2021–22 BCL Americas
The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 15h edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and the 3rd of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), since launched by FIBA in 2019.
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![]() The Arena Carioca 1 hosted the Final Eight | |
Season | 2021–22 |
Dates | 10 December 2021 – 9 April 2022 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Finals | |
Champions | ![]() (1st league title; 1st continental title) |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
← 2021 2022–23 → |
The season concluded with the Final Eight at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. São Paulo won its first continental title after defeating Biguá 98–84 in the championship game.
Team allocation
On 29 September 2021, FIBA announced the 12 teams from 7 countries to play in the 2021–22 BCLA season.[1]
Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[2] In Argentina, San Lorenzo was crowned champions but were rejected by FIBA due to outstanding debts to players.[3]
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- TH: Title holders
- SF: League semifinalist
- QF: League quarterfinalist
- CW: Preseason tournament winners
- WC: Qualified through Wild Card
Group phase
The draw for the regular season was held on 16 October 2021.[4] The group phase began on 13 December 2021 and ended on 16 March 2022.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 482 | +39 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to Final Eight |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 515 | 497 | +18 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 461 | 518 | −57 | 9[lower-alpha 1] |
Notes:
- Head-to-head: the ranking was based on points difference: 1) Cangrejeros +39, 2) Estelí +18, 3) Stingers –57.
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 443 | +109 | 12 | Advance to Final Eight |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 473 | 498 | −25 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 5 | 461 | 545 | −84 | 7 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 480 | 490 | −10 | 10 | Advance to Final Eight |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 480 | +13 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 483 | −3 | 8 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 494 | 394 | +100 | 11 | Advance to Final Eight |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 435 | +17 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 6 | 385 | 502 | −117 | 6 |
Final Eight
The Final Eight took place from 6 to 9 April 2022 at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho was originally chosen to host the Final Eight, but this was changed on 30 March 2022.[5][6]
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
6 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 83 | |||||||||
7 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 85 | |||||||||
![]() | 79 | |||||||||
6 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 93 | |||||||||
![]() | 75 | |||||||||
9 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 71 | |||||||||
![]() | 98 | |||||||||
6 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 84 | |||||||||
![]() | 79 | |||||||||
7 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 87 | |||||||||
![]() | 91 | |||||||||
6 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 98 | Third place game | ||||||||
![]() | 99 | |||||||||
9 April | ||||||||||
![]() | 81 | |||||||||
![]() | 91 | |||||||||
![]() | 81 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
6 April 2022 | Cangrejeros de Santurce ![]() |
79–87 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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12:40 | Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 18–19, 22–22, 21–15 | |||
Pts: Barea 13 Rebs: Clemente 8 Asts: Barea 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Thomas 16 Rebs: Anderson 14 Asts: Brussino 5 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Diego Chiconato (BRA) |
6 April 2022 | São Paulo ![]() |
75–71 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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15:10 | Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 24–11, 15–22, 18–22 | |||
Pts: Marquinhos 23 Rebs: Caboclo 9 Asts: Elinho 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: De Jesús, Romero 21 Rebs: Romero 18 Asts: Mendoza 3 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Kristian Páez (ECU) |
6 April 2022 | Biguá ![]() |
99–81 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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17:40 | Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 26–18, 23–29, 25–16 | |||
Pts: Sims 37 Rebs: Santos 10 Asts: Vidal 14 |
Boxscore | Pts: Schattman 19 Rebs: Vargas 9 Asts: Schattman 6 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Andreia Silva (BRA) |
Semifinals
7 April 2022 | Quimsa ![]() |
91–98 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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17:40 | Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–30, 26–16, 25–35 | |||
Pts: Brussino 22 Rebs: Anderson 12 Asts: Brussino 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sims 34 Rebs: Santos 13 Asts: Sims 8 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Páez (ECU) |
7 April 2022 | Minas ![]() |
79–93 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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20:40 | Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 18–29, 19–19, 23–25 | |||
Pts: Renan 22 Rebs: Renan 6 Asts: Alexey 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Caboclo 28 Rebs: Caboclo 12 Asts: Elinho 6 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Andrés Bartel (URU), Diego Chiconato (BRA) |
Third place game
9 April 2022 | Minas ![]() |
91–81 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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16:10 | Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 27–17, 22–18, 23–18 | |||
Pts: Deodato 24 Rebs: Miller 11 Asts: Alexey 11 |
Boxscore | Pts: Terry 25 Rebs: Anderson 4 Asts: Baralle 3 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU) |
Final
9 April 2022 | São Paulo ![]() |
98–84 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro |
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19:10 | Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 27–21, 27–13, 14–24 | |||
Pts: Caboclo 29 Rebs: Bennett 8 Asts: Elinho 12 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rudd 20 Rebs: Rudd 9 Asts: Vidal 9 |
Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG) |
Statistics
The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021–22 season.[7]
Individual statistic leaders
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Individual game highs
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References
- "BCL Americas announces Season 3 lineup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "San Lorenzo se queda sin su plaza en la BCLA por una sanción de FIBA". Basquet Plus (in Spanish). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- "Basketball Champions League Americas Draw is complete". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- "Epic stage set for the BCL Americas Final 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "CL Americas Final 8 to play at Arena Carioca 1". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.