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.

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FIBA EuroChallenge
Season	2011–12
Duration	8 November 2011 – 29 April 2012
Number of teams	32
Finals
Champions	Beşiktaş Milangaz (1st title)
Runners-up	Élan Chalon
Third place	Triumph Lyubertsy
Fourth place	Szolnoki Olaj
Final Four MVP	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Statistical leaders
Points Chris Copeland 20.1 Rebounds Pops Mensah-Bonsu 11.8 Assists Jared Jordan 8.8
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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

More information Regular season, Qualifying round ...

Regular season
Artland Dragons (EC QR)	Pınar Karşıyaka (EC QR)	ETHA Engomis (EC QR)	ZZ Leiden (1st)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th)	Beşiktaş Milangaz (EC QR)	Keravnos (4th)	U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Göttingen (7th)	Olin Edirne (7th)	Prostějov (EC QR)	Norrköping Dolphins (EC QR)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (13th)	Türk Telekom (10th)	Pardubice (3rd)	Mad-Croc Funelabrada (7th)
Élan Chalon (EC QR)	Generali Okapi Aalstar (2nd)	Goverla (3rd)	Ventspils (EC QR)
Chorale Roanne (6th)	Antwerp Giants (5th)	Khimik (12th)	Nizhny Novgorod (8th)
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (10th)	Bemaco SPU Nitra (1st)	Armia (1st)
Qualifying round
Enisey (6th)	Spartak Primorye[lower-alpha 1] (2nd)	Minsk-2006 (1st)	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions (6th)
Krasnye Krylia (7th)	Szolnoki Olaj (1st)	Sokhumi (4th)	Tampereen Pyrintö (1st)
Triumph Lyubertsy (10th)	Atomerőmű SE (3rd)

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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

More information Pos, Team ...

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

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BJK	ZZL	ARM	GÖT
1	Beşiktaş Milangaz	6	6	0	543	437	+106	12	Advance to last 16		—	76–69	103–82	105–94
2	ZZ Leiden	6	3	3	434	437	−3	9			58–86	—	76–59	80–71
3	Armia	6	3	3	441	464	−23	9			75–77	74–71	—	82–76
4	Göttingen	6	0	6	432	512	−80	6			59–96	71–80	61–69	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group C

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ROA	PAR	PRO	GOV
1	Chorale Roanne	6	5	1	490	451	+39	11	Advance to last 16		—	88–73	87–70	81–78
2	JIP Pardubice	6	4	2	478	476	+2	10			82–77	—	98–84	72–69
3	Prostějov	6	3	3	476	487	−11	9			85–87	82–76	—	78–64
4	Goverla	6	0	6	425	455	−30	6			63–70	76–77	75–77	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group D

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NN	VEN	KHI	ATO
1	Nizhny Novgorod	6	4	2	492	425	+67	10	Advance to last 16		—	77–63	85–73	96–51
2	Ventspils	6	4	2	436	422	+14	10			77–75	—	81–55	69–56
3	Khimik	6	3	3	446	451	−5	9			78–87	81–67	—	83–58
4	Atomerőmű SE	6	1	5	399	475	−76	7			83–72	78–79	73–76	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group E

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHA	ANT	ENI	MOB
1	Élan Chalon	6	5	1	479	481	−2	11	Advance to last 16		—	65–90	87–79	83–74
2	Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	474	424	+50	10			78–79	—	73–69	87–63
3	Enisey	6	2	4	458	468	−10	8			79–80	76–72	—	73–81
4	U Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca	6	1	5	446	484	−38	7			81–85	72–74	75–82	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group F

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TRI	OKA	ETHA	OLI
1	Triumph Lyubertsy	6	4	2	451	434	+17	10	Advance to last 16		—	83–78	60–68	70–61
2	Generali Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	511	463	+48	9			83–84	—	89–73	95–70
3	ETHA Engomis	6	3	3	409	438	−29	9			55–72	61–80	—	70–67
4	Olin Edirne	6	2	4	449	485	−36	8			89–82	70–82	92–86	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group G

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	KSK	MIN	TUR
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	4	2	490	452	+38	10	Advance to last 16		—	80–65	93–81	87–80
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	476	477	−1	9			66–65	—	103–105	81–83
3	Minsk-2006	6	3	3	487	515	−28	9			79–71	70–79	—	74–93
4	Türk Telekom	6	2	4	487	496	−9	8			81–94	74–82	76–78	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group H

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ART	SZO	KER	PAU
1	Artland Dragons	6	5	1	520	480	+40	11	Advance to last 16		—	86–78	93–75	87–81
2	Szolnoki Olaj	6	4	2	500	483	+17	10			90–85	—	81–93	85–70
3	Keravnos	6	2	4	483	511	−28	8			81–93	82–91	—	67–70
4	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	6	1	5	446	475	−29	7			75–76	67–75	83–85	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

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

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VEN	ROA	EWE	ZZL
1	Ventspils	6	4	2	455	448	+7	10	Advance to quarterfinals		—	94–92	74–61	69–73
2	Chorale Roanne	6	3	3	505	464	+41	9			88–89	—	86–80	91–56
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	3	3	456	447	+9	9			77–69	82–80	—	85–62
4	ZZ Leiden	6	2	4	387	444	−57	8			57–60	63–68	76–71	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group J

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHA	SZO	BON	OKA
1	Élan Chalon	6	3	3	494	467	+27	9	Advance to quarterfinals		—	85–64	88–66	87–72
2	Szolnoki Olaj	6	3	3	521	511	+10	9			90–81	—	96–94	112–76
3	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	3	3	497	509	−12	9			91–89	89–75	—	71–63
4	Generali Okapi Aalstar	6	3	3	479	504	−25	9			84–64	86–84	98–86	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group K

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FUE	BJK	NN	PAR
1	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	6	6	0	465	430	+35	12	Advance to quarterfinals		—	72–70	73–70	85–70
2	Beşiktaş Milangaz	6	4	2	458	433	+25	10			77–78	—	82–80	78–70
3	Nizhny Novgorod	6	1	5	450	460	−10	7			70–78	64–75	—	86–65
4	Pardubice	6	1	5	434	484	−50	7			73–79	69–76	87–80	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

Group L

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ART	TRI	KSK	ANT
1	Artland Dragons	6	5	1	495	478	+17	11	Advance to quarterfinals		—	83–74	95–88	81–71
2	Triumph Lyubertsy	6	3	3	452	463	−11	9			87–70	—	75–90	79–60
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	2	4	487	488	−1	8			95–99	77–79	—	70–51
4	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	2	4	417	422	−5	8			63–67	83–58	89–67	—

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Source: FIBA Europe

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.

More information Team 1, Series ...

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

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

	Semifinals				Final
	27 April
	Szolnoki Olaj	60
					29 April
	Beşiktaş Milangaz	64
					Beşiktaş Milangaz	91
	27 April
					Élan Chalon	86
	Élan Chalon	84
	Triumph Lyubertsy	69
					Third place game
					29 April
					Szolnoki Olaj	87
					Triumph Lyubertsy	94

• 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball