2021–22 EuroLeague
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 | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 30 September 2021 – 8 April 2022 (Regular Season) 19 April 2022 – 4 May 2022 (Playoffs) 19 May 2022 – 21 May 2022 (Final Four) | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 283 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 18 (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 | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Fenerbahçe 80–41 UNICS (14 October 2021) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Baskonia 60–88 Real Madrid (25 November 2021) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Barcelona 111–109 UNICS (22 December 2021) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 9 games Barcelona Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 9 games Žalgiris | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 15,092 Anadolu Efes 93–90 Real Madrid (22 March 2022) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 0 officially five matches | ||||||||||||
← 2020–21 2022–23 → 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.
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (18 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Qualified teams edit
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]
Barcelona | Olympiacos | Anadolu Efes | Žalgiris |
Baskonia | Panathinaikos | Fenerbahçe | CSKA Moscow |
Real Madrid | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Olimpia Milano | Bayern Munich |
ASVEL |
ALBA Berlin (WC) | AS Monaco (EC)[Note FRA] | UNICS (EC) | Crvena zvezda (WC)[5] |
Zenit Saint Petersburg (WC)[6] |
- Notes
Teams edit
Venues and locations edit
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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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] | ||
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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] |
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Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgirio arena | 15,415[22] |
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Managerial changes edit
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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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
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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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 |
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
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
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
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Barcelona | 3–2 | Bayern Munich | 77–67 | 75–90 | 75–66 | 52–59 | 81–72 |
Real Madrid | 3–0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 84–74 | 95–66 | 87–76 | – | – |
A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 1–3 | Anadolu Efes | 48–64 | 73–66 | 65–77 | 70–75 | – |
Olympiacos | 3–2 | AS Monaco | 71–54 | 72–96 | 87–83 | 77–78 | 94–88 |
Final Four edit
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]
Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
19 May | ||||||
Barcelona | 83 | |||||
21 May | ||||||
Real Madrid | 86 | |||||
Real Madrid | 57 | |||||
19 May | ||||||
Anadolu Efes | 58 | |||||
Olympiacos | 74 | |||||
Anadolu Efes | 77 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
21 May | ||||||
Barcelona | 84 | |||||
Olympiacos | 74 |
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
- Regular season
- Playoffs
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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1 | Brandon Davies (2) | Barcelona | 24 | [82] |
2 | Vincent Poirier | Real Madrid | 31 | [83] |
3 | Nikola Mirotić (3) | Barcelona | 31 | [84] |
4 | Tibor Pleiß | Anadolu Efes | 37 | [85] |
5 | Nicolás Laprovíttola | Barcelona | 30 | [86] |
MVP of the Month edit
Month | Round | Player | Team | Ref. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Rating | Nikola Mirotić | Barcelona | 39 | Real Madrid (19 May 2022) |
Points | Scottie Wilbekin | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 37 | AS Monaco (17 Nov 2021) |
Rebounds | Georgios Papagiannis | Panathinaikos | 17 | UNICS (11 Nov 2021) |
Assists | Mike James | AS Monaco | 14 | Žalgiris (15 Dec 2021) |
Steals | John Brown | UNICS | 7 | Barcelona (20 Jan 2022) |
Blocks | Four players | 5 | — |
Team statistics edit
Category | Team | Average |
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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