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2021–22 EuroLeague

October 16, 2023

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]

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Season2021–22
Duration30 September 2021 – 8 April 2022
(Regular Season)
19 April 2022 – 4 May 2022 (Playoffs)
19 May 2022 – 21 May 2022 (Final Four)
Number of games283
Number of teams18 (15 after the suspension of the Russian teams due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine)
Regular season
Top seed Barcelona
Season MVP Nikola Mirotić
Final Four
Champions Anadolu Efes (2nd title)
  Runners-up Real Madrid
Third place Barcelona
Fourth place Olympiacos
Final Four MVP Vasilije Micić
Statistical leaders
Points Vasilije Micić 18.2
Rebounds Georgios Papagiannis 8.2
Assists Nick Calathes 6.4
Index Rating Nikola Mirotić 20.1
Records
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 80–41 UNICS
(14 October 2021)
Biggest away winBaskonia 60–88 Real Madrid
(25 November 2021)
Highest scoringBarcelona 111–109 UNICS
(22 December 2021)
Winning streak9 games
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Losing streak9 games
Žalgiris
Highest attendance15,092
Anadolu Efes 93–90 Real Madrid
(22 March 2022)
Lowest attendance0
officially five matches
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2022.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

Anadolu Efes successfully defended last year's title after defeating Real Madrid in the championship game.

Team allocation Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]

Notes
  1. ^
    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 Edit

Venues and locations Edit

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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 6,700[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 11,640[19]
  Panathinaikos OPAP Athens OAKA Altion 18,989[20]
  Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[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 Edit

Main article: List of 2021–22 EuroLeague transactions
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
  Panathinaikos   Oded Kattash Mutual consent 26 June 2021[24] Pre-season   Dimitrios Priftis 26 June 2021[24]
  UNICS   Dimitrios Priftis Signed by Panathinaikos 26 June 2021[24]   Velimir Perasović 29 June 2021[25]
  Fenerbahçe   Igor Kokoškov Parted ways 27 July 2021[26]   Aleksandar Đorđević 31 July 2021[27]
  ALBA Berlin   Aíto García Reneses Sabbatical 17 August 2021[28]   Israel González 17 August 2021[28]
  Žalgiris   Martin Schiller Sacked 8 October 2021[29] 18th (0–2)   Jure Zdovc 8 October 2021[29]
  Baskonia   Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021[30] 16th (3–6)   Neven Spahija 15 November 2021[31]
  AS Monaco   Zvezdan Mitrović Mutual consent 13 December 2021[32] 14th (5–9)   Saša Obradović 13 December 2021[33]
  Maccabi Tel Aviv   Ioannis Sfairopoulos Sacked 15 February 2022[34] 12th (11–12)   Avi Even (interim) 15 February 2022[34]

Referees Edit

A total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[35][36]

  •   Gentian Cici
  •   Leandro Lezcano
  •   Nick van den Broeck
  •   Denis Hadžić
  •   Josip Radojković
  •   Luka Kardum
  •   Sreten Radović
  •   Tomislav Hordov
  •   Robert Vyklický
  •   Aare Halliko
  •   Rain Peerandi
  •   Hugues Thépénier
  •   Joseph Bissang
  •   Maxime Boubert
  •   Mehdi Difallah
  •   Anne Panther
  •   Benjamin Barth
  •   Robert Lottermoser
  •   Steve Bittner
  •   Eduard Udyanskyy
  •   Elias Koromilas
  •   Ioannis Foufis
  •   Vasileios Pitsilkas
  •   Vasiliki Tsaroucha
  •   Adar Peer
  •   Amit Balak
  •   Seffi Shemmesh
  •   Carmelo Paternicò
  •   Guido Giovannetti
  •   Luigi Lamonica
  •   Michele Rossi
  •   Kristaps Konstantinovs
  •   Oļegs Latiševs
  •   Artūras Šukys
  •   Gytis Vilius
  •   Jurgis Laurinavičius
  •   Igor Dragojević
  •   Miloš Koljenšić
  •   Jakub Zamojski
  •   Marcin Kowalski
  •   Piotr Pastusiak
  •   Tomasz Trawicki
  •   Fernando Rocha
  •   Sérgio Silva
  •   Artem Lavrukhin
  •   Stanislav Valeev
  •   Ilija Belošević
  •   Marko Juras
  •   Milivoje Jovčić
  •   Uroš Nikolić
  •   Uroš Obrknežević
  •   Damir Javor
  •   Mario Majkić
  •   Matej Boltauzer
  •   Milan Nedović
  •   Saša Pukl
  •   Sašo Petek
  •   Benjamín Jiménez
  •   Carlos Cortés
  •   Carlos Peruga
  •   Daniel Hierrezuelo
  •   Emilio Pérez
  •   Jordi Aliaga
  •   Juan Carlos García
  •   Miguel Ángel Pérez
  •   Saulius Račys
  •   Sébastien Clivaz
  •   Emin Moğulkoç
  •   Hüseyin Çelik
  •   Sinan Isguder
  •   Borys Ryzhyk
  •   Mykola Ambrosov

Regular season Edit

Main article: 2021–22 EuroLeague Regular Season

League table Edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Barcelona 28 21 7 2275 2101 +174 Qualification to playoffs
2   Olympiacos 28 19 9 2222 2045 +177
3   A|X Armani Exchange Milan 28 19 9 2069 1992 +77
4   Real Madrid 28 18 10 2181 2079 +102
5   Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 17 11 2272 2209 +63
6   Anadolu Efes 28 16 12 2322 2221 +101
7   AS Monaco 28 15 13 2311 2225 +86
8   Bayern Munich 28 14 14 2123 2105 +18
9   Bitci Baskonia 28 12 16 2116 2186 −70
10   ALBA Berlin 28 12 16 2121 2239 −118
11   Crvena zvezda mts 28 12 16 2041 2089 −48
12   Fenerbahçe Beko 28 10 18 2051 2099 −48
13   Panathinaikos OPAP 28 9 19 2089 2235 −146
14   LDLC ASVEL 28 8 20 2036 2239 −203
15   Žalgiris 28 8 20 2084 2249 −165
16   Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
17   CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0
18   UNICS 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Edit

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 Edit

Home \ Away BER EFS ASM AXM FCB BKN BAY CZV CSK FNB ASV MTA OLY PAO RMB UNK ZAL ZEN
ALBA Berlin — 63–90 92–84 81–76 79–95 76–80 69–82 74–70 90–93 84–70 67–71 91–86 90–75 87–78 74–89 81–53 82–74 76–67
Anadolu Efes 87–77 — 98–77 77–83 93–95 87–72 81–76 84–83 96–100 84–79 78–72 109–77 88–69 82–81 93–90 71–68 94–60 79–90
AS Monaco 91–74 102–80 — 65–71 81–85 78–68 94–71 70–62 97–80 92–78 84–85 82–76 92–72 75–63 84–90 79–76 82–83 74–85
A|X Armani Exchange Milan 84–76 75–71 63–72 — 75–70 89–78 84–77 79–62 84–74 60–71 73–72 83–72 72–93 75–54 73–75 –1 65–58 –1
Barcelona 96–64 82–77 88–83 73–75 — 93–67 71–66 82–70 81–73 88–67 84–71 80–104 79–78 86–60 93–80 111–109 96–73 84–58
Bitci Baskonia 85–68 87–74 78–66 64–78 94–75 — 77–84 93–74 74–80 77–62 91–66 69–87 62–72 81–79 60–88 –1 96–79 82–90
Bayern Munich 62–56 83–71 78–83 83–77 72–80 76–81 — 82–57 –1 71–63 73–65 70–52 88–98 81–78 76–80 –1 74–65 –1
Crvena zvezda mts 63–78 93–85 80–91 57–63 69–76 86–83 81–78 — –1 74–69 73–67 84–77 81–76 81–48 65–62 78–98 73–61 76–80
CSKA Moscow 91–72 97–99 –1 57–67 –1 –1 77–74 78–76 — 82–91 90–83 74–73 88–82 97–77 –1 67–88 –1 77–67
Fenerbahçe Beko 57–66 84–89 96–86 43–68 74–76 75–53 81–76 61–57 –1 — 85–76 90–79 94–80 59–62 66–51 80–41 73–67 –1
LDLC ASVEL 80–82 75–73 75–100 80–81 60–80 69–72 68–77 69–67 70–68 84–82 — 85–93 80–94 63–76 74–87 85–82 88–76 61–71
Maccabi Tel Aviv 87–78 78–92 95–84 75–58 85–68 94–93 69–68 63–75 84–75 85–76 94–73 — 84–69 77–73 75–74 74–85 76–62 –1
Olympiacos 87–83 87–85 86–65 67–58 73–66 75–50 83–60 72–76 –1 67–65 89–54 90–73 — 101–73 74–68 –1 83–68 –1
Panathinaikos OPAP 82–67 95–69 83–91 75–76 82–85 75–63 80–67 79–73 74–98 91–87 70–84 83–95 65–84 — 87–86 72–74 83–96 70–64
Real Madrid 87–64 82–69 94–86 92–88 68–86 89–74 88–97 79–67 71–65 70–69 70–58 72–70 75–67 88–65 — 85–68 95–82 85–64
UNICS 85–71 75–67 80–88 97–71 70–64 83–69 73–70 77–84 75–86 –1 –1 –1 84–87 –1 65–58 — 66–53 69–70
Žalgiris 71–79 71–85 98–107 70–74 91–84 72–68 73–75 103–98 51–73 86–75 68–72 78–94 73–84 76–69 68–47 67–76 — 64–70
Zenit Saint Petersburg 75–66 76–67 77–86 74–70 –1 83–54 79–71 58–69 –1 80–86 –1 73–71 84–78 –1 68–75 –1 –1 —
Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

1Participation 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 Edit

Main article: 2022 EuroLeague 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 Edit

Final Four Edit

 
Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia
Main article: 2022 EuroLeague Final Four

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]

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
19 May
 
 
  Barcelona83
 
21 May
 
  Real Madrid86
 
  Real Madrid57
 
19 May
 
  Anadolu Efes58
 
  Olympiacos74
 
 
  Anadolu Efes77
 
Third place game
 
 
21 May
 
 
  Barcelona84
 
 
  Olympiacos74

Awards Edit

All official awards of the 2021–22 EuroLeague.

EuroLeague MVP Edit

EuroLeague Final Four MVP Edit

All-EuroLeague Teams Edit

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Edit

Best Defender Edit

Rising Star Edit

Coach of the Year Edit

MVP of the Round Edit

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1   Scottie Wilbekin   Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 [48]
2   Tornike Shengelia   CSKA Moscow 29 [49]
3   Tornike Shengelia (2)   CSKA Moscow 37 [50]
4   Brandon Davies   Barcelona 38 [51]
5   Will Clyburn   CSKA Moscow 32 [52]
6   Daryl Macon   Panathinaikos 38 [53]
7   Élie Okobo   LDLC ASVEL 37 [54]
8   Chris Jones   LDLC ASVEL 27 [55]
9   Nikola Mirotić   Barcelona 37 [56]
10   Scottie Wilbekin (2)   Maccabi Tel Aviv 37 [57]
11   Lorenzo Brown   UNICS 31 [58]
12   William Howard   LDLC ASVEL 33 [59]
13   Sasha Vezenkov   Olympiacos 36 [60]
14   Nikola Mirotić (2)   Barcelona 39 [61]
15   Mike James   AS Monaco 31 [62]
  Vasilije Micić   Anadolu Efes
16   Shane Larkin   Anadolu Efes 37 [63]
17   Wade Baldwin   Bitci Baskonia 33 [64]
18   Billy Baron   Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 [65]
19   Shane Larkin (2)   Anadolu Efes 30 [66]
20   Daniel Hackett   CSKA Moscow 26 [67]
21   Daniel Hackett (2)   CSKA Moscow 38 [68]
22   Ante Žižić   Maccabi Tel Aviv 33 [69]
23   Nikola Milutinov   CSKA Moscow 28 [70]
24   James Nunnally   Maccabi Tel Aviv 38 [71]
25   Nikola Milutinov (2)   CSKA Moscow 36 [72]
26   Nicolás Laprovíttola   Barcelona 27 [73]
27   Vasilije Micić (2)   Anadolu Efes 30 [74]
28   Dante Exum   Barcelona 31 [75]
29   Maodo Lô   Alba Berlin 34 [76]
30   Wade Baldwin (2)   Bitci Baskonia 29 [77]
31   Vasilije Micić (3)   Anadolu Efes 29 [78]
  Howard Sant-Roos   Panathinaikos
32   Sasha Vezenkov (2)   Olympiacos 26 [79]
33   Shane Larkin (3)   Anadolu Efes 36 [80]
34   Georgios Papagiannis   Panathinaikos 31 [81]
Playoffs

MVP of the Month Edit

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month
Month Round Player Team Ref.
2021
October 1–7   Nikola Mirotić   Barcelona [87]
November 8–12   Edy Tavares   Real Madrid [88]
December 13–18   Nikola Mirotić (2)   Barcelona [89]
2022
January 19–23   Guerschon Yabusele   Real Madrid [90]
February 24–27   Sasha Vezenkov   Olympiacos [91]
March 28–33   Mike James   AS Monaco [92]
April 34–PO5   Shane Larkin   Anadolu Efes [93]

Statistics Edit

Individual statistics Edit

Rating Edit

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.   Nikola Mirotić   Barcelona 38 765 20.1
2.   Shane Larkin   Anadolu Efes 39 728 18.7
3.   Edy Tavares   Real Madrid 35 644 18.4

Source: EuroLeague

Points Edit

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.   Vasilije Micić   Anadolu Efes 34 619 18.2
2.   Nikola Mirotić   Barcelona 38 643 16.9
3.   Mike James   AS Monaco 38 622 16.4

Source: EuroLeague

Rebounds Edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.   Georgios Papagiannis   Panathinaikos 29 239 8.2
2.   Edy Tavares   Real Madrid 35 264 7.5
3.   Nicolò Melli   A|X Armani Exchange Milan 32 214 6.7

Source: EuroLeague

Assists Edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.   Nick Calathes   Barcelona 29 185 6.4
2.   Lorenzo Brown   UNICS 24 146 6.1
3.   Mike James   AS Monaco 38 219 5.8

Source: EuroLeague

Blocks Edit

Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1.   Georgios Papagiannis   Panathinaikos 29 50 1.7
2.   Edy Tavares   Real Madrid 35 60 1.7
3.   Donta Hall   AS Monaco 35 39 1.1

Source: EuroLeague

Other statistics Edit

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals   John Brown   UNICS 25 2.8
Turnovers   Élie Okobo   LDLC ASVEL 27 3.1
Fouls drawn   Mike James   AS Monaco 38 5.1
Minutes   Shane Larkin   Anadolu Efes 39 31:53
FT %   Scottie Wilbekin   Maccabi Tel Aviv 35 94.1%
2-Point %   Donta Hall   AS Monaco 35 77.5%
3-Point %   Marco Spissu   UNICS 25 52.9%

Individual game highs Edit

Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Rating   Nikola Mirotić   Barcelona 39   Real Madrid (May 19, 2022)
Points   Scottie Wilbekin   Maccabi Tel Aviv 37   AS Monaco (Nov 17, 2021)
Rebounds   Georgios Papagiannis   Panathinaikos 17   UNICS (Nov 11, 2021)
Assists   Mike James   AS Monaco 14   Žalgiris (Dec 15, 2021)
Steals   John Brown   UNICS 7   Barcelona (Jan 20, 2022)
Blocks Four players 5 —

Team statistics Edit

Category Team Average
Rating   Anadolu Efes 93.9
Points   AS Monaco 83.4
Rebounds   Real Madrid 38.3
Assists   Barcelona 18.4
Steals   UNICS 9.4
Blocks   Real Madrid 3.3
Turnovers   ALBA Berlin 13.7
FT %   Anadolu Efes 81.5%
2-Point %   Olympiacos 58.1%
3-Point %   Barcelona 40.1%

Attendances Edit

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