2021–22 EuroLeague Women

The 2021–22 EuroLeague Women is the 64th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Season2021–22
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 20
DatesQualifying:
21–23 September 2021
Competition proper:
6 October 2021 – 10 April 2022
Final positions
Champions Sopron Basket (1st title)
Runners-up Fenerbahçe
Third place Perfumerías Avenida
Fourth place ZVVZ USK Praha
Awards
Final Four MVPGabby Williams (Sopron)
2022–23 →

In February 2022, the Russian teams (UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and MBA Moscow) were expelled from the tournament by FIBA for the Euroleague Women playoffs, and suspended, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

Sopron Basket won its first-ever championship after defeating Fenerbahçe in the final of the Final Four.[3]

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women.[4]

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).

Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st)
Basket Landes (1st) Dynamo Kursk (2nd)
BLMA (2nd) MBA Moscow (3rd)
Sopron Basket (1st) Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Reyer Venezia (1st) Spar Girona (CW, 3rd)
TTT Riga (1st) Fenerbahçe (1st)
VBW Arka Gdynia (1st) Galatasaray (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1Conference 2
KSC Szekszárd (2nd) Tango Bourges Basket (3rd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) Beretta Famila Schio (2nd)
Kayseri Basketbol (10th) Valencia BasketEC (2nd)

Referees

Round and draw dates

Schedule
PhaseRoundRound date[5]
Qualifying round21–23 September 2021
Regular seasonMatchday 16–7 October 2021
Matchday 213–14 October 2021
Matchday 320–21 October 2021
Matchday 427 October 2021
Matchday 52–3 November 2021
Matchday 624 November 2021
Matchday 71–2 December 2021
Matchday 87–9 December 2021
Matchday 914–16 December 2021
Matchday 1020–21 December 2021
Matchday 1112–13 January 2022
Matchday 1219–20 January 2022
Matchday 1326–27 January 2022
Matchday 141 February 2022
QuarterfinalsFirst leg23 February 2022
Second leg2 March 2022
Third leg9 March 2022
Final FourSemifinals8 April 2022
Final10 April 2022

Draw

The draw was held on 19 August 2021 in Freising, Germany.[6][7]

Draw rules are as follows.

  • A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same Regular Season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
  • Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
  • If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Fenerbahçe		 Dynamo Kursk
Perfumerías Avenida		 ZVVZ USK Praha
Sopron Basket		 Spar Girona
BLMA
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
TTT Riga
Galatasaray		 Reyer Venezia
Basket Landes		 VBW Arka Gdynia
MBA Moscow		 Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2

Qualifying round

Conference 1
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SZE SEP KAY
1 KSC Szekszárd 2 2 0 143 126 +17 4 Regular season 63–56
2 ACS Sepsi SIC (H) 2 1 1 135 141 −6 3 EuroCup Women 79–78
3 Kayseri Basketbol 2 0 2 148 159 −11 2 70–80
Source: FIBA
(H) Host

Conference 2
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SCH BOU VAL
1 Beretta Famila Schio (H) 2 2 0 125 105 +20 4 Regular season 69–57
2 Tango Bourges Basket 2 1 1 132 141 −9 3 EuroCup Women 75–72
3 Valencia Basket 2 0 2 120 131 −11 2 48–56
Source: FIBA
(H) Host

Regular season

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA AVE USK BLM TTT VEN MBA SZE
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 14 0 1222 944 +278 28 Excluded 110–102 75–73 108–53 75–60 75–69 104–65 89–52
2 Perfumerías Avenida 14 11 3 1130 978 +152 25 Advance to quarterfinals 67–93 85–75 88–67 72–41 110–69 70–64 96–54
3 ZVVZ USK Praha 14 10 4 1170 900 +270 24 77–90 80–55 89–54 84–64 88–53 92–61 83–56
4 BLMA 14 6 8 959 1078 −119 20 73–92 65–78 75–74 63–54 52–74 86–77 82–57
5 TTT Riga 14 6 8 825 983 −158 20 56–71 51–71 52–103 45–80 71–57 64–59 69–68
6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 5 9 934 990 −56 19 Transfer to EuroCup Women 67–74 56–71 75–84 79–59 54–62 61–62 80–59
7 MBA Moscow 14 4 10 943 1064 −121 18 Excluded 63–84 69–77 54–79 98–78 61–68 72–75 65–62
8 KSC Szekszárd 14 0 14 855 1101 −246 14 Transfer to EuroCup Women 67–82 84–88 51–89 65–72 65–68 51–65 64–73
Source: FIBA

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN SOP SCH KUR GIR LAN GAL GDY
1 Fenerbahçe 14 11 3 1108 892 +216 25 Advance to quarterfinals 73–47 82–65 83–58 78–57 65–70 107–62 87–67
2 Sopron Basket 14 8 6 935 897 +38 22 59–82 67–58 79–72 53–68 76–54 73–44 67–40
3 Beretta Famila Schio 14 8 6 1011 966 +45 22 64–60 71–70 64–80 68–76 96–56 76–73 75–61
4 Dynamo Kursk 14 8 6 1038 1021 +17 22 Excluded 57–63 73–77 74–93 92–75 75–57 78–76 86–76
5 Spar Girona 14 7 7 972 977 −5 21 Advance to quarterfinals 71–59 63–68 65–55 66–71 70–78 55–69 80–70
6 Basket Landes 14 7 7 966 1050 −84 21 Transfer to EuroCup Women 76–93 61–52 64–79 78–75 71–80 71–62 79–70
7 Galatasaray 14 5 9 968 1038 −70 19 69–89 67–61 67–80 70–80 80–68 83–64 71–60
8 VBW Arka Gdynia 14 2 12 935 1092 −157 16 70–87 71–86 71–67 64–67 65–78 74–87 76–75
Source: FIBA

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Perfumerías Avenida 2–1 Spar Girona 77–63 79–81 74–65
Sopron Basket 2–0 BLMA 60–42 72–65
ZVVZ USK Praha 2–1 Beretta Famila Schio 72–70 56–69 90–77
Fenerbahçe 2–0 TTT Riga 77–56 88–65

Final Four

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 April
 
 
 Perfumerías Avenida69
 
10 April
 
 Sopron Basket74
 
 Sopron Basket60
 
8 April
 
 Fenerbahçe55
 
 ZVVZ USK Praha74
 
 
 Fenerbahçe83
 
Third place
 
 
10 April
 
 
 Perfumerías Avenida71
 
 
 ZVVZ USK Praha59


2021–22 EuroLeague Women Champions

Sopron Basket
First title

Awards

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
2021
October Eva Lisec Dynamo Kursk[9]
November Sandrine Gruda Beretta Famila Schio[10]
December Brionna Jones ZVVZ USK Praha[11]
2022
January Natasha Howard Dynamo Kursk[12]
February Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha[13]

See also

References
  1. "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
  2. "A glance at the reaction of sports to Russian invasion". AP NEWS. March 8, 2022.
  3. "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA.basketball. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. "EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women 2021-22 season clubs confirmed". FIBA. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. "Regulations governing the Euroleague Women 2021-2022" (PDF). FIBA. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 draw seedings, Qualifiers Tournaments hosts announced". FIBA. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 Regular Season groups drawn". FIBA. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. "Lisec named EuroLeague Women October MVP". FIBA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. "Gruda crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for November". FIBA. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. "Jones named EuroLeague Women MVP for December". FIBA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. "Howard crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for January". FIBA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. "Thomas takes EuroLeague Women MVP honor for February". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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