2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2021–22
DatesQualifying:
28 September–1 October 2021
Competition proper:
13 October 2021 – 27 April 2022
Number of teams32 (regular season)
45 (all rounds)
Finals
ChampionsTurkey Bahçeşehir Koleji (1st title)
  Runners-upItaly UnaHotels Reggio Emilia
SemifinalistsDenmark Bakken Bears
Netherlands ZZ Leiden
Finals MVPUnited States Jamar Smith
Statistical leaders
Points United States T. J. Shorts 17.6
Rebounds United States Travis Taylor 9.1
Assists Italy Andrea Cinciarini 10.1
Index Rating United States Isaiah Reese 19.3
Seasons

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

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

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
Regular season
Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk (CL QR3) France Le Mans (CL QR2) Bulgaria Levski Lukoil (CL QR1) Bulgaria Rilski Sportist (2nd) Poland Legia Warsaw (4th)
Lithuania Juventus (CL QR3) Germany Brose Bamberg (CL QR2) Cyprus AEK Larnaca (CL QR1) Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim (6th) Romania Oradea (2nd)
Switzerland Fribourg Olympic (CL QR3) Greece Peristeri (CL QR2) Finland Salon Vilpas (CL QR1) Greece Ionikos (8th) Russia Avtodor (9th)
Russia PARMA-PARIMATCH (CL QR3) Montenegro Mornar (CL QR2) Israel Hapoel Eilat (CL QR1) Hungary Szolnoki Olajbányász (2nd) Spain Casademont Zaragoza (13th)
Croatia Split (CL QR2) Netherlands ZZ Leiden (CL QR2) Portugal Sporting CP (CL QR1) Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2nd) Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji (12th)
Czech Republic Opava (CL QR2) Austria Kapfenberg Bulls (CL QR1) United Kingdom London Lions (CL QR1) Italy UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (11th) Ukraine Kyiv-Basket (3rd)
Denmark Bakken Bears (CL QR2) Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut (CL QR1) Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp (3rd) Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch (2nd)
Qualifying rounds
Austria Swans Gmunden (1st) North Macedonia Kumanovo (5th) Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv (3rd) Greece Iraklis (10th) Romania Voluntari (4th)
Austria GGMT Vienna (7th) North Macedonia TFT Skopje (7th) Cyprus Keravnos (2nd) Hungary Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák (3rd) Russia Enisey (11th)
Israel Hapoel Haifa (5th) Portugal Porto (2nd) Estonia Pärnu Sadam (2nd) Netherlands Donar (3rd) Ukraine Dnipro (4th)
Israel Ironi Ness ZionaTH (7th) Portugal Benfica (4th) Germany Medi Bayreuth (10th) Poland Trefl Sopot (5th)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.

Schedule for 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
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

Draw

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]

Pot 1
Team
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona
Netherlands Donar
Germany Medi Bayreuth
Ukraine Dnipro
Pot 2
Team
Portugal Benfica
Greece Iraklis
Cyprus Keravnos
Russia Enisey
Pot 3
Team
Portugal Porto
Israel Hapoel Haifa
Romania Voluntari
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv
Pot 4
Team
Hungary Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák
Poland Trefl Sopot
Austria Swans Gmunden
Estonia Pärnu Sadam
Pot 5
Team
Austria GGMT Vienna
North Macedonia Kumanovo
North Macedonia TFT Skopje

Qualification Group A

Venue: MartiniPlaza, Groningen[3]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
28 September
North Macedonia Kumanovo60
29 September
Austria Swans Gmunden83
Austria Swans Gmunden53
Netherlands Donar (H)80
1 October
Netherlands Donar73
Portugal Benfica81
29 September
Portugal Benfica83
Romania Voluntari77

Qualification Group B

Venue: Triaditza Hall, Sofia[3]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 September
 
 
Ukraine Dnipro82
 
1 October
 
Poland Trefl Sopot88
 
Poland Trefl Sopot72
 
29 September
 
Greece Iraklis74
 
Greece Iraklis95
 
 
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv (H)75
 

Qualification Group C

Venue: Arena Sever, Krasnoyarsk[3]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
29 September
Germany Medi Bayreuth84
28 September
Hungary Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák77
North Macedonia TFT Skopje76
1 October
Hungary Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák92
Germany Medi Bayreuth80
Israel Hapoel Haifa75
29 September
Russia Enisey (H)80
Israel Hapoel Haifa85

Qualification Group D

Venue: Pärnu Sports Hall, Pärnu[3]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
29 September
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona86
28 September
Estonia Pärnu Sadam82
Austria GGMT Vienna67
1 October
Estonia Pärnu Sadam (H)72
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona70
Portugal Porto79
29 September
Cyprus Keravnos58
Portugal Porto70

Lucky losers

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]

  1. Point difference of the combined results from the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the first criterion.
  2. Points scored in the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the second criterion.
  3. 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
1 Netherlands Donar 153 134 +19 Advance to regular season
2 Poland Trefl Sopot 160 156 +4
3 Israel Hapoel Haifa 160 160 0
4 Israel Ironi Ness Ziona 156 161 -5

Regular season

Draw

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]

Seed 1
Team
Romania Oradea
Spain Casademont Zaragoza
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
Russia Parma
Ukraine Kyiv-Basket
Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca⊕
Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk
Seed 2
Team
Netherlands ZZ Leiden
Denmark Bakken Bears
Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Austria Kapfenberg Bulls
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch
Hungary Szolnoki Olajbányász
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist
Italy Reggiana
Seed 3
Team
United Kingdom London Lions
Greece Peristeri
Russia Avtodor
Ukraine Prometey⊕
Portugal Sporting CP
Poland Legia Warsaw
Montenegro Mornar
Czech Republic Opava
Seed 4
Team
Israel Hapoel Eilat
Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim
Greece Ionikos
Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Portugal Benfica (Winner Qualifying A)
Greece Iraklis (Winner Qualifying B)
Germany Medi Bayreuth (Winner Qualifying C)
Portugal Porto (Winner Qualifying D)
Notes
^⊕ Indicates teams qualified for BCL Regular Season, and two runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers filled their spots.[7]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAY LON DON KAP
1 Germany Medi Bayreuth 6 5 1 516 443 +73 11 Advance to second round — 97–78 84–61 83–79
2 United Kingdom London Lions 6 5 1 501 444 +57 11 91–81 — 85–67 68–58
3 Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 426 463 −37 8 64–71 60–79 — 85–59
4 Austria Kapfenberg Bulls 6 0 6 432 525 −93 6 70–100 81–100 85–89 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KYI SOP EIL RIL
1 Ukraine Kyiv-Basket 6 4 2 447 440 +7 10 Advance to second round — 69–68 62–71 84–62
2 Poland Trefl Sopot 6 3 3 481 451 +30 9 65–66 — 85–88 90–81
3 Israel Hapoel Eilat 6 3 3 497 494 +3 9 78–86 83–89 — 83–86
4 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 6 2 4 475 515 −40 8 96–80 64–84 86–94 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN PAR HDB OPA
1 Portugal Benfica 6 5 1 511 485 +26 11 Advance to second round — 83–69 73–78 86–84
2 Russia Parma 6 4 2 505 449 +56 10 89–92 — 67–52 106–84
3 Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch 6 2 4 440 480 −40 8 76–78 75–92 — 87–82
4 Czech Republic Opava 6 1 5 490 532 −42 7 89–99 63–82 88–72 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVT REG CAZ HGG
1 Russia Avtodor 6 5 1 562 463 +99 11 Advance to second round — 91–84 100–80 102–62
2 Italy Reggiana 6 4 2 497 457 +40 10 80–77 — 76–67 93–70
3 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 6 2 4 484 515 −31 8 86–92 82–77 — 78–80
4 Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil 6 1 5 443 551 −108 7 71–100 70–87 90–91 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH LEI MOR IRA
1 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 6 0 483 413 +70 12 Advance to second round — 84–61 75–68 86–66
2 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 3 3 445 469 −24 9 69–79 — 78–73 71–63
3 Montenegro Mornar 6 2 4 484 470 +14 8 86–95 87–74 — 88–65
4 Greece Iraklis 6 1 5 423 483 −60 7 63–64 83–92 83–82 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SPO ANT ION MON
1 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 2 468 413 +55 10 Advance to second round — 77–53 87–54 75–65
2 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 6 3 3 471 472 −1 9 80–75 — 87–90 77–63
3 Greece Ionikos 6 3 3 470 497 −27 9 93–79 81–92 — 74–77
4 Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut 6 2 4 434 461 −27 8 68–75 86–82 75–78 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CRA BAK PER MNS
1 Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim 6 4 2 494 438 +56 10 Advance to second round — 77–86 78–55 77–81
2 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 4 2 524 501 +23 10 78–91 — 83–75 101–93
3 Greece Peristeri 6 2 4 446 477 −31 8 66–76 85–83 — 80–70
4 Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk 6 2 4 483 531 −48 8 72–95 80–93 87–85 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEG ORA POR SZO
1 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 6 0 462 410 +52 12 Advance to second round — 75–68 71–61 83–66
2 Romania Oradea 6 3 3 417 412 +5 9 66–76 — 67–58 78–70
3 Portugal Porto 6 2 4 415 432 −17 8 81–82 75–63 — 76–68
4 Hungary Szolnoki Olajbányász 6 1 5 411 451 −40 7 68–75 58–75 81–64 —
Source: Groups Standings

Second round

Group I

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEI LEG PAR BAY
1 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 5 1 512 489 +23 11 Advance to Quarter Finals — 78–90 79–75 98–93
2 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 2 472 437 +35 10 59–77 — 70–72 80–55
3 Russia Parma 6 3 3 485 481 +4 9 88–91 67–78[a] — 92–78
4 Germany Medi Bayreuth 6 0 6 483 545 −62 6 84–89 88–95[b] 85–91 —
Source: Second Round Standings
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 15 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
  2. ^ Match postponed because of COVID-19-related disruptions[8]

Group J

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification REG CRA ANT KYI
1 Italy Reggiana 6 5 1 408 402 +6 11 Advance to Quarter Finals — 79–70[a] 86–72 20–0[b]
2 Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim 6 3 3 473 453 +20 9 80–84 — 91–86 82–62
3 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 6 2 4 493 475 +18 8 101–59 69–79 — 83–70[c]
4 Ukraine Kyiv-Basket 6 2 4 374 418 −44 7 79–80 73–71 90–82 —
Source: Second Round Standings
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 11 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 5 because of COVID-19-related disruptions

Group K

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ORA SPO BEN SOP
1 Romania Oradea 6 5 1 443 420 +23 11 Advance to Quarter Finals — 72–55[a] 68–56 80–65
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 2 452 426 +26 10 77–83 — 89–72 76–63
3 Portugal Benfica 6 2 4 429 432 −3 8 94–57 64–72[b] — 67–79
4 Poland Trefl Sopot 6 1 5 419 465 −46 7 73–83[c] 72–83 67–76 —
Source: Second Round Standings
Notes:
  1. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on February 2 but was postponed to February 18 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
  2. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 11 but was postponed to January 19 because of COVID-19-related disruptions[12]
  3. ^ Match postponed because of COVID-19-related disruptions[13]

Group L

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVT BAH BAK LON
1 Russia Avtodor[a] 6 5 1 556 499 +57 11 Excluded — 75–70 102–79[b] 84–81
2 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 5 1 526 474 +52 11 Advance to Quarter Finals 97–95 — 90–76 107–82
3 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 1 5 505 536 −31 7 95–96 85–86 — 95–80
4 United Kingdom London Lions 6 1 5 463 541 −78 7 77–104 61–76 82–75 —
Source: Second Round Standings
Notes:
  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ Match was originally schedulled to be played on January 27 but was postponed to February 14 because of COVID-19-related disruptions

Play-offs

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
 
                
 
 
 
 
Netherlands ZZ Leiden6885153
 
 
 
Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim7177 148
 
Netherlands ZZ Leiden7182153
 
 
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji7790 167
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji7366139
 
 
 
Portugal Sporting CP7054 124
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji7290162
 
 
 
Italy UnaHotels Reggio Emilia6974 143
 
Italy UnaHotels Reggio Emilia7180151
 
 
 
Poland Legia Warsaw6875 143
 
Italy UnaHotels Reggio Emilia7292164
 
 
 
Denmark Bakken Bears7472 146
 
Romania Oradea8261143
 
 
Denmark Bakken Bears8470 154
 

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 9 and 10 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 16 March 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 153–148 Germany Hakro Merlins Crailsheim 71–68 85–77
Oradea Romania 143–154 Denmark Bakken Bears 82–84 61–70
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia Italy 151–143 Poland Legia Warsaw 71–68 80–75
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey 139–124 Portugal Sporting CP 73–70 66–54

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 30 March 2022, and the second legs were played on 6 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 153–167 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 71–77 82–90
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia Italy 164–146 Denmark Bakken Bears 72–74 92–72

Finals

The first leg was played on 20 April 2022, and the second leg was played on 27 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia Italy 143–162 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 69–72 74–90

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bahcesehir lift FIBA Europe Cup trophy in front of record crowd of 13,485". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 registered clubs, qualification system confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Hosts of FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 Qualifier Tournaments announced". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "How to qualify". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 draw seedings announced". FIBA.basketball. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FIBA EUROPE CUP 2021-2022" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "12 teams enter FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture medi Bayreuth v Legia Warszawa postponed". FIBA.basketball. 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ "La partita di domani contro Kiev non verrà disputata".
  10. ^ "«Київ-Баскет» не вирушить на матч Кубка Європи ФІБА проти «Реджани»".
  11. ^ "Kyiv-Basket forfeits Second Round fixture against Unahotels Reggio Emilia". FIBA.basketball. 15 February 2022.
  12. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture Benfica v Sporting CP postponed". FIBA.basketball. 10 January 2022.
  13. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup fixture Trefl Sopot v CSM CSU Oradea postponed". FIBA.basketball. 11 January 2022.
  14. ^ "FIBA Europe bans Russian teams and officials from club competitions". basketnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

External links

  • Official website
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