2021–22 EuroLeague Women

The 2021–22 EuroLeague Women was the 64th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Season	2021–22
Dates	Qualifying: 21–23 September 2021 Regular Season: 6 October 2021 – 10 April 2022
Number of teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 20
Finals
Champions	Sopron Basket (1st title)
Runners-up	Fenerbahçe
Third place	Perfumerías Avenida
Fourth place	ZVVZ USK Praha
Final Four MVP	Gabby Williams (Sopron)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

In February 2022, the Russian teams (UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and MBA Moscow) were expelled from the tournament by FIBA for the Euroleague Women playoffs, and suspended, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.^[1][2]

Sopron Basket won its first-ever championship after defeating Fenerbahçe in the final of the Final Four.^[3]

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women.^[4]

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).

Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (1st)	UMMC Ekaterinburg^TH (1st)
Basket Landes (1st)	Dynamo Kursk (2nd)
BLMA (2nd)	MBA Moscow (3rd)
Sopron Basket (1st)	Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Reyer Venezia (1st)	Spar Girona (CW, 3rd)
TTT Riga (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)
VBW Arka Gdynia (1st)	Galatasaray (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1	Conference 2
KSC Szekszárd (2nd)	Tango Bourges Basket (3rd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (1st)	Beretta Famila Schio (2nd)
Kayseri Basketbol (10th)	Valencia Basket^EC (2nd)

Referees

Referees of the 2021–22 season^1
Silvia Jury   Christoph Rohacky   Goran Sljivić   Alakbar Hasanov   Lizaveta Famina   Piotr Ivashkov   Martin Van Hoye   Haris Bijedić   Hrvoje Ćavar   Mila Čavara   Bojan Jovanić   Ivan Miličević   Goran Stojančević   Ventsislav Velikov   Franko Gracin   Alfred Jovović   Krešimir Katić   Josip Mikulić   Nikola Perlić   Jelena Tomić   Maria Ignatiou   Jan Baloun   Petr Blahout   Martin Kučírek   Veronika Vávrová   Andrada Monika Csender   Mart Uuehendrik   Ariadna Chueca Moreno   Ville Selkee	Amel Dahra   Alexandre Maret   Valentin Oliot   Marion Ortis   Maka Kupatadze   Kirile Tvauri   James Kerry Dominique   Iain Macdonald   Simon Unsworth   Anastasios Kardaris   Stylianos Simeonidis   Emmanouil Tsolakos   Cecília Tóth   Emma Perry   Andrea Bongiorni   Silvia Marziali   Ritvars Helmšteins   Kristīne Simanoviča   Juozas Barkauskas   Gintaras Vitkauskas   Dumitru Stasiev   Ognjen Jokić   Milosav Kaluđerović   Mladen Lučić   Ivana Radinović   Suzana Vujičić   Alija Ferevski   Zoran Mitrovski   Nikola Bejat	Gizella Viola Györgyi   Paulina Gajdosz   Łukasz Jankowski   Ewa Matuszewska   Diogo Martins   Sonia Teixeira   Alin Faur   Amalia Marchiş   Alexandra Stan   Elena Chernova   Ilya Putenko   Ivana Ivanović   Jasmina Juras   Nemanja Ninković   Jelena Smiljanić   Pavel Fuska   Goran Grbić   Diana Lapanović   Marko Vučkovič   Yasmina Alcaraz Moreno   Francisco Araña   Esperanza Mendoza Holgado   Javier Torres Sánchez   Raúl Zamorano Sánchez   Duhan Köyiçi   Mehmet Şahin   Ali Şakacı   Özge Şentürk   Sinem Tetik	Notes 1. ^ Every BCL official is eligible to referee the EuroLeague Women.

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase	Round	Round date^[5]
Qualifying round		21–23 September 2021
Regular season	Matchday 1	6–7 October 2021
	Matchday 2	13–14 October 2021
	Matchday 3	20–21 October 2021
	Matchday 4	27 October 2021
	Matchday 5	2–3 November 2021
	Matchday 6	24 November 2021
	Matchday 7	1–2 December 2021
	Matchday 8	7–9 December 2021
	Matchday 9	14–16 December 2021
	Matchday 10	20–21 December 2021
	Matchday 11	12–13 January 2022
	Matchday 12	19–20 January 2022
	Matchday 13	26–27 January 2022
	Matchday 14	1 February 2022
Quarterfinals	First leg	23 February 2022
	Second leg	2 March 2022
	Third leg	9 March 2022
Final Four	Semifinals	8 April 2022
	Final	10 April 2022

Draw

The draw was held on 19 August 2021 in Freising, Germany.^[6][7]

Draw rules are as follows.

• A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same Regular Season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
• Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
• If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg   Fenerbahçe	Dynamo Kursk   Perfumerías Avenida	ZVVZ USK Praha   Sopron Basket	Spar Girona   BLMA

Seed 5	Seed 6	Seed 7	Seed 8
TTT Riga   Galatasaray	Reyer Venezia   Basket Landes	VBW Arka Gdynia   MBA Moscow	Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2

Qualifying round

Conference 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SZE	SEP	KAY
1	KSC Szekszárd	2	2	0	143	126	+17	4	Regular season			63–56
2	ACS Sepsi SIC (H)	2	1	1	135	141	−6	3	EuroCup Women				79–78
3	Kayseri Basketbol	2	0	2	148	159	−11	2			70–80

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Conference 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SCH	BOU	VAL
1	Beretta Famila Schio (H)	2	2	0	125	105	+20	4	Regular season			69–57
2	Tango Bourges Basket	2	1	1	132	141	−9	3	EuroCup Women				75–72
3	Valencia Basket	2	0	2	120	131	−11	2			48–56

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		EKA	AVE	USK	BLM	TTT	VEN	MBA	SZE
1	UMMC Ekaterinburg	14	14	0	1222	944	+278	28	Excluded			110–102	75–73	108–53	75–60	75–69	104–65	89–52
2	Perfumerías Avenida	14	11	3	1130	978	+152	25	Advance to quarterfinals		67–93		85–75	88–67	72–41	110–69	70–64	96–54
3	ZVVZ USK Praha	14	10	4	1170	900	+270	24			77–90	80–55		89–54	84–64	88–53	92–61	83–56
4	BLMA	14	6	8	959	1078	−119	20			73–92	65–78	75–74		63–54	52–74	86–77	82–57
5	TTT Riga	14	6	8	825	983	−158	20			56–71	51–71	52–103	45–80		71–57	64–59	69–68
6	Umana Reyer Venezia	14	5	9	934	990	−56	19	Transfer to EuroCup Women		67–74	56–71	75–84	79–59	54–62		61–62	80–59
7	MBA Moscow	14	4	10	943	1064	−121	18	Excluded		63–84	69–77	54–79	98–78	61–68	72–75		65–62
8	KSC Szekszárd	14	0	14	855	1101	−246	14	Transfer to EuroCup Women		67–82	84–88	51–89	65–72	65–68	51–65	64–73

Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		FEN	SOP	SCH	KUR	GIR	LAN	GAL	GDY
1	Fenerbahçe	14	11	3	1108	892	+216	25	Advance to quarterfinals			73–47	82–65	83–58	78–57	65–70	107–62	87–67
2	Sopron Basket	14	8	6	935	897	+38	22			59–82		67–58	79–72	53–68	76–54	73–44	67–40
3	Beretta Famila Schio	14	8	6	1011	966	+45	22			64–60	71–70		64–80	68–76	96–56	76–73	75–61
4	Dynamo Kursk	14	8	6	1038	1021	+17	22	Excluded		57–63	73–77	74–93		92–75	75–57	78–76	86–76
5	Spar Girona	14	7	7	972	977	−5	21	Advance to quarterfinals		71–59	63–68	65–55	66–71		70–78	55–69	80–70
6	Basket Landes	14	7	7	966	1050	−84	21	Transfer to EuroCup Women		76–93	61–52	64–79	78–75	71–80		71–62	79–70
7	Galatasaray	14	5	9	968	1038	−70	19			69–89	67–61	67–80	70–80	80–68	83–64		71–60
8	VBW Arka Gdynia	14	2	12	935	1092	−157	16			70–87	71–86	71–67	64–67	65–78	74–87	76–75

Source: FIBA

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Perfumerías Avenida	2–1	Spar Girona	77–63	79–81	74–65
Sopron Basket	2–0	BLMA	60–42	72–65
ZVVZ USK Praha	2–1	Beretta Famila Schio	72–70	56–69	90–77
Fenerbahçe	2–0	TTT Riga	77–56	88–65

Final Four

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	8 April
	Perfumerías Avenida	69
					10 April
	Sopron Basket	74
					Sopron Basket	60
	8 April
					Fenerbahçe	55
	ZVVZ USK Praha	74
	Fenerbahçe	83
					Third place
					10 April
					Perfumerías Avenida	71
					ZVVZ USK Praha	59

Semifinals

Perfumerías Avenida   v   Sopron Basket

8 April 2022	Perfumerías Avenida	69–74	Sopron Basket	Istanbul
17:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–25, 21–17, 17–10
	Pts: Copper 23 Rebs: Copper, Alarie 6 Asts: Rodríguez, Cazorla 3 PIR: Copper 15	Boxscore	Pts: Brooks 27 Rebs: Határ 10 Asts: Williams 6 PIR: Brooks 26	Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall Referees: Jelena Tomić (CRO), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA), Mihkel Männiste (EST)

ZVVZ USK Praha   v   Fenerbahçe

8 April 2022	ZVVZ USK Praha	74–83	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
20:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–10, 18–21, 11–24
	Pts: Oblak 22 Rebs: Thomas 14 Asts: Thomas 8 PIR: Oblak 24	Boxscore	Pts: Iagupova 24 Rebs: Williams 11 Asts: Iagupova 7 PIR: Iagupova 27	Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Amel Dahra (FRA), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Third place game

Perfumerías Avenida   v   ZVVZ USK Praha

10 April 2022	Perfumerías Avenida	71–59	ZVVZ USK Praha	Istanbul
14:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 20–18, 22–9, 17–13
	Pts: Samuelson 25 Rebs: Copper 8 Asts: Copper, Cazorla 5 PIR: Samuelson 28	Boxscore	Pts: Jones 26 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Voráčková 7 PIR: Voráčková, Jones 23	Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Viola Györgyi (ROU)

Final

Sopron Basket   v   Fenerbahçe

10 April 2022	Sopron Basket	60–55	Fenerbahçe	Istanbul
17:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 13–13, 16–19, 15–17
	Pts: Williams 16 Rebs: Brooks 11 Asts: Williams, Fegyverneky 3 PIR: Williams 17	Boxscore	Pts: Iagupova 13 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: Iagupova 5 PIR: Çakır 12	Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA) Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

2021–22 EuroLeague Women Champions
Sopron Basket First title

Awards

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

•   Gabby Williams (  Sopron Basket)^[8]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2021
October	Eva Lisec	Dynamo Kursk	^[9]
November	Sandrine Gruda	Beretta Famila Schio	^[10]
December	Brionna Jones	ZVVZ USK Praha	^[11]
2022
January	Natasha Howard	Dynamo Kursk	^[12]
February	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	^[13]

See also

• 2021–22 EuroCup Women

References

1. "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
2. "A glance at the reaction of sports to Russian invasion". AP NEWS. March 8, 2022.
3. "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA.basketball. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
4. "EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women 2021-22 season clubs confirmed". FIBA. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
5. "Regulations governing the Euroleague Women 2021-2022" (PDF). FIBA. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
6. "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 draw seedings, Qualifiers Tournaments hosts announced". FIBA. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
7. "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 Regular Season groups drawn". FIBA. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
8. "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
9. "Lisec named EuroLeague Women October MVP". FIBA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
10. "Gruda crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for November". FIBA. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
11. "Jones named EuroLeague Women MVP for December". FIBA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
12. "Howard crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for January". FIBA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
13. "Thomas takes EuroLeague Women MVP honor for February". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

• Official website