The 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup was the 7th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season began on 13 October 2021 and ended on 27 April 2022 with the 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Bahçeşehir Koleji won their first league title.
Team allocation 14 teams eliminated in the Basketball Champions League qualification rounds could join directly the regular season, depending on their decision as declared in the FIBA Europe Cup option form. The following 9 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:
Levski Lukoil Split AEK Larnaca Kalev/Cramo Salon Vilpas Le Mans Brose Bamberg Juventus Fribourg Olympic
Teams On 26 July 2021, the list of 33 registered clubs was announced by FIBA Europe. 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition CL QR1, QR2, QR3: Losers from the Champions League qualifying rounds TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders Regular season Tsmoki-Minsk Rilski Sportist Legia Warsaw Hakro Merlins Crailsheim CSM Oradea Peristeri Ionikos Avtodor PARMA-PARIMATCH Mornar Hapoel Eilat Szolnoki Olajbányász Casademont Zaragoza ZZ Leiden Sporting CP Hapoel Gilboa Galil Bahçeşehir Koleji Opava Kapfenberg Bulls London Lions UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia Kyiv-Basket Bakken Bears Belfius Mons-Hainaut Telenet Giants Antwerp Heroes Den Bosch Qualifying rounds Swans Gmunden Kumanovo Academic Plovdiv Iraklis CSO Voluntari GGMT Vienna TFT Skopje Keravnos Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák Enisey Hapoel Haifa FC Porto Pärnu Sadam Donar Dnipro Ironi Ness ZionaTH Benfica Medi Bayreuth Trefl Sopot
Schedule The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
+Schedule for 2021–22 FIBA Europe CupPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying roundsFirst qualifying round19 August 202128 September 2021Second qualifying round29 September 2021Third qualifying round1 October 2021Regular seasonRound 112–13 October 2021Round 219–20 October 2021Round 326–27 October 2021Round 42–4 November 2021Round 59–11 November 2021Round 617 November 2021Second roundRound 18 December 2021Round 215 December 2021Round 312 January 2022Round 426 January 2022Round 52 February 2022Round 69 February 2022Quarter-Finals9 March 202216 March 2022Semi-Finals30 March 20226 April 2022Finals20 April 202227 April 2022
Qualifying rounds Draw The nineteen teams will be divided into 5 pots. For the quarter-finals round of Qualifications, teams from Pot 5 will be drawn against teams from Pot 4. Clubs from Pot 1, 2 and 3 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semi-final stage of Qualifications. Teams from pot 1 will face the winners from the quarter-finals round, and teams from pot 3 will be drawn against teams from Pot 2. The winners of the semi-final 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 fourteen directly qualified teams and the fourteen Basketball Champions League eliminated teams in the main draw.
+Pot 1Team Ironi Ness Ziona Donar Medi Bayreuth Dnipro+Pot 2Team Benfica Iraklis Keravnos Enisey+Pot 3Team Porto Hapoel Haifa Voluntari Academic Plovdiv+Pot 4Team Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák Trefl Sopot Swans Gmunden Pärnu Sadam+Pot 5Team GGMT Vienna Kumanovo TFT Skopje
Qualification Group A Venue: MartiniPlaza, Groningen
Qualification Group B Venue: Triaditza Hall, Sofia
Qualification Group C Venue: Arena Sever, Krasnoyarsk
Qualification Group D Venue: Pärnu Sports Hall, Pärnu
Lucky losers Following the qualification of U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Prometey to the Champions League, two lucky losers will also qualify for the regular season. Their identity will be determined in accordance with section D from FIBA Basketball Rules as follows: Point difference of the combined results from the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the first criterion. Points scored in the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the second criterion. If the identity of the two is not determined using the previous two criteria, a draw will be held to determine the final classification.
Team Qualification 1 Donar 153 134 +19 Advance to regular season 2 Trefl Sopot 160 156 +4 3 Hapoel Haifa 160 160 0 4 Ironi Ness Ziona 156 161 -5
Regular season Draw The draw took place in Freising, Germany at 12:00 CET on August 19.
The thirty-two teams will be divided into 4 Seeds and will be drawn into eight groups of four. A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated. Additionally, Based on a decision of the Board of FIBA Europe, clubs from Russia and Ukraine will be drawn into separate groups in the Draw for the Regular Season.
+Seed 1Team Oradea Casademont Zaragoza Bahçeşehir Koleji Parma Kyiv-Basket Telenet Giants Antwerp U-BT Cluj-Napoca Tsmoki-Minsk+Seed 2Team ZZ Leiden Bakken Bears Belfius Mons-Hainaut Kapfenberg Bulls Heroes Den Bosch Szolnoki Olajbányász Rilski Sportist Reggiana+Seed 3Team London Lions Peristeri Avtodor Prometey Sporting CP Legia Warsaw Mornar Opava+Seed 4Team Hapoel Eilat Hakro Merlins Crailsheim Ionikos Hapoel Gilboa Galil Benfica Iraklis Medi Bayreuth Porto Notes
Indicates teams qualified for BCL Regular Season, and two runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers filled their spots.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Second round Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Play-offs
The playoffs began on 9 March 2022 and ended on 27 April 2022 with the 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on 9 and 10 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2022.
Semifinals The first legs were played on 30 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 6 April 2022.
Finals
The first leg was played on 20 April 2022, and the second leg was played on 27 April 2022.
Individual awards FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP PlayerTeam Jamar Smith Bahçeşehir Koleji
See also 2021–22 EuroLeague 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
References
External links Official website