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2012–13 Eurocup Basketball

Eurocup
Season 2012–13
Champions Russia Lokomotiv-Kuban
1st title
Runners-up Spain Uxúe Bilbao
Teams 32
Dates 6 November 2012 – 13 April 2013
Awards
MVP Greece Nick Calathes
Finals MVP Republic of Macedonia Richard Hendrix
Rising Star Montenegro Bojan Dubljević
Coach of the Year Greece Fotis Katsikaris
Statistical leaders
PIR United States Tywain McKee
23.6
Points Puerto Rico Walter Hodge
21.2
Rebounds United States John Bryant
9.0
Assists Greece Nick Calathes
6.7

2012–13 Eurocup Basketball was the 11th 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. The winner of this competition earned a place at the group stage of the next season's Euroleague.

In this edition, semifinals were played in home-and-away series, and the final in a single game. Eurocup Qualifying Rounds were deleted.

The final game was played at Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium.

32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:

The draws for the 2012–13 Eurocup were held on Tuesday, 9 October, after the Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were played.

Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the European basketball club rankings.

Spain Valencia BC
Russia Unics Kazan
Czech Republic ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
Spain Uxúe Bilbao Basket
Turkey Galatasaray Medical Park
Spain Cajasol Sevilla
France Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Russia BC Spartak Saint Petersburg


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