2021–22 EuroLeague
Sports season
Basketball league season
The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague , and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines . Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 65th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 30 September 2021. The three Russian teams were suspended because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . As the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cease, the records of all regular season matches against Russian teams were annulled, and team win-loss records adjusted accordingly, dramatically affecting league standings.[ 1] [ 2]
Anadolu Efes successfully defended last year's title after defeating Real Madrid in the championship game.
Team allocation
ALBA Berlin was awarded with a two-year wild card Turkish Airlines EuroLeague license.[ 3]
Bayern Munich and LDLC ASVEL have received long-term licenses.[ 4]
Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for 2021–22 EuroLeague
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (18 teams )
13 licensed clubs with a long-term licence
5 associated clubs with an annual licence
Playoffs (8 teams)
8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)
4 series winners from the playoffs
Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[ 4]
Notes
^ France (FRA): AS Monaco is a club based in
Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points it earns count toward France).
Teams
Venues and locations
Location of teams in
2021-22 EuroLeague
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
ALBA Berlin
Berlin
Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500 [ 7]
Anadolu Efes
Istanbul
Sinan Erdem Dome
16,000 [ 8]
A|X Armani Exchange Milan
Milan
Mediolanum Forum
12,700 [ 9]
Barcelona
Barcelona
Palau Blaugrana
7,585 [ 10]
Bitci Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Buesa Arena
15,504 [ 11]
Bayern Munich
Munich
Audi Dome
6,500 [ 12]
Crvena zvezda mts
Belgrade
Štark Arena
18,386 [ 13]
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
8,000 [ 14]
CSKA Moscow
Moscow
Megasport Arena
13,344 [ 15]
Fenerbahçe Beko
Istanbul
Ülker Sports and Event Hall
13,059 [ 16]
LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne
Astroballe
5,556 [ 17]
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Menora Mivtachim Arena
10,383 [ 18]
AS Monaco
Monaco
Salle Gaston Médecin
4,090
Olympiacos
Piraeus
Peace and Friendship Stadium
11,847 [ 19]
Panathinaikos OPAP
Athens
OAKA Altion
18,989 [ 20]
Real Madrid
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 21]
UNICS
Kazan
Basket-Hall Kazan
7,482
Žalgiris
Kaunas
Žalgirio arena
15,415 [ 22]
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Sibur Arena
7,120 [ 23]
Yubileyny Sports Palace
7,044
Managerial changes
Referees
A total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[ 35] [ 36]
Regular season
League table
Source:
EuroLeague Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Regulations
When more than two teams are tied, the ranking was established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied was determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved.
If a tie persists, the ranking was determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.[ 37]
Results
Source:
EuroLeague Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
1 Participation of Russian teams is suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , in accordance with the decision of the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board of 28 February.[ 38]
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four .
Series
Final Four
Štark Arena in Belgrade , Serbia
The Final Four , held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Thursday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Saturday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade , Serbia , on 19–21 May 2022.[ 39]
Awards
All official awards of the 2021–22 EuroLeague .
MVP of the Round
Regular season
Playoffs
MVP of the Month
Statistics
Individual statistics
Rating
Source: EuroLeague
Points
Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds
Source: EuroLeague
Assists
Source: EuroLeague
Blocks
Source:
EuroLeague
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
Attendances
As of 21 May 2022
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Final Four in Belgrade
55,772
15,000
12,127
13,943
n/a†
2
Anadolu Efes
190,023
15,121
5,218
11,876
n/a†
3
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
126,440
10,360
0
8,429
n/a†
4
Žalgiris
106,830
12,686
4,863
7,630
n/a†
5
Olympiacos
119,636
11,847
1,000
7,037
n/a†
6
Bitci Baskonia
96,391
8,218
5,426
6,885
n/a†
7
Crvena zvezda mts
84,597
7,893
4,247
6,042
n/a†
8
Real Madrid
95,099
9,131
3,087
5,943
n/a†
9
Fenerbahçe Beko
77,640
12,133
1,892
5,545
n/a†
10
Barcelona
87,972
7,444
3,049
5,174
n/a†
11
A|X Armani Exchange Milan
78,297
8,900
2,250
4,893
n/a†
12
LDLC ASVEL
59,327
5,461
2,000
4,237
n/a†
13
Panathinaikos OPAP
54,364
11,852
951
3,883
n/a†
14
ALBA Berlin
53,552
6,176
1,600
3,825
n/a†
15
AS Monaco
56,578
4,084
2,151
3,536
n/a†
16
Bayern Munich
42,782
6,500
0
2,673
n/a†
League total
1,385,300
15,121
0
5,856
n/a†
See also
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^ "Round 1 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin, Maccabi Tel Aviv" . EuroLeague. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021 .
^ "Round 2 MVP: Tornike Shengelia, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021 .
^ "Round 3 MVP: Tornike Shengelia, CSKA" . EuroLeague. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021 .
^ "MVP of Round 4: Brandon Davies, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021 .
^ "MVP of Round 5: Will Clyburn, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021 .
^ "Round 6 MVP: Daryl Macon Jr., Panathinaikos OPAP Athens" . EuroLeague. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021 .
^ "Round 7 MVP: Elie Okobo, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne" . EuroLeague. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021 .
^ "Round 8 MVP: Chris Jones, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne" . EuroLeague. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Round 9 MVP, Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021 .
^ "Round 10 MVP: Scottie Wilbekin, Maccabi Tel Aviv" . EuroLeague. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021 .
^ "Round 11 MVP: Lorenzo Brown, UNICS Kazan" . EuroLeague. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021 .
^ "Round 12 MVP: William Howard, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne" . EuroLeague. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021 .
^ "Round 13 MVP: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus" . EuroLeague. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021 .
^ "Round 14 MVP: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021 .
^ "Round 15 co-MVPs: James, Monaco, and Micic, Efes" . EuroLeague. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021 .
^ "Round 16 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021 .
^ "Round 17 MVP: Wade Baldwin IV, Baskonia" . EuroLeague. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021 .
^ "Round 18 MVP: Billy Baron, Zenit" . EuroLeague. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022 .
^ "Round 19 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ "Round 20 MVP, Daniel Hackett, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^ "Round 21 MVP: Daniel Hackett, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022 .
^ "Round 22 MVP: Ante Zizic, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv" . EuroLeague. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022 .
^ "Round 23 MVP: Nikola Milutinov, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022 .
^ "Round 24 MVP: James Nunnally, Maccabi" . EuroLeague. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
^ "Round 25 MVP: Nikola Milutinov, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ "Regular Season Round 26 MVP: Nico Laprovittola, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022 .
^ "Round 27 MVP: Vasilije Micic, Efes" . EuroLeague. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022 .
^ "Round 28 MVP: Dante Exum, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022 .
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^ "Round 32 MVP: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus" . EuroLeague. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022 .
^ "Round 33 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022 .
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^ "MVP for November: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid" . EuroLeague. 29 November 2021.
^ "MVP for December: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 3 January 2022.
^ "MVP for January: Guerschon Yabusele, Real Madrid" . EuroLeague. 31 January 2022.
^ "MVP of February: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus" . EuroLeague. 28 February 2022.
^ "MVP for March: Mike James, AS Monaco" . EuroLeague. 4 April 2022.
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