2021–22 EuroCup Basketball

The 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball season was the 20th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 14th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the sixth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Virtus Segafredo Bologna celebrating the victory
Season	2021–22
Dates	19 October 2021 – 11 May 2022
Games played	177
Teams	20
Regular season
Season MVP	Mouhammadou Jaiteh
Finals
Champions	Virtus Segafredo Bologna (1st title)
Runners-up	Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Semifinalists	MoraBanc Andorra Valencia Basket
Finals MVP	Miloš Teodosić
Awards
Coach of the Year	Dušan Alimpijević
Rising Star	Khalifa Diop
Statistical leaders
Points Errick McCollum 22.3 Rebounds Kerem Kanter 8.8 Assists Miloš Teodosić 7.9 Index Rating Errick McCollum 24.2
Records
Biggest home win	Partizan 97–65 Trento (12 January 2022) Valencia 103–71 Ulm (5 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Trento 56–86 Joventut (19 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Cedevita 101–104 Virtus (8 December 2021)
← 2020–21 2022–23 → 1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

Virtus Bologna defeated Bursaspor Basketbol in the final, which was played at the Segafredo Arena in Bologna, to win their first EuroCup title. As winners, Virtus automatically qualified for the 2022–23 EuroLeague.

The defending champions were AS Monaco, who were unable to defend their title as they played in the 2021–22 EuroLeague.

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 10 leagues participated in the 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball.^[1][2]

Teams

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.^[2]

Qualified teams for 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball

Regular season
Valencia Basket (4th)	Cedevita Olimpija (5th)[Note ABA]	Mincidelice JL Bourg (5th)	Frutti Extra Bursaspor (9th)
Joventut (7th)	Partizan NIS (7th)[Note ABA]	Metropolitans 92 (6th)	Promitheas (4th)
Gran Canaria (8th)	Virtus Segafredo Bologna (1st)	ratiopharm Ulm (4th)	Lietkabelis (3rd)
MoraBanc Andorra (9th)	Umana Reyer Venezia (4th)	Hamburg Towers (7th)	Śląsk Wrocław (3rd)
Budućnost VOLI (2nd)[Note ABA]	Dolomiti Energia Trento (8th)	Türk Telekom (6th)	Lokomotiv Kuban (4th)

Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija and Partizan NIS qualified through the ABA League.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[3][4]

Schedule for 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	Round date
Regular season	Round 1	9 July 2021	19–20 October 2021
	Round 2		26–27 October 2021
	Round 3		2–3 November 2021
	Round 4		9–10 November 2021
	Round 5		16–17 November 2021
	Round 6		7–8 December 2021
	Round 7		14–15 December 2021
	Round 8		21–22 December 2021
	Round 9		11–12 January 2022
	Round 10		18–19 January 2022
	Round 11		25–26 January 2022
	Round 12		1–2 February 2022
	Round 13		8–9 February 2022
	Round 14		8–9 March 2022
	Round 15		15–16 March 2022
	Round 16		22–23 March 2022
	Round 17		29–30 March 2022
	Round 18		5–6 April 2022
Playoffs	Eighthfinals		19–20 April 2022
	Quarterfinals		26–27 April 2022
	Semifinals		3–4 May 2022
	Final		11 May 2022

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.^[4]

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[4]

Pot 1 Team Valencia Basket MoraBanc Andorra	Pot 2 Team Promitheas Lokomotiv Kuban	Pot 3 Team Gran Canaria Joventut	Pot 4 Team Budućnost VOLI Partizan NIS
Pot 5 Team Virtus Segafredo Bologna Lietkabelis	Pot 6 Team Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento	Pot 7 Team Metropolitans 92 Mincidelice JL Bourg	Pot 8 Team ratiopharm Ulm Türk Telekom
Pot 9 Team Frutti Extra Bursaspor Hamburg Towers	Pot 10 Team Umana Reyer Venezia Śląsk Wrocław

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:^[4]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1 Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6 Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2 Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7 Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8 Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4 Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9 Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5

Round Matches Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9 Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5 Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1 Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6 Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2 Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7 Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3 Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8 Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).^[4]

Regular season

Bourg

Metropolitans

Hamburg

Ulm

Promitheas

Virtus

Trento

Reyer

Lietkabelis

Budućnost

Śląsk

Lokomotiv

Partizan

Cedevita

Andorra

Joventut

Valencia

Gran Canaria
(not on map)

Bursaspor

Türk Telekom

Location of teams of the 2021–22 EuroCup.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

The 20 teams were divided into two groups of 10 teams each. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 18 games played by each team. The top eight teams from each group advanced to the playoffs, while the last two teams from each group were eliminated. The regular season started on 19 October 2021 and ended on 6 April 2022.

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Joventut	16	12	4	1297	1130	+167	Advance to eighthfinals
2	Partizan NIS	16	12	4	1353	1204	+149
3	Metropolitans 92	16	11	5	1314	1256	+58
4	MoraBanc Andorra	16	10	6	1304	1271	+33
5	Lietkabelis	16	9	7	1263	1181	+82
6	Türk Telekom	16	8	8	1211	1252	−41
7	Hamburg Towers	16	6	10	1315	1411	−96
8	Śląsk Wrocław	16	3	13	1190	1320	−130
9	Dolomiti Energia Trento	16	1	15	1112	1334	−222
10	Lokomotiv Kuban[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Notes:

1. Lokomotiv Kuban was withdrawn from the EuroCup due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5][6]

Results

Home \ Away	MBA	LOK	CJB	PAR	LIE	TRE	MET	TTA	HHT	WKS
MoraBanc Andorra	—	76–86	72–71	61–60	81–76	85–73	74–83	98–75	78–85	99–65
Lokomotiv Kuban	93–82	—	—	101–94	90–62	97–95	99–85	—	—	—
Joventut	90–80	100–77	—	92–84	65–50	82–65	86–63	76–67	73–56	97–79
Partizan NIS	95–70	—	68–67	—	84–77	97–65	87–72	85–59	102–77	75–73
Lietkabelis	88–75	84–85	87–77	93–78	—	74–57	96–89	75–77	96–100	88–65
Dolomiti Energia Trento	71–82	—	56–86	63–79	61–77	—	80–86	70–76	90–99	81–77
Metropolitans 92	81–74	95–92	86–78	82–89	76–69	93–80	—	99–82	85–62	86–83
Türk Telekom	76–83	88–85	69–78	85–71	65–60	82–75	73–65	—	95–70	89–73
Hamburg Towers	91–97	100–82	75–92	97–106	72–87	90–69	84–94	94–74	—	92–86
Śląsk Wrocław	91–95	68–98	73–87	71–93	59–70	77–68	59–74	80–67	87–71	—

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Gran Canaria	18	12	6	1453	1366	+87	Advance to eighthfinals
2	Valencia Basket	18	12	6	1554	1440	+114
3	Cedevita Olimpija	18	11	7	1540	1479	+61
4	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	18	11	7	1519	1465	+54
5	Budućnost VOLI	18	10	8	1413	1420	−7
6	Umana Reyer Venezia	18	9	9	1380	1355	+25
7	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	18	8	10	1459	1499	−40
8	ratiopharm Ulm	18	7	11	1432	1465	−33
9	Mincidelice JL Bourg	18	6	12	1415	1471	−56
10	Promitheas	18	4	14	1279	1484	−205

Source: EuroCup
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	VBC	PRO	GCA	BUD	VIR	COL	JLB	ULM	FEB	URV
Valencia Basket	—	92–82	89–90	103–76	83–77	85–97	98–95	103–71	86–68	86–80
Promitheas	68–71	—	81–85	60–89	61–83	67–88	84–77	79–68	83–80	68–78
Gran Canaria	91–90	81–62	—	84–64	100–80	77–79	78–49	81–96	87–81	69–76
Budućnost VOLI	71–70	90–77	76–83	—	86–82	91–60	73–75	68–89	83–82	72–82
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	96–97	91–72	70–68	62–68	—	74–86	83–82	87–76	98–94	90–84
Cedevita Olimpija	82–76	98–84	60–75	92–78	101–104	—	91–79	96–101	103–86	105–90
Mincidelice JL Bourg	77–88	92–62	78–76	82–86	68–90	76–69	—	72–85	95–65	62–73
ratiopharm Ulm	70–76	65–71	93–94	79–86	84–68	96–104	96–86	—	72–86	90–83
Frutti Extra Bursaspor	92–89	87–76	74–85	86–89	83–101	93–84	96–89	68–66	—	80–66
Umana Reyer Venezia	67–81	81–57	77–59	72–67	72–83	77–70	78–81	89–79	62–70	—

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams played against each other in a single-game format. The higher ranked regular season team in each matchup enjoyed home court advantage.

Bracket

	Eighthfinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Valencia Basket		98
	Hamburg Towers		80
						Valencia Basket		98
						Metropolitans 92		85
	Metropolitans 92		87
	Umana Reyer Venezia		66
											Valencia Basket		73
											Virtus Segafredo Bologna		83
	Virtus Segafredo Bologna		75
	Lietkabelis		67
						Virtus Segafredo Bologna		83
						ratiopharm Ulm		77
	Joventut		73
	ratiopharm Ulm		79
																Virtus Segafredo Bologna		80
																Frutti Extra Bursaspor		67
	Gran Canaria		87
	Śląsk Wrocław		60
						Gran Canaria		77
						MoraBanc Andorra		79
	MoraBanc Andorra		74
	Budućnost VOLI		64
											MoraBanc Andorra		68
											Frutti Extra Bursaspor		85
	Cedevita Olimpija		93
	Türk Telekom		80
						Cedevita Olimpija		83
						Frutti Extra Bursaspor		85
	Partizan NIS		95
	Frutti Extra Bursaspor		103

Eighthfinals

The eighthfinals were played on 19–20 April 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Joventut	73–79	ratiopharm Ulm
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	75–67	Lietkabelis
Metropolitans 92	87–66	Umana Reyer Venezia
Valencia Basket	98–80	Hamburg Towers
Gran Canaria	87–60	Śląsk Wrocław
MoraBanc Andorra	74–64	Budućnost VOLI
Cedevita Olimpija	93–80	Türk Telekom
Partizan NIS	95–103	Frutti Extra Bursaspor

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played on 26–27 April 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	83–77	ratiopharm Ulm
Valencia Basket	98–85	Metropolitans 92
Gran Canaria	77–79	MoraBanc Andorra
Cedevita Olimpija	83–85	Frutti Extra Bursaspor

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 3–4 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Valencia Basket	73–83	Virtus Segafredo Bologna
MoraBanc Andorra	68–85	Frutti Extra Bursaspor

Final

Main article: 2022 EuroCup Final

The final was played on 11 May 2022 at the Virtus Segafredo Arena in Bologna.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	80–67	Frutti Extra Bursaspor

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Errick McCollum	Lokomotiv Kuban	12	290	24.2
2.	Will Cummings	Metropolitans 92	20	422	21.1
3.	Semaj Christon	ratiopharm Ulm	18	361	20.1

Source: EuroCup

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Errick McCollum	Lokomotiv Kuban	12	267	22.3
2.	Will Cummings	Metropolitans 92	20	357	17.9
3.	Semaj Christon	ratiopharm Ulm	18	314	17.4

Source: EuroCup

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Kerem Kanter	Śląsk Wrocław	17	149	8.8
2.	Jaron Blossomgame	ratiopharm Ulm	19	145	7.6
3.	Mouhammadou Jaiteh	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	21	160	7.6

Source: EuroCup

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	15	118	7.9
2.	Codi Miller-McIntyre	MoraBanc Andorra	21	145	6.9
3.	Travis Trice	Śląsk Wrocław	15	99	6.6

Source: EuroCup

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Octavius Ellis	Türk Telekom	15	22	1.5
2.	Balša Koprivica	Partizan NIS	17	20	1.2
3.	Kevarrius Hayes	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	22	25	1.1

Source: EuroCup

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Andrew Albicy	Gran Canaria	15	1.8
Turnovers	Travis Trice	Śląsk Wrocław	15	3.3
Fouls drawn	Will Cummings	Metropolitans 92	20	6.0
Minutes	Jaron Blossomgame	ratiopharm Ulm	19	33:24
FT %	Thomas Klepeisz	ratiopharm Ulm	19	93.9%
	Marco Belinelli	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	16
2-Point %	Jaime Pradilla	Valencia Basket	20	79.8%
3-Point %	Maxime Courby	Mincidelice JL Bourg	12	64.0%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Rating	Caleb Homesley	Hamburg Towers	45	Türk Telekom (Jan 11, 2022)
Points	Andrew Andrews	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	37	Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Mar 3, 2022)
Rebounds	Three times		16	—
Assists	Six times		13	—
Steals	Alessandro Pajola	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	6	ratiopharm Ulm (Oct 27, 2021)
Blocks	Kevarrius Hayes	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	6	ratiopharm Ulm (Mar 29, 2022)

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Rating	Valencia Basket	102.4
Points	Lokomotiv Kuban	90.4
Rebounds	Valencia Basket	39.0
Assists	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	22.1
Steals	Hamburg Towers	9.2
Blocks	Partizan NIS	3.3
Turnovers	Lietkabelis	15.9
FT %	Budućnost VOLI	80.4%
2-Point %	Joventut	57.7%
3-Point %	Mincidelice JL Bourg	42.1%

Awards

EuroCup MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Mouhammadou Jaiteh	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	[7]

EuroCup Final MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	[8]

All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams

All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team		All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team		Ref
Player	Team	Player	Team
Jaron Blossomgame	ratiopharm Ulm	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket	[9][10]
Will Cummings	Metropolitans 92	Kevin Punter	Partizan NIS
Mouhammadou Jaiteh	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Caleb Homesley	Hamburg Towers
Derek Needham	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	Semaj Christon	ratiopharm Ulm
Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija

Coach of the Year

Coach	Team	Ref.
Dušan Alimpijević	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	[11]

Rising Star

Player	Team	Ref.
Khalifa Diop	Gran Canaria	[12]

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Johnathan Motley	Lokomotiv Kuban	39	[13]
2	John Shurna	Gran Canaria	26	[14]
3	Johnathan Motley (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	38	[15]
4	Jaron Blossomgame	ratiopharm Ulm	35	[16]
5	Justin Cobbs	Budućnost VOLI	44	[17]
6	Errick McCollum	Lokomotiv Kuban	39	[18]
7	Cristiano Felício	ratiopharm Ulm	26	[19]
	Sindarius Thornwell
8	Errick McCollum (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	37	[20]
9	Caleb Homesley	Hamburg Towers	45	[21]
10	Errick McCollum (3)	Lokomotiv Kuban	33	[22]
11	Anthony Clemmons	Türk Telekom	32	[23]
12	Jaylon Brown	Hamburg Towers	34	[24]
13	Mathias Lessort	Partizan NIS	32	[25]
14	Mouhammadou Jaiteh	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	41	[26]
15	Lukas Meisner	Hamburg Towers	29	[27]
16	Semaj Christon	ratiopharm Ulm	31	[28]
17	Kevarrius Hayes	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	37	[29]
18	Zach LeDay	Partizan NIS	30	[30]

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
Eighthfinals	Andrew Andrews	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	35	[31]
Quarterfinals	Mouhammadou Jaiteh (2)	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	38	[32]
Semifinals	Kevarrius Hayes (2)	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	27	[33]

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Partizan NIS	62,852	19,224	4,776	6,984†
2	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	36,554	6,743	1,570	4,062†
3	Valencia Basket	45,960	7,224	1,896	3,830†
4	Türk Telekom	34,130	5,107	1,759	3,792†
5	Cedevita Olimpija	36,378	12,500	710	3,307†
6	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	35,920	10,000	0	2,993†
7	Joventut	29,035	6,623	1,963	2,904†
8	Śląsk Wrocław	23,132	4,789	1,327	2,570†
9	Mincidelice JL Bourg	20,716	2,817	1,830	2,302†
10	Gran Canaria	24,053	3,656	1,551	2,187†
11	Metropolitans 92	18,061	2,478	1,196	1,806†
12	MoraBanc Andorra	16,657	4,456	823	1,514†
13	Lietkabelis	12,187	2,564	886	1,354†
14	Umana Reyer Venezia	11,942	2,105	0	1,327†
15	ratiopharm Ulm	11,154	2,501	0	1,239†
16	Budućnost VOLI	8,632	1,708	0	959†
17	Dolomiti Energia Trento	7,602	1,287	725	950†
18	Hamburg Towers	7,209	1,663	124	801†
19	Promitheas	6,219	937	367	691†
20	Lokomotiv Kuban	2,727	1,170	0	545†
	League total	451,120	19,224	0	2,387†

Source: EuroCup

See also

• 2021–22 EuroLeague
• 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
• 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup