2022–23 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
Season2022–23
DatesQualifying:
11–19 October 2022
Regular Season:
26 October 2022 – 1 March 2023
Quarterfinals:
14–22 March 2023
Final Four:
14–16 April 2023
Games played127
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 20
Regular season
Season MVP Emma Meesseman (Fenerbahçe)
Finals
Champions Fenerbahçe (1st title)
Runners-up ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.
Third place Beretta Famila Schio
Fourth place ZVVZ USK Praha
Final Four MVP Breanna Stewart (Fenerbahçe)
Statistical leaders
Points Megan Gustafson 22.6
Rebounds Stephanie Mavunga 12.5
Assists Erica Wheeler 7.4
Index Rating Megan Gustafson 25.5
Records
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 111–61 BC Polkowice
(4 January 2023)
Biggest away winKSC Szekszárd 56–95 ZVVZ USK Praha
(4 January 2023)
Highest scoringKSC Szekszárd 103–101 Fenerbahçe
(2 November 2022)
Highest attendance7,000
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 84–56 Tango Bourges Basket
(14 March 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance100
Olympiacos 87–68 KSC Szekszárd
(25 January 2023)
Olympiacos 54–85 ZVVZ USK Praha
(22 February 2023)[1]

The 2022–23 EuroLeague Women was the 65th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

Fenerbahçe won its first championship after defeating ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 99–60 in the all-Turkish final, having participated in the Final Four nine times to date.[2][3]

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
[4][5]

Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (1st)
Tango Bourges BasketEC (1st) Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Basket Landes (CW, 4th)[6] Valencia Basket (2nd)
Sopron BasketTH (1st) Fenerbahçe (1st)
KSC Szekszárd (2nd) ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. (2nd)
Beretta Famila Schio (1st) BC Polkowice (1st)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1 Conference 2
Botaş SK (6th) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (3rd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) Spar Girona (3rd)
Crvena zvezda (1st)
Olympiacos (1st)
Elitzur Ramla (1st)
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (3rd)

Referees

Qualifying round

Qualifiers play-off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 112–123 Spar Girona (Q) 69–57 43–66

Source: FIBA
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY SEP CZV
1 Olympiacos (Q) 2 2 0 157 114 +43 4 Regular season 73–54
2 ACS Sepsi SIC 2 1 1 137 136 +1 3 EuroCup Women 83–63
3 Crvena zvezda (H) 2 0 2 123 167 −44 2 60–84
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MIS RAM BOT
1 Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (H, Q) 2 2 0 155 108 +47 4 Regular season 75–54
2 Elitzur Ramla 2 1 1 126 144 −18 3 EuroCup Women 54–80
3 Botaş SK 2 0 2 118 147 −29 2 64–72
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN USK VAL TBB POL VIR KSC OLY
1 Fenerbahçe 14 12 2 1209 1003 +206 26 Advance to quarterfinals 82–72 93–61 83–64 111–61 95–73 91–71 95–89
2 ZVVZ USK Praha 14 10 4 1119 935 +184 24 66–73 75–82 65–57 80–83 71–50 82–71 95–63
3 Valencia Basket 14 9 5 998 972 +26 23 66–72 76–83 76–68 69–64 73–71 74–59 65–55
4 Tango Bourges Basket 14 8 6 996 969 +27 22 79–90 70–73 70–68 62–63 79–74 83–62 67–61
5 BC Polkowice 14 8 6 1030 1039 −9 22 73–46 57–92 76–73 66–75 69–88 89–56 76–52
6 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 14 5 9 1031 1036 −5 19 67–85 61–85 73–75 61–64 89–76 89–59 92–69
7 KSC Szekszárd 14 3 11 947 1170 −223 17 103–101 56–95 54–75 61–77 76–94 73–64 78–69
8 Olympiacos 14 1 13 915 1121 −206 15 58–92 54–85 59–65 66–81 70–83 63–79 87–68
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MER SCH AVE SOP GIR MIS BLAN MEC
1 ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 14 10 4 986 941 +45 24 Advance to quarterfinals 79–67 85–80 50–75 64–50 77–58 75–59 69–62
2 Beretta Famila Schio 14 10 4 1025 963 +62 24 76–72 71–54 81–50 70–65 90–82 85–71 74–70
3 Perfumerías Avenida 14 9 5 1012 919 +93 23 83–66 61–72 74–61 74–63 94–52 81–57 79–72
4 Sopron Basket 14 8 6 924 888 +36 22 51–44 80–61 53–75 62–60 75–65 59–62 71–64
5 Spar Girona 14 7 7 924 879 +45 21 73–75 83–63 74–48 63–60 58–64 65–54 71–59
6 Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc 14 6 8 962 1022 −60 20 77–78 65–63 61–70 77–75 56–74 67–58 79–78
7 Basket Landes 14 4 10 870 973 −103 18 61–68 58–78 71–64 50–61 53–58 72–63 68–78
8 Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 2 12 956 1074 −118 16 69–84 73–74 61–75 62–91 77–67 60–96 71–76
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fenerbahçe 2–0 Sopron Basket 82–62 82–62
Beretta Famila Schio 2–1 Valencia Basket 75–63 75–80 62–53
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 2–1 Tango Bourges Basket 84–56 75–76 91–63
ZVVZ USK Praha 2–1 Perfumerías Avenida 77–56 71–73 OT 74–66

Final Four

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 April
 
 
Fenerbahçe77
 
16 April
 
Beretta Famila Schio70
 
Fenerbahçe99
 
14 April
 
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.60
 
ZVVZ USK Praha58
 
 
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.78
 
Third place
 
 
16 April
 
 
Beretta Famila Schio59
 
 
ZVVZ USK Praha56

Semifinals

14 April 2023 Fenerbahçe 77–70 Beretta Famila Schio Prague
15:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 20–19, 25–14, 16–16
Pts: Stewart 24
Rebs: Stewart 11
Asts: Vandersloot 11
PIR: Stewart 29
Boxscore Pts: Keys 19
Rebs: Howard 9
Asts: three players 4
PIR: Keys 21
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,154[1]
Referees: Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
14 April 2023 ZVVZ USK Praha 58–78 ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Prague
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 22–20, 9–18, 9–16
Pts: Vukosavljević 15
Rebs: Thomas 12
Asts: Thomas 6
PIR: Thomas 17
Boxscore Pts: Hayes 19
Rebs: Crvendakić 12
Asts: Gray 9
PIR: Williams 26
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Michał Proc (POL), Carsten Straube (GER)

Third place game

16 April 2023 Beretta Famila Schio 59–56 ZVVZ USK Praha Prague
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 16–14, 9–14, 11–14
Pts: Mabrey 17
Rebs: Keys, Ndour-Fall 6
Asts: Verona, Sottana 3
PIR: Ndour-Fall 15
Boxscore Pts: Oblak 17
Rebs: Jones 15
Asts: Oblak, Vukosavljević 4
PIR: Thomas 22
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Esperanza Mendoza Holgado (ESP), Amel Dahra (FRA)

Final

16 April 2023 Fenerbahçe 99–60 ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Prague
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 28–7, 20–20, 22–16
Pts: Stewart 35
Rebs: Meesseman 7
Asts: Vandersloot, McBride 5
PIR: Stewart 36
Boxscore Pts: four players 10
Rebs: Crvendakić 7
Asts: Gray 6
PIR: Crvendakić 15
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)


2022–23 EuroLeague Women Champions

Fenerbahçe
First title

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

First Team Second Team
Chelsea Gray ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Alina Iagupova Fenerbahçe
Yvonne Anderson Tango Bourges Basket Marina Mabrey Beretta Famila Schio
Breanna Stewart Fenerbahçe Jelena Brooks Sopron Basket
Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha Raquel Carrera Valencia Basket
Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe Mariella Fasoula Perfumerías Avenida

Defensive Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Round

Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Stephanie Mavunga BC Polkowice 37 [9]
2 Megan Gustafson Olympiacos 34 [10]
3 Megan Gustafson (2) Olympiacos 38 [11]
4 Stephanie Mavunga (2) BC Polkowice 36 [12]
5 Brionna Jones ZVVZ USK Praha 31 [13]
6 María Conde ZVVZ USK Praha 33 [14]
7 Chelsea Gray ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 32 [15]
8 Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe 31 [16]
9 Breanna Stewart Fenerbahçe 41 [17]
10 Breanna Stewart (2) Fenerbahçe 31 [18]
Arella Guirantes Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
Cheridene Green Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
11 Megan Gustafson (3) Olympiacos 37 [19]
12 Queralt Casas Valencia Basket 28 [20]
13 Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha 28 [21]
14 Kayla Alexander Tango Bourges Basket 34 [22]
Playoffs
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Brionna Jones (2) ZVVZ USK Praha 28 [23]
2 Raquel Carrera Valencia Basket 33 [24]
3 Chelsea Gray (2) ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 35 [25]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2022
November Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha [26]
December Stephanie Mavunga BC Polkowice [27]
2023
January Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe [28]
February Kitija Laksa Virtus Segafredo Bologna [29]
March Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe [30]

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Megan Gustafson Olympiacos 16 408 25.5
2. Breanna Stewart Fenerbahçe 11 279 25.4
3. Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha 19 469 24.7

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Megan Gustafson Olympiacos 16 361 22.6
2. Breanna Stewart Fenerbahçe 11 239 21.7
3. Morgan Bertsch Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 242 17.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Stephanie Mavunga BC Polkowice 11 137 12.5
2. Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha 19 210 11.1
3. Ziomara Morrison Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 142 10.1

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Erica Wheeler BC Polkowice 10 74 7.4
2. Ágnes Studer KSC Szekszárd 13 84 6.5
3. Chelsea Gray ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 15 94 6.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Blocks

Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1. Elizabeth Williams ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 11 26 2.4
5. Stephanie Mavunga BC Polkowice 11 21 1.9
3. Ezi Magbegor Sopron Basket 16 28 1.8

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha 19 2.2
Turnovers Weronika Gajda BC Polkowice 14 4.8
Fouls drawn Ágnes Studer KSC Szekszárd 13 3.7
Minutes Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha 19 36:16
FT % DeWanna Bonner ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 12 91.5%
2-Point % Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe 15 64.9%
3-Point % Marie Gülich Valencia Basket 16 51.5%

Team statistics

Category Team Average
Rating Fenerbahçe 107.7
Points Fenerbahçe 86.1
Rebounds ZVVZ USK Praha 43.8
Assists Fenerbahçe 23.7
Steals Fenerbahçe 12.1
Blocks Valencia Basket 4.2
Turnovers BC Polkowice 17.9
FT % KSC Szekszárd 81.4%
2-Point % Fenerbahçe 51.6%
3-Point % Perfumerías Avenida 37.6%

See also

References

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