2011-12 Eurocup Regular Season Draw criteria and seeds

Barcelona, October 10, 2011. The criteria and procedure for the Eurocup 2011-2012 Regular Season Draw will follow the guidelines approved by the General Assembly. Please remember that the Draw will be held on Tuesday, October 11 at the Museu Olímpic i de l'Esport in Barcelona at 13:00 Local Time.

GROUP DRAW (32 TEAMS)

The draw will be held according to seeds.

The 32 teams qualified for the Eurocup Regular Season will be divided into four seeds with eight teams in each, in accordance with the performance of teams in European competitions during a three year period.

Each club will get 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw 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.

If two or more teams have the same Club Ranking, the tie will be resolved by the total number of wins during the three year period. Should a tie persist, the final standings in the Euroleague and if necessary Eurocup from the previous season will be used to break the tie. Should a tie still persist, the final standings in the National Championship from the previous season (after the playoffs) will be used to break the tie. Should a tie still persist, a draw will be used to break the tie, with the Company determining the method for the draw.

The first eight teams from this club ranking participating in the Regular Season will be 1 Seeds, the next eight 2 Seeds, the next eight 3 Seeds, and the remaining eight teams will be 4 Seeds.

GROUP DRAW RESTRICTIONS

The restriction when drawing the teams into groups is the following:

Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group. For these purposes, teams coming from the Adriatic League will be considered as teams coming from the same country.

SEEDS

1 SEEDS: VALENCIA BASKET, BENETTON BASKET, ALBA BERLIN, BC KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION, LIETUVOS RYTAS, KK CIBONA, ARIS B.S.A. 2003, GRAN CANARIA 2014.

2 SEEDS: CEZ BASKETBALL NYMBURK, LE MANS SARTHE BASKET, PAOK BC, HAPOEL MIGDAL JERUSALEM, DEXIA MONS-HAINAUT, BC TELENET OOSTENDE, BC SPARTAK ST. PETERSBURG, PBC LOKOMOTIV-KUBAN.

3 SEEDS: BC AZOVMASH MARIUPOL, BC DONETSK, CEDEVITA ZAGREB, ASVEL BASKET LYON VILLEURBANNE, BC RUDUPIS, BANVIT BK, CHOLET BASKET, KK BUDUCNOST VOLI.

4 SEEDS: KRKA NOVO MESTO, PGE TUROW ZGORZELEC, BCM GRAVELINES-DUNKERQUE, VEF RIGA, FRAPORT SKYLINERS, FC BAYERN MUNICH, GASTERRA FLAMES, PBC LUKOIL ACADEMIC.

Press release: Euroleague Basketball