By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Eurocup is a marathon for 32 two teams and the first step was made on Tuesday in Barcelona, where the draw of 2012-13 season was held. Those 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four and the six-game regular season will start on the 7th of November. The best two teams of each group will qualify to the Last 16 round, divided again into four groups of four. Once more, the two best teams will advance to the quarterfinals, a double encounter of home and away games for four couples. The same format will be used for the semifinals and the title will be decided in a single final game on April 13, 2013. Here are the groups of the regular season.
Group A
CΕΖ Basketball Nymburk, Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem, BC Budivelnik Kiev, BC Prienai
Group B
Gescrap Bilbao Basket, KK Buducnost Voli, Belgacom Spirou, PBC Lukoil Academic
Group C
Le Mans Sarthe Basket, BC Triumph Lyubertsy, VEF Riga, Artland Dragons
Group D
Valencia Basket, Banvit Bk Bandirma, BC Azovmash Mariupol, S.Oliver Baskets
Group E
Galatasaray Medical Park, PBC Lokomotiv Kuban, BC Donetsk, Trefl Sopot
Group F
Unics Kazan, Panionios BC Athens, Telenet Oostende, Stelmet Zielona Gora
Group G
BC Spartak SPB, KK Cibona Zagreb, Cholet Basket, Ratiopharm Ulm
Group H
Cajasol Seville, Dinamo Sassari, Crvena Zvezda Diva, Orleans Loiret Basket