2021–22 Basketball Champions League

The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League will be the sixth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA.

Basketball Champions League
Season2021–22
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 30 countries)
DatesQualifying:
13–17 September 2021
Competition proper:
5 October 2021 – 15 May 2022
2022–23 →

Team allocation

A total of 52 teams from 30 countries will participate in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.[1]

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).[1]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka (3rd) Baxi Manresa (10th) MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (3rd) Igokea (3rd/4th)
Beşiktaş Icrypex (4th) Unicaja (11th) EWE Baskets Oldenburg (5th) ERA Nymburk (1st)
Tofaş (5th) Lavrio Megabolt (2nd) Hapoel Holon (3rd) Falco Szombathely (1st)
Darüşşafaka Tekfen (7th) AEK (3rd) Hapoel Jerusalem (6th) VEF Rīga (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (14th) PAOK (5th) Happy Casa Brindisi (3rd) Rytas (2nd)
Lenovo Tenerife (3rd) JDA Dijon (2nd) Dinamo Sassari (5th) Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st)
Hereda San Pablo BurgosTH (6th) SIG Strasbourg (3rd) Filou Oostende (1st) Nizhny Novgorod (5th)
Qualifying rounds
Kapfenberg Bulls (2nd) Opava (2nd) Peristeri (6th) Sporting CP (1st)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2nd) Bakken Bears (1st) Hapoel Eilat (4th) U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
Tsmoki-Minsk (1st) Kalev/Cramo (1st) NutriBullet Treviso (6th) Parma (7th)
Levski Lukoil (1st) Salon Vilpas (1st) Juventus (4th) Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Split (2nd) Le Mans (7th) Mornar (2nd) Prometey (1st)
AEK Larnaca (1st) Brose Bamberg (8th) ZZ Leiden (1st) London Lions (2nd)

Referees

A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League:[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[3][4]

Schedule for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 7 July 2021 13–14 September 2021
Second qualifying round 15–16 September 2021
Third qualifying round 17–18 September 2021
Regular season Round 1 4–6 October 2021
Round 2 Groups A, B, E, F 11–13 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 18–20 October 2021
Round 3 Groups A, B, E, F 25–27 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 1–3 November 2021
Round 4 Groups A, B, E, F 8–10 November 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 15–17 November 2021
Round 5 Groups A, B, E, F 6–8 December 2021
Groups C, D, G, H 13–15 December 2021
Round 6 21–22 December 2021
Play-ins 4–5 January 2022 11–12 January 2022 18–19 January 2022
Round of 16 Round 1 25–26 January 2022
Round 2 1–2 February 2022
Round 3 8–9 February 2022
Round 4 8–9 March 2022
Round 5 15–16 March 2022
Round 6 22–23 March 2022
Play-offs Quarter-finals TBD 5–6 April 2022 12–13 April 2022 19–20 April 2022
Final Four Semi-finals 13 May 2022
Final 15 May 2022

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 and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.[5] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1
Team Pts
Brose Bamberg94
Peristeri37
Le Mans25
Bakken Bears17
Pot 2
Team Pts
Fribourg Olympic14
Mornar13
Tsmoki-Minsk13
Opava9
Pot 3
Team Pts
Levski Lukoil2
Sporting CP2
Belfius Mons-Hainaut2
AEK Larnaca1
Pot 4
Team Pts
U-BT Cluj-Napoca1
London Lions1
Kapfenberg Bulls1
Parma87.00†
Pot 5
Team Pts
NutriBullet Treviso69.58†
Hapoel Eilat67.00†
Juventus41.00†
Salon Vilpas6.00†
Pot 6
Team Pts
ZZ Leiden5.00†
Prometey3.00†
Split0†
Kalev/Cramo0†
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Athens, Greece)
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Peristeri74
13 September
U-BT Cluj-Napoca84
U-BT Cluj-Napoca106
17 September
Salon Vilpas97
U-BT Cluj-Napoca77
Fribourg Olympic64
15 September
Fribourg Olympic76
13 September
Split67
AEK Larnaca50
Split65

Qualification Group B (Treviso, Italy)
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Bakken Bears90
13 September
NutriBullet Treviso92
London Lions62
17 September
NutriBullet Treviso89
NutriBullet Treviso95
Tsmoki-Minsk78
15 September
Tsmoki-Minsk69
13 September
ZZ Leiden67
Belfius Mons-Hainaut74
ZZ Leiden76

Qualification Group C (Tallinn, Estonia)
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
15 September
Brose Bamberg79
13 September
Juventus83
Kapfenberg Bulls68
17 September
Juventus90
Juventus81
Kalev/Cramo86
15 September
Mornar89
13 September
Kalev/Cramo104
Sporting CP69
Kalev/Cramo86

Qualification Group D (Sofia, Bulgaria)
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
16 September
Le Mans69
14 September
Parma82
Parma79
18 September
Hapoel Eilat76
Parma65
Prometey67
16 September
Opava78
14 September
Prometey100
Levski Lukoil56
Prometey96

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.[5]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Lenovo Tenerife133
AEK117
Hereda San Pablo Burgos109
Nizhny Novgorod101
Hapoel Jerusalem93
ERA Nymburk83
SIG Strasbourg80
Hapoel Holon78
Pot 2
Team Pts
JDA Dijon74
Filou Oostende58
Dinamo Sassari57
Beşiktaş Icrypex52
Pınar Karşıyaka51
Happy Casa Brindisi46
PAOK43
Falco Szombathely31
Pot 3
Team Pts
VEF Rīga29
Tofaş28
Baxi Manresa19
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg11
Rytas11
Darüşşafaka Tekfen8
Galatasaray Nef8
Unicaja105.50†
Pot 4
Team Pts
Igokea28
EWE Baskets Oldenburg75.67†
Lavrio Megabolt67.75†
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski20.17†
U-BT Cluj-Napoca (Winner QF-T1)
NutriBullet Treviso (Winner QF-T2)
Kalev/Cramo (Winner QF-T3)
Prometey (Winner QF-T4)
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD TFE PRO DIN
1 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (Q) 5 4 1 434 379 +55 9 Advance to round of 16 — 80–69 21 Dec 94–81
2 Lenovo Tenerife (Q) 5 3 2 392 387 +5 8 Advance to play-ins 83–99 — 80–78 87–60
3 Prometey (Q) 5 2 3 388 374 +14 7 64–86 70–73 — 89–56
4 Dinamo Sassari (E) 5 1 4 358 432 −74 6 82–75 21 Dec 79–87 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

    Group B
    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAX JER KAR STA
    1 Baxi Manresa (Q) 5 5 0 402 355 +47 10 Advance to round of 16 — 22 Dec 88–69 81–76
    2 Hapoel Jerusalem (Q) 5 2 3 385 376 +9 7 Advance to play-ins 73–86 — 84–86 83–76
    3 Pınar Karşıyaka 5 2 3 367 406 −39 7 67–72 65–85 — 80–77
    4 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 5 1 4 380 397 −17 6 75–88 76–65 22 Dec —
    Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
    (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

      Group C
      Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI JDA LAV NIZ
      1 Unicaja (Q) 5 4 1 409 333 +76 9 Advance to round of 16 — 83–54 86–70 93–69
      2 JDA Dijon (Q) 5 3 2 357 340 +17 8 Advance to play-ins 78–68 — 73–49 89–75
      3 Lavrio Megabolt 5 2 3 341 382 −41 7 21 Dec 65–63 — 95–86
      4 Nizhny Novgorod 5 1 4 366 418 −52 6 62–79 21 Dec 74–62 —
      Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
      (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

        Group D
        Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FAL TVS VEF AEK
        1 Falco Szombathely (T) 5 4 1 393 383 +10 9 Advance to round of 16 — 81–80 22 Dec 83–78
        2 NutriBullet Treviso (T) 5 3 2 402 377 +25 8 Advance to play-ins 68–60 — 91–85 22 Dec
        3 VEF Rīga (Q) 5 2 3 404 406 −2 7 74–80 74–71 — 92–76
        4 AEK (E) 5 1 4 402 435 −33 6 83–89 77–92 88–79 —
        Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
        (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

          Group E
          Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL IGO NYM POK
          1 Galatasaray Nef (Q) 5 4 1 433 400 +33 9 Advance to round of 16 — 82–74 101–85 87–75
          2 Igokea 5 2 3 385 390 −5 7 Advance to play-ins 85–89 — 76–69 68–64
          3 ERA Nymburk 5 2 3 395 417 −22 7 22 Dec 86–82 — 71–75
          4 PAOK 5 2 3 378 384 −6 7 81–74 22 Dec 83–84 —
          Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
          (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

            Group F
            Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TOF SIG OOS KAL
            1 Tofaş (Q) 5 4 1 413 391 +22 9 Advance to round of 16 — 85–75 92–83 77–81
            2 SIG Strasbourg (Q) 5 3 2 400 397 +3 8 Advance to play-ins 74–76 — 21 Dec 75–73
            3 Filou Oostende (Q) 5 2 3 424 409 +15 7 78–83 77–83 — 99–66
            4 Kalev/Cramo (E) 5 1 4 391 431 −40 6 21 Dec 86–93 85–87 —
            Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
            (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

              Group G
              Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CLU HOL DAR BRI
              1 U-BT Cluj-Napoca (T) 5 4 1 420 404 +16 9 Advance to round of 16 — 106–101 66–60 104–94
              2 Hapoel Holon (T) 5 3 2 410 378 +32 8 Advance to play-ins 78–68 — 64–57 22 Dec
              3 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 5 2 3 358 367 −9 7 22 Dec 86–79 — 82–76
              4 Happy Casa Brindisi 5 1 4 384 423 −39 6 71–76 61–88 82–73 —
              Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
              (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

                Group H
                Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BUR RYT BJK OLD
                1 Hereda San Pablo Burgos (T) 5 4 1 410 388 +22 9 Advance to round of 16 — 21 Dec 82–74 92–80
                2 Rytas (T) 5 3 2 391 365 +26 8 Advance to play-ins 87–69 — 82–69 71–69
                3 Beşiktaş Icrypex 5 2 3 383 406 −23 7 75–82 82–79 — 21 Dec
                4 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 5 1 4 378 403 −25 6 72–85 76–72 81–83 —
                Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2021. Source: Groups Standings
                (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated

                  Play-ins

                  The Play-ins take 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 will be played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs will be played on 18–19 January.

                  Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
                  Lenovo Tenerife B3
                  B2 Prometey
                  JDA Dijon VEF Rīga
                  D2 C3
                  E2 F3
                  F2 E3
                  G2 H3
                  H2 G3

                  Round of 16

                  Top Round of 16 take place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups are formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams are divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups will advance to the quater-finals.

                  Group I
                  Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD GAL TBD TBD
                  1 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals —
                  2 Galatasaray Nef 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                  3 Winner of C2 vs D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                  4 Winner of G2 vs H3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                  First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2022. Source:

                    Group J
                    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAX TOF TBD TBD
                    1 Baxi Manresa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals —
                    2 Tofaş 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                    3 Winner of D2 vs C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                    4 Winner of H2 vs G3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                    First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2022. Source:

                      Group K
                      Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI TBD TBD TBD
                      1 Unicaja 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals —
                      2 Winner of Group G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                      3 Winner of B2 vs A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                      4 Winner of E2 vs F3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                      First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2022. Source:

                        Group L
                        Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD
                        1 Winner of Group D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals —
                        2 Winner of Group H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                        3 Winner of A2 vs B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                        4 Winner of F2 vs E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
                        First match(es) will be played on 25 January 2022. Source:

                          Individual awards

                          MVP of the Month
                          Month Player Club Ref.
                          2021
                          October
                          		 Jonah Radebaugh Riesen Ludwigsburg
                          [6]
                          November
                          		 Ivan Buva Rytas Vilnius
                          [7]

                          See also

                          References
                          1. "Strongest BCL lineup to date ahead of season 6". Basketball Champions League. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
                          2. "Game officials. Referees". Basketball Champions League. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
                          3. "BCL Regulations - BCL Competition Regulations 2021-22.pdf" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
                          4. "BCL Competition Schedule 2021–22 (29.09.2021)". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
                          5. Basketball Champions League (5 July 2021). "Basketball Champions League draw explained, seedings revealed". Retrieved 6 July 2021.
                          6. "Fear the mullet! Jonah Radebaugh named MVP of October". Basketball Champions League. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
                          7. "The Croatian Sensation Ivan Buva picks up MVP of November award". Basketball Champions League. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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