lyubertsy | 32 |
5 | Pops Mensah-Bonsu | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 33 |
6 | İlkan Karaman | Pınar Karşıyaka | 31 |
Quarter-finals
Round | Player | Team | EFF |
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1 | Kyle Landry (2) | Triumph Lyubertsy | 27 |
2 | Pops Mensah-Bonsu (2) | Beşiktaş Milangaz | 39 |
3 | Obie Trotter (2) | Szolnoki Olaj | 28 |
See also
References
- ^ Szolnoki Olaj KK will host Final Four FIBA Europe. March 26, 2012