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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.

Season2011–12
Duration8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012
Teams32
ChampionsTurkey Beşiktaş Milangaz (1st title)
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FIBA EuroChallenge
Season2011–12
Duration8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012
Teams32
Finals
ChampionsTurkey Beşiktaş Milangaz (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Élan Chalon
Third placeRussia Triumph Lyubertsy
Fourth placeHungary Szolnoki Olaj
Final Four MVPUnited Kingdom Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Statistical leaders
Points United States Chris Copeland 20.1
Rebounds United Kingdom Pops Mensah-Bonsu 11.8
Assists United States Jared Jordan 8.8
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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • EC: Transferred from Eurocup
    • QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
  1. Spartak Primorye finished second in the Russian Super League 1, the second division in Russia.

Qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spartak Primorye Russia141–147Russia Enisey75–5866–89
Triumph Lyubertsy Russia168–151Russia Krasnye Krylya94–7174–80
Sokhumi Georgia (country)157–175Belarus Minsk-200694–7863–97
Atomerőmű SE Hungary155–128Austria Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions70–4880–85
Tampereen Pyrintö Finland134–137Hungary Szolnoki Olaj77–6957–68
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Regular season

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the last 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

If teams in the same group finished tied on points 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.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EWE FUE NIT NOR
1 Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 6 0 534 428 +106 12 Advance to last 16 — 85–66 88–79 106–61
2 Spain Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 6 4 2 530 477 +53 10 77–83 — 93–80 89–75
3 Slovakia Bemaco SPU Nitra 6 1 5 478 504 −26 7 72–77 75–86 — 108–78
4 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 6 1 5 448 581 −133 7 73–95 79–119 82–64 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BJK ZZL ARM GÖT
1 Turkey Beşiktaş Milangaz 6 6 0 543 437 +106 12 Advance to last 16 — 76–69 103–82 105–94
2 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 3 3 434 437 −3 9 58–86 — 76–59 80–71
3 Georgia (country) Armia 6 3 3 441 464 −23 9 75–77 74–71 — 82–76
4 Germany Göttingen 6 0 6 432 512 −80 6 59–96 71–80 61–69 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ROA PAR PRO GOV
1 France Chorale Roanne 6 5 1 490 451 +39 11 Advance to last 16 — 88–73 87–70 81–78
2 Czech Republic JIP Pardubice 6 4 2 478 476 +2 10 82–77 — 98–84 72–69
3 Czech Republic Prostějov 6 3 3 476 487 −11 9 85–87 82–76 — 78–64
4 Ukraine Goverla 6 0 6 425 455 −30 6 63–70 76–77 75–77 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NN VEN KHI ATO
1 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 6 4 2 492 425 +67 10 Advance to last 16 — 77–63 85–73 96–51
2 Latvia Ventspils 6 4 2 436 422 +14 10 77–75 — 81–55 69–56
3 Ukraine Khimik 6 3 3 446 451 −5 9 78–87 81–67 — 83–58
4 Hungary Atomerőmű SE 6 1 5 399 475 −76 7 83–72 78–79 73–76 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHA ANT ENI MOB
1 France Élan Chalon 6 5 1 479 481 −2 11 Advance to last 16 — 65–90 87–79 83–74
2 Belgium Antwerp Giants 6 4 2 474 424 +50 10 78–79 — 73–69 87–63
3 Russia Enisey 6 2 4 458 468 −10 8 79–80 76–72 — 73–81
4 Romania "U" Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca 6 1 5 446 484 −38 7 81–85 72–74 75–82 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TRI OKA ETHA OLI
1 Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 6 4 2 451 434 +17 10 Advance to last 16 — 83–78 60–68 70–61
2 Belgium Generali Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 511 463 +48 9 83–84 — 89–73 95–70
3 Cyprus ETHA Engomis 6 3 3 409 438 −29 9 55–72 61–80 — 70–67
4 Turkey Olin Edirne 6 2 4 449 485 −36 8 89–82 70–82 92–86 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON KSK MIN TUR
1 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 4 2 490 452 +38 10 Advance to last 16 — 80–65 93–81 87–80
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 476 477 −1 9 66–65 — 103–105 81–83
3 Belarus Minsk-2006 6 3 3 487 515 −28 9 79–71 70–79 — 74–93
4 Turkey Türk Telekom 6 2 4 487 496 −9 8 81–94 74–82 76–78 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ART SZO KER PAU
1 Germany Artland Dragons 6 5 1 520 480 +40 11 Advance to last 16 — 86–78 93–75 87–81
2 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 6 4 2 500 483 +17 10 90–85 — 81–93 85–70
3 Cyprus Keravnos 6 2 4 483 511 −28 8 81–93 82–91 — 67–70
4 France Pau-Lacq-Orthez 6 1 5 446 475 −29 7 75–76 67–75 83–85 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Last 16

The sixteen teams were divided in four groups of four. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VEN ROA EWE ZZL
1 Latvia Ventspils 6 4 2 455 448 +7 10 Advance to quarterfinals — 94–92 74–61 69–73
2 France Chorale Roanne 6 3 3 505 464 +41 9 88–89 — 86–80 91–56
3 Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 3 3 456 447 +9 9 77–69 82–80 — 85–62
4 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 387 444 −57 8 57–60 63–68 76–71 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHA SZO BON OKA
1 France Élan Chalon 6 3 3 494 467 +27 9 Advance to quarterfinals — 85–64 88–66 87–72
2 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 6 3 3 521 511 +10 9 90–81 — 96–94 112–76
3 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 3 3 497 509 −12 9 91–89 89–75 — 71–63
4 Belgium Generali Okapi Aalstar 6 3 3 479 504 −25 9 84–64 86–84 98–86 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FUE BJK NN PAR
1 Spain Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 6 6 0 465 430 +35 12 Advance to quarterfinals — 72–70 73–70 85–70
2 Turkey Beşiktaş Milangaz 6 4 2 458 433 +25 10 77–78 — 82–80 78–70
3 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 6 1 5 450 460 −10 7 70–78 64–75 — 86–65
4 Czech Republic Pardubice 6 1 5 434 484 −50 7 73–79 69–76 87–80 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ART TRI KSK ANT
1 Germany Artland Dragons 6 5 1 495 478 +17 11 Advance to quarterfinals — 83–74 95–88 81–71
2 Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 6 3 3 452 463 −11 9 87–70 — 75–90 79–60
3 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 2 4 487 488 −1 8 95–99 77–79 — 70–51
4 Belgium Port of Antwerp Giants 6 2 4 417 422 −5 8 63–67 83–58 89–67 —
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Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Quarter-finals

The eight teams that advanced from the last 16 be played in a best-of-three playoff format. Matches were played on 13, 15 and 20 March. Team 1 played the first and the third game (if necessary) at home.

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Ventspils Latvia 1–2 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 82–63 76–82 78–82
Élan Chalon France 2–0 France Chorale Roanne 75–73 78–76
Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada Spain 1–2 Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 75–76 78–68 65–80
Artland Dragons Germany 0–2 Turkey Beşiktaş Milangaz 73–74 63–77
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Final Four

The Final Four was held from 27 until 29 April 2012 in the Főnix Hall at Debrecen, Hungary.[1]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 April
 
 
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 60
 
29 April
 
Turkey Beşiktaş Milangaz 64
 
Turkey Beşiktaş Milangaz91
 
27 April
 
France Élan Chalon86
 
France Élan Chalon 84
 
 
Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 69
 
Third place game
 
 
29 April
 
 
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 87
 
 
Russia Triumph Lyubertsy 94

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