The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontin ...
(BCL), the premier European
professional
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basketball
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competition for
clubs
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Brands and enterprises
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launched by
FIBA
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. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.
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 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held on 10 and 12 February 2023 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife. It was the third time that the tournam ...
. The
Bilbao Arena
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hosted the Final Four, which marked the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.
Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in
2017
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) after defeating
Baxi Manresa in the final.
Team allocation
A total of 52 teams from 30 countries participated in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.
Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders, WC:
Wild card).
Referees
A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League:
Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
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
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and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.
The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the
FIBA Europe Cup
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.
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: Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Qualification Group A (Athens, Greece)
Qualification Group B (Treviso, Italy)
Qualification Group C (Tallinn, Estonia)
Qualification Group D (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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.
;Notes
: Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Play-ins
The Play-ins took 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 were played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs were played on 18–19 January.
Round of 16
The Round of 16 took place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups were formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Playoffs
The playoffs began on April 5, 2022 and ended with the
2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four
The 2022 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the 6th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 4th in the format of Final Four. It was the concluding phase of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League season.
Venue
The Bilbao Are ...
.
Final Four
Semifinals
The semifinals were played on 6 May 2022.
Third place game
The third place game was played on 8 May 2022.
Final
The final was played on 8 May 2022.
Individual awards
Season awards
The annual season awards were announced on 6 May.
Star Lineup
MVP of the Month
Attendances to arenas
Average attendances
Qualification rounds
See also
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2021–22 EuroLeague
The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions C ...
*
2021–22 EuroCup Basketball
*
2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links
Official website
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Basketball Champions League