2021–22 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League
	The Bilbao Arena hosted the Final Four
Season	2021–22
Dates	Qualifying: ; 13–17 September 2021 ; Competition proper: ; 5 October 2021 – 8 May 2022
Teams	Competition proper: 32 ; Total: 52 (from 30 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP	Chima Moneke (Manresa)
Final Four
Champions	Lenovo Tenerife (2nd title)
Runners-up	Baxi Manresa
Third place	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Fourth place	Hapoel Holon
Final Four MVP	Marcelo Huertas (Tenerife)
Awards
Best Coach	Pedro Martínez
Best Young Player	Giordano Bortolani
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Levi Randolph
Rebounds	Dedric Lawson
Assists	Joe Ragland
Efficiency	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
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The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier^{[citation needed]} European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.

Season2021–22

DatesQualifying:
13–17 September 2021
Competition proper:
5 October 2021 – 8 May 2022

TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 30 countries)

Season MVPChima Moneke (Manresa)

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

Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.^[2]

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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)^WC	AEK (3rd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (6th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (14th)^WC	PAOK (5th)^WC	Happy Casa Brindisi (3rd)	Rytas (2nd)
Lenovo Tenerife (3rd)	JDA Dijon (2nd)	Dinamo Sassari (5th)	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st)
Hereda San Pablo Burgos^TH (6th)	SIG Strasbourg (3rd)	Filou Oostende (1st)	Nizhny Novgorod (5th)
Qualifying rounds
Kapfenberg Bulls (2nd)	Opava (2nd)	London Lions (2nd)	ZZ Leiden (1st)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2nd)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Peristeri (6th)	Sporting CP (1st)
Tsmoki-Minsk (1st)	Kalev/Cramo (1st)	Hapoel Eilat (4th)	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Levski Lukoil (1st)	Salon Vilpas (1st)	NutriBullet Treviso (6th)	Parma (7th)
Split (2nd)	Le Mans (7th)	Juventus (4th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
AEK Larnaca (1st)	Brose Bamberg (8th)	Mornar (2nd)	Prometey (1st)

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
	Round 2	Groups C, D, G, H		18–20 October 2021
	Round 3	Groups A, B, E, F		25–27 October 2021
	Round 3	Groups C, D, G, H		1–3 November 2021
	Round 4	Groups A, B, E, F		8–10 November 2021
	Round 4	Groups C, D, G, H		15–17 November 2021
	Round 5	Groups A, B, E, F		6–8 December 2021
	Round 5	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			6 May 2022
Final Four	Final			8 May 2022

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		15 September

		Peristeri	74
13 September
		U-BT Cluj-Napoca	84
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	106
				17 September
Salon Vilpas	97
				U-BT Cluj-Napoca	77

				Fribourg Olympic	64

		15 September

		Fribourg Olympic	76
13 September
		Split	67
AEK Larnaca	50

Split	65

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		15 September

		Bakken Bears	90
13 September
		NutriBullet Treviso	92
London Lions	62
				17 September
NutriBullet Treviso	89
				NutriBullet Treviso	95

				Tsmoki-Minsk	78

		15 September

		Tsmoki-Minsk	69
13 September
		ZZ Leiden	67
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	74

ZZ Leiden	76

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		15 September

		Brose Bamberg	79
13 September
		Juventus	83
Kapfenberg Bulls	68
				17 September
Juventus	90
				Juventus	81

				Kalev/Cramo	86

		15 September

		Mornar	89
13 September
		Kalev/Cramo	104
Sporting CP	69

Kalev/Cramo	86

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	64–86	70–73	—	89–56
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	1	5	421	516	−95	7		82–75	63–84	79–87	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	68–73	—	84–86	83–76
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	453	475	−22	9	Advance to play-ins	67–72	65–85	—	80–77
4	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	6	1	5	449	483	−34	7		75–88	76–65	69–86	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	70–58	65–63	—	95–86
4	Nizhny Novgorod	6	2	4	459	503	−44	8		62–79	93–85	74–62	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	74–80	74–71	—	92–76
4	AEK	6	1	5	471	516	−45	7		83–89	77–92	88–79	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	81–74	64–75	—	83–84
4	ERA Nymburk	6	2	4	481	509	−28	8		86–92	86–82	71–75	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	78–83	77–83	—	99–66
4	Kalev/Cramo	6	2	4	463	501	−38	8		72–70	86–93	85–87	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	101–103	86–79	—	82–76
4	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	1	5	464	507	−43	7		71–76	61–88	82–73	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to play-ins	82–79	75–82	—	88–72
4	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	1	5	450	491	−41	7		76–72	72–85	81–83	—

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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to quarter-finals	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	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to quarter-finals	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	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to quarter-finals	73–79	—	75–59	—
3	Filou Oostende	4	1	3	294	314	−20	5		74–85	86–68	—	87–91
4	Prometey^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdraw	81–92^[b]	70–69	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to quarter-finals	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	—

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hapoel Holon	71–78	Lenovo Tenerife
Baxi Manresa	63–55	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa
Final Four MVP	Marcelo Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Best Young Player	Giordano Bortolani	NutriBullet Treviso
Best Coach	Pedro Martínez	Baxi Manresa

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Joe Ragland	Hapoel U-NET Holon	Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Jonah Radebaugh	MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg	Joe Thomasson	Baxi Manresa
Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell	Galatasaray Nef
Chris Johnson	Hapoel U-NET Holon	Elijah Stewart	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife	Ivan Buva	Rytas Vilnius

Player	Team	Ref.
Alberto Díaz	Unicaja	^[14]
Justin Simon	Riesen Ludwigsburg
Chris Johnson	Hapoel U-NET Holon
Kaiser Gates	Hapoel Jerusalem
Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2021
October	Jonah Radebaugh	Riesen Ludwigsburg	^[15]
November	Ivan Buva	Rytas Vilnius	^[16]
December	Brandon Brown	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	^[17]
2022
January	Doğuş Özdemiroğlu	Darüşşafaka	^[18]
February	David Holston	JDA Dijon	^[19]
March	Joe Ragland	Hapoel Holon	^[20]
April	Chima Moneke	Baxi Manresa	^[21]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
	Final Four in Bilbao	22,460	7,495	3,514	5,615^†
1	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	28,537	7,415	4,412	5,707^†
2	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	32,205	10,000	0	4,601^†
3	Unicaja	26,988	6,137	2,749	4,498^†
4	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	19,672	6,046	0	3,934^†
5	SIG Strasbourg	29,927	4,527	2,000	3,741^†
6	Rytas	19,317	4,836	2,167	3,220^†
7	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	8,993	3,157	2,836	2,998^†
8	Arged BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	8,843	2,978	2,924	2,948^†
9	Baxi Manresa	20,373	4,785	0	2,910^†
10	JDA Dijon	17,001	4,000	0	2,429^†
11	Falco Szombathely	12,570	2,500	1,500	2,095^†
12	Lenovo Tenerife	18,791	3,744	652	2,088^†
13	Galatasaray Nef	12,502	3,273	1,200	2,084^†
14	Pınar Karşıyaka	7,500	2,500	1,000	1,875^†
15	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	10,431	3,242	500	1,490^†
16	NutriBullet Treviso	10,168	1,709	1,037	1,453^†
17	AEK	4,300	1,900	1,150	1,433^†
18	PAOK mateco	5,700	2,500	500	1,425^†
19	Prometey	8,353	1,953	800	1,392^†
20	ERA Nymburk	4,133	1,790	973	1,378^†
21	Happy Casa Brindisi	3,900	1,500	1,000	1,300^†
22	Darüşşafaka	7,188	1,630	0	1,027^†
23	Hapoel U-NET Holon	7,500	4,000	0	833^†
24	Igokea m:tel	3,400	1,000	400	680^†
25	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	1,928	669	617	643^†
26	Kalev/Cramo	1,850	834	408	617^†
27	Filou Oostende	3,543	1,001	2	506^†
28	Nizhny Novgorod	1,488	681	326	496^†
29	Tofaş	3,453	1,959	0	493^†
30	VEF Rīga	1,530	530	0	383^†
31	Beşiktaş Icrypex	1,453	568	0	363^†
32	Lavrio Megabolt	1,200	500	0	300^†
	League total	367,197	10,000	0	2,098^†

Team	Total	High	Low	Average
Qualification Round A in Peristeri	557	420	20	111^†
Qualification Round B in Treviso	3,474	1,671	0	695^†
Qualification Round C in Tallinn	2,781	1,172	130	556^†
Qualification Round D in Sofia	0	0	0	0^†
League total	6,812	1,671	0	341^†

Teams

Draw

Qualification Group A (Athens, Greece)

Qualification Group B (Treviso, Italy)

Qualification Group C (Tallinn, Estonia)

Qualification Group D (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Draw

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Season awards

Star Lineup

All Defensive Team

MVP of the Month

Average attendances

Qualification rounds

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Timelines

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