The 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup was the 8th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, the second-level European professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season began on 12 October 2022 and ended on 26 April 2023.
Anwil Włocławek defeated Cholet in the finals, which were played over two legs in both club's arenas. They became the first Polish club to win a European competition title.
Team allocation 18 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 5 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:
Río Breogán Leicester Riders Šiauliai TFT Skopje FMP Meridian
Teams 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition CL QR1, QR2, QR3: Losers from the Champions League qualifying rounds
Regular season Brose Bamberg Opava Pärnu Sadam Brindisi Niners Chemnitz Karhu Norrköping Dolphins Donar Heroes Den Bosch Egis Körmend Kangoeroes Mechelen Anwil Włocławek Patrioti Levice CSO Voluntari Golden Eagles Ylli Balkan FC Porto Swans Gmunden Fribourg Olympic Hakro Merlins Crailsheim CSM Oradea Keravnos Budivelnyk Hapoel Galil Elyon Gaziantep Qualifying rounds Trepça Antwerp Giants Kataja Hapoel Haifa Jämtland Basket KB Prishtina Rilski Sportist Cholet ZZ Leiden Beşiktaş Emlakjet Cbet Jonava Cedevita Junior Göttingen Czarni Słupsk Wolves Petrolina AEK Larnaca Aris Sporting CP Kapfenberg Bulls Kalev/Cramo Þór Þorlákshöfn SCMU Craiova
Schedule The schedule of the competition will be as follows. +Schedule for 2022–23 FIBA Europe CupPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying roundsFirst qualifying round14 July 202227 September 2022Second qualifying round28 September 2022Third qualifying round30 September 2022Regular seasonRound 112 October 2022Round 219 October 2022Round 326 October 2022Round 42 November 2022Round 523 November 2022Round 630 November 2022Second roundRound 114 December 2022Round 221 December 2022Round 311 January 2023Round 425 January 2023Round 51 February 2023Round 68 February 2023Quarter-finals6–8 March 202314–15 March 2023Semi-finals29 March 20235 April 2023Finals19 April 202326 April 2023
Qualifying rounds
Draw The 22 teams will be divided into 6 pots. For the quarter-finals round of Qualifications, teams from Pot 5 will be drawn against teams from Pot 4 and teams from pot 6 will be drawn against two teams from Pot 3. Teams from Pot 1, 2 and the other two teams from pot 3 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semi-final stage of Qualifications. 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 ten directly qualified teams and the 18 Basketball Champions League eliminated teams in the main draw.
+Pot 1Team ZZ Leiden Sporting CP Kapfenberg Bulls Rilski Sportist+Pot 2Team Antwerp Giants Kataja KB Prishtina Beşiktaş Emlakjet+Pot 3Team Hapoel Haifa Cholet Kalev/Cramo Petrolina AEK Larnaca+Pot 4Team SCMU Craiova Czarni Słupsk Göttingen Aris+Pot 5Team Cbet Jonava Wolves Trepça Jämtland Basket+Pot 6Team Cedevita Junior Þór Þorlákshöfn
Qualification Group A Venue: Mitrovica, Kosovo
Qualification Group B Venue: Jonava, Lithuania
Qualification Group C Venue: Samokov, Bulgaria
Qualification Group D Venue: Cholet, France
Lucky losers Following the qualification of Tofaş, Unicaja and Bakken Bears to the Champions League, three 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 SCMU Craiova 150 139 +11 Advance to regular season 2 Rilski Sportist 152 144 +8 3 Antwerp Giants 161 158 +3 4 ZZ Leiden 137 145 -8
Regular season
Draw The draw took place in Munich, Germany on July 14.
The thirty-two teams were divided into 4 seeds and 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 and fourth-placed teams are eliminated. +Seed 1Team CSM Oradea Hakro Merlins Crailsheim Donar Gaziantep Balkan Anwil Włocławek FC Porto Hapoel Galil Elyon+Seed 2Team Brose Bamberg Fribourg Olympic Karhu Opava Brindisi+Seed 3Team Kangoeroes Mechelen Budivelnyk Keravnos CSO Voluntari Niners Chemnitz Heroes Den Bosch Körmend Swans Gmunden+Seed 4Team Norrköping Dolphins Golden Eagles Ylli Patrioti Levice Pärnu Sporting CP Kalev/Cramo Hapoel Haifa Cholet Notes
Indicates teams that qualify for BCL Regular Season, and three 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 play-offs began on 6 March and concluded on 19 and 26 April 2023 with the 2023 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 6–8 March, and the second legs were played on 14–15 March 2023.
Semi-finals The first legs were played on 29 March, and the second legs were played on 5 April 2023.
Finals
The first leg was played on 19 April, and the second leg was played on 26 April 2023.
Individual awards FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP PlayerTeam Phil Greene Anwil Włocławek
MVP of the Month Month Player Club 2022 Ousman Krubally Keravnos Miha Lapornik Patrioti Levice Conner Frankamp Gaziantep 2023 Olivier Hanlan Gaziantep Codi Miller-McIntyre Gaziantep Artur Konontšuk Kalev/Cramo
See also 2022–23 EuroLeague 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball 2022–23 Basketball Champions League
References
External links Official website