2012–13 Euroleague
The 2012–13 Euroleague was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 56th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 11 October 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013.
The Final Four was held at The O2 Arena in London. The championship game was won by Olympiacos, who defeated Real Madrid 100–88. Olympiacos became the just third team since the introduction of the Final Four format to win two Euroleague championships in a row and the second team in Euroleague Basketball Company era to become back-to-back Euroleague champions.
Allocation
A total of 31 teams participated in the 2012–13 Euroleague. There were three routes to participation in the Euroleague:- The top 13 teams with an A-Licence from the 2011–12 Euroleague based on their Euroleague Club Ranking.
- An additional team promoted to an A-Licence.
- The 2011–12 Eurocup winner was given a C-Licence.
- 14 places were allocated from a list of 28 teams given a B-Licence ranked according to their European national basketball league rankings over the last year. 14 teams were given both an A-Licence or C-Licence and a B-Licence. When a country ranking spot had already been assigned to an A-Licence team, the assignation jumped to the next country appearing in the ranking, and their league was not granted an additional place in the competition. The first 8 of the remaining 16 teams were given places in the regular-season, and the next 6 were given places in the qualifying competition. The last 2 places from the Netherlands and Latvia were not taken up.
- As the list of teams with a B-Licence was exhausted, two wild cards were granted to fill the remaining spaces in the qualifying competition.
Euroleague allocation criteria
A licenses
- The A license of Acea Roma was cancelled and it was awarded to Italian team EA7 Milano.
B licenses
C licenses and wildcards
- C license converted in wildcard for the Regular Season :
- * Alba Berlin
- Wildcards for the Qualification Rounds:
- * Mapooro Cantù
- * UNICS
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round :
- A: Qualified through an A–licence
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- QR: Qualifying rounds
- WC: Wild card
- EC: Champion of the 2011–12 Eurocup Basketball
Qualifying rounds
Draw
The draws for the 2012–13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague were held on Friday, 6 July. The draws determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.Teams were seeded into six pots of four teams in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period.
Two teams from the same country could not be drawn together in the same Regular Season group.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
 FC Barcelona Regal  Olympiacos Maccabi Electra Panathinaikos |  Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid CSKA Moscow Caja Laboral | Khimki Partizan Alba Berlin Anadolu Efes | Unicaja Málaga Lietuvos Rytas Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Ülker |  Asseco Prokom EA7 Milano Brose Bamberg Union Olimpija |  Cedevita Beşiktaş Élan Chalon Mapooro Cantù |
Regular season
The regular season began on 11 October 2012.If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top 16
The Top 16 began on 27 December 2012.If teams were level on record at the end of the Top 16, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Top 16.
- Points scored during the Top 16.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Top 16 match.
Group E
Group F
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–1 | Laboral Kutxa | 89–78 | 90–68 | 72–93 | 94–85 | - |
| Olympiacos | 3–2 | Anadolu Efes | 67–62 | 71–53 | 72–83 | 73–74 | 82–72 |
| FC Barcelona Regal | 3–2 | Panathinaikos | 72–70 | 65–66 | 63–65 | 70–60 | 64–53 |
| Real Madrid | 3–0 | Maccabi Electra | 79–53 | 75–63 | 69–57 | - | - |
Final Four
On 12 May 2012 it was announced the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom.Top 10 attendances
Single game
Average
| Rank | Team | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Žalgiris | 12 | 13,425 |
| 2 | Caja Laboral | 14 | 12,036 |
| 3 | Maccabi Electra | 13 | 10,935 |
| 4 | Panathinaikos | 14 | 10,564 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 14 | 9,148 |
| 6 | Alba Berlin | 12 | 9,033 |
| 7 | Olympiacos | 15 | 8,265 |
| 8 | Anadolu Efes | 14 | 8,191 |
| 9 | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 12 | 7,109 |
| 10 | Partizan | 5 | 7,100 |
Individual statistics
Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other Stats
Game highs
Awards
Euroleague 2012–13 MVP
- Vassilis Spanoulis
Euroleague 2012–13 Final Four MVP
- Vassilis Spanoulis
All-Euroleague Team 2012–13
| All-Euroleague First Team | Club Team | All-Euroleague Second Team | Club Team |
 Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |  Miloš Teodosić |  CSKA Moscow |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |  Juan Carlos Navarro | FC Barcelona |
| Rudy Fernández | Real Madrid | Victor Khryapa | CSKA Moscow |
| Nenad Krstić | CSKA Moscow | Nikola Mirotić | Real Madrid |
 Ante Tomić | FC Barcelona |  Shawn James |  Maccabi Electra |
Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)
- Bobby Brown
Best Defender
- Stéphane Lasme
Rising Star
- Kostas Papanikolaou
Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award">Euroleague Coach of the Year Award">Alexander Gomelsky Award)
- Georgios Bartzokas
MVP Weekly
Regular season
Top 16
Quarter-finals
MVP of the Month
| Month | Player | Team |
| October 2012 | Sonny Weems | CSKA Moscow |
| November 2012 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| December 2012 | Maciej Lampe | Caja Laboral |
| January 2013 | Bobby Brown | Montepaschi Siena |
| February 2013 | Ante Tomić | FC Barcelona |
| March 2013 | Devin Smith | Maccabi Electra |
| April 2013 | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid |