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
Season	2021–22
Dates	Qualifying: 28 September–1 October 2021 Competition proper: 13 October 2021 – 27 April 2022
Teams	32 (regular season) 45 (all rounds)
Finals
Champions	Bahçeşehir Koleji (1st title)
Runners-up	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia
Semifinalists	Bakken Bears ZZ Leiden
Finals MVP	Jamar Smith
Statistical leaders
Points T. J. Shorts 17.6 Rebounds Travis Taylor 9.1 Assists Andrea Cinciarini 10.1 Index Rating Isaiah Reese 19.3

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:

• Levski Lukoil
• Split
• AEK Larnaca
• Kalev/Cramo
• Salon Vilpas
• Le Mans
• Brose Bamberg
• Juventus
• Fribourg Olympic

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)	CSM 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)	CSO Voluntari (4th)
GGMT Vienna (7th)	TFT Skopje (7th)	Keravnos (2nd)	Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák (3rd)	Enisey (11th)
Hapoel Haifa (5th)	FC 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]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	28 September
	Kumanovo	60
					29 September
	Swans Gmunden	83
					Swans Gmunden	53
					Donar (H)	80
									1 October
									Donar	73
									Benfica	81
					29 September
					Benfica	83
					Voluntari	77

Qualification Group B

Venue: Triaditza Hall, Sofia^[3]

	Semifinals				Final
	29 September
	Dnipro	82
					1 October
	Trefl Sopot	88
					Trefl Sopot	72
	29 September
					Iraklis	74
	Iraklis	95
	Academic Plovdiv (H)	75

Qualification Group C

Venue: Arena Sever, Krasnoyarsk^[3]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					29 September
					Medi Bayreuth	84
	28 September
					Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák	77
	TFT Skopje	76
									1 October
	Naturtex-SZTE Szedeák	92
									Medi Bayreuth	80
									Hapoel Haifa	75
					29 September
					Enisey (H)	80
					Hapoel Haifa	85

Qualification Group D

Venue: Pärnu Sports Hall, Pärnu^[3]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					29 September
					Ironi Ness Ziona	86
	28 September
					Pärnu Sadam	82
	GGMT Vienna	67
									1 October
	Pärnu Sadam (H)	72
									Ironi Ness Ziona	70
									Porto	79
					29 September
					Keravnos	58
					Porto	70

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	Donar	153	134	+19	Advance to regular season
2	Trefl Sopot	160	156	+4
3	Hapoel Haifa	160	160	0
4	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 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, and two runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers filled their spots.^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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[a]	—	92–78
4	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 scheduled 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 v t e	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[a]	86–72	20–0[b]
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[c]
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 scheduled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 11 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
2. Match was originally scheduled to be played on February 2 but was postponed to February 15 because of COVID-19-related disruptions. The re-arranged match had not taken 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 scheduled to be played on January 26 but was postponed to February 5 because of COVID-19-related disruptions

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]	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[b]	—	67–79
4	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 scheduled to be played on February 2 but was postponed to February 18 because of COVID-19-related disruptions
2. Match was originally scheduled 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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAH	BAK	LON	AVT
1	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	5	1	526	474	+52	11	Advance to Quarter Finals		—	90–76	107–82	97–95
2	Bakken Bears	6	1	5	505	536	−31	7			85–86	—	95–80	95–96
3	London Lions	6	1	5	463	541	−78	7			61–76	82–75	—	77–104
4	Avtodor[a]	6	5	1	556	499	+57	11	Excluded		75–70	102–79[b]	84–81	—

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 scheduled 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 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
	ZZ Leiden	68	85	153
	Hakro Merlins Crailsheim	71	77	148
							ZZ Leiden	71	82	153
							Bahçeşehir Koleji	77	90	167
	Bahçeşehir Koleji	73	66	139
	Sporting CP	70	54	124
													Bahçeşehir Koleji	72	90	162
													UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	69	74	143
	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	71	80	151
	Legia Warsaw	68	75	143
							UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	72	92	164
							Bakken Bears	74	72	146
	Oradea	82	61	143
	Bakken Bears	84	70	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	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 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	143–162	Bahçeşehir Koleji	69–72	74–90

Individual awards

FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Jamar Smith	Bahçeşehir Koleji	[15]

See also

• 2021–22 EuroLeague
• 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball
• 2021–22 Basketball Champions League