The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League was the 7th season of the

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(BCL), the premier European

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competition for

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launched by

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. The season began on 3 October 2022 and ended 14 May 2023 with the championship game.

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defeated

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in the final of the

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, which was played in the

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. Bonn became the first German club to win the Basketball Champions League title. As the winners, Bonn automatically qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore. Lenovo Tenerife were the defending champions, but lost in the semi-finals by

Team allocation

A total of 52 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League. 18 of them were domestic champions in the previous season.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The

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are taken into consideration. * TH: Champions League title holders * FEC:

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champions. * AV: Allocated vacancy^NOTE NOTE: According to BCL rankings, National Federations of Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia (banned from competition) should had two berths in Regular season, as well as one berth for the champion of Ukraine (

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decided to play Eurocup). Their places were allocated to the teams from Turkey, France, Greece, Israel and Poland.

Referees

A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 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

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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

. ;Notes : Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

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 3 to 18. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. Winners advanced to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 3–4 January, the second legs on 10–11 January. Eventual third legs was played on 17–18 January.

Round of 16

The Round of 16 will take place from January 23 until March 20, 2023. The groups will be 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 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.

Third place game

The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2023.

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.

Star Lineup

MVP of the Month

References

External links

Official website
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Team allocation

Teams

Referees

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

Draw

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

Regular season

Draw

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Play-ins

Round of 16

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Playoffs

Final Four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Individual awards

Season awards

Star Lineup

MVP of the Month

See also

References

External links