2012–13 Eurocup Basketball
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 European-wide 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.
Teams
32 teams participated in the Eurocup Regular Season:- A total of 25 teams qualified directly to the 32-team regular season through their results in domestic competitions, or through a wild card.
- The remaining 7 teams were filled with the losers of the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
- Bold indicates that these teams qualified as losers from the Euroleague qualifying rounds.
- Stelmet Zielona Góra joined the Eurocup after C.|VAP Kolossos] resigned its berth.
- Cajasol Sevilla joined the Eurocup after Lagun Aro GBC resigned its berth.
- Budivelnik Kiev joined the Eurocup after EiffelTowers Den Bosch resigned its berth.
- indicates that these teams qualified through a wild card.
Draw
Teams were seeded into four pots of eight teams, according to their points in the European basketball club rankings.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
 Valencia BC  Unics Kazan ČEZ Basketball Nymburk Uxúe Bilbao Basket Galatasaray Medical Park Cajasol Sevilla Le Mans Sarthe Basket BC Spartak Saint Petersburg |  Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar BC Triumph Lyubertsy Panionios BC Cibona Zagreb Banco di Sardegna Sassari Banvit BK Bandırma KK Budućnost |  VEF Rīga Cholet Basket Belgacom Spirou BC Donetsk Budivelnik Kiev Telenet Oostende Azovmash Mariupol Crvena zvezda | Orléans Loiret Basket  BC Prienai Trefl Sopot Stelmet Zielona Góra Ratiopharm Ulm Artland Dragons s.Oliver Baskets PBC Lukoil Academic |
Regular season
The top two teams from each group advanced to the top 16. The match-days were on 7 November, 14 November, 27 November, 5 December and 12 December 2012.| Tiebreakers |
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Last 16
The Last 16 phase began January 9.If teams were level on record at the end of the Last 16 phase, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Last 16 phase.
- Points scored during the Last 16 phase.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Last 16 phase match.
| Top two teams in each group advance to quarterfinals. |
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 6, and the return legs were played on March 13. The group winner in each tie, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Budivelnyk | 145–139 | Spartak St. Petersburg | 72–83 | 73–56 |
| Uxúe Bilbao | 182–163 | ratiopharm Ulm | 81–85 | 101–78 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 162–119 | Budućnost VOLI | 72–54 | 90–65 |
| UNICS | 141–148 | Valencia | 70–80 | 71–68 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs were played on March 20, and the return legs were played on March 26–27. The team finishing in the higher Last 16 place, listed as "Team #1", hosted the second leg.| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Uxúe Bilbao | 168–136 | Budivelnyk | 93–83 | 75–53 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 160–155 | Valencia | 97–87 | 63–68 |
Final
The final took place on April 13, 2013, in Spiroudome, Charleroi, Belgium.| Eurocup 2013 Champions |
 PBC Lokomotiv Kuban First title |
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Awards
MVP Weekly
Regular Season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Eurocup MVP
- Nick Calathes
Eurocup Finals MVP
- Richard Hendrix
All-Eurocup Teams
| Position | All-Eurocup First Team | Club Team | All-Eurocup Second Team | Club Team |
| Nick Calathes | Lokomotiv-Kuban |  Walter Hodge | Stelmet Zielona Góra | |
 Malcolm Delaney | Budivelnik Kiev | Chuck Eidson | BC UNICS Kazan | |
| Kostas Vasileiadis | Uxúe Bilbao Basket | Derrick Brown | Lokomotiv-Kuban | |
 Justin Doellman | Valencia | Lamont Hamilton | Uxúe Bilbao Basket | |
| John Bryant | Ratiopharm Ulm | Loukas Mavrokefalides | BC Spartak Saint Petersburg |
Coach of the Year
- Fotis Katsikaris
Rising Star
- Bojan Dubljević