The 2021–22 EuroLeague Women was the 64th edition of the European women's club
basketball
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championship organized by
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ...
, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the
EuroLeague Women.
In February 2022, the Russian teams (
UMMC Ekaterinburg
BC Ekaterinburg () is a Russian professional women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. Founded in 1938 as Zenit Sverdlovsk, the club had its ...
,
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
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
.
Sopron Basket
Sopron Basket is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's basketball club from Sopron. Founded in 1921 as the women's section of Soproni Vasutas Sportegylet, Soproni VSE, it has played in the Hungarian national championship for women's, Hungarian ...
won its first-ever championship after defeating
Fenerbahçe in the final of the Final Four.
Team allocation
A total of 20 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
Referees
Round and draw dates
Schedule
Draw
The draw was held on 19 August 2021 in
Freising
Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising (district), with a population of about 50,000.
Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.
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.
Qualifying round
Conference 1
Conference 2
Regular season
Group A
Group B
Quarterfinals
Final Four
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Awards
EuroLeague Final Four MVP
*
Gabby Williams (
Sopron Basket
Sopron Basket is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's basketball club from Sopron. Founded in 1921 as the women's section of Soproni Vasutas Sportegylet, Soproni VSE, it has played in the Hungarian national championship for women's, Hungarian ...
)
MVP of the Month
See also
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2021–22 EuroCup Women
The 2021–22 EuroCup Women was the twentieth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name.
Teams
Schedule
Draw
The draw will take place in Freising, Germany
Germany, offic ...
References
External links
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2021–22 in European women's basketball leagues
EuroLeague Women seasons