The 2022 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the 6th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 4th in the format of Final Four. It was the concluding phase of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League season.
It was the first time the tournament was held in Bilbao, and the first time a neutral venue was used for the Final Four.
CB Canarias (known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons) won its second-ever BCL championship.[1] Canarias' point guard Marcelo Huertas was named the Final Four MVP.
Venue
The Bilbao Arena hosted the final tournament for the first time.
| Bilbao | 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |
|---|---|
| Bilbao Arena | |
| Capacity: 10,014 | |
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Teams
| Team | Previous final tournament appearances[a] |
|---|---|
 Lenovo Tenerife |
4 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
1 (2018) |
 Hapoel Holon |
1 (2021) |
| Baxi Manresa |
Debut |
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 6 May | ||||||
| Baxi Manresa | 63 | |||||
| 8 May | ||||||
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 55 | |||||
| Baxi Manresa | 87 | |||||
| 6 May | ||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 98 | |||||
| Hapoel Holon | 71 | |||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 78 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| 8 May | ||||||
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 88 | |||||
| Hapoel Holon | 68 | |||||
Semifinals
| 6 May 2022 | Hapoel Holon
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71–78 | Lenovo Tenerife
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Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 20–22, 18–17, 20–19 | |||
| Pts: Ragland 22 Rebs: Menco 6 Asts: Ragland 5 Eff: Ragland 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Huertas 17 Rebs: Guerra 9 Asts: Huertas 9 Eff: Huertas 23 |
Arena: Bilbao Arena Attendance: 6,000[1] Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LVA) |
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| 6 May 2022 | Baxi Manresa
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63–55 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
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Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–18, 20–14, 8–6 | |||
| Pts: Sima 15 Rebs: Moneke 13 Asts: Pérez 7 Eff: Moneke 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Simon 18 Rebs: Happ, Radebaugh 9 Asts: Happ, Simon 2 Eff: Simon 17 |
Arena: Bilbao Arena Attendance: 6,000[1] Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
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Third place game
| 8 May 2022 | Hapoel Holon
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68–88 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
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Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 15–10, 27–19, 19–20 | |||
| Pts: Simon 27 Rebs: Radebaugh 7 Asts: Simon 6 Eff: Radebaugh 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: McGee 14 Rebs: Menco 8 Asts: Ragland 5 Eff: McGee, Ragland 12 |
Arena: Bilbao Arena Attendance: 1,500[1] Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Michał Proc (POL), Geert Jacobs (BEL) |
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Final
| 8 May 2022 | Baxi Manresa
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87–98 | Lenovo Tenerife
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Bilbao |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 25–22, 17–33, 20–16 | |||
| Pts: Moneke 24 Rebs: Moneke 8 Asts: Bako, Thomasson 3 Eff: Moneke 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Salin 18 Rebs: Doornekamp 7 Asts: Huertas 14 Eff: Huertas 22 |
Arena: Bilbao Arena Attendance: 8,157[2][1] Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
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Notes
- ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Basketball Champions League 2021-22 (Final Stage — Game Details)". www.linguasport.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ @BasketballCL (8 May 2022). "🤩 8,157 🤩 Thank you @BilbaoArena! #BasketballCL #FinalFour" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2022 – via Twitter.
External links
- Basketball Champions League (official website)
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