2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge
Champions	Beşiktaş Milangaz 1st title
Runners-up	Élan Chalon
Third place	Triumph Lyubertsy
Fourth place	Szolnoki Olaj KK
Teams	32
Duration	8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012
Awards
Final Four MVP	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Statistical leaders
Points	Chris Copeland 20.1
Rebounds	Pops Mensah-Bonsu 11.8
Assists	Jared Jordan 8.8

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

32 teams will participate in EuroChallenge Regular Season:

• A total of 19 teams have already qualified directly to the 32-team regular season.
• Another 5 teams have earned their place at the group stage by winning a qualifying round.
• The remaining 8 teams has been filled with the losers of the Eurocup qualifying rounds that has been played in 27–28 September - 5–6 October.

Already Qualified
Country (League)	Teams	Teams (rankings in 2010-11 national championships)
Germany (BBL)	4	Artland Dragons (4)	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6)	BG Göttingen (7)	Telekom Baskets (13)
Turkey (TBL)	4	Pınar Karşıyaka (5)	Beşiktaş Milangaz (6)	Olin Edirne (7)	Türk Telekom B.K. (10)
France (LNB)	3	Élan Chalon (5)	Chorale Roanne (6)	Pau-Orthez (9)
Russia (PBL)	3	BC Nizhny Novgorod (5)	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk (6)	BC Triumph Lyubertsy (10)
Belgium (BLB)	2	Generali Okapi Aalstar (2)	Antwerp Giants (5)
Cyprus (Division 1)	2	ETHA Engomis (1)	Keravnos (4)
Czech Republic (NBL)	2	BK Prostějov (2)	BK Pardubice (3)
Hungary (NBI/A)	2	Szolnoki Olaj KK (1)	Atomerőmű SE (3)
Ukraine (SuperLeague)	2	BC Goverla (3)	Khimik Yuzhny (12)
Belarus (BPL)	1	BC Minsk-2006 (1)
Georgia (Super Liga)	1	BC Armia (1)
Latvia (LBL)	1	BK Ventspils (2)
Netherlands (DBL)	1	ZZ Leiden Basket (1)
Romania (Divizia A)	1	Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (1)
Spain (ACB)	1	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada (7)
Slovakia (Extraliga)	1	BK Spu Bemaco Nitra (1)
Sweden (Basketligan)	1	Norrköping Dolphins (2)

• Bold indicate that these teams qualified as losers from Eurocup qualifying rounds
• Italic indicate that these teams are winners of Eurochallenge Qualifying Round.

Qualifying Round

EuroChallenge Qualifying Round

The winners will join the EuroChallenge with the rest of the teams

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Primorye	141 – 147	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	75 – 58	66 – 89
BC Triumph Lyubertsy	168 – 151	Krasnye Krylya Samara	94 – 71	74 – 80
BC Sokhumi	157 – 175	BC Minsk-2006	94 – 78	63 – 97
Atomerőmű SE	155 – 128	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	70 – 48	80 – 85
Pyrintö Tampere	134 – 137	Szolnoki Olaj KK	77 – 69	57 – 68

Regular season

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advanced to Last 16

The Regular Season began on November 8 and finished on December 14, 2011.

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	6	0	534	428	+106	12
2.	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	6	4	2	530	477	+53	10
3.	BK Bemaco Spu Nitra	6	1	5	478	504	–26	7
4.	Norrköping Dolphins	6	1	5	448	581	–133	7

	FUE	NIT	EWE	NOR
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada		93–80	77–83	89–75
BK Bemaco Spu Nitra	75–86		72–77	108–78
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	85–66	88–79		106–61
Norrköping Dolphins	79–119	82–64	73–95

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Beşiktaş Milangaz	6	6	0	543	437	+106	12
2.	ZZ Leiden Basket	6	3	3	434	437	–3	9
3.	BC Armia	6	3	3	441	464	–23	9
4.	BG Göttingen	6	0	6	432	512	–80	6

	ARM	BJK	GÖT	ZZL
BC Armia		75–77	82–76	74–71
Beşiktaş Milangaz	103–82		105–94	76–69
BG Göttingen	61–69	59–96		71–80
ZZ Leiden Basket	76–59	58–86	80–71

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Chorale Roanne	6	5	1	490	451	+39	11
2.	BK Pardubice	6	4	2	478	476	+2	10
2.	BK Prostějov	6	3	3	476	487	–11	9
4.	BC Goverla	6	0	6	425	455	–30	6

	GOV	PAR	PRO	ROA
BC Goverla		76–77	75–77	63–70
BK Pardubice	72–69		98–84	82–77
BK Prostějov	78–64	82–76		85–87
Chorale Roanne	81–78	88–73	87–70

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	BC Nizhny Novgorod	6	4	2	492	425	+67	10
1.	BK Ventspils	6	4	2	436	422	+14	10
3.	Khimik Yuzhny	6	3	3	446	451	–5	9
4.	Atomerőmű SE	6	1	5	399	475	–76	7

	ATO	NN	VEN	KHI
Atomerőmű SE		83–72	78–79	73–76
BC Nizhny Novgorod	96–51		77–63	85–73
BK Ventspils	69–56	77–75		81–55
Khimik Yuzhny	83–58	78–87	81–67

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Élan Chalon	6	5	1	479	481	–2	11
2.	Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	474	424	+50	10
3.	BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	6	2	4	458	468	–10	8
4.	Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	6	1	5	446	484	–38	7

	ANT	ENI	MOB	CHA
Antwerp Giants		73–69	87–63	78–79
BC Enisey Krasnoyarsk	76–72		73–81	79–80
Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	72–74	75–82		81–85
Élan Chalon	65–90	87–79	83–74

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	6	4	2	451	434	+17	10
2.	Generali Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	511	463	+48	9
3.	ETHA Engomis	6	3	3	409	438	–29	9
4.	Olin Edirne	6	2	4	449	485	–36	8

	TRI	ETH	OKA	OLI
BC Triumph Lyubertsy		60–68	83–78	70–61
ETHA Engomis	55–72		61–80	70–67
Generali Okapi Aalstar	83–84	89–73		95–70
Olin Edirne	89–82	70–82	92–86

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Telekom Baskets	6	4	2	490	452	+38	10
2.	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	476	477	–1	9
3.	BC Minsk-2006	6	3	3	487	515	–28	9
3.	Türk Telekom	6	2	4	487	496	–9	8

	MIN	KSK	TEL	TUR
BC Minsk-2006		70–79	79–71	74–93
Pınar Karşıyaka	103–105		66–65	81–83
Telekom Baskets	93–81	80–65		87–80
Türk Telekom	76–78	74–82	81–94

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Artland Dragons	6	5	1	520	480	+40	11
2.	Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	4	2	500	483	+17	10
3.	Keravnos	6	2	4	483	511	–28	8
4.	Pau-Orthez	6	1	5	446	475	–29	7

	ART	KER	PAU	SZO
Artland Dragons		93–75	87–81	86–78
Keravnos	81–93		67–70	82–91
Pau-Orthez	75–76	83–85		67–75
Szolnoki Olaj KK	90–85	81–93	85–70

Last 16

Key to colors

	Homecourt advantage for quarterfinals
	Advance to quarterfinals

Starts on January 10, 2012

Group I

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	BK Ventspils	6	4	2	455	448	+7	10
2.	Chorale Roanne	6	3	3	505	464	+41	9
3.	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	3	3	456	447	+9	9
4.	ZZ Leiden Basket	6	2	4	387	444	–57	8

	VEN	ROA	OLD	ZZL
BK Ventspils		94–92	74–61	69–73
Chorale Roanne	88–89		86–80	91–56
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	77–69	82–80		85–62
ZZ Leiden Basket	57–60	63–68	76–71

Group J

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Élan Chalon	6	3	3	494	467	+27	9
2.	Szolnoki Olaj KK	6	3	3	521	511	+10	9
3.	Telekom Baskets	6	3	3	497	509	–12	9
4.	Generali Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	479	504	–25	9

	CHA	AAL	SZO	TEL
Élan Chalon		87–72	85–64	88–66
Generali Okapi Aalstar	84–64		86–84	98–86
Szolnoki Olaj KK	90–81	112–76		96–94
Telekom Baskets	91–89	71–63	89–75

Group K

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	6	6	0	465	430	+35	12
2.	Beşiktaş Milangaz	6	4	2	458	433	+25	10
3.	BC Nizhny Novgorod	6	1	5	450	460	–10	7
4.	BK Pardubice	6	1	5	434	484	–50	7

	FUE	NN	BJK	PAR
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada		73–70	72–70	85–70
BC Nizhny Novgorod	70–78		64–75	86–65
Beşiktaş Milangaz	77–78	82–80		78–70
BK Pardubice	73–79	87–80	69–76

Group L

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Artland Dragons	6	5	1	495	478	+17	11
2.	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	6	3	3	452	463	–11	9
3.	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	2	4	487	488	–1	8
4.	Antwerp Giants	6	2	4	417	422	–5	8

	ANT	ART	TRI	KSK
Antwerp Giants		63–67	83–58	89–67
Artland Dragons	81–71		83–74	95–88
BC Triumph Lyubertsy	79–60	87–70		75–90
Pınar Karşıyaka	70–51	95–99	77–79

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals will be played in a best-of-three series. Matches will be played on 13, 15 and 20 March. Team #1 plays the first and the third game (if necessary) at home court.

Game #	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
1	BK Ventspils	1–2	Szolnoki Olaj KK	82–63	76–82	78–82
2	Élan Chalon	2–0	Chorale Roanne	75–73	78–76
3	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	1–2	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	75–76	78–68	65–80
4	Artland Dragons	0–2	Beşiktaş Milangaz	73–74	63–77

Final Four

The Final Four will be held in the Főnix Hall at Debrecen, Hungary.

	Semi-finals 27 April 2012				Final 29 April 2012
	Szolnoki Olaj KK	60
	Beşiktaş Milangaz	64
					Beşiktaş Milangaz	91
					Élan Chalon	86
					Third place
	Élan Chalon	84		Szolnoki Olaj KK	87
	Triumph Lyubertsy	69			Triumph Lyubertsy	94

Semifinals

27 April 2012 18:00

Report

Szolnoki Olaj KK	60–64	Beşiktaş Milangaz
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 13–20, 10–14, 20–17
Pts: Nikolov, 13 Rebs: Báder, 14 Asts: Trotter, 7		Pts: Erceg, 17 Rebs: Dudley, Mensah-Bonsu, 13 Asts: Arroyo, 5

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 3,500

27 April 2012 20:30

Report

Élan Chalon	84–69	BC Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 29–16, 15–19, 20–17
Pts: Schilb, 29 Rebs: Aminu, 10 Asts: Tchicamboud, 7		Pts: Jefferson, 26 Rebs: Jefferson, Landry, 9 Asts: McKee, 6

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 1,700

Classification 3–4

29 April 2012 18:00

Report

Szolnoki Olaj KK	87–94	BC Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 19-28, 20–12, 21-33
Pts: Trotter, 33 Rebs: Mills, 12 Asts: Horváth, Nikolov, Mills, 5		Pts: Jefferson, 37 Rebs: Jefferson, 10 Asts: McKee, 9

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 3,400

Final

29 April 2012 20:30

Report

Beşiktaş Milangaz	91–86	Élan Chalon
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 17–25, 13–15, 34–31
Pts: Mensah-Bonsu, 26 Rebs: Mensah-Bonsu, 20 Asts: Arroyo, 8		Pts: Tchicamboud, 19 Rebs: Aminu, Evtimov, Lauvergne, 8 Asts: Tchicamboud, 7

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 3,500

Awards

MVP Weekly

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	Rating
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

Week	Player	Team	Rating
1	Chris Copeland	Generali Okapi Aalstar	30
	Mire Chatman	Pınar Karşıyaka
	Darren Fenn	Artland Dragons
2	Obie Trotter	Szolnoki Olaj KK	36
3	Jovo Stanojević	Pınar Karşıyaka	37
4	Kyle Landry	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	32
5	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Beşiktaş Milangaz	33
6	İlkan Karaman	Pınar Karşıyaka	31

Quarter-finals

Week	Player	Team	Rating
1	Kyle Landry	BC Triumph Lyubertsy	27
2	Pops Mensah-Bonsu	Beşiktaş Milangaz	39
3	Obie Trotter	Szolnoki Olaj KK	28

See also

• 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball

External links

• Official website