The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier 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.
Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.
Team allocation A total of 52 teams from 30 countries participated in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.
Teams League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders, WC: Wild card).
The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration. +Qualified teams for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)Regular season Pınar Karşıyaka Baxi Manresa MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Igokea Beşiktaş Icrypex Unicaja EWE Baskets Oldenburg ERA Nymburk Tofaş Lavrio Megabolt Hapoel Holon Falco Szombathely Darüşşafaka WC AEK Hapoel Jerusalem VEF Rīga Galatasaray Nef WC PAOK WC Happy Casa Brindisi Rytas Lenovo Tenerife JDA Dijon Dinamo Sassari Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Hereda San Pablo BurgosTH SIG Strasbourg Filou Oostende Nizhny Novgorod Qualifying rounds Kapfenberg Bulls Opava London Lions ZZ Leiden Belfius Mons-Hainaut Bakken Bears Peristeri Sporting CP Tsmoki-Minsk Kalev/Cramo Hapoel Eilat U-BT Cluj-Napoca Levski Lukoil Salon Vilpas NutriBullet Treviso Parma Split Le Mans Juventus Fribourg Olympic AEK Larnaca Brose Bamberg Mornar Prometey
Referees A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League: 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
Schedule The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
+Schedule for 2021–22 Basketball Champions LeaguePhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird legQualifying roundsFirst qualifying round7 July 202113–14 September 2021Second qualifying round15–16 September 2021Third qualifying round17–18 September 2021Regular seasonRound 14–6 October 2021Round 2Groups A, B, E, F11–13 October 2021Groups C, D, G, H18–20 October 2021Round 3Groups A, B, E, F25–27 October 2021Groups C, D, G, H1–3 November 2021Round 4Groups A, B, E, F8–10 November 2021Groups C, D, G, H15–17 November 2021Round 5Groups A, B, E, F6–8 December 2021Groups C, D, G, H13–15 December 2021Round 621–22 December 2021Play-ins4–5 January 202211–12 January 202218–19 January 2022Round of 16Round 125–26 January 2022Round 21–2 February 2022Round 37–9 February 2022Round 47–9 March 2022Round 514–16 March 2022Round 622–23 March 2022Play-offsQuarter-finals25 March 2022 5–6 April 202212–13 April 202219–20 April 2022Final FourSemi-finals6 May 2022Final8 May 2022
Qualifying rounds Draw 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. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
+Pot 1Team Brose Bamberg 94 Peristeri 37 Le Mans 25 Bakken Bears 17+Pot 2Team Fribourg Olympic 14 Mornar 13 Tsmoki-Minsk 13 Opava 9+Pot 3Team Levski Lukoil 2 Sporting CP 2 2 AEK Larnaca 1+Pot 4Team U-BT Cluj-Napoca 1 London Lions 1 Kapfenberg Bulls 1 Parma 87.00+Pot 5Team NutriBullet Treviso 69.58 Hapoel Eilat 67.00 Juventus 41.00 Salon Vilpas 6.00+Pot 6Team ZZ Leiden 5.00 Prometey 3.00 Split 0 Kalev/Cramo 0 Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Qualification Group A (Athens, Greece)
Qualification Group B (Treviso, Italy)
Qualification Group C (Tallinn, Estonia)
Qualification Group D (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Regular season
Draw 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. +Pot 1Team 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 2Team 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 3Team VEF Rīga 29 Tofaş 28 Baxi Manresa 19 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 11 Rytas 11 Darüşşafaka 8 Galatasaray Nef 8 Unicaja 105.50+Pot 4Team Igokea 28 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 75.67 Lavrio Megabolt 67.75 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 20.17 U-BT Cluj-Napoca NutriBullet Treviso Kalev/Cramo Prometey Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Play-ins 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.
Round of 16 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.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Playoffs
The playoffs began on April 5, 2022, and ended with the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
Final Four
Semifinals The semifinals were played on 6 May 2022.
Third place game The third place game was played on 8 May 2022.
Final The final was played on 8 May 2022.
Individual awards Season awards The annual season awards were announced on 6 May. 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
Star Lineup First TeamSecond 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
All Defensive Team Player TeamRef. Alberto Díaz Unicaja Justin Simon Riesen Ludwigsburg Chris Johnson Hapoel U-NET Holon Kaiser Gates Hapoel Jerusalem Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa
MVP of the Month Month Player Club 2021 Jonah Radebaugh Riesen Ludwigsburg Ivan Buva Rytas Vilnius Brandon Brown U-BT Cluj-Napoca 2022 Doğuş Özdemiroğlu Darüşşafaka David Holston JDA Dijon Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa
Attendances to arenas
Average attendances
Qualification rounds
See also 2021–22 EuroLeague 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website