The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 15h edition of the top-tier level professional club

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competition in the

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and the 3rd of the

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(BCLA), since launched by

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in 2019. The season concluded with the Final Eight at the

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won its first continental title after defeating Biguá 98–84 in the championship game.

Team allocation

On 29 September 2021, FIBA announced the 12 teams from 7 countries to play in the 2021–22 BCLA season.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. In Argentina, San Lorenzo was crowned champions but were rejected by

due to outstanding debts to players. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs * TH: Title holders * SF: League semifinalist * QF: League quarterfinalist * CW: Preseason tournament winners * WC: Qualified through Wild Card

Group phase

The draw for the regular season was held on 16 October 2021. The group phase began on 13 December 2021 and ended on 16 March 2022.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final Eight

The Final Eight took place from 6 to 9 April 2022 at the

, Brazil. The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho was originally chosen to host the Final Eight, but this was changed on 30 March 2022.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021–22 season.

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

References

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