2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
The José María Martín Carpena Arena hosted the Final Four
Season2022–23
DatesQualifying:
21–25 September 2022
Competition proper:
3 October 2022 – 14 May 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
Season MVPT. J. Shorts
(Bonn)
Final Four
Champions Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title)
Runners-up Hapoel Jerusalem
Third place Lenovo Tenerife
Fourth place Unicaja Malaga
Final Four MVPT. J. Shorts
(Bonn)
Awards
Best CoachTuomas Iisalo
(Bonn)
Best Young PlayerSadık Emir Kabaca
(Galatasaray)
Statistical leaders
Points Marcus Foster (Vilnius) 20.6
Rebounds Akil Mitchell (AEK) 8.5
Assists Joe Ragland (Holon) 9.5

The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League was the 7th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 3 October 2022 and ended 14 May 2023 with the championship game.

Telekom Baskets Bonn defeated Hapoel Jerusalem in the final of the Final Four, which was played in the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena in Málaga.[1] Bonn became the first German club to win the Basketball Champions League title. As the winners, Bonn automatically qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.

Lenovo Tenerife were the defending champions, but lost in the semi-finals by Hapoel Jerusalem.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 52 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League.[3] 18 of them were domestic champions in the previous season.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings[4] are taken into consideration.

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • FEC: FIBA Europe Cup champions.
  • AV: Allocated vacancyNOTE

NOTE: According to BCL rankings, National Federations of Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia (banned from competition) should had two berths in Regular season, as well as one berth for the champion of Ukraine (BC Prometey decided to play Eurocup). Their places were allocated to the teams from Turkey, France, Greece, Israel and Poland.

Qualified teams for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Lenovo Tenerife (6th)TH Pınar Karşıyaka (7th)AV Hapoel Holon (1st) Filou Oostende (1st)
Baxi Manresa (7th) JDA Dijon (3rd) Bnei Herzliya (2nd) Igokea m:tel (1st)
Surne Bilbao Basket (9th) Limoges CSP (6th) Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (3rd)AV ERA Nymburk (1st)
UCAM Murcia (10th) SIG Strasbourg (7th)AV Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd) Falco Szombathely (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (3rd) AEK (6th) MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th) VEF Rīga (1st)
Darüşşafaka Lassa (4th) Peristeri (8th) Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (4th) Rytas (1st)
Bahçeşehir Koleji (6th)FEC PAOK mateco (9th)AV Unahotels Reggio Emilia (7th) Legia Warsaw (2nd)AV
Qualifying rounds
Niners Chemnitz (6th) Opava (2nd) Golden Eagle Ylli (1st) FMP Meridian (2nd)
Brose Bamberg (8th) Bakken Bears (1st) Šiauliai (4th) Patrioti Levice (1st)
Río Breogán (11th) Pärnu Sadam (1st) Heroes Den Bosch (1st) Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Unicaja (12th) Karhu (1st) TFT Skopje (4th) Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Swans Gmunden (2nd) Leicester Riders (1st) Benfica (1st) Tofaş (9th)
Keravnos (1st) Egis Körmend (2nd) CSO Voluntari (2nd) Budivelnyk (Abd-2nd)

Referees

A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[6]

Schedule for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 7 July 2022 21 September 2022
Second qualifying round 23 September 2022
Third qualifying round 25 September 2022
Regular season Round 1 3–5 October 2022
Round 2 Groups A, B, C, F 11–12 October 2022
Groups D, E, G, H 18–19 October 2022
Round 3 Groups A, B, C, F 25–26 October 2022
Groups D, E, G, H 1–2 November 2022
Round 4 Groups A, B, C, F 22–23 November 2022
Groups D, E, G, H 29–30 November 2022
Round 5 Groups A, B, C, F 6–7 December 2022
Groups D, E, G, H 13–14 December 2022
Round 6 20–21 December 2022
Play-ins 3–4 January 2023 10–11 January 2023 17–18 January 2023
Round of 16 Round 1 24–25 January 2023
Round 2 31 January–1 February 2023
Round 3 7–8 February 2023
Round 4 7–8 March 2023
Round 5 14–15 March 2023
Round 6 21–22 March 2023
Play-offs Quarter-finals 24 March 2023 4–5 April 2023 11–12 April 2023 18–19 April 2023
Final Four Semi-finals 25 April 2023 12 May 2023
Final 14 May 2023

Qualifying rounds

Draw

The 24 teams will be divided into six pots based firstly on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. For the quarterfinals round of qualifications, teams from Pot 6 will be drawn against teams from Pot 3, and teams from Pot 4 will face teams from Pot 5. Clubs from Pot 1 and 2 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semifinals stage of qualifications and will face the winners from the quarterfinals round. The winners of the semifinals stage will face each other in the finals of qualifications. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.[7] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1
Team Pts
Tofaş 57
Brose Bamberg 51
Unicaja 29
Bakken Bears 17
Pot 2
Team Pts
Fribourg Olympic 7
Keravnos 7
Opava 2
Karhu 2
Pot 3
Team Pts
Benfica 2
Río Breogán 107.50†
Niners Chemnitz 67.00†
Körmend 58.00†
Pot 4
Team Pts
CSO Voluntari 40.00†
Šiauliai 39.50†
Budivelnyk Kyiv 26.00†
Pärnu Sadam 11.00†
Pot 5
Team Pts
Heroes Den Bosch 5.00†
Leicester Riders 2.00†
Norrköping Dolphins 2.00†
Swans Gmunden 2.00†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Golden Eagle Ylli 1.00†
Patrioti Levice 1.00†
FMP Meridian 0†
TFT Skopje 0†
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Tofaş 68
21 September
Voluntari 57
Leicester Riders 61
25 September
Voluntari 70
Tofaş 82
Niners Chemnitz 78
23 September
Fribourg Olympic 70
21 September
Niners Chemnitz 93
TFT Skopje 77
Niners Chemnitz 96

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Unicaja Málaga 114
21 September
Heroes Den Bosch 58
Heroes Den Bosch 85
25 September
Šiauliai 73
Unicaja Málaga 91
Patrioti Levice 73
23 September
Karhu 57
21 September
Patrioti Levice 81
Patrioti Levice 79
Körmend 70

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Brose Bamberg 97
21 September
Budivelnyk 94
Norrköping Dolphins 51
25 September
Budivelnyk 87
Brose Bamberg 73
Benfica 87
23 September
Keravnos 65
21 September
Benfica 73
Golden Eagles Ylli 67
Benfica 92

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Bakken Bears 83
21 September
Swans Gmunden 65
Swans Gmunden 82
25 September
Pärnu 80
Bakken Bears 88
FMP Meridian 82
23 September
Opava 76
21 September
FMP Meridian 92
FMP Meridian 76
Río Breogán 64

Regular season

Draw

The 28 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.[7]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Lenovo Tenerife 123
Hapoel Holon 91
ERA Nymburk 83
JDA Dijon 81
SIG Strasbourg 78
AEK 75
Baxi Manresa 67
Hapoel Jerusalem 62
Pot 2
Team Pts
Pınar Karşıyaka 59
Falco Szombathely 58
Dinamo Sassari 56
Filou Oostende 55
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 44
Igokea 41
VEF Rīga 37
Rytas 37
Pot 3
Team Pts
Galatasaray Nef 35
Peristeri 34
Darüşşafaka Lassa 32
PAOK 27
Telekom Baskets Bonn 21
Limoges CSP 11
Surne Bilbao Basket 11
UCAM Murcia 107.50†
Pot 4
Team Pts
Legia Warsaw 2
Bahçeşehir Koleji 67.15†
Bnei Herzliya 60.17†
Reggiana 51.33†
Tofaş (Winner QF–T1)
Unicaja Málaga (Winner QF–T2)
Benfica (Winner QF–T3)
Bakken Bears (Winner QF–T4)
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SIG UCM TOF FAL
1 SIG Strasbourg 6 4 2 485 481 +4 10 Advance to round of 16 — 82–70 94–89 81–78
2 UCAM Murcia 6 4 2 487 487 0 10 Advance to play-ins 80–78 — 75–72 81–74
3 Tofaş 6 2 4 480 462 +18 8 75–79 77–87 — 90–63
4 Falco Szombathely 6 2 4 472 494 −22 8 89–71 104–94 64–77 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON AEK KAR REG
1 Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 5 1 499 443 +56 11 Advance to round of 16 — 80–72 83–71 84–88
2 AEK 6 3 3 458 448 +10 9 Advance to play-ins 66–73 — 80–72 68–59
3 Pınar Karşıyaka 6 2 4 467 490 −23 8 80–89 91–88 — 83–76
4 Reggiana 6 2 4 436 479 −43 8 66–90 73–84 74–70 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL HOL OOS LEG
1 Galatasaray Nef 6 4 2 514 473 +41 10 Advance to round of 16 — 88–75 85–91 86–71
2 Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 516 499 +17 10 Advance to play-ins 82–73 — 88–83 101–79
3 Filou Oostende 6 3 3 481 481 0 9 78–92 95–86 — 66–71
4 Legia Warsaw 6 1 5 437 495 −58 7 76–90 81–84 59–68 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBB BAH IGO NYM
1 Surne Bilbao Basket 6 4 2 477 425 +52 10 Advance to round of 16 — 80–66 81–84 71–81
2 Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 3 3 437 470 −33 9 Advance to play-ins 60–92 — 70–67 88–80
3 Igokea 6 3 3 467 456 +11 9 80–85 72–77 — 91–74
4 ERA Nymburk 6 2 4 437 467 −30 8 54–68 79–76 69–73 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JER LUD DAR BAK
1 Hapoel Jerusalem 6 5 1 480 448 +32 11 Advance to round of 16 — 71–80 69–67 89–80
2 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 4 2 507 449 +58 10 Advance to play-ins 81–87 — 63–77 99–58
3 Darüşşafaka 6 2 4 429 448 −19 8 69–92 70–90 — 80–66
4 Bakken Bears 6 1 5 429 500 −71 7 71–72 86–94 68–66 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAX BEN CSP VEF
1 Baxi Manresa 6 4 2 502 470 +32 10 Advance to round of 16 — 82–92 77–88 88–59
2 Benfica 6 4 2 470 472 −2 10 Advance to play-ins 78–97 — 59–79 84–71
3 Limoges CSP 6 3 3 438 404 +34 9 73–76 67–68 — 80–53
4 VEF Rīga 6 1 5 410 474 −64 7 80–82 76–89 71–51 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI JDA POK DIN
1 Unicaja Málaga 6 5 1 513 454 +59 11 Advance to round of 16 — 88–68 77–63 82–92
2 JDA Dijon 6 3 3 450 471 −21 9 Advance to play-ins 70–91 — 69–74 88–80
3 PAOK 6 2 4 454 454 0 8 85–88 66–70 — 88–68
4 Dinamo Sassari 6 2 4 470 508 −38 8 76–87 72–85 82–78 —
Source: Groups Standings

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE RYT PER HER
1 Lenovo Tenerife 6 4 2 512 427 +85 10 Advance to round of 16 — 89–74 86–60 83–63
2 Rytas 6 3 3 505 493 +12 9 Advance to play-ins 85–78 — 89–64 90–101
3 Peristeri 6 3 3 459 495 −36 9 88–81 71–82 — 86–70
4 Bnei Herzliya 6 2 4 468 529 −61 8 57–95 90–85 87–90 —
Source: Groups Standings

Play-ins

The Play-ins took place from January 3 to 18. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. Winners advanced to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 3–4 January, the second legs on 10–11 January. Eventual third legs was played on 17–18 January.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
UCAM Murcia 2–0 Pınar Karşıyaka 97–92 96–89 —
AEK 2–0 Tofaş 73–70 85–82 —
Hapoel Holon 2–0 Igokea 103–79 91–80 —
Bahçeşehir Koleji 2–1 Filou Oostende 72–76 77–64 87–81
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 1–2 Limoges CSP 85–81 62–82 94–96
Benfica 0–2 Darüşşafaka Lassa 76–89 72–83 —
JDA Dijon 2–1 Peristeri 89–80 88–92 89–82
Rytas 2–1 PAOK 85–62 78–81 82–63

Round of 16

The Round of 16 will take place from January 23 until March 20, 2023. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JER SIG JDA HOL
1 Hapoel Jerusalem 6 5 1 444 419 +25 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 81–80 77–84 77–65
2 SIG Strasbourg 6 4 2 506 466 +40 10 63–71 — 86–67 112–110
3 JDA Dijon 6 2 4 457 490 −33 8 64–73 72–85 — 89–81
4 Hapoel Holon 6 1 5 472 504 −32 7 63–65 65–80 88–81 —
Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON BAX RYT BAH
1 Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 6 0 518 439 +79 12 Advance to quarter-finals — 85–75 99–72 74–68
2 Baxi Manresa 6 3 3 488 485 +3 9 69–87 — 82–69 90–72
3 Rytas 6 3 3 503 519 −16 9 79–86 96–95 — 95–88
4 Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 0 6 449 515 −66 6 76–87 76–77 69–92 —
Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI AEK GAL CSP
1 Unicaja Málaga 6 5 1 494 434 +60 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 88–66 81–76 99–88
2 AEK 6 4 2 455 447 +8 10 65–75 — 92–78 82–72
3 Galatasaray Nef 6 2 4 457 463 −6 8 72–67 71–81 — 100–73
4 Limoges CSP 6 1 5 432 494 −62 7 67–84 63–69 69–60 —
Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE UCM DAR SBB
1 Lenovo Tenerife 6 5 1 459 415 +44 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 85–65 75–71 78–66
2 UCAM Murcia 6 4 2 508 483 +25 10 82–67 — 96–87 90–72
3 Darüşşafaka Lassa 6 2 4 492 525 −33 8 59–80 105–104 — 95–85
4 Surne Bilbao Basket 6 1 5 447 483 −36 7 72–74 67–71 85–75 —
Source: Round of 16 Standings

Playoffs

Main article: 2022–23 Basketball Champions League playoffs

The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Unicaja8396—
 
12 May
 
 UCAM Murcia6774—
 
 Unicaja67
 
 
 
 Telekom Baskets Bonn69
 
 Telekom Baskets Bonn767683
 
14 May
 
 SIG Strasbourg776677
 
 Telekom Baskets Bonn77
 
 
 
 Hapoel Jerusalem70
 
 Lenovo Tenerife918384
 
12 May
 
 Baxi Manresa848572
 
 Lenovo Tenerife68
 
 
 
 Hapoel Jerusalem69Third place
 
 Hapoel Jerusalem647891
 
14 May
 
 AEK559451
 
 Unicaja79
 
 
 Lenovo Tenerife84
 

Final Four

Main article: 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife 68–69 Hapoel Jerusalem
Unicaja 67–69 Telekom Baskets Bonn

Third place game

The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Unicaja 79–84 Lenovo Tenerife

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2023.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Telekom Baskets Bonn 77–70 Hapoel Jerusalem

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn
Final Four MVP T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn
Best Defensive Player Alberto Díaz Unicaja
Best Young Player Sadık Emir Kabaca Galatasaray Nef
Best Coach Tuomas Iisalo Telekom Baskets Bonn

Star Lineup

First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Marcus Foster Rytas Vilnius
T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn Kendrick Perry Unicaja
Darío Brizuela Unicaja DeAndre Lansdowne SIG Strasbourg
Akil Mitchell AEK Levi Randolph Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Zach Hankins Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife

MVP of the Month

Month Player Club Ref.
2022
October
 Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon
[8]
November
 Marcus Foster Rytas Vilnius
[9]
December
 T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn
[10]
2023
January
 Joe Ragland (2) Hapoel Holon
[11]
February
 Akil Mitchell AEK
[12]
March
 Zach Hankins Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
[13]
April
 Levi Randolph Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Telekom Baskets Bonn celebrate their first Basketball Champions League title". FIBA.basketball. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Defensive clinic: Jerusalem edge out Tenerife by a single point, advance to Final". FIBA.basketball. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Field set for Season Seven: 18 national champs head the lineup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Game officials. Referees". Basketball Champions League. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Competition Regulations - Season 2022-23 -" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b Basketball Champions League (5 July 2022). "Draw explained: Seedings revealed for Qualification Rounds, Regular Season". Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Hapoel Atsmon Holon's Joe Ragland is the October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  9. ^ "It's the most Vilnius time of the year: Foster is MVP of November". Basketball Champions League. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Another step towards a bigger goal: TJ Shorts is MVP of December". Basketball Champions League. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  11. ^ "More history for Ragland: Second MVP of the Month award of the season". Basketball Champions League. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. ^ "A perfect homecoming for AEK fans: Akil Mitchell named February MVP". Basketball Champions League. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Zach Hankins named March MVP: "It's a reflection of how our team is doing"". Basketball Champions League. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Jerusalem with back-to-back winners: Levi Randolph named April MVP". Basketball Champions League. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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