2021–22 BIBL season

Ten teams drawn into two groups consisting of five teams each. Teams from the same country will be draw in different group. Peja will be drawn into a group with two teams from North Macedonia due to traveling schedule. Teams play against each other home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from each group will advanced to the second round.[1][5]

During September, the league management announced the addition of two teams to the first round.[6][7] On October 6, the league management decided to take Peja out of the tournament since Peja refused to confirm the competition's official schedule as well as fulfill all their financial obligations towards the league in the deadlines set.[4] On October 13, the league management announced that Maccabi Haifa will take Peja's place as the 2nd participant in the league.[2]

During 26 November, The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games canceled.[3]

Draw

The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.[1]

Seed 1 Team Ironi Nahariya Hapoel Galil Elyon

Seed 2 Team Academic Plovdiv Balkan Botevgrad

Seed 3 Team Kumanovo 2009 TFT Skopje

Seed 4 Team Beroe Navico Akademija FMP

Seed 5 Team Prishtina Peja

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		HGE	BAL	AFM	LEV	MHA	KUM
1	Hapoel Galil Elyon (A)	5	5	0	438	313	+125	10	Advance to Second round		—	56–46	107–65	18 Jan 22	88–41	—
2	Balkan Botevgrad	4	3	1	286	263	+23	7			21 Dec	—	80–71	82–73	12 Jan 22	—
3	Navico Akademija FMP	5	0	5	365	487	−122	5			82–102	25 Jan 22	—	74–103	20 Dec	—
4	Levski Sofia	3	1	2	239	235	+4	4			23 Dec	65–79	1 Feb	—	10 Jan 22	—
5	Maccabi Haifa	3	1	2	216	246	−30	4			80–85	14 Jan 22	95–73	20 Jan 22	—	—
6	Kumanovo 2009[lower-alpha 1] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled		87–96	—	59–63	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2021. Source: Group A standing
(A) Advance to a further round; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games canceled.[8]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		APL	TFT	INA	BER	PRI	IBR
1	Academic Plovdiv	8	5	3	621	617	+4	13	Advance to Second round		—	81–84	61–76	74–68	22 Dec	77–61
2	TFT Skopje	7	3	4	551	588	−37	10			75–83	—	24 Jan 22	12 Jan 22	81–77	21 Dec
3	Ironi Nahariya	5	4	1	442	333	+109	9			98–73	102–63	—	63–69	5 Jan 22	19 Jan 22
4	Beroe	7	2	5	512	576	−64	9			26 Jan 22	86–96	67–103 Dec	—	20 Dec	67–79
5	Prishtina	5	3	2	435	394	+41	8			85–94	80–73	26 Jan 22	83–61	—	110–85
6	Ibar Rožaje	6	2	4	450	503	−53	8			68–78	79–77	27 Jan 22	78–94	11 Jan 22	—

Updated to match(es) played on December 15, 2021. Source: Group B standing

The results between the teams from the same groups in the first round shall be carried forward into this rounde. the nine teams will be divided into new three groups of three teams each by a draw base on the results from first stage. Teams play against each other home-and-away basis. In case three teams from Israel will advance from the first stage, two of them will be placed in the same group. Hapoel Holon will be put in a group with 2 teams from the Balkan. The teams placed 1st and 2nd from each group together with the two best 3rd placed teams will advanced to the Quarter-Finals.[5]

A draw will take place following the conclusion of Stage 2.

The winners of groups C, D and E and the best second placed team will be placed in pot 1 while the other four teams in pot 2. In case three teams from the same country are to be placed in pot 1, the team with the worst result will be exchanged with another team from different country with the best result not seeded and one of the Quarterfinal pairings will consist of teams from the same country in order to avoid having three teams from the same country qualify for the Final Four. Teams will play games on a home and away basis to qualify to the Final Four. The four winners will qualify for the Final Four.[5]

the Final Four games will be composed of two semi-final games, third-place game and FINAL game. In case two teams from the same country qualified to the Final Four they will play against each other in the Semi Final otherwise a draw will be made to determine the two pairs of the Semi Final games.[5]

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