2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||
Dates | Qualifying: 28 September–1 October 2021 Competition proper: 13 October 2021 – 27 April 2022 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 32 (regular season) 45 (all rounds) | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Bahçeşehir Koleji (1st title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | Bakken Bears ZZ Leiden | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | Jamar Smith | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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The 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup was the seventh season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season began on 13 October 2021 and ended on 27 April 2022 with the 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Bahçeşehir Koleji won their first league title.[1]
Team allocation
[edit]14 teams eliminated in the Basketball Champions League qualification rounds could join directly the regular season, depending on their decision as declared in the FIBA Europe Cup option form. The following 9 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:
Teams
[edit]On 26 July 2021, the list of 33 registered clubs was announced by FIBA Europe.[2]
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
- CL QR1, QR2, QR3: Losers from the Champions League qualifying rounds
- TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying rounds | First qualifying round | 19 August 2021 | 28 September 2021 | |
Second qualifying round | 29 September 2021 | |||
Third qualifying round | 1 October 2021 | |||
Regular season | Round 1 | 12–13 October 2021 | ||
Round 2 | 19–20 October 2021 | |||
Round 3 | 26–27 October 2021 | |||
Round 4 | 2–4 November 2021 | |||
Round 5 | 9–11 November 2021 | |||
Round 6 | 17 November 2021 | |||
Second round | Round 1 | 8 December 2021 | ||
Round 2 | 15 December 2021 | |||
Round 3 | 12 January 2022 | |||
Round 4 | 26 January 2022 | |||
Round 5 | 2 February 2022 | |||
Round 6 | 9 February 2022 | |||
Quarter-Finals | 9 March 2022 | 16 March 2022 | ||
Semi-Finals | 30 March 2022 | 6 April 2022 | ||
Finals | 20 April 2022 | 27 April 2022 |
Qualifying rounds
[edit]Draw
[edit]The nineteen teams will be divided into 5 pots. For the quarter-finals round of Qualifications, teams from Pot 5 will be drawn against teams from Pot 4. Clubs from Pot 1, 2 and 3 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semi-final stage of Qualifications. Teams from pot 1 will face the winners from the quarter-finals round, and teams from pot 3 will be drawn against teams from Pot 2. The winners of the semi-final stage will face each other in the finals of Qualifications. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the Regular season and join the fourteen directly qualified teams and the fourteen Basketball Champions League eliminated teams in the main draw.[2]
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Qualification Group A
[edit]Venue: MartiniPlaza, Groningen[3]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
28 September | ||||||||||
Kumanovo | 60 | |||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Swans Gmunden | 83 | |||||||||
Swans Gmunden | 53 | |||||||||
Donar (H) | 80 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
Donar | 73 | |||||||||
Benfica | 81 | |||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Benfica | 83 | |||||||||
Voluntari | 77 | |||||||||
Qualification Group B
[edit]Venue: Triaditza Hall, Sofia[3]
Semifinals | Final | |||||
29 September | ||||||
Dnipro | 82 | |||||
1 October | ||||||
Trefl Sopot | 88 | |||||
Trefl Sopot | 72 | |||||
29 September | ||||||
Iraklis | 74 | |||||
Iraklis | 95 | |||||
Academic Plovdiv (H) | 75 | |||||
Qualification Group C
[edit]Venue: Arena Sever, Krasnoyarsk[3]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Medi Bayreuth | 84 | |||||||||
28 September | ||||||||||
Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák | 77 | |||||||||
TFT Skopje | 76 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák | 92 | |||||||||
Medi Bayreuth | 80 | |||||||||
Hapoel Haifa | 75 | |||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Enisey (H) | 80 | |||||||||
Hapoel Haifa | 85 | |||||||||
Qualification Group D
[edit]Venue: Pärnu Sports Hall, Pärnu[3]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Ironi Ness Ziona | 86 | |||||||||
28 September | ||||||||||
Pärnu Sadam | 82 | |||||||||
GGMT Vienna | 67 | |||||||||
1 October | ||||||||||
Pärnu Sadam (H) | 72 | |||||||||
Ironi Ness Ziona | 70 | |||||||||
Porto | 79 | |||||||||
29 September | ||||||||||
Keravnos | 58 | |||||||||
Porto | 70 | |||||||||
Lucky losers
[edit]Following the qualification of U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Prometey to the Champions League, two lucky losers will also qualify for the regular season. Their identity will be determined in accordance with section D from FIBA Basketball Rules as follows:[4]
- Point difference of the combined results from the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the first criterion.
- Points scored in the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the second criterion.
- If the identity of the two is not determined using the previous two criteria, a draw will be held to determine the final classification.
Pos | Team | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Donar | 153 | 134 | +19 | Advance to regular season |
2 | Trefl Sopot | 160 | 156 | +4 | |
3 | Hapoel Haifa | 160 | 160 | 0 | |
4 | Ironi Ness Ziona | 156 | 161 | -5 |
Regular season
[edit]Draw
[edit]The draw took place in Freising, Germany at 12:00 CET of August 19.[5]
The thirty-two teams will be divided into 4 Seeds and will be drawn into eight groups of four. a maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.[6] Additionally, Based on a decision of the Board of FIBA Europe, clubs from Russia and Ukraine will be drawn into separate groups in the Draw for the Regular Season.[5]
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- Notes
- ^⊕ Indicates teams qualified for BCL Regular Season, and two runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers filled their spots.[7]
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | LON | DON | KAP | |
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1 | Medi Bayreuth | 6 | 5 | 1 | 516 | 443 | +73 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 97–78 | 84–61 | 83–79 | |
2 | London Lions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 501 | 444 | +57 | 11 | 91–81 | — | 85–67 | 68–58 | ||
3 | Donar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 426 | 463 | −37 | 8 | 64–71 | 60–79 | — | 85–59 | ||
4 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 6 | 0 | 6 | 432 | 525 | −93 | 6 | 70–100 | 81–100 | 85–89 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KYI | SOP | EIL | RIL | |
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1 | Kyiv-Basket | 6 | 4 | 2 | 447 | 440 | +7 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 69–68 | 62–71 | 84–62 | |
2 | Trefl Sopot | 6 | 3 | 3 | 481 | 451 | +30 | 9 | 65–66 | — | 85–88 | 90–81 | ||
3 | Hapoel Eilat | 6 | 3 | 3 | 497 | 494 | +3 | 9 | 78–86 | 83–89 | — | 83–86 | ||
4 | Rilski Sportist | 6 | 2 | 4 | 475 | 515 | −40 | 8 | 96–80 | 64–84 | 86–94 | — |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | PAR | HDB | OPA | |
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1 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 1 | 511 | 485 | +26 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 83–69 | 73–78 | 86–84 | |
2 | Parma | 6 | 4 | 2 | 505 | 449 | +56 | 10 | 89–92 | — | 67–52 | 106–84 | ||
3 | Heroes Den Bosch | 6 | 2 | 4 | 440 | 480 | −40 | 8 | 76–78 | 75–92 | — | 87–82 | ||
4 | Opava | 6 | 1 | 5 | 490 | 532 | −42 | 7 | 89–99 | 63–82 | 88–72 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AVT | REG | CAZ | HGG | |
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1 | Avtodor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 562 | 463 | +99 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 91–84 | 100–80 | 102–62 | |
2 | Reggiana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 497 | 457 | +40 | 10 | 80–77 | — | 76–67 | 93–70 | ||
3 | Casademont Zaragoza | 6 | 2 | 4 | 484 | 515 | −31 | 8 | 86–92 | 82–77 | — | 78–80 | ||
4 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 6 | 1 | 5 | 443 | 551 | −108 | 7 | 71–100 | 70–87 | 90–91 | — |
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAH | LEI | MOR | IRA | |
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1 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 6 | 6 | 0 | 483 | 413 | +70 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 84–61 | 75–68 | 86–66 | |
2 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 3 | 3 | 445 | 469 | −24 | 9 | 69–79 | — | 78–73 | 71–63 | ||
3 | Mornar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 484 | 470 | +14 | 8 | 86–95 | 87–74 | — | 88–65 | ||
4 | Iraklis | 6 | 1 | 5 | 423 | 483 | −60 | 7 | 63–64 | 83–92 | 83–82 | — |
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SPO | ANT | ION | MON | |
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1 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 468 | 413 | +55 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 77–53 | 87–54 | 75–65 | |
2 | Telenet Giants Antwerp | 6 | 3 | 3 | 471 | 472 | −1 | 9 | 80–75 | — | 87–90 | 77–63 | ||
3 | Ionikos | 6 | 3 | 3 | 470 | 497 | −27 | 9 | 93–79 | 81–92 | — | 74–77 | ||
4 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 6 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 461 | −27 | 8 | 68–75 | 86–82 | 75–78 | — |
Group G
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CRA | BAK | PER | MNS | |
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1 | Hakro Merlins Crailsheim | 6 | 4 | 2 | 494 | 438 | +56 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 77–86 | 78–55 | 77–81 | |
2 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 4 | 2 | 524 | 501 | +23 | 10 | 78–91 | — | 83–75 | 101–93 | ||
3 | Peristeri | 6 | 2 | 4 | 446 | 477 | −31 | 8 | 66–76 | 85–83 | — | 80–70 | ||
4 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 6 | 2 | 4 | 483 | 531 | −48 | 8 | 72–95 | 80–93 | 87–85 | — |
Group H
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LEG | ORA | POR | SZO | |
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1 | Legia Warsaw | 6 | 6 | 0 | 462 | 410 | +52 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 75–68 | 71–61 | 83–66 | |
2 | Oradea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 417 | 412 | +5 | 9 | 66–76 | — | 67–58 | 78–70 | ||
3 | Porto | 6 | 2 | 4 | 415 | 432 | −17 | 8 | 81–82 | 75–63 | — | 76–68 | ||
4 | Szolnoki Olajbányász | 6 | 1 | 5 | 411 | 451 | −40 | 7 | 68–75 | 58–75 | 81–64 | — |
Second round
[edit]Group I
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LEI | LEG | PAR | BAY | |
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1 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 5 | 1 | 512 | 489 | +23 | 11 | Advance to Quarter Finals | — | 78–90 | 79–75 | 98–93 | |
2 | Legia Warsaw | 6 | 4 | 2 | 472 | 437 | +35 | 10 | 59–77 | — | 70–72 | 80–55 | ||
3 | Parma | 6 | 3 | 3 | 485 | 481 | +4 | 9 | 88–91 | 67–78[a] | — | 92–78 | ||
4 | Medi Bayreuth | 6 | 0 | 6 | 483 | 545 | −62 | 6 | 84–89 | 88–95[b] | 85–91 | — |
Notes:
Group J
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | REG | CRA | ANT | KYI | |
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1 | Reggiana | 6 | 5 | 1 | 408 | 402 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Quarter Finals | — | 79–70[a] | 86–72 | 20–0[b] | |
2 | Hakro Merlins Crailsheim | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 453 | +20 | 9 | 80–84 | — | 91–86 | 82–62 | ||
3 | Telenet Giants Antwerp | 6 | 2 | 4 | 493 | 475 | +18 | 8 | 101–59 | 69–79 | — | 83–70[c] | ||
4 | Kyiv-Basket | 6 | 2 | 4 | 374 | 418 | −44 | 7 | 79–80 | 73–71 | 90–82 | — |
Notes:
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 11 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on February 2 but was postponed to February 15 because of COVID-19-related disruptions. The re-arranged match had not take place as scheduled. Kyiv-Basket was not able to fly to Italy due to the uncertain status of the airspace of Ukraine (due to the current situation of political instability in Ukraine[9]), as well as the insufficient number of players in the team.[10] Kyiv-Basket forfeited the game.[11]
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 5 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
Group K
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | SPO | BEN | SOP | |
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1 | Oradea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 443 | 420 | +23 | 11 | Advance to Quarter Finals | — | 72–55[a] | 68–56 | 80–65 | |
2 | Sporting CP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 426 | +26 | 10 | 77–83 | — | 89–72 | 76–63 | ||
3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 4 | 429 | 432 | −3 | 8 | 94–57 | 64–72[b] | — | 67–79 | ||
4 | Trefl Sopot | 6 | 1 | 5 | 419 | 465 | −46 | 7 | 73–83[c] | 72–83 | 67–76 | — |
Notes:
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on February 2 but was postponed to February 18 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 11 but was postponed to January 19 because of COVID-19-related disruptions[12]
- ^ Match postponed because of COVID-19-related disruptions[13]
Group L
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AVT | BAH | BAK | LON | |
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1 | Avtodor[a] | 6 | 5 | 1 | 556 | 499 | +57 | 11 | Excluded | — | 75–70 | 102–79[b] | 84–81 | |
2 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 6 | 5 | 1 | 526 | 474 | +52 | 11 | Advance to Quarter Finals | 97–95 | — | 90–76 | 107–82 | |
3 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 1 | 5 | 505 | 536 | −31 | 7 | 95–96 | 85–86 | — | 95–80 | ||
4 | London Lions | 6 | 1 | 5 | 463 | 541 | −78 | 7 | 77–104 | 61–76 | 82–75 | — |
Notes:
- ^ On 2 March 2022, FIBA Europe announced it was banning all Russian teams from its competition as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
- ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 27 but was postponed to February 14 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
Play-offs
[edit]The playoffs began on 9 March 2022 and ended on 27 April 2022 with the 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Quarter-finals 9, 10 & 16 March | Semi-finals 30 March & 6 April | Finals 20 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
ZZ Leiden | 68 | 85 | 153 | |||||||||||||
Hakro Merlins Crailsheim | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||||||||||
ZZ Leiden | 71 | 82 | 153 | |||||||||||||
Bahçeşehir Koleji | 77 | 90 | 167 | |||||||||||||
Bahçeşehir Koleji | 73 | 66 | 139 | |||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 70 | 54 | 124 | |||||||||||||
Bahçeşehir Koleji | 72 | 90 | 162 | |||||||||||||
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 69 | 74 | 143 | |||||||||||||
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 71 | 80 | 151 | |||||||||||||
Legia Warsaw | 68 | 75 | 143 | |||||||||||||
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 72 | 92 | 164 | |||||||||||||
Bakken Bears | 74 | 72 | 146 | |||||||||||||
Oradea | 82 | 61 | 143 | |||||||||||||
Bakken Bears | 84 | 70 | 154 | |||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]The first legs were played on 9 and 10 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ZZ Leiden | 153–148 | Hakro Merlins Crailsheim | 71–68 | 85–77 |
Oradea | 143–154 | Bakken Bears | 82–84 | 61–70 |
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 151–143 | Legia Warsaw | 71–68 | 80–75 |
Bahçeşehir Koleji | 139–124 | Sporting CP | 73–70 | 66–54 |
Semifinals
[edit]The first legs were played on 30 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 6 April 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ZZ Leiden | 153–167 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 71–77 | 82–90 |
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 164–146 | Bakken Bears | 72–74 | 92–72 |
Finals
[edit]The first leg was played on 20 April 2022, and the second leg was played on 27 April 2022.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 143–162 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 69–72 | 74–90 |
Individual awards
[edit]Player | Team | Ref. |
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Jamar Smith | Bahçeşehir Koleji | [15] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bahcesehir lift FIBA Europe Cup trophy in front of record crowd of 13,485". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b "FIBA Europe Cup 2021–22 registered clubs, qualification system confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Hosts of FIBA Europe Cup 2021–22 Qualifier Tournaments announced". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "How to qualify". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ a b "FIBA Europe Cup 2021–22 draw seedings announced". FIBA.basketball. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FIBA EUROPE CUP 2021–2022" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "12 teams enter FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture medi Bayreuth v Legia Warszawa postponed". FIBA.basketball. 11 January 2022.
- ^ "La partita di domani contro Kiev non verrà disputata".
- ^ "«Київ-Баскет» не вирушить на матч Кубка Європи ФІБА проти «Реджани»".
- ^ "Kyiv-Basket forfeits Second Round fixture against Unahotels Reggio Emilia". FIBA.basketball. 15 February 2022.
- ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture Benfica v Sporting CP postponed". FIBA.basketball. 10 January 2022.
- ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture Trefl Sopot v CSM CSU Oradea postponed". FIBA.basketball. 11 January 2022.
- ^ "FIBA Europe bans Russian teams and officials from club competitions". basketnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Jamar Smith earns FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP award in title triumph". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.