2021–22 EuroLeague

The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this is the 65th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 30 September 2021.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Season2021–22
Teams18
Games played126
Dates30 September 2021 – 8 April 2022
(Regular season)
27 May 2022 – 29 May 2022 (Final Four)
Records
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 80–41 UNICS
(14 October 2021)
Biggest away winBaskonia 60–88 Real Madrid
(25 November 2021)
Highest scoringAnadolu Efes 96–100 CSKA Moscow
(8 October 2021)
Winning streak6 games
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Losing streak9 games
Žalgiris
Highest attendance15,008
Anadolu Efes 93–95 Barcelona
(3 December 2021)
Lowest attendance481
Bayern Munich 73–65 LDLC ASVEL
(2 December 2021)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 10 December 2021.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

Team allocation

ALBA Berlin was awarded with a two-year wild card Turkish Airlines EuroLeague license.[1] Bayern Munich and LDLC ASVEL have received long-term licenses.[2]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2021–22 EuroLeague
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(18 teams)
  • 13 licensed clubs with a long-term licence
  • 5 associated clubs with an annual licence
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 series winners from the playoffs

Qualified teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[2]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 EuroLeague
Licensed clubs
Barcelona Olympiacos Anadolu Efes Žalgiris
Baskonia Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano Bayern Munich
LDLC ASVEL
Associated clubs
ALBA Berlin (WC) AS Monaco (EC)[Note FRA] UNICS (EC) Crvena zvezda (WC)[3]
Zenit Saint Petersburg (WC)[4]
Notes
  1. ^
    France (FRA): AS Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points it earns count toward France).

Teams

Venues and locations
Location of teams in 2021-22 EuroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity
ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 14,500[5]
Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16,000[6]
A|X Armani Exchange Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[7]
Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[8]
Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504[9]
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 6,700[10]
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386[11]
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[12]
CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344[13]
Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,059[14]
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556[15]
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383[16]
AS Monaco Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin 4,090
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,640[17]
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens OAKA Altion 18,989[18]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[19]
UNICS Kazan Basket-Hall Kazan 7,482
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415[20]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 7,120[21]

Managerial changes
Main article: List of 2021–22 EuroLeague transactions
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Panathinaikos Oded KattashMutual consent26 June 2021[22]Pre-season Dimitrios Priftis26 June 2021[22]
UNICS Dimitrios PriftisSigned by Panathinaikos26 June 2021[22] Velimir Perasović29 June 2021[23]
Fenerbahçe Igor KokoškovParted ways27 July 2021[24] Aleksandar Đorđević31 July 2021[25]
ALBA Berlin Aíto García RenesesSabbatical17 August 2021[26] Israel González17 August 2021[26]
Žalgiris Martin SchillerSacked08 October 2021[27]18th (0–2) Jure Zdovc8 October 2021[28]
Baskonia Duško IvanovićSacked15 November 2021[29]16th (3–6) Neven Spahija15 November 2021[30]

Referees

A total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[31][32]

  • Gentian Cici
  • Leandro Lezcano
  • Nick van den Broeck
  • Denis Hadžić
  • Josip Radojković
  • Luka Kardum
  • Sreten Radović
  • Tomislav Hordov
  • Robert Vyklický
  • Aare Halliko
  • Rain Peerandi
  • Hugues Thépénier
  • Joseph Bissang
  • Maxime Boubert
  • Mehdi Difallah
  • Anne Panther
  • Benjamin Barth
  • Robert Lottermoser
  • Steve Bittner
  • Eduard Udyanskyy
  • Elias Koromilas
  • Ioannis Foufis
  • Vasileios Pitsilkas
  • Vasiliki Tsaroucha
  • Adar Peer
  • Amit Balak
  • Seffi Shemmesh
  • Carmelo Paternicò
  • Guido Giovannetti
  • Luigi Lamonica
  • Michele Rossi
  • Kristaps Konstantinovs
  • Oļegs Latiševs
  • Artūras Šukys
  • Gytis Vilius
  • Jurgis Laurinavičius
  • Igor Dragojević
  • Miloš Koljenšić
  • Jakub Zamojski
  • Marcin Kowalski
  • Piotr Pastusiak
  • Tomasz Trawicki
  • Fernando Rocha
  • Sérgio Silva
  • Artem Lavrukhin
  • Stanislav Valeev
  • Ilija Belošević
  • Marko Juras
  • Milivoje Jovčić
  • Uroš Nikolić
  • Uroš Obrknežević
  • Damir Javor
  • Mario Majkić
  • Matej Boltauzer
  • Milan Nedović
  • Saša Pukl
  • Sašo Petek
  • Benjamín Jiménez
  • Carlos Cortés
  • Carlos Peruga
  • Daniel Hierrezuelo
  • Emilio Pérez
  • Jordi Aliaga
  • Juan Carlos García
  • Miguel Ángel Pérez
  • Saulius Račys
  • Sébastien Clivaz
  • Emin Moğulkoç
  • Hüseyin Çelik
  • Sinan Isguder
  • Borys Ryzhyk
  • Mykola Ambrosov

Regular season
Main article: 2021–22 EuroLeague Regular Season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Barcelona 14 12 2 1139 1003 +136 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 14 11 3 1116 1018 +98
3 Olympiacos 14 9 5 1104 1029 +75
4 A|X Armani Exchange Milan 14 9 5 1052 1021 +31
5 CSKA Moscow 14 9 5 1121 1093 +28
6 UNICS 14 8 6 1071 1020 +51
7 Zenit Saint Petersburg 14 8 6 1020 1012 +8
8 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 14 7 7 1093 1079 +14
9 Bayern Munich 14 7 7 1050 1048 +2
10 LDLC ASVEL 14 7 7 1047 1090 −43
11 Anadolu Efes 14 6 8 1138 1101 +37
12 Crvena zvezda mts 14 6 8 991 1009 −18
13 Fenerbahçe Beko 14 5 9 1044 1048 −4
14 AS Monaco 14 5 9 1098 1128 −30
15 ALBA Berlin 14 5 9 1039 1114 −75
16 Bitci Baskonia 14 5 9 998 1100 −102
17 Panathinaikos OPAP 14 4 10 1032 1101 −69
18 Žalgiris 14 3 11 975 1114 −139
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results
Home \ Away BER EFS ASM AXM FCB BKN BAY CZV CSK FNB ASV MTA OLY PAO RMB UNK ZAL ZEN
ALBA Berlin — 63–90 22 Dec 81–76 22 Mar 76–80 69–82 25 Mar 17 Dec 84–70 67–71 91–86 10 Mar 6 Jan 20 Jan 2 Feb 3 Mar 10 Feb
Anadolu Efes 1 Apr — 98–77 24 Mar 93–95 14 Dec 7 Jan 22 Dec 96–100 3 Mar 4 Feb 24 Feb 88–69 21 Jan 22 Mar 71–68 94–60 79–90
AS Monaco 8 Apr 11 Mar — 65–71 81–85 25 Mar 94–71 70–62 97–80 25 Feb 84–85 29 Dec 23 Mar 75–63 28 Jan 11 Jan 10 Feb 17 Dec
A|X Armani Exchange Milan 29 Dec 75–71 31 Mar — 75–70 10 Feb 18 Mar 79–62 84–74 3 Feb 73–72 83–72 72–93 14 Dec 16 Dec 13 Jan 28 Jan 7 Jan
Barcelona 96–64 13 Jan 3 Mar 11 Jan — 93–67 1 Feb 18 Mar 81–73 25 Mar 27 Jan 8 Apr 79–78 3 Feb 93–80 22 Dec 96–73 84–58
Bitci Baskonia 18 Mar 11 Jan 78–66 64–78 30 Dec — 21 Jan 93–74 74–80 23 Mar 91–66 69–87 4 Feb 81–79 60–88 24 Feb 1 Apr 1 Feb
Bayern Munich 28 Jan 83–71 13 Jan 83–77 72–80 23 Dec — 31 Mar 25 Feb 71–63 73–65 3 Feb 4 Mar 81–78 76–80 11 Mar 11 Jan 24 Feb
Crvena zvezda mts 63–78 7 Apr 3 Feb 1 Feb 14 Dec 3 Mar 17 Dec — 23 Mar 6 Jan 73–67 10 Mar 81–76 81–48 11 Jan 78–98 73–61 30 Dec
CSKA Moscow 4 Feb 2 Feb 18 Mar 21 Jan 7 Jan 7 Apr 77–74 78–76 — 82–91 14 Jan 74–73 88–82 97–77 4 Mar 15 Dec 25 Mar 77–67
Fenerbahçe Beko 14 Jan 84–89 96–86 43–68 74–76 16 Dec 11 Feb 61–57 10 Mar — 1 Feb 14 Dec 11 Jan 8 Apr 29 Dec 80–41 20 Jan 18 Mar
LDLC ASVEL 24 Feb 75–73 7 Jan 7 Apr 60–80 10 Mar 30 Dec 21 Jan 70–68 23 Dec — 85–93 25 Mar 11 Feb 74–87 85–82 88–76 15 Dec
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 12 Jan 16 Dec 95–84 22 Mar 85–68 6 Jan 69–68 63–75 10 Feb 27 Jan 31 Mar — 20 Jan 77–73 24 Mar 74–85 76–62 3 Mar
Olympiacos 87–83 10 Feb 86–65 24 Feb 1 Apr 75–50 15 Dec 27 Jan 29 Dec 67–65 17 Dec 90–73 — 17 Mar 74–68 7 Apr 83–68 13 Jan
Panathinaikos OPAP 82–67 95–69 1 Feb 4 Mar 16 Dec 28 Jan 22 Mar 25 Feb 12 Jan 91–87 70–84 14 Jan 23 Dec — 31 Mar 72–74 30 Dec 70–64
Real Madrid 14 Dec 82–69 94–86 10 Mar 11 Feb 14 Jan 7 Apr 79–67 23 Dec 70–69 17 Mar 72–70 2 Feb 88–65 — 6 Jan 95–82 4 Feb
UNICS 85–71 30 Dec 80–88 97–71 20 Jan 83–69 73–70 11 Feb 28 Jan 31 Mar 3 Mar 17 Mar 84–87 24 Mar 65–58 — 17 Dec 69–70
Žalgiris 71–79 17 Mar 15 Dec 22 Dec 11 Mar 72–68 73–75 13 Jan 51–73 86–75 23 Mar 1 Feb 7 Jan 76–69 24 Feb 4 Feb — 64–70
Zenit Saint Petersburg 75–66 27 Jan 20 Jan 74–70 25 Feb 83–54 79–71 58–69 1 Apr 80–86 11 Jan 23 Dec 84–78 11 Mar 68–75 22 Mar 8 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Final Four

For the 2021–22 EuroLeague season, the Final Four will make its way back to Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 EuroLeague.

MVP of the Round
Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round

Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv32[33]
2 Tornike Shengelia CSKA Moscow29[34]
3 Tornike Shengelia (2) CSKA Moscow37[35]
4 Brandon Davies Barcelona38[36]
5 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow32[37]
6 Daryl Macon Panathinaikos OPAP38[38]
7 Élie Okobo LDLC ASVEL37[39]
8 Chris Jones LDLC ASVEL27[40]
9 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona37[41]
10 Scottie Wilbekin (2) Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv37[42]
11 Lorenzo Brown UNICS31[43]
12 William Howard LDLC ASVEL33[44]
13 Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos36[45]
14 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barcelona39[46]

MVP of the Month
Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month
Month Week Player Team Ref.
2021
October1–7 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona[47]
November8–12 Edy Tavares Real Madrid[48]
December13–18
2022
January19–23
February24–27
March28–33
April34–PO5

See also

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