2021–22 Basketball Champions League

The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League is 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 will end on 15 May 2022.

Basketball Champions League
The Bilbao Arena will host the Final Four
Season2021–22
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 30 countries)
DatesQualifying:
13–17 September 2021
Competition proper:
5 October 2021 – 15 May 2022
2022–23

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 will host the Final Four, which will mark the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 52 teams from 30 countries will participate in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.[2]

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).[2]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka (3rd) Baxi Manresa (10th) MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (3rd) Igokea (3rd/4th)
Beşiktaş Icrypex (4th) Unicaja (11th) EWE Baskets Oldenburg (5th) ERA Nymburk (1st)
Tofaş (5th) Lavrio Megabolt (2nd) Hapoel Holon (3rd) Falco Szombathely (1st)
Darüşşafaka (7th) AEK (3rd) Hapoel Jerusalem (6th) VEF Rīga (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (14th) PAOK (5th) Happy Casa Brindisi (3rd) Rytas (2nd)
Lenovo Tenerife (3rd) JDA Dijon (2nd) Dinamo Sassari (5th) Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st)
Hereda San Pablo BurgosTH (6th) SIG Strasbourg (3rd) Filou Oostende (1st) Nizhny Novgorod (5th)
Qualifying rounds
Kapfenberg Bulls (2nd) Opava (2nd) Peristeri (6th) Sporting CP (1st)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2nd) Bakken Bears (1st) Hapoel Eilat (4th) U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Tsmoki-Minsk (1st) Kalev/Cramo (1st) NutriBullet Treviso (6th) Parma (7th)
Levski Lukoil (1st) Salon Vilpas (1st) Juventus (4th) Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Split (2nd) Le Mans (7th) Mornar (2nd) Prometey (1st)
AEK Larnaca (1st) Brose Bamberg (8th) ZZ Leiden (1st) London Lions (2nd)

Referees

A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League:[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[4][5]

Schedule for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 7 July 2021 13–14 September 2021
Second qualifying round 15–16 September 2021
Third qualifying round 17–18 September 2021
Regular season Round 1 4–6 October 2021
Round 2 Groups A, B, E, F 11–13 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 18–20 October 2021
Round 3 Groups A, B, E, F 25–27 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 1–3 November 2021
Round 4 Groups A, B, E, F 8–10 November 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 15–17 November 2021
Round 5 Groups A, B, E, F 6–8 December 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 13–15 December 2021
Round 6 21–22 December 2021
Play-ins 4–5 January 2022 11–12 January 2022 18–19 January 2022
Round of 16 Round 1 25–26 January 2022
Round 2 1–2 February 2022
Round 3 7–9 February 2022
Round 4 7–9 March 2022
Round 5 14–16 March 2022
Round 6 22–23 March 2022
Play-offs Quarter-finals 25 March 2022 5–6 April 2022 12–13 April 2022 19–20 April 2022
Final Four Semi-finals 13 May 2022
Final 15 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.[6] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1
Team Pts
Brose Bamberg94
Peristeri37
Le Mans25
Bakken Bears17
Pot 2
Team Pts
Fribourg Olympic14
Mornar13
Tsmoki-Minsk13
Opava9
Pot 3
Team Pts
Levski Lukoil2
Sporting CP2
Belfius Mons-Hainaut2
AEK Larnaca1
Pot 4
Team Pts
U-BT Cluj-Napoca1
London Lions1
Kapfenberg Bulls1
Parma87.00
Pot 5
Team Pts
NutriBullet Treviso69.58
Hapoel Eilat67.00
Juventus41.00
Salon Vilpas6.00
Pot 6
Team Pts
ZZ Leiden5.00
Prometey3.00
Split0
Kalev/Cramo0
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Athens, Greece)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Peristeri74
13 September
U-BT Cluj-Napoca84
U-BT Cluj-Napoca106
17 September
Salon Vilpas97
U-BT Cluj-Napoca77
Fribourg Olympic64
15 September
Fribourg Olympic76
13 September
Split67
AEK Larnaca50
Split65

Qualification Group B (Treviso, Italy)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Bakken Bears90
13 September
NutriBullet Treviso92
London Lions62
17 September
NutriBullet Treviso89
NutriBullet Treviso95
Tsmoki-Minsk78
15 September
Tsmoki-Minsk69
13 September
ZZ Leiden67
Belfius Mons-Hainaut74
ZZ Leiden76

Qualification Group C (Tallinn, Estonia)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Brose Bamberg79
13 September
Juventus83
Kapfenberg Bulls68
17 September
Juventus90
Juventus81
Kalev/Cramo86
15 September
Mornar89
13 September
Kalev/Cramo104
Sporting CP69
Kalev/Cramo86

Qualification Group D (Sofia, Bulgaria)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
16 September
Le Mans69
14 September
Parma82
Parma79
18 September
Hapoel Eilat76
Parma65
Prometey67
16 September
Opava78
14 September
Prometey100
Levski Lukoil56
Prometey96

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.[6]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Lenovo Tenerife133
AEK117
Hereda San Pablo Burgos109
Nizhny Novgorod101
Hapoel Jerusalem93
ERA Nymburk83
SIG Strasbourg80
Hapoel Holon78
Pot 2
Team Pts
JDA Dijon74
Filou Oostende58
Dinamo Sassari57
Beşiktaş Icrypex52
Pınar Karşıyaka51
Happy Casa Brindisi46
PAOK43
Falco Szombathely31
Pot 3
Team Pts
VEF Rīga29
Tofaş28
Baxi Manresa19
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg11
Rytas11
Darüşşafaka8
Galatasaray Nef8
Unicaja105.50
Pot 4
Team Pts
Igokea28
EWE Baskets Oldenburg75.67
Lavrio Megabolt67.75
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski20.17
U-BT Cluj-Napoca (Winner QF-T1)
NutriBullet Treviso (Winner QF-T2)
Kalev/Cramo (Winner QF-T3)
Prometey (Winner QF-T4)
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD TFE PRO DIN
1 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 4 2 494 450 +44 10 Advance to round of 16 80–69 60–71 94–81
2 Lenovo Tenerife 6 4 2 476 450 +26 10 Advance to play-ins 83–99 80–78 87–60
3 Prometey 6 3 3 459 434 +25 9 64–86 70–73 89–56
4 Dinamo Sassari 6 1 5 421 516 95 7 82–75 63–84 79–87

    Group B

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAX JER KAR STA
    1 Baxi Manresa 6 5 1 487 445 +42 11 Advance to round of 16 85–90 88–69 81–76
    2 Hapoel Jerusalem 6 3 3 475 461 +14 9 Advance to play-ins 73–86 84–86 83–76
    3 Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 453 475 22 9 67–72 65–85 80–77
    4 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 6 1 5 449 483 34 7 75–88 76–65 69–86

      Group C

      Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI JDA LAV NIZ
      1 Unicaja 6 4 2 467 403 +64 10 Advance to round of 16 83–54 86–70 93–69
      2 JDA Dijon 6 3 3 442 433 +9 9 Advance to play-ins 78–68 73–49 89–75
      3 Lavrio Megabolt 6 3 3 411 440 29 9 70–58 65–63 95–86
      4 Nizhny Novgorod 6 2 4 459 503 44 8 62–79 93–85 74–62

        Group D

        Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FAL TVS VEF AEK
        1 Falco Szombathely 6 5 1 461 442 +19 11 Advance to round of 16 81–80 68–59 83–78
        2 NutriBullet Treviso 6 4 2 483 446 +37 10 Advance to play-ins 68–60 91–85 81–69
        3 VEF Rīga 6 2 4 463 474 11 8 74–80 74–71 92–76
        4 AEK 6 1 5 471 516 45 7 83–89 77–92 88–79

          Group E

          Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL IGO POK NYM
          1 Galatasaray Nef 6 5 1 525 486 +39 11 Advance to round of 16 82–74 87–75 101–85
          2 Igokea 6 3 3 460 454 +6 9 Advance to play-ins 85–89 68–64 76–69
          3 PAOK 6 2 4 442 459 17 8 81–74 64–75 83–84
          4 ERA Nymburk 6 2 4 481 509 28 8 86–92 86–82 71–75

            Group F

            Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TOF SIG OOS KAL
            1 Tofaş 6 4 2 483 463 +20 10 Advance to round of 16 85–75 92–83 77–81
            2 SIG Strasbourg 6 3 3 491 489 +2 9 Advance to play-ins 74–76 91–92 75–73
            3 Filou Oostende 6 3 3 516 500 +16 9 78–83 77–83 99–66
            4 Kalev/Cramo 6 2 4 463 501 38 8 72–70 86–93 85–87

              Group G

              Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CLU HOL DAR BRI
              1 U-BT Cluj-Napoca 6 5 1 523 505 +18 11 Advance to round of 16 106–101 66–60 104–94
              2 Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 494 458 +36 10 Advance to play-ins 78–68 64–57 84–80
              3 Darüşşafaka 6 2 4 459 470 11 8 101–103 86–79 82–76
              4 Happy Casa Brindisi 6 1 5 464 507 43 7 71–76 61–88 82–73

                Group H

                Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification RYT BUR BJK OLD
                1 Rytas 6 4 2 475 442 +33 10 Advance to round of 16 87–69 82–69 71–69
                2 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 6 4 2 487 472 +15 10 Advance to play-ins 77–84 82–74 92–80
                3 Beşiktaş Icrypex 6 3 3 471 478 7 9 82–79 75–82 88–72
                4 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 1 5 450 491 41 7 76–72 72–85 81–83

                  Play-ins

                  The Play-ins take 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 will be played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs will be played on 18–19 January.

                  Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
                  Lenovo Tenerife 2–1 Pınar Karşıyaka 76–69 80–88 74–71
                  Hapoel Jerusalem 1–2 Prometey 95–70 79–82 75–85
                  JDA Dijon 2–0 VEF Rīga 84–77 83–79
                  NutriBullet Treviso 2–0 Lavrio Megabolt 87–72 90–78
                  Igokea 1–2 Filou Oostende 87–72 64–85 77–83
                  SIG Strasbourg 2–0 PAOK 105–78 80–79
                  Hapoel Holon 2–1 Beşiktaş Icrypex 72–73 72–70 74–68
                  Hereda San Pablo Burgos 1–2 Darüşşafaka 83–78 66–85 68–80

                  Round of 16

                  Top Round of 16 take place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups are formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams are divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups will advance to the quarter-finals.

                  Group I

                  Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HOL LUD JDA GAL
                  1 Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 465 443 +22 10 Advance to quarter-finals 69–51 90–83 98–89
                  2 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 4 2 438 414 +24 10 68–71 95–73 76–71
                  3 JDA Dijon 6 3 3 461 476 15 9 78–66 72–84 80–69
                  4 Galatasaray Nef 6 1 5 433 464 31 7 74–71 58–64 72–75

                    Group J

                    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAX TOF DAR TVS
                    1 Baxi Manresa 6 4 2 537 483 +54 10 Advance to quarter-finals 85–70 89–74 108–88
                    2 Tofaş 6 4 2 483 440 +43 10 74–68 91–81 82–80
                    3 Darüşşafaka 6 4 2 492 495 3 10 89–84 75–74 88–76
                    4 NutriBullet Treviso 6 0 6 464 558 94 6 88–103 51–92 81–85

                      Group K

                      Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CLU UNI OOS PRO
                      1 U-BT Cluj-Napoca 4 3 1 320 308 +12 7 Advance to quarter-finals 70–86 86–75
                      2 Unicaja 4 2 2 302 294 +8 6 73–79 75–59
                      3 Filou Oostende 4 1 3 294 314 20 5 74–85 86–68 87–91
                      4 Prometey[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdraw 81–92[lower-alpha 2] 70–69
                      Source: Round of 16 Standings
                      Notes:
                      1. Prometey withdrew from the Basketball Champions League due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thus, according to article D.5.1 of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, all its results in the relevant phases were annulled.[7]
                      2. The rescheduled game was played in Nymburk (Czech Republic) instead of Kyiv by the decision of FIBA Europe.[8]

                        Group L

                        Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE SIG RYT FAL
                        1 Lenovo Tenerife 6 6 0 494 407 +87 12 Advance to quarter-finals 71–66 89–75 87–62
                        2 SIG Strasbourg 6 3 3 463 449 +14 9 67–85 71–73 98–86
                        3 Rytas 6 2 4 455 493 38 8 64–83 71–76 91–88
                        4 Falco Szombathely 6 1 5 458 521 63 7 73–79 63–85 86–81

                          Playoffs

                          The playoffs began on April 5, 2022 and will end with the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

                           
                          SemifinalsFinal
                           
                                          
                           
                           
                           
                           
                          U-BT Cluj-Napoca767573
                           
                          6 May
                           
                          MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg739279
                           
                          MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 
                           
                           
                           
                          Baxi Manresa 
                           
                          Baxi Manresa8691
                           
                          8 May
                           
                          Unicaja6389
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                          Hapoel Holon9381
                           
                          6 May
                           
                          SIG Strasbourg7580
                           
                          Hapoel Holon 
                           
                           
                           
                          Lenovo Tenerife Third place
                           
                          Lenovo Tenerife7874
                           
                          8 May
                           
                          Tofaş7773
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           

                          Final Four

                          Individual awards

                          MVP of the Month

                          Month Player Club Ref.
                          2021
                          October
                          Jonah Radebaugh Riesen Ludwigsburg
                          [9]
                          November
                          Ivan Buva Rytas Vilnius
                          [10]
                          December
                          Brandon Brown U-BT Cluj-Napoca
                          [11]
                          2022
                          January
                          Doğuş Özdemiroğlu Darüşşafaka
                          [12]
                          February
                          David Holston JDA Dijon
                          [13]
                          March
                          Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon
                          [14]
                          April
                          Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa
                          [15]

                          See also

                          References

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                          2. "Strongest BCL lineup to date ahead of season 6". Basketball Champions League. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
                          3. "Game officials. Referees". Basketball Champions League. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
                          4. "BCL Regulations - BCL Competition Regulations 2021-22.pdf" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
                          5. "BCL Competition Schedule 2021–22 (29.09.2021)". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
                          6. Basketball Champions League (5 July 2021). "Basketball Champions League draw explained, seedings revealed". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
                          7. "Prometey withdraw from Basketball Champions League". Champions League. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
                          8. "Матч Ліги чемпіонів "Прометей" - "Клуж-Напока" буде зіграно у чеському Німбурку".
                          9. "Fear the mullet! Jonah Radebaugh named MVP of October". Basketball Champions League. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
                          10. "The Croatian Sensation Ivan Buva picks up MVP of November award". Basketball Champions League. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
                          11. "From "not good enough" and "too small" to this: Cluj's Brown is MVP of December". Basketball Champions League. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
                          12. "They have Dodo, you don't: Ozdemiroglu is the MVP of January". Basketball Champions League. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
                          13. "Only getting started: 36-year-young David Holston is MVP of February". Basketball Champions League. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
                          14. "Leadership at its best: Joe Ragland is MVP of March". Basketball Champions League. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
                          15. "Once a YouTuber, now a BCL star: Chima Moneke is MVP of April". Basketball Champions League. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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