The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 65th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 30 September 2021. The three Russian teams were suspended because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cease, the records of all regular season matches against Russian teams were annulled, and team win-loss records adjusted accordingly, dramatically affecting league standings.
Anadolu Efes successfully defended last year's title after defeating Real Madrid in the championship game.
Team allocation ALBA Berlin was awarded with a two-year wild card Turkish Airlines EuroLeague license. Bayern Munich and LDLC ASVEL have received long-term licenses.
Distribution The following is the access list for this season. +Access list for 2021–22 EuroLeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRegular season()13 licensed clubs with a long-term licence 5 associated clubs with an annual licence 1 two-year wild card 2 one-year wild cards 2 EuroCup FinalistsPlayoffs(8 teams)8 highest-placed teams from the regular seasonFinal Four(4 teams)4 series winners from the playoffs
Qualified teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
+Qualified teams for 2021–22 EuroLeagueLicensed clubs Barcelona Olympiacos Anadolu Efes Žalgiris Baskonia Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe CSKA Moscow Real Madrid Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano Bayern Munich ASVEL +Associated clubs ALBA Berlin AS Monaco UNICS Crvena zvezda Zenit Saint Petersburg Notes
Teams Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz ArenaWorldstadiums.com basketball capacity 14,500. Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem DomeTurkey2010.FIBA.com Mayor of Istanbul gives Turkish Basketball Federation and media tour of World Championship Final venue. A|X Armani Exchange MilanMilan Mediolanum Forum Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome Crvena zvezda mtsBelgrade Štark Arena Aleksandar Nikolić Hall CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena AS Monaco MonacoSalle Gaston Médecin Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos OPAP Athens OAKA Altion Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall Kazan Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio arena Zenit Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg Sibur Arena Yubileyny Sports Palace
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Panathinaikos Oded Kattash Mutual consent 26 June 2021 Pre-season Dimitrios Priftis 26 June 2021 UNICS Dimitrios Priftis Signed by Panathinaikos 26 June 2021 Velimir Perasović 29 June 2021 Fenerbahçe Igor Kokoškov Parted ways 27 July 2021 Aleksandar Đorđević 31 July 2021 ALBA Berlin Aíto García Reneses Sabbatical 17 August 2021 Israel González 17 August 2021 Žalgiris Martin Schiller Sacked 8 October 2021 18th (0–2) Jure Zdovc 8 October 2021 Baskonia Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021 16th (3–6) Neven Spahija 15 November 2021 AS Monaco Zvezdan Mitrović Mutual consent 13 December 2021 14th (5–9) Saša Obradović 13 December 2021 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos Sacked 15 February 2022 12th (11–12) Avi Even (interim) 15 February 2022
Referees A total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:
Regular season
League table
Regulations When more than two teams are tied, the ranking was established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied was determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved. If a tie persists, the ranking was determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.
Results
1Participation of Russian teams is suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in accordance with the decision of the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board of 28 February.
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four.
Series
Final Four
The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Thursday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Saturday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.
Awards All official awards of the 2021–22 EuroLeague.
EuroLeague MVP Nikola Mirotić ( Barcelona)
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Vasilije Micić ( Anadolu Efes)
All-EuroLeague Teams Pos.First Team Second Team G Mike James AS Monaco Kostas Sloukas OlympiacosG Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes Vasilije Micić Anadolu EfesF Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos Vladimir Lučić Bayern MunichF Nikola Mirotić Barcelona Shavon Shields A|X Armani Exchange MilanC Edy Tavares Real Madrid Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos OPAP
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Vasilije Micić ( Anadolu Efes)
Best Defender Kyle Hines ( A|X Armani Exchange Milan)
Rising Star Rokas Jokubaitis ( Barcelona)
Coach of the Year Georgios Bartzokas ( Olympiacos)
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1 Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 2 Tornike Shengelia CSKA Moscow 29 3 Tornike Shengelia (2) CSKA Moscow 37 4 Brandon Davies Barcelona 38 5 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow 32 6 Daryl Macon Panathinaikos 38 7 Élie Okobo LDLC ASVEL 37 8 Chris Jones LDLC ASVEL 27 9 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 37 10 Scottie Wilbekin (2) Maccabi Tel Aviv 37 11 Lorenzo Brown UNICS 31 12 William Howard LDLC ASVEL 33 13 Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos 36 14 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barcelona 39 15 Mike James AS Monaco 31 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 16 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 37 17 Wade Baldwin Bitci Baskonia 33 18 Billy Baron Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 19 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes 30 20 Daniel Hackett CSKA Moscow 26 21 Daniel Hackett (2) CSKA Moscow 38 22 Ante Žižić Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 23 Nikola Milutinov CSKA Moscow 28 24 James Nunnally Maccabi Tel Aviv 38 25 Nikola Milutinov (2) CSKA Moscow 36 26 Nicolás Laprovíttola Barcelona 27 27 Vasilije Micić (2) Anadolu Efes 30 28 Dante Exum Barcelona 31 29 Maodo Lô Alba Berlin 34 30 Wade Baldwin (2) Bitci Baskonia 29 31 Vasilije Micić (3) Anadolu Efes 29 Howard Sant-Roos Panathinaikos 32 Sasha Vezenkov (2) Olympiacos 26 33 Shane Larkin (3) Anadolu Efes 36 34 Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos 31 Playoffs RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1 Brandon Davies (2) Barcelona 24 2 Vincent Poirier Real Madrid 31 3 Nikola Mirotić (3) Barcelona 31 4 Tibor Pleiß Anadolu Efes 37 5 Nicolás Laprovíttola Barcelona 30
MVP of the Month
MonthRoundPlayerTeam 2021October 1–7 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona November 8–12 Edy Tavares Real Madrid December 13–18 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barcelona 2022January 19–23 Guerschon Yabusele Real Madrid February 24–27 Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos March 28–33 Mike James AS Monaco April 34–PO5 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes
Statistics Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamPIR1. Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 20.12. Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes18.73. Edy Tavares Real Madrid 18.4 Source: EuroLeague
Points RankNameTeamPPG1. Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes18.22. Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 16.93. Mike James AS Monaco 16.4 Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds RankNameTeamRPG1. Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos8.22. Edy Tavares Real Madrid7.53. Nicolò Melli A|X Armani Exchange Milan 6.7 Source: EuroLeague
Assists RankNameTeamAPG1. Nick Calathes Barcelona6.42. Lorenzo Brown UNICS 6.13. Mike James AS Monaco 5.8 Source: EuroLeague
Blocks RankNameTeamBPG1. Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos1.72. Edy Tavares Real Madrid1.73. Donta Hall AS Monaco 1.1 Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamAverage Steals John Brown UNICS 2.8 Turnovers Élie Okobo LDLC ASVEL 3.1 Fouls drawn Mike James AS Monaco 5.1 Minutes Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 31:53 FT % Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv 94.1% 2-Point % Donta Hall AS Monaco 77.5% 3-Point % Marco Spissu UNICS 52.9%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Rating Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 39 Real Madrid (19 May 2022) Points Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Tel Aviv 37 AS Monaco (17 Nov 2021)Rebounds Georgios Papagiannis Panathinaikos 17 UNICS (11 Nov 2021) Assists Mike James AS Monaco 14 Žalgiris (15 Dec 2021) Steals John Brown UNICS 7 Barcelona (20 Jan 2022) BlocksFour players 5 —
Team statistics CategoryTeamAverage Rating Anadolu Efes 93.9 Points AS Monaco 83.4 Rebounds Real Madrid 38.3 Assists Barcelona 18.4 Steals UNICS 9.4 Blocks Real Madrid 3.3 Turnovers ALBA Berlin 13.7 FT % Anadolu Efes 81.5% 2-Point % Olympiacos 58.1% 3-Point % Barcelona 40.1%
Attendances
See also 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball 2021–22 Basketball Champions League 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website