2022 BCL Americas Final

The 2022 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2021–22 BCL Americas, the 3rd season of the league under its new entity and the 15th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Arena Carioca 1 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 April 2022. The game was played between Brazilian club São Paulo and the Uruguayan club Biguá.

2022 BCL Americas Final

Event	2021–22 BCL Americas
São Paulo Biguá (8–0) (7–1) 98 84 Head coach: Bruno Mortari Head coach: Diego Gutierrez
1 2 3 4 Total São Paulo 30 27 27 14 98 Biguá 26 21 13 24 84
Date	9 April 2022
Venue	Arena Carioca 1, Rio de Janeiro
MVP	Bruno Caboclo
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São Paulo won its first-ever continental title, just 4 years after the resurrection of the club's basketball section.^[1] Bruno Caboclo was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.^[2]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
São Paulo	None
Biguá	1 (1992)

Road to the final

São Paulo		Round	Biguá
Opponent	Result	Group phase	Opponent	Result
Nacional	98–73 (Santiago del Estero)	Gameday 1	Minas	73–95 (Belo Horizonte)
Quimsa	83–74 (Santiago del Estero)	Gameday 2	Obras Sanitarias	95–84 (Belo Horizonte)
Nacional	89–73 (Montevideo)	Gameday 3	Obras Sanitarias	92–81 (H)
Quimsa	86–69 (Montevideo)	Gameday 4	Minas	96–91 (H)
Quimsa	95–73 (H)	Gameday 5	Minas	73–62 (Buenos Aires)
Nacional	101–81 (H)	Gameday 6	Obras Sanitarias	77–96 (Buenos Aires)
Group B first place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 São Paulo 6 12 2 Quimsa 6 8 3 Nacional 6 7 Source: BCL Americas		Group phase	Group D first place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Biguá 6 10 2 Minas 6 9 3 Obras Sanitarias 6 8 Source: BCL Americas
Opponent	Result	Playoffs	Opponent	Result
Real Estelí	75–71	Quarterfinals	Boca Juniors	99–81
Minas	93–79	Semifinals	Quimsa	98–91

• (H): Home game
• (A): Away game
• (N): Neutral venue

Game details

São Paulo v Biguá

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13)	São Paulo	98–84	Biguá	Rio de Janeiro
19:10 GMT–6	Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 27–21, 27–13, 14–24
	Pts: Caboclo 29 Rebs: Bennett 8 Asts: Elinho 12	Boxscore	Pts: Rudd 20 Rebs: Rudd 9 Asts: Vidal 9	Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Jorge Vásquez (Puerto Rico), Julio Anaya (Panama), Juan Fernández (Argentina)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Elinho 16 4 12 SG 3 Corderro Bennett 17 8 1 SF 11 Marquinhos 16 6 6 PF 0 Tyrone Curnell 10 4 1 C 50 Bruno Caboclo 29 7 0 Reserves: SF 4 Alex Dória DNP SF 7 Isaac 2 1 1 SG 8 Shamell Stallworth 0 0 0 PG 10 Henrique Coelho 5 3 1 PG 18 Luiz Dos Santos DNP C 92 Lucas Nogueira 3 2 2 Head coach: Bruno Mortari

São Paulo Biguá 0 São Paulo Statistics Biguá 37/68 (54%) 2-pt field goals 29/70 (41%) 18/35 (51%) 3-pt field goals 13/30 (43%) 6/7 (86%) Free throws 13/19 (68%) 6 Offensive rebounds 13 32 Defensive rebounds 24 38 Total rebounds 37 24 Assists 22 12 Turnovers 10 8 Steals 8 8 Blocks 3 18 Fouls 6 2022 BCL Americas champions São Paulo 1st league title 1st continental title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Santiago Vidal 16 7 9 SG 8 Donald Sims 17 3 3 SF 7 Iván Loriente Pérez 3 6 2 PF 1 Victor Rudd 20 9 2 C 23 Luis Santos 19 7 1 Reserves: PG 13 Hernan Alvarez Plaz 0 0 0 SF 15 Nicolas Andreolli 0 0 2 C 21 Guillermo Feijo Martinez DNP PG 25 Diego Pena Garcia 0 0 1 PG 26 Manuel Saaverda Xifre 1 0 1 G 31 Alex Lopez Suberbie 3 0 0 F 42 Martin Rojas 5 3 2 Head coach: Diego Gutierrez