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2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

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Sport
  
Basketball

Runners-up
  
Valencia Basket

Top scorer
  
Ramel Curry

Location
  
Europe

Finals champion
  
BC Khimki

Champions
  
Khimki

Dates
  
27 Sep 2011 – 15 Apr 2012

Champion
  
BC Khimki

Season MVP
  
Patrick Beverley

Duration
  
September 27, 2011 – April 15, 2012

Finals MVP
  
Zoran Planinić (Khimki)

Similar
  
2009–10 Euroleague, 2003–04 Euroleague, 2006–07 Euroleague, 2001–02 Euroleague, 2002–03 Euroleague

2011–12 Eurocup Basketball was the tenth edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the Eurocup. The Eurocup is the 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.

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Teams

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.
  • Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
  • Italics indicates that these teams were winners of the Eurocup Qualifying Round.
  • Qualifying round

    The winners of the Qualifying round joined the Regular Season groups. The losers played in the EuroChallenge.

    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:

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

    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 announced that the 2011-12 Eurocup season would culminate with the Eurocup Finals in Khimki, Russia, on April 14 and 15.

    Eurocup MVP

  • Patrick Beverley (Spartak St. Petersburg)
  • Eurocup Finals MVP

  • Zoran Planinić (Khimki)
  • Coach of the Year

  • Jure Zdovc (Spartak St. Petersburg)
  • Rising Star

  • Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas)
  • References

    2011–12 Eurocup Basketball Wikipedia