2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup

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.

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2021–22
Teams32 (regular season)
45 (all rounds)
DatesQualifying:
28 September–1 October 2021
Competition proper:
13 October 2021 – 27 April 2022
Final positions
Champions Bahçeşehir Koleji (1st title)
Runners-up UnaHotels Reggio Emilia
Semifinalists Bakken Bears
ZZ Leiden
Awards
Finals MVPJamar Smith

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
Tsmoki-Minsk (CL QR3) Le Mans (CL QR2) Levski Lukoil (CL QR1) Rilski Sportist (2nd) Legia Warsaw (4th)
Juventus (CL QR3) Brose Bamberg (CL QR2) AEK Larnaca (CL QR1) Hakro Merlins Crailsheim (6th) Oradea (2nd)
Fribourg Olympic (CL QR3) Peristeri (CL QR2) Salon Vilpas (CL QR1) Ionikos (8th) Avtodor (9th)
PARMA-PARIMATCH (CL QR3) Mornar (CL QR2) Hapoel Eilat (CL QR1) Szolnoki Olajbányász (2nd) Casademont Zaragoza (13th)
Split (CL QR2) ZZ Leiden (CL QR2) Sporting CP (CL QR1) Hapoel Gilboa Galil (2nd) Bahçeşehir Koleji (12th)
Opava (CL QR2) Kapfenberg Bulls (CL QR1) London Lions (CL QR1) UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia (11th) Kyiv-Basket (3rd)
Bakken Bears (CL QR2) Belfius Mons-Hainaut (CL QR1) Telenet Giants Antwerp (3rd) Heroes Den Bosch (2nd)
Qualifying rounds
Swans Gmunden (1st) Kumanovo (5th) Academic Plovdiv (3rd) Iraklis (10th) Voluntari (4th)
GGMT Vienna (7th) TFT Skopje (7th) Keravnos (2nd) Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák (3rd) Enisey (11th)
Hapoel Haifa (5th) Porto (2nd) Pärnu Sadam (2nd) Donar (3rd) Dnipro (4th)
Ironi Ness ZionaTH (7th) Benfica (4th) Medi Bayreuth (10th) 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
Ironi Ness Ziona
Donar
Medi Bayreuth
Dnipro
Pot 2
Team
Benfica
Iraklis
Keravnos
Enisey
Pot 3
Team
Porto
Hapoel Haifa
Voluntari
Academic Plovdiv
Pot 4
Team
Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák
Trefl Sopot
Swans Gmunden
Pärnu Sadam
Pot 5
Team
GGMT Vienna
Kumanovo
TFT Skopje

Qualification Group A

Venue: MartiniPlaza, Groningen[3]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
28 September
Kumanovo60
29 September
Swans Gmunden83
Swans Gmunden53
 Donar (H)80
1 October
Donar73
Benfica81
29 September
Benfica83
Voluntari77

Qualification Group B

Venue: Triaditza Hall, Sofia[3]

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

Qualification Group C

Venue: Arena Sever, Krasnoyarsk[3]

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

Qualification Group D

Venue: Pärnu Sports Hall, Pärnu[3]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
29 September
Ironi Ness Ziona86
28 September
Pärnu Sadam82
GGMT Vienna67
1 October
Pärnu Sadam (H)72
Ironi Ness Ziona70
Porto79
29 September
Keravnos58
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.
PosTeamPFPAPDQualification
1 Donar153134+19Advance to regular season
2 Trefl Sopot160156+4
3 Hapoel Haifa1601600
4 Ironi Ness Ziona156161-5

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
Oradea
Casademont Zaragoza
Bahçeşehir Koleji
Parma
Kyiv-Basket
Telenet Giants Antwerp
U-BT Cluj-Napoca⊕
Tsmoki-Minsk
Seed 2
Team
ZZ Leiden
Bakken Bears
Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Kapfenberg Bulls
Heroes Den Bosch
Szolnoki Olajbányász
Rilski Sportist
Reggiana
Seed 3
Team
London Lions
Peristeri
Avtodor
Prometey⊕
Sporting CP
Legia Warsaw
Mornar
Opava
Seed 4
Team
Hapoel Eilat
Hakro Merlins Crailsheim
Ionikos
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Benfica (Winner Qualifying A)
Iraklis (Winner Qualifying B)
Medi Bayreuth (Winner Qualifying C)
Porto (Winner Qualifying D)
Notes
^⊕ Indicates teams qualified for BCL Regular Season. These spots would be filled by two runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers.[7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAY LON DON KAP
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KYI SOP EIL RIL
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN PAR HDB OPA
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVT REG CAZ HGG
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH LEI MOR IRA
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SPO ANT ION MON
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group G
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CRA BAK PER MNS
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group H
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEG ORA POR SZO
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 —
Source: Groups Standings

Second round

Group I
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEI LEG PAR BAY
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[lower-alpha 1] — 92–78
4 Medi Bayreuth 6 0 6 483 545 −62 6 84–89 88–95[lower-alpha 2] 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 Reggiana 6 5 1 408 402 +6 11 Advance to Quarter Finals — 79–70[lower-alpha 1] 86–72 20–0[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
4 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 Oradea 6 5 1 443 420 +23 11 Advance to Quarter Finals — 72–55[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] — 67–79
4 Trefl Sopot 6 1 5 419 465 −46 7 73–83[lower-alpha 3] 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 Avtodor[lower-alpha 1] 6 5 1 556 499 +57 11 Excluded — 75–70 102–79[lower-alpha 2] 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 —
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
Main article: 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs

The playoffs began on 9 March 2022 and will end 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 Leiden6885153
 
 
 
 Hakro Merlins Crailsheim7177 148
 
 ZZ Leiden7182153
 
 
 
 Bahçeşehir Koleji7790 167
 
 Bahçeşehir Koleji7366139
 
 
 
 Sporting CP7054 124
 
 Bahçeşehir Koleji7290162
 
 
 
 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia6974 143
 
 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia7180151
 
 
 
 Legia Warsaw6875 143
 
 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia7292164
 
 
 
 Bakken Bears7472 146
 
 Oradea8261143
 
 
 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

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
ZZ Leiden 153–167 Bahçeşehir Koleji 71–77 82–90
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 164–146 Bakken Bears 72–74 92–72

Finals
Main article: 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The first leg will be played on 20 April 2022, and the second legs will be played on 27 April 2022.

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

See also

References
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  9. "La partita di domani contro Kiev non verrà disputata".
  10. "«Київ-Баскет» не вирушить на матч Кубка Європи ФІБА проти «Реджани»".
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