More than anything else, it's the players that make
the Eurocup great. And the truly specials ones are the players that you
can count on producing every night. As we enter the 2012 Eurocup
season, there are several players that already fit that billing. This
list of 10 Eurocup players to watch features not only two former
Eurocup MVPs, but also two past Euroleague champs and seven players who
have been parts of Euroleague Final Four teams! It goes without saying
that all of these guys know how to win. Read more here.
November 3, 2012 - Eurocup top 10 newcomers to watch
A great many Euroleague superstars first announced
themselves on the continental basketball scene with strong debuts in
the Eurocup. Future champions like Ramunas Siskauskas, Terence Morris
and Maceo Baston are among them as well as stars like Dusko Savanovic,
David Hawkins, Robertas Javtokas and Terell McIntyre. With the start of
the 2012-13 Eurocup season around the corner, we look at 10 newcomers
that could have a major impact on the current season. What all of these
players have in common is that this will be their first season in
either of Europe’s top club competition – the Turkish Airlines
Euroleague and the Eurocup. Read more here.
November 2, 2012 - Eurocup top 10 Rising Star Award eligible players
The
Eurocup has been a launching pad to brilliant careers for many of
Europe’s top players. Among the many brilliant players that we enjoy
watching today who came through the Eurocup as youngsters are reigning
Euroleague Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis, former Euroleague MVP
Milos Teodosic, one-time All-Euroleague center Sofoklis Schortsanitis,
Rudy Fernandez and Milan Macvan. As every season, the next generation
of stars will progress another level this season in the Eurocup. As we
look ahead to the 2012-13 Eurocup season, here is a list of the top 10
Eurocup Rising Star Award candidates. The decisions were made based on
a combination of age (must have been born after July 1, 1990),
performance last season, role on the team this season and projected
development during this season. Read more here.
October 10, 2012 - 2012-13 Eurocup Clubs meet after draw
Immediately following the 2012-13 Eurocup Regular
Season Draw, the competition’s 32 participating clubs met with the
organization's management team to discuss various administrative issues
before the start of the season. During the meeting, club members were
given an update on the different competition, legal, refereeing, media
and communications aspects of the competition. The 2012-13 Eurocup
calendar was presented and potential competition system changes for
future editions of the Eurocup were also debated. Read more here.
October 9, 2012
Eurocup 2012-13, Group H analysis and quotes
Cajasol Seville returns
to the Eurocup just two years after reaching the title game. Head coach
Aito Garcia Reneses leads a new project in which scoring ace Brian
Asbury and playmaker Tomas Satoransky will be two of the most important
players. John Holland, Milenko Tepic and Joan Sastre round the team's
backcourt while Juanjo Triguero, Brad Buckman and Luka Bogdanovic will
fight under the baskets. Young talents like Beqa Burjanadze and
Kristaps Porzingis will get interesting playing time. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group G analysis and quotes
Spartak St. Petersburg
reached the Eurocup Finals last season and wants to keep growing in
2012-13. Above all, Spartak kept Eurocup MVP Patrick Beverley and
players like playmaker Janis Strelnieks and big men Vladimir Dragicevic
and Loukas Mavrokefalidis. Spartak brought in athletic guard Zack
Wright, forward Josh Carter, Euroleague winner Nikita Kurbanov and
talented big man Fedor Dmitriev. Expect Spartak to keep battling hard
to win the competition. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group F analysis and quotes
The 2011 Eurocup winner
is back to the competition after a successful Turkish Airlines
Euroleague debut in which Unics Kazan reached the playoffs. Unics is
reloaded with newcomers like former Eurocup MVPs Chuck Eidson and Marko
Banic, Euroleague winners Kostas Kaimakoglou and Ian Vougioukas and
veteran playmaker Mire Chatman. Four of its main players last season -
Terrell Lyday, Kelly McCarty, Petr Samoylenko and Vladimir Veremeenko -
are back, so Unics will be a top contender. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group E analysis and quotes
Fresh off a great
Turkish Airlines Euroleague season, Galatasaray Medical Park has
reloaded its roster to be one of the teams to beat in the 2012-13
Eurocup. Galatasaray inked head coach Ergin Ataman and got stronger in
every position, inking players like All-Euroleague guard Henry
Domercant, former Eurocup Rising Star Milan Macvan, Jamont Gordon,
David Hawkins, Erwin Dudley or Boni Ndong. Furkan Aldemir, Jaka
Lakovic, Ender Arslan and Cenk Akyol turn Galatasaray into a dangerous
force. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group D analysis and quotes
Two-time Eurocup
champion Valencia Basket reached the title game last season and wants
to do better this time around. Valencia brought back Rafa Martinez,
Florent Pietrus, Stefan Markovic, Serhiy Lishchuk and a much-improved
Vitor Faverani as its core players. It brought back Thomas Kelati and
inked reliable players like Justin Doellman, Marko Keselj, Bojan
Dubljevic and Mindaugas Lukauskis. Experienced and ready, Valencia
wants nothing but a third Eurocup trophy. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group C analysis and quotes
It was one game away
from reaching the 2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague and now Le Mans
Sarthe Basket wants to bounce back to reach high in the Eurocup.
Playmaker Khalid El-Amin and center JP Batista are its main pillars but
Le Mans is much more than that. Cam Long, Charles Kahudi and Pape Sy
add athleticism and quickness at both wings, Alain Koffi and Cuthbert
Victor are reliable options under the baskets and Le Mans has the
experience to fight for interesting goals. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group B analysis and quotes
Gescrap Bilbao Basket
made it to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs last season and
reached the Eurocup semifinal in its two previous appearances.
Euroleague-winning playmaker Nikos Zisis, center Milovan Rakovic and
power forward Adrien Moerman are its main signings. Gescrap managed to
keep Raul Lopez, Roger Grimau, Alex Mumbru, Kostas Vasileadis and Axel
Hervelle - five well-rounded veterans ready to lead Bilbao really deep
into this competition. Read more here.
Eurocup 2012-13, Group A analysis and quotes
Few teams know the competition better than CEZ
Basketball Nymburk, which reached the quarterfinals last season and
wants to do even better in 2012-13. Its most veteran players in the
Eurocup, such as Petr Benda, Christos Taputos, Miljan Pavkovic and
Radek Necas will be its main core, along with A.J. Abrams, Mike Taylor,
Aubrey Coleman and Drew Naymick. Nymburk has the depth, experience and
talent needed to go deep in the competition, especially if its stays
solid at home. Read more here.
October 9, 2012 - 2012-13 Regular Season Eurocup Draw results
The 2012-13 Eurocup Draw took place in Barcelona on
Tuesday and divided 32 clubs from 17 countries into the regular season
groups that will mark the road forward toward the eventual crowning of
the competition'schampion next April. The six-game Eurocup regular
season will begin on November 7 and finish on December 12, with the
best two of each group's four teams advancing. Games resume on January
9, with the opening of the Last 16 round, which consists of six more
games for each team, ending February 20. Again, the best two teams from
each group advance, this time to the Eurocup Quarterfinals,
head-to-head two-game home-and-away series decided on aggregate score
between March 6 and 13. This season, the Eurocup will relive the
semifinals round, which divides the four quarterfinals winners for
another, two-game home-and-away series between March 20 and 27. Read
more here.
October 8, 2012 - Eurocup Regular Season Draw: Seeds and Procedure
The 32 teams qualified for the
Eurocup Regular Season will be divided into four seeds with eight teams
in each. The performance of teams in European competitions during a
three year period will be used. Each club will get 2 points for a win
and 1 point for a tie or loss from the Regular Season onwards. 2 bonus
points are allocated for reaching the last 16, 2 bonus points are
allocated for reaching the last 8, 1 bonus point is allocated for
reaching the last 4, 1 bonus point is allocated for reaching the Final.
The Club Ranking consists of the sum of the club coefficients from the
last three years. The results of the worst performing team from each
country/League will be added together every year to create a position
for that country/League in the Club Ranking. This is the lowest
possible position that any club from that country/League can occupy in
the draw. Read more here.
September 27, 2012 - 2012-13 Eurocup Regular Season Draw set for October 9 in Barcelona
Barcelona,
September 27, 2012. A draw to determine the groups that will make up
the Regular Season groups for the 2012-13 Eurocup will be held on
Tuesday, October 9 at the Museu Olímpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona at
16:00 CET. The list of teams that will make up the 2010-11 Eurocup
Regular Seasons is all but complete. A total of 32 teams will play in
the Eurocup regular season. The field is made up of 25 direct
qualifiers plus 7 others that come from the Euroleague qualifying
rounds. The Euroleague qualifying rounds end on Friday, September 27.
Read more here.
September 7, 2012 - Budivelnik substitutes EiffelTowers Den Bosch
On Friday it was officially confirmed by Euroleague
Basketball that Budivelnik of Ukraine will fill in in the competition
for Dutch team EiffelTowers Den Bosch, who decided not to take part in
the 2012-13 Eurocup season. As such, Budivelnik will be part of the 25
teams that are already confirmed to play the Eurocup regular season.
The seven remaining teams will come from the Turkish Airlines
Euroleague Qualifying Round, to take place in late September in Desio,
Italy. This will be Budivelnik's second participation in the Eurocup.
In its previous one, in 2010-11, the team reached the Last 16 and
finished last in Group J. Read more here.
August 29, 2012 - Cajasol Sevilla substitutes Lagun Aro
On Wednesday it was officially confirmed by
Euroleague Basketball that Cajasol Sevilla of Spain will fill in in the
competition for another Spanish team, Lagun Aro San Sebastian, who
decided not to take part in the 2012-13 Eurocup season. A ssuch,
Cajasol will be part of the 25 teams that are already confirmed to play
the Eurocup regular season. The seven remaining teams will come from
the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round, to take place in late
September in Desio, Italy. This will be Cajasol's second participation
in the Eurocup. In its previous one, in 2010-11, the team reached the
title game played in Treviso Italy, losing to Unics Kazan of Russia.
Read more here.
June 16, 2012 - Euroleague Basketball and FIBA Europe agree on 2012-13 Eurocup Competition System Changes
Both organizing bodies have agreed that the 2012-13
Eurocup will have some changes compared to recent editions. Following
the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board
Meeting held on March 5 2012, the proposed competition system for the
2012-13 season that will require approval by the ECA Shareholders
Meeting on July 5 2012 will include a single game final, home and away
semi-finals, and will not include a Qualifying Round. In recent years,
the Eurocup champion has been decided in tournament format with either
eight or four teams. Under the new proposal, the title would be decided
in a single-game, one-day event, as it was between 2004 and 2007, when
the Eurocup was known as the ULEB Cup. Read more here.
The
Eurocup has been a launching pad to brilliant careers for many of
Europe’s top players. Among the many brilliant players that we enjoy
watching today who came through the Eurocup as youngsters are reigning
Euroleague Final Four MVP Vassilis Spanoulis, former Euroleague MVP
Milos Teodosic, one-time All-Euroleague center Sofoklis Schortsanitis,
Rudy Fernandez and Milan Macvan. As every season, the next generation
of stars will progress another level this season in the Eurocup. As we
look ahead to the 2012-13 Eurocup season, here is a list of the top 10
Eurocup Rising Star Award candidates. The decisions were made based on
a combination of age (must have been born after July 1, 1990),
performance last season, role on the team this season and projected
development during this season. Read more 
Barcelona,
September 27, 2012. A draw to determine the groups that will make up
the Regular Season groups for the 2012-13 Eurocup will be held on
Tuesday, October 9 at the Museu Olímpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona at
16:00 CET. The list of teams that will make up the 2010-11 Eurocup
Regular Seasons is all but complete. A total of 32 teams will play in
the Eurocup regular season. The field is made up of 25 direct
qualifiers plus 7 others that come from the Euroleague qualifying
rounds. The Euroleague qualifying rounds end on Friday, September 27.
Read more 
