2021–22 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
The Bilbao Arena hosted the Final Four
Season	2021–22
Dates	Qualifying: 13–17 September 2021 Competition proper: 5 October 2021 – 8 May 2022
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 30 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP	Chima Moneke (Manresa)
Final Four
Champions	Lenovo Tenerife (2nd title)
Runners-up	Baxi Manresa
Third place	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Fourth place	Hapoel Holon
Final Four MVP	Marcelo Huertas (Tenerife)
Awards
Best Coach	Pedro Martínez
Best Young Player	Giordano Bortolani
Statistical leaders
Points Levi Randolph 18.1 Rebounds Dedric Lawson 8.0 Assists Joe Ragland 7.8 Efficiency DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 16.6
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The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier^{[citation needed]} European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.

The defending champions, San Pablo Burgos, were eliminated in the play-ins. The winners of the Champions League will qualify for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The Bilbao Arena in Bilbao hosted the Final Four, which marked the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.^[1]

Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.^[2]

A total of 52 teams from 30 countries participated in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.^[3]

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders, WC: Wild card).^[3]

The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.^[4]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)

Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka (3rd)	Baxi Manresa (10th)	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (3rd)	Igokea (3rd/4th)
Beşiktaş Icrypex (4th)	Unicaja (11th)	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (5th)	ERA Nymburk (1st)
Tofaş (5th)	Lavrio Megabolt (2nd)	Hapoel Holon (3rd)	Falco Szombathely (1st)
Darüşşafaka (7th)WC	AEK (3rd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (6th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (14th)WC	PAOK (5th)WC	Happy Casa Brindisi (3rd)	Rytas (2nd)
Lenovo Tenerife (3rd)	JDA Dijon (2nd)	Dinamo Sassari (5th)	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st)
Hereda San Pablo BurgosTH (6th)	SIG Strasbourg (3rd)	Filou Oostende (1st)	Nizhny Novgorod (5th)
Qualifying rounds
Kapfenberg Bulls (2nd)	Opava (2nd)	London Lions (2nd)	ZZ Leiden (1st)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2nd)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Peristeri (6th)	Sporting CP (1st)
Tsmoki-Minsk (1st)	Kalev/Cramo (1st)	Hapoel Eilat (4th)	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Levski Lukoil (1st)	Salon Vilpas (1st)	NutriBullet Treviso (6th)	Parma (7th)
Split (2nd)	Le Mans (7th)	Juventus (4th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
AEK Larnaca (1st)	Brose Bamberg (8th)	Mornar (2nd)	Prometey (1st)

A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League:^[5]

Referees of the 2021-22 season
Andrei Sharapa Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Josip Jurčević Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Thomas Bissuel Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Erez Gurion Beniamino Attard Lorenzo Baldini	Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Oskars Lucis Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Tomas Jasevičius Gintaras Mačiulis Zdravko Rutešić Radomir Vojinović Igor Mitrovski Wojciech Liszka Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin Alexey Davydov	Semen Ovinov Aleksandar Glišić Vladimir Jevtović Siniša Prpa Marek Kúkelčík Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Blaž Zupančič Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Apostolos Kalpakas Kerem Baki Mehmet Karabilecen Özlem Yalman Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Sergiy Zashchuk

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.^[6][7]

Schedule for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League

Phase	Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Qualifying rounds	First qualifying round		7 July 2021	13–14 September 2021
	Second qualifying round			15–16 September 2021
	Third qualifying round			17–18 September 2021
Regular season	Round 1			4–6 October 2021
	Round 2	Groups A, B, E, F		11–13 October 2021
		Groups C, D, G, H		18–20 October 2021
	Round 3	Groups A, B, E, F		25–27 October 2021
		Groups C, D, G, H		1–3 November 2021
	Round 4	Groups A, B, E, F		8–10 November 2021
		Groups C, D, G, H		15–17 November 2021
	Round 5	Groups A, B, E, F		6–8 December 2021
		Groups C, D, G, H		13–15 December 2021
	Round 6			21–22 December 2021
Play-ins				4–5 January 2022	11–12 January 2022	18–19 January 2022
Round of 16	Round 1			25–26 January 2022
	Round 2			1–2 February 2022
	Round 3			7–9 February 2022
	Round 4			7–9 March 2022
	Round 5			14–16 March 2022
	Round 6			22–23 March 2022
Play-offs	Quarter-finals		25 March 2022	5–6 April 2022	12–13 April 2022	19–20 April 2022
Final Four	Semi-finals			6 May 2022
	Final			8 May 2022

The 24 teams will be divided into six pots based firstly on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. For the quarterfinals round of qualifications, teams from Pot 6 will be drawn against teams from Pot 3, and teams from Pot 4 will face teams from Pot 5. Clubs from Pot 1 and 2 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semifinals stage of qualifications and will face the winners from the quarterfinals round. The winners of the semifinals stage will face each other in the finals of qualifications. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.^[8] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1 Team Pts Brose Bamberg 94 Peristeri 37 Le Mans 25 Bakken Bears 17	Pot 2 Team Pts Fribourg Olympic 14 Mornar 13 Tsmoki-Minsk 13 Opava 9	Pot 3 Team Pts Levski Lukoil 2 Sporting CP 2 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2 AEK Larnaca 1
Pot 4 Team Pts U-BT Cluj-Napoca 1 London Lions 1 Kapfenberg Bulls 1 Parma 87.00†	Pot 5 Team Pts NutriBullet Treviso 69.58† Hapoel Eilat 67.00† Juventus 41.00† Salon Vilpas 6.00†	Pot 6 Team Pts ZZ Leiden 5.00† Prometey 3.00† Split 0† Kalev/Cramo 0†

Notes

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					15 September
					Peristeri	74
	13 September
					U-BT Cluj-Napoca	84
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	106
									17 September
	Salon Vilpas	97
									U-BT Cluj-Napoca	77
									Fribourg Olympic	64
					15 September
					Fribourg Olympic	76
	13 September
					Split	67
	AEK Larnaca	50
	Split	65

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					15 September
					Bakken Bears	90
	13 September
					NutriBullet Treviso	92
	London Lions	62
									17 September
	NutriBullet Treviso	89
									NutriBullet Treviso	95
									Tsmoki-Minsk	78
					15 September
					Tsmoki-Minsk	69
	13 September
					ZZ Leiden	67
	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	74
	ZZ Leiden	76

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					15 September
					Brose Bamberg	79
	13 September
					Juventus	83
	Kapfenberg Bulls	68
									17 September
	Juventus	90
									Juventus	81
									Kalev/Cramo	86
					15 September
					Mornar	89
	13 September
					Kalev/Cramo	104
	Sporting CP	69
	Kalev/Cramo	86

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					16 September
					Le Mans	69
	14 September
					Parma	82
	Parma	79
									18 September
	Hapoel Eilat	76
									Parma	65
									Prometey	67
					16 September
					Opava	78
	14 September
					Prometey	100
	Levski Lukoil	56
	Prometey	96

The 28 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.^[8]

Pot 1 Team Pts Lenovo Tenerife 133 AEK 117 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 109 Nizhny Novgorod 101 Hapoel Jerusalem 93 ERA Nymburk 83 SIG Strasbourg 80 Hapoel Holon 78

Pot 2 Team Pts JDA Dijon 74 Filou Oostende 58 Dinamo Sassari 57 Beşiktaş Icrypex 52 Pınar Karşıyaka 51 Happy Casa Brindisi 46 PAOK 43 Falco Szombathely 31

Pot 3 Team Pts VEF Rīga 29 Tofaş 28 Baxi Manresa 19 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 11 Rytas 11 Darüşşafaka 8 Galatasaray Nef 8 Unicaja 105.50†

Pot 4 Team Pts Igokea 28 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 75.67† Lavrio Megabolt 67.75† Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 20.17† U-BT Cluj-Napoca (Winner QF-T1) NutriBullet Treviso (Winner QF-T2) Kalev/Cramo (Winner QF-T3) Prometey (Winner QF-T4)

Notes

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LUD	TFE	PRO	DIN
1	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	6	4	2	494	450	+44	10	Advance to round of 16		—	80–69	60–71	94–81
2	Lenovo Tenerife	6	4	2	476	450	+26	10	Advance to play-ins		83–99	—	80–78	87–60
3	Prometey	6	3	3	459	434	+25	9			64–86	70–73	—	89–56
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	1	5	421	516	−95	7			82–75	63–84	79–87	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAX	JER	KAR	STA
1	Baxi Manresa	6	5	1	487	445	+42	11	Advance to round of 16		—	85–90	88–69	81–76
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	3	3	475	461	+14	9	Advance to play-ins		68–73	—	84–86	83–76
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	453	475	−22	9			67–72	65–85	—	80–77
4	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	6	1	5	449	483	−34	7			75–88	76–65	69–86	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	JDA	LAV	NIZ
1	Unicaja	6	4	2	467	403	+64	10	Advance to round of 16		—	83–54	86–70	93–69
2	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	442	433	+9	9	Advance to play-ins		78–68	—	73–49	89–75
3	Lavrio Megabolt	6	3	3	411	440	−29	9			70–58	65–63	—	95–86
4	Nizhny Novgorod	6	2	4	459	503	−44	8			62–79	93–85	74–62	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FAL	TVS	VEF	AEK
1	Falco Szombathely	6	5	1	461	442	+19	11	Advance to round of 16		—	81–80	68–59	83–78
2	NutriBullet Treviso	6	4	2	483	446	+37	10	Advance to play-ins		68–60	—	91–85	81–69
3	VEF Rīga	6	2	4	463	474	−11	8			74–80	74–71	—	92–76
4	AEK	6	1	5	471	516	−45	7			83–89	77–92	88–79	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAL	IGO	POK	NYM
1	Galatasaray Nef	6	5	1	525	486	+39	11	Advance to round of 16		—	82–74	87–75	101–85
2	Igokea	6	3	3	460	454	+6	9	Advance to play-ins		85–89	—	68–64	76–69
3	PAOK	6	2	4	442	459	−17	8			81–74	64–75	—	83–84
4	ERA Nymburk	6	2	4	481	509	−28	8			86–92	86–82	71–75	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TOF	SIG	OOS	KAL
1	Tofaş	6	4	2	483	463	+20	10	Advance to round of 16		—	85–75	92–83	77–81
2	SIG Strasbourg	6	3	3	491	489	+2	9	Advance to play-ins		74–76	—	91–92	75–73
3	Filou Oostende	6	3	3	516	500	+16	9			78–83	77–83	—	99–66
4	Kalev/Cramo	6	2	4	463	501	−38	8			72–70	86–93	85–87	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	HOL	DAR	BRI
1	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	6	5	1	523	505	+18	11	Advance to round of 16		—	106–101	66–60	104–94
2	Hapoel Holon	6	4	2	494	458	+36	10	Advance to play-ins		78–68	—	64–57	84–80
3	Darüşşafaka	6	2	4	459	470	−11	8			101–103	86–79	—	82–76
4	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	1	5	464	507	−43	7			71–76	61–88	82–73	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		RYT	BUR	BJK	OLD
1	Rytas	6	4	2	475	442	+33	10	Advance to round of 16		—	87–69	82–69	71–69
2	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	6	4	2	487	472	+15	10	Advance to play-ins		77–84	—	82–74	92–80
3	Beşiktaş Icrypex	6	3	3	471	478	−7	9			82–79	75–82	—	88–72
4	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	1	5	450	491	−41	7			76–72	72–85	81–83	—

The Play-ins took place from January 4 to 19. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, will go on to the Play-ins. Winners will advance to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs were played on 18–19 January.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Lenovo Tenerife	2–1	Pınar Karşıyaka	76–69	80–88	74–71
Hapoel Jerusalem	1–2	Prometey	95–70	79–82	75–85
JDA Dijon	2–0	VEF Rīga	84–77	83–79	—
NutriBullet Treviso	2–0	Lavrio Megabolt	87–72	90–78	—
Igokea	1–2	Filou Oostende	87–72	64–85	77–83
SIG Strasbourg	2–0	PAOK	105–78	80–79	—
Hapoel Holon	2–1	Beşiktaş Icrypex	72–73	72–70	74–68
Hereda San Pablo Burgos	1–2	Darüşşafaka	83–78	66–85	68–80

The Round of 16 took place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups were formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		HOL	LUD	JDA	GAL
1	Hapoel Holon	6	4	2	465	443	+22	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	69–51	90–83	98–89
2	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	6	4	2	438	414	+24	10			68–71	—	95–73	76–71
3	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	461	476	−15	9			78–66	72–84	—	80–69
4	Galatasaray Nef	6	1	5	433	464	−31	7			74–71	58–64	72–75	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAX	TOF	DAR	TVS
1	Baxi Manresa	6	4	2	537	483	+54	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	85–70	89–74	108–88
2	Tofaş	6	4	2	483	440	+43	10			74–68	—	91–81	82–80
3	Darüşşafaka	6	4	2	492	495	−3	10			89–84	75–74	—	88–76
4	NutriBullet Treviso	6	0	6	464	558	−94	6			88–103	51–92	81–85	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CLU	UNI	OOS	PRO
1	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	4	3	1	320	308	+12	7	Advance to quarter-finals		—	70–86	86–75	—
2	Unicaja	4	2	2	302	294	+8	6			73–79	—	75–59	—
3	Filou Oostende	4	1	3	294	314	−20	5			74–85	86–68	—	87–91
4	Prometey[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw		81–92[b]	70–69	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	SIG	RYT	FAL
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	6	0	494	407	+87	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	71–66	89–75	87–62
2	SIG Strasbourg	6	3	3	463	449	+14	9			67–85	—	71–73	98–86
3	Rytas	6	2	4	455	493	−38	8			64–83	71–76	—	91–88
4	Falco Szombathely	6	1	5	458	521	−63	7			73–79	63–85	86–81	—

The playoffs began on April 5, 2022 and ended with the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	76	75	73
							6 May
	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	73	92	79
							MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg			55
							Baxi Manresa			63
	Baxi Manresa	86	91	—
													8 May
	Unicaja	63	89	—
													Baxi Manresa			87
													Lenovo Tenerife			98
	Hapoel Holon	93	81	—
							6 May
	SIG Strasbourg	75	80	—
							Hapoel Holon			71
							Lenovo Tenerife			78			Third place
	Lenovo Tenerife	78	74	—
													8 May
	Tofaş	77	73	—
													MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg			88
													Hapoel Holon			68

The semifinals were played on 6 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hapoel Holon	71–78	Lenovo Tenerife
Baxi Manresa	63–55	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

The third place game was played on 8 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hapoel Holon	68–88	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

The final was played on 8 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Baxi Manresa	87–98	Lenovo Tenerife

The annual season awards were announced on 6 May.^[11][12][13]

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa
Final Four MVP	Marcelo Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Best Young Player	Giordano Bortolani	NutriBullet Treviso
Best Coach	Pedro Martínez	Baxi Manresa

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Joe Ragland	Hapoel U-NET Holon	Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Jonah Radebaugh	MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg	Joe Thomasson	Baxi Manresa
Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell	Galatasaray Nef
Chris Johnson	Hapoel U-NET Holon	Elijah Stewart	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife	Ivan Buva	Rytas Vilnius

Player	Team	Ref.
Alberto Díaz	Unicaja	[14]
Justin Simon	Riesen Ludwigsburg
Chris Johnson	Hapoel U-NET Holon
Kaiser Gates	Hapoel Jerusalem
Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2021
October	Jonah Radebaugh	Riesen Ludwigsburg	[15]
November	Ivan Buva	Rytas Vilnius	[16]
December	Brandon Brown	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	[17]
2022
January	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	Darüşşafaka	[18]
February	David Holston	JDA Dijon	[19]
March	Joe Ragland	Hapoel Holon	[20]
April	Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa	[21]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
	Final Four in Bilbao	22,460	7,495	3,514	5,615†
1	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	28,537	7,415	4,412	5,707†
2	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	32,205	10,000	0	4,601†
3	Unicaja	26,988	6,137	2,749	4,498†
4	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	19,672	6,046	0	3,934†
5	SIG Strasbourg	29,927	4,527	2,000	3,741†
6	Rytas	19,317	4,836	2,167	3,220†
7	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	8,993	3,157	2,836	2,998†
8	Arged BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	8,843	2,978	2,924	2,948†
9	Baxi Manresa	20,373	4,785	0	2,910†
10	JDA Dijon	17,001	4,000	0	2,429†
11	Falco Szombathely	12,570	2,500	1,500	2,095†
12	Lenovo Tenerife	18,791	3,744	652	2,088†
13	Galatasaray Nef	12,502	3,273	1,200	2,084†
14	Pınar Karşıyaka	7,500	2,500	1,000	1,875†
15	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	10,431	3,242	500	1,490†
16	NutriBullet Treviso	10,168	1,709	1,037	1,453†
17	AEK	4,300	1,900	1,150	1,433†
18	PAOK mateco	5,700	2,500	500	1,425†
19	Prometey	8,353	1,953	800	1,392†
20	ERA Nymburk	4,133	1,790	973	1,378†
21	Happy Casa Brindisi	3,900	1,500	1,000	1,300†
22	Darüşşafaka	7,188	1,630	0	1,027†
23	Hapoel U-NET Holon	7,500	4,000	0	833†
24	Igokea m:tel	3,400	1,000	400	680†
25	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	1,928	669	617	643†
26	Kalev/Cramo	1,850	834	408	617†
27	Filou Oostende	3,543	1,001	2	506†
28	Nizhny Novgorod	1,488	681	326	496†
29	Tofaş	3,453	1,959	0	493†
30	VEF Rīga	1,530	530	0	383†
31	Beşiktaş Icrypex	1,453	568	0	363†
32	Lavrio Megabolt	1,200	500	0	300†
	League total	367,197	10,000	0	2,098†

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
	Qualification Round A in Peristeri	557	420	20	111†
	Qualification Round B in Treviso	3,474	1,671	0	695†
	Qualification Round C in Tallinn	2,781	1,172	130	556†
	Qualification Round D in Sofia	0	0	0	0†
	League total	6,812	1,671	0	341†

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