2021–22 BCL Americas
BCL Americas | |
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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 | Bruno Caboclo (São Paulo) |
Final Eight | |
Champions | ![]() (1st league title; 1st continental title) |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
← 2021 2022–23 → |
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. It was also the 23rd season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 60th season of South American top-level competition.
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 final.[1] São Paulo forward Bruno Caboclo was named MVP.[2]
Team allocation
[edit]On 29 September 2021, FIBA announced the 12 teams from 7 countries to play in the 2021–22 BCLA season.[3]
Teams
[edit]League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[4] In Argentina, San Lorenzo was crowned champions but were rejected by FIBA due to outstanding debts to players.[5]
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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
[edit]The draw for the regular season was held on 16 October 2021.[6] The group phase began on 13 December 2021 and ended on 16 March 2022.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 482 | +39 | 9[a] | Advance to Final Eight |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 515 | 497 | +18 | 9[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 461 | 518 | −57 | 9[a] |
Notes:
Group B
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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.[7][8]
Bracket
[edit]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
[edit]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) |
6 April 2022 | Flamengo ![]() | 83–85 | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro |
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20:40 | Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 12–16, 22–18, 24–28 | |||
Pts: Yago 29 Rebs: Olivinha 8 Asts: Balbi 5 | Boxscore | Pts: Alexey 18 Rebs: Deodato 5 Asts: Alexey 12 | Arena: Carioca Arena 1 Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Danilo Molina (ARG) |
Semifinals
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021–22 season.[9]
Individual statistic leaders[edit]
| Individual game highs[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "São Paulo crowned BCLA 2022 Champs after win over Bigua". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "Bruno Caboclo wins BCLA 2022 MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ "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.