The 2021–22 BIBL season is the 14th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). 10-13 teams from Bulgaria, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia will participate in the competition.
Teams First round Academic Plovdiv Hapoel Galil Elyon Prishtina TFT Skopje Balkan Botevgrad Ironi Nahariya Ibar Rožaje Beroe Maccabi Haifa Levski Sofia Navico Akademija FMP Second round
First round Ten teams drawn into two groups consisting of five teams each. Teams from the same country will be drawn in different groups. Peja will be drawn into a group with two teams from North Macedonia due to traveling schedule. Teams play against each other home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from each group will advanced to the second round.
During September, the league management announced the addition of two teams to the first round. On October 6, the league management decided to take Peja out of the tournament since Peja refused to confirm the competition's official schedule as well as fulfill all their financial obligations towards the league in the deadlines set. On October 13, the league management announced that Maccabi Haifa will take Peja's place as the 2nd participant in the league.
On 26 November, The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games cancelled.
Draw The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.
+Seed 1Team Ironi Nahariya Hapoel Galil Elyon+Seed 2Team Academic Plovdiv Balkan Botevgrad+Seed 3Team Kumanovo 2009 TFT Skopje+Seed 4Team Beroe Navico Akademija FMP+Seed 5Team Prishtina Peja
Group A
Group B
Second round The results between the teams from the same groups in the first round shall be carried forward into this round. The eight teams will be divided into new two groups of four teams each. Teams play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st from each group will advance to the Final Four. The teams placed 2nd and 3rd from each group will advance to the Quarter-Finals.
Group C
Group D
Knockout rounds Quarterfinals Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Balkan Botevgrad 165–148 Prishtina 83–85 82–63 Levski Sofia 169–188 Maccabi Haifa 83–91 86–97
Game 1
Game 2
Final Four The Final Four games will be composed of two semi-final games, third-place game and final game. Due Three teams from Israel qualified to the Final Four a draw will be made to determine the two pairs of the Semi Final games.
Source:
Semifinals
Third place
Final
Awards MVP of the Month Month Player Team 2021 October Ike Iroegbu Hapoel Galil Elyon 18.7 November TFT Skopje 14.3 December Stephaun Branch Ironi Nahariya 19.6 2022 January Kwame Vaughn Maccabi Haifa 22 March Christian Jones BC Balkan 22.3
First Round awards Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Dustin Thomas Ironi Nahariya 21.4 Top Scorer Billy Rae Ivey Navico Akademija FMP 23.4 pt Top Rebounder Obinna Oleka Beroe 9.7 rebounds Best Passer Stanimir Marinov Balkan Botevgrad 6.8 assists
MVP of the Second Round Player Team Christian Jones Balkan Botevgrad 22.0
MVP of the Final Four Player Team Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon
References
External links Official website Scoreboard Flashcore