2022–23 EuroLeague Women

The 2022–23 EuroLeague Women was the 65th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Season	2022–23
Dates	Qualifying: 11–19 October 2022 Regular Season: 26 October 2022 – 1 March 2023 Quarterfinals: 14–22 March 2023 Final Four: 14–16 April 2023
Games played	127
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 20
Regular season
Season MVP	Emma Meesseman (Fenerbahçe)
Finals
Champions	Fenerbahçe (1st title)
Runners-up	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.
Third place	Beretta Famila Schio
Fourth place	ZVVZ USK Praha
Final Four MVP	Breanna Stewart (Fenerbahçe)
Statistical leaders
Points Megan Gustafson 22.6 Rebounds Stephanie Mavunga 12.5 Assists Erica Wheeler 7.4 Index Rating Megan Gustafson 25.5
Records
Biggest home win	Fenerbahçe 111–61 BC Polkowice (4 January 2023)
Biggest away win	KSC Szekszárd 56–95 ZVVZ USK Praha (4 January 2023)
Highest scoring	KSC Szekszárd 103–101 Fenerbahçe (2 November 2022)
Highest attendance	7,000 ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 84–56 Tango Bourges Basket (14 March 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance	100 Olympiacos 87–68 KSC Szekszárd (25 January 2023) Olympiacos 54–85 ZVVZ USK Praha (22 February 2023)[1]
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Fenerbahçe won its first championship after defeating ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 99–60 in the all-Turkish final, having participated in the Final Four nine times to date.^[2][3]

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
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Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (1st)	Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (1st)
Tango Bourges BasketEC (1st)	Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Basket Landes (CW, 4th)[6]	Valencia Basket (2nd)
Sopron BasketTH (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)
KSC Szekszárd (2nd)	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. (2nd)
Beretta Famila Schio (1st)	BC Polkowice (1st)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1	Conference 2
Botaş SK (6th)	ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (3rd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (1st)	Spar Girona (3rd)
Crvena zvezda (1st)
Olympiacos (1st)
Elitzur Ramla (1st)
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (3rd)

Referees

Referees of the 2022–23 season1
Igor Esteve Goran Sljivić Alakbar Hasanov Haris Bijedić Hrvoje Ćavar Bojan Jovanić Goran Stojančević Vladimir Zanev Alfred Jovović Josip Mikulić Nikola Perlić Jelena Tomić Maria Ignatiou Jan Baloun Petr Hruša Martin Kučírek Veronika Vávrová Andrada Monika Csender Rune Ressel Larsen Mart Uuehendrik Karol Kowalski Ville Selkee Laure Coanus Amel Dahra Alexandre Maret Marion Ortis Armin Mutapčić	James Kerry Dominique Simon Unsworth Stylianos Simeonidis Nikolaos Tziopanos Dimitrios Zacharis Gellért Kapitány Viktor Nagy Cecília Tóth Emma Perry Nir Meirson Valerio Grigioni Alessandro Perciavalle Xhelal Mumini Einārs Tukišs Juozas Barkauskas Aurimas Borusas Gintaras Vitkauskas Nataša Dragojević Mladen Lučić Ivana Radinović Suzana Vujičić Zoran Mitrovski Tomi Panov Tijmen Last Bert van Slooten Nikola Bejat	Paulina Gajdosz Łukasz Jankowski Ewa Matuszewska José Pedroso Sonia Teixeira Alin Faur Amalia Marchiş Dragoş Nicolae Alexandra Stan Ciprian Stoica Ivana Ivanović Nemanja Ninković Petar Pešić Jelena Smiljanić Pavel Fuska Peter Ženiš Goran Grbić Nace Mohorič Diana Lapanović Primož Pipan Yasmina Alcaraz Esperanza Mendoza Javier Torres Çisil Güngör Özge Şentürk Sinem Tetik Vladyslav Isachenko	Notes 1. ^ Every BCL official is eligible to referee the EuroLeague Women.

Qualifying round

Qualifiers play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq	112–123	Spar Girona (Q)	69–57	43–66

Source: FIBA
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	SEP	CZV
1	Olympiacos (Q)	2	2	0	157	114	+43	4	Regular season			73–54
2	ACS Sepsi SIC	2	1	1	137	136	+1	3	EuroCup Women				83–63
3	Crvena zvezda (H)	2	0	2	123	167	−44	2			60–84

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MIS	RAM	BOT
1	Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (H, Q)	2	2	0	155	108	+47	4	Regular season				75–54
2	Elitzur Ramla	2	1	1	126	144	−18	3	EuroCup Women		54–80
3	Botaş SK	2	0	2	118	147	−29	2				64–72

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	USK	VAL	TBB	POL	VIR	KSC	OLY
1	Fenerbahçe	14	12	2	1209	1003	+206	26	Advance to quarterfinals		—	82–72	93–61	83–64	111–61	95–73	91–71	95–89
2	ZVVZ USK Praha	14	10	4	1119	935	+184	24			66–73	—	75–82	65–57	80–83	71–50	82–71	95–63
3	Valencia Basket	14	9	5	998	972	+26	23			66–72	76–83	—	76–68	69–64	73–71	74–59	65–55
4	Tango Bourges Basket	14	8	6	996	969	+27	22			79–90	70–73	70–68	—	62–63	79–74	83–62	67–61
5	BC Polkowice	14	8	6	1030	1039	−9	22			73–46	57–92	76–73	66–75	—	69–88	89–56	76–52
6	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	14	5	9	1031	1036	−5	19			67–85	61–85	73–75	61–64	89–76	—	89–59	92–69
7	KSC Szekszárd	14	3	11	947	1170	−223	17			103–101	56–95	54–75	61–77	76–94	73–64	—	78–69
8	Olympiacos	14	1	13	915	1121	−206	15			58–92	54–85	59–65	66–81	70–83	63–79	87–68	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MER	SCH	AVE	SOP	GIR	MIS	BLAN	MEC
1	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	14	10	4	986	941	+45	24	Advance to quarterfinals		—	79–67	85–80	50–75	64–50	77–58	75–59	69–62
2	Beretta Famila Schio	14	10	4	1025	963	+62	24			76–72	—	71–54	81–50	70–65	90–82	85–71	74–70
3	Perfumerías Avenida	14	9	5	1012	919	+93	23			83–66	61–72	—	74–61	74–63	94–52	81–57	79–72
4	Sopron Basket	14	8	6	924	888	+36	22			51–44	80–61	53–75	—	62–60	75–65	59–62	71–64
5	Spar Girona	14	7	7	924	879	+45	21			73–75	83–63	74–48	63–60	—	58–64	65–54	71–59
6	Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc	14	6	8	962	1022	−60	20			77–78	65–63	61–70	77–75	56–74	—	67–58	79–78
7	Basket Landes	14	4	10	870	973	−103	18			61–68	58–78	71–64	50–61	53–58	72–63	—	68–78
8	Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen	14	2	12	956	1074	−118	16			69–84	73–74	61–75	62–91	77–67	60–96	71–76	—

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fenerbahçe	2–0	Sopron Basket	82–62	82–62	–
Beretta Famila Schio	2–1	Valencia Basket	75–63	75–80	62–53
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	2–1	Tango Bourges Basket	84–56	75–76	91–63
ZVVZ USK Praha	2–1	Perfumerías Avenida	77–56	71–73 OT	74–66

Final Four

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 April
	Fenerbahçe	77
					16 April
	Beretta Famila Schio	70
					Fenerbahçe	99
	14 April
					ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	60
	ZVVZ USK Praha	58
	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	78
					Third place
					16 April
					Beretta Famila Schio	59
					ZVVZ USK Praha	56

Semifinals

Fenerbahçe v Beretta Famila Schio

14 April 2023	Fenerbahçe	77–70	Beretta Famila Schio	Prague
15:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 20–19, 25–14, 16–16
	Pts: Stewart 24 Rebs: Stewart 11 Asts: Vandersloot 11 PIR: Stewart 29	Boxscore	Pts: Keys 19 Rebs: Howard 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Keys 21	Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 2,154[1] Referees: Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)

ZVVZ USK Praha v ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.

14 April 2023	ZVVZ USK Praha	58–78	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	Prague
18:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 22–20, 9–18, 9–16
	Pts: Vukosavljević 15 Rebs: Thomas 12 Asts: Thomas 6 PIR: Thomas 17	Boxscore	Pts: Hayes 19 Rebs: Crvendakić 12 Asts: Gray 9 PIR: Williams 26	Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 2,500[1] Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Michał Proc (POL), Carsten Straube (GER)

Third place game

Beretta Famila Schio v ZVVZ USK Praha

16 April 2023	Beretta Famila Schio	59–56	ZVVZ USK Praha	Prague
17:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 16–14, 9–14, 11–14
	Pts: Mabrey 17 Rebs: Keys, Ndour-Fall 6 Asts: Verona, Sottana 3 PIR: Ndour-Fall 15	Boxscore	Pts: Oblak 17 Rebs: Jones 15 Asts: Oblak, Vukosavljević 4 PIR: Thomas 22	Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 2,500[1] Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Esperanza Mendoza Holgado (ESP), Amel Dahra (FRA)

Final

Fenerbahçe v ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.

16 April 2023	Fenerbahçe	99–60	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	Prague
20:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 28–7, 20–20, 22–16
	Pts: Stewart 35 Rebs: Meesseman 7 Asts: Vandersloot, McBride 5 PIR: Stewart 36	Boxscore	Pts: four players 10 Rebs: Crvendakić 7 Asts: Gray 6 PIR: Crvendakić 15	Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 2,500[1] Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

2022–23 EuroLeague Women Champions
Fenerbahçe First title

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

• Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe)^[7]

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

• Breanna Stewart ( Fenerbahçe)^[8]

All-EuroLeague Teams

First Team		Second Team
Chelsea Gray	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	Alina Iagupova	Fenerbahçe
Yvonne Anderson	Tango Bourges Basket	Marina Mabrey	Beretta Famila Schio
Breanna Stewart	Fenerbahçe	Jelena Brooks	Sopron Basket
Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	Raquel Carrera	Valencia Basket
Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahçe	Mariella Fasoula	Perfumerías Avenida

Defensive Player of the Year

• Alyssa Thomas ( ZVVZ USK Praha)^[7]

Young Player of the Year

• Pauline Astier ( Tango Bourges Basket)^[7]

Coach of the Year

• George Dikeoulakos ( Beretta Famila Schio)^[7]

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Stephanie Mavunga	BC Polkowice	37	[9]
2	Megan Gustafson	Olympiacos	34	[10]
3	Megan Gustafson (2)	Olympiacos	38	[11]
4	Stephanie Mavunga (2)	BC Polkowice	36	[12]
5	Brionna Jones	ZVVZ USK Praha	31	[13]
6	María Conde	ZVVZ USK Praha	33	[14]
7	Chelsea Gray	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	32	[15]
8	Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahçe	31	[16]
9	Breanna Stewart	Fenerbahçe	41	[17]
10	Breanna Stewart (2)	Fenerbahçe	31	[18]
	Arella Guirantes	Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
	Cheridene Green	Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
11	Megan Gustafson (3)	Olympiacos	37	[19]
12	Queralt Casas	Valencia Basket	28	[20]
13	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	28	[21]
14	Kayla Alexander	Tango Bourges Basket	34	[22]

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Brionna Jones (2)	ZVVZ USK Praha	28	[23]
2	Raquel Carrera	Valencia Basket	33	[24]
3	Chelsea Gray (2)	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	35	[25]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2022
November	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	[26]
December	Stephanie Mavunga	BC Polkowice	[27]
2023
January	Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahçe	[28]
February	Kitija Laksa	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	[29]
March	Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahçe	[30]

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Megan Gustafson	Olympiacos	16	408	25.5
2.	Breanna Stewart	Fenerbahçe	11	279	25.4
3.	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	19	469	24.7

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Megan Gustafson	Olympiacos	16	361	22.6
2.	Breanna Stewart	Fenerbahçe	11	239	21.7
3.	Morgan Bertsch	Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen	14	242	17.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Stephanie Mavunga	BC Polkowice	11	137	12.5
2.	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	19	210	11.1
3.	Ziomara Morrison	Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen	14	142	10.1

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Erica Wheeler	BC Polkowice	10	74	7.4
2.	Ágnes Studer	KSC Szekszárd	13	84	6.5
3.	Chelsea Gray	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	15	94	6.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Elizabeth Williams	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	11	26	2.4
5.	Stephanie Mavunga	BC Polkowice	11	21	1.9
3.	Ezi Magbegor	Sopron Basket	16	28	1.8

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	19	2.2
Turnovers	Weronika Gajda	BC Polkowice	14	4.8
Fouls drawn	Ágnes Studer	KSC Szekszárd	13	3.7
Minutes	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	19	36:16
FT %	DeWanna Bonner	ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.	12	91.5%
2-Point %	Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahçe	15	64.9%
3-Point %	Marie Gülich	Valencia Basket	16	51.5%

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Rating	Fenerbahçe	107.7
Points	Fenerbahçe	86.1
Rebounds	ZVVZ USK Praha	43.8
Assists	Fenerbahçe	23.7
Steals	Fenerbahçe	12.1
Blocks	Valencia Basket	4.2
Turnovers	BC Polkowice	17.9
FT %	KSC Szekszárd	81.4%
2-Point %	Fenerbahçe	51.6%
3-Point %	Perfumerías Avenida	37.6%

See also

• 2022–23 EuroCup Women
• 2022 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women