2021–22 Basketball Champions League
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The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.
Basketball Champions League | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||
Dates | Qualifying: 13–17 September 2021 Competition proper: 5 October 2021 – 8 May 2022 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 30 countries) | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | Chima Moneke (Manresa) | ||||||||||||
Final Four | |||||||||||||
Champions | Lenovo Tenerife (2nd title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Baxi Manresa | ||||||||||||
Third place | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | Hapoel Holon | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | Marcelo Huertas (Tenerife) | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
Best Coach | Pedro Martínez | ||||||||||||
Best Young Player | Giordano Bortolani | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The defending champions, San Pablo Burgos, were eliminated in the play-ins. The winners of the Champions League will qualify for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The Bilbao Arena in Bilbao hosted the Final Four, which marked the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.[1]
Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.[2]