2021–22 EuroLeague
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The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 65th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 30 September 2021. The three Russian teams were suspended because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cease, the records of all regular season matches against Russian teams were annulled, and team win-loss records adjusted accordingly, dramatically affecting league standings.[1][2]
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 30 September 2021 – 8 April 2022 (Regular Season) 19 April 2022 – 4 May 2022 (Playoffs) 19 May 2022 – 21 May 2022 (Final Four) | ||||||||||||
Games played | 283 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 18 (15 after the suspension of the Russian teams due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Top seed | Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Season MVP | Nikola Mirotić | ||||||||||||
Final Four | |||||||||||||
Champions | Anadolu Efes (2nd title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
Third place | Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | Vasilije Micić | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Fenerbahçe 80–41 UNICS (14 October 2021) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Baskonia 60–88 Real Madrid (25 November 2021) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Barcelona 111–109 UNICS (22 December 2021) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 9 games Barcelona Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 9 games Žalgiris | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 15,092 Anadolu Efes 93–90 Real Madrid (22 March 2022) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 0 officially five matches | ||||||||||||
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2022.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
Anadolu Efes successfully defended last year's title after defeating Real Madrid in the championship game.
Team allocation
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ALBA Berlin was awarded with a two-year wild card Turkish Airlines EuroLeague license.[3] Bayern Munich and LDLC ASVEL have received long-term licenses.[4]
Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (18 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]
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Teams
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Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 14,500[7] |
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Istanbul | Sinan Erdem Dome | 16,000[8] |
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Milan | Mediolanum Forum | 12,700[9] |
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Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 7,585[10] |
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Vitoria-Gasteiz | Buesa Arena | 15,504[11] |
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Munich | Audi Dome | 6,500[12] |
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Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386[13] |
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 8,000[14] | ||
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Istanbul | Ülker Sports and Event Hall | 13,059[16] |
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Villeurbanne | Astroballe | 5,556[17] |
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Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | 10,383[18] |
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Monaco | Salle Gaston Médecin | 4,090 |
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Piraeus | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 11,847[19] |
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Athens | OAKA Altion | 18,989[20] |
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Madrid | WiZink Center | 13,109[21] |
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Kaunas | Žalgirio arena | 15,415[22] |
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Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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![]() | ![]() | Mutual consent | 26 June 2021[24] | Pre-season | ![]() | 26 June 2021[24] |
![]() | ![]() | Signed by Panathinaikos | 26 June 2021[24] | ![]() | 29 June 2021[25] | |
![]() | ![]() | Parted ways | 27 July 2021[26] | ![]() | 31 July 2021[27] | |
![]() | ![]() | Sabbatical | 17 August 2021[28] | ![]() | 17 August 2021[28] | |
![]() | ![]() | Sacked | 8 October 2021[29] | 18th (0–2) | ![]() | 8 October 2021[29] |
![]() | ![]() | Sacked | 15 November 2021[30] | 16th (3–6) | ![]() | 15 November 2021[31] |
![]() | ![]() | Mutual consent | 13 December 2021[32] | 14th (5–9) | ![]() | 13 December 2021[33] |
![]() | ![]() | Sacked | 15 February 2022[34] | 12th (11–12) | ![]() | 15 February 2022[34] |
Referees
A total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[35][36]
Gentian Cici
Leandro Lezcano
Nick van den Broeck
Denis Hadžić
Josip Radojković
Luka Kardum
Sreten Radović
Tomislav Hordov
Robert Vyklický
Aare Halliko
Rain Peerandi
Hugues Thépénier
Joseph Bissang
Maxime Boubert
Mehdi Difallah
Anne Panther
Benjamin Barth
Robert Lottermoser
Steve Bittner
Eduard Udyanskyy
Elias Koromilas
Ioannis Foufis
Vasileios Pitsilkas
Vasiliki Tsaroucha
Adar Peer
Amit Balak
Seffi Shemmesh
Carmelo Paternicò
Guido Giovannetti
Luigi Lamonica
Michele Rossi
Kristaps Konstantinovs
Oļegs Latiševs
Artūras Šukys
Gytis Vilius
Jurgis Laurinavičius
Igor Dragojević
Miloš Koljenšić
Jakub Zamojski
Marcin Kowalski
Piotr Pastusiak
Tomasz Trawicki
Fernando Rocha
Sérgio Silva
Artem Lavrukhin
Stanislav Valeev
Ilija Belošević
Marko Juras
Milivoje Jovčić
Uroš Nikolić
Uroš Obrknežević
Damir Javor
Mario Majkić
Matej Boltauzer
Milan Nedović
Saša Pukl
Sašo Petek
Benjamín Jiménez
Carlos Cortés
Carlos Peruga
Daniel Hierrezuelo
Emilio Pérez
Jordi Aliaga
Juan Carlos García
Miguel Ángel Pérez
Saulius Račys
Sébastien Clivaz
Emin Moğulkoç
Hüseyin Çelik
Sinan Isguder
Borys Ryzhyk
Mykola Ambrosov
Regular season
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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28 | 21 | 7 | 2275 | 2101 | +174 | Qualification to playoffs |
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28 | 19 | 9 | 2222 | 2045 | +177 | |
3 | ![]() |
28 | 19 | 9 | 2069 | 1992 | +77 | |
4 | ![]() |
28 | 18 | 10 | 2181 | 2079 | +102 | |
5 | ![]() |
28 | 17 | 11 | 2272 | 2209 | +63 | |
6 | ![]() |
28 | 16 | 12 | 2322 | 2221 | +101 | |
7 | ![]() |
28 | 15 | 13 | 2311 | 2225 | +86 | |
8 | ![]() |
28 | 14 | 14 | 2123 | 2105 | +18 | |
9 | ![]() |
28 | 12 | 16 | 2116 | 2186 | −70 | |
10 | ![]() |
28 | 12 | 16 | 2121 | 2239 | −118 | |
11 | ![]() |
28 | 12 | 16 | 2041 | 2089 | −48 | |
12 | ![]() |
28 | 10 | 18 | 2051 | 2099 | −48 | |
13 | ![]() |
28 | 9 | 19 | 2089 | 2235 | −146 | |
14 | ![]() |
28 | 8 | 20 | 2036 | 2239 | −203 | |
15 | ![]() |
28 | 8 | 20 | 2084 | 2249 | −165 | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Excluded |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Regulations
When more than two teams are tied, the ranking was established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied was determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved. If a tie persists, the ranking was determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.[37]
Results
1Participation of Russian teams is suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in accordance with the decision of the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board of 28 February.[38]
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four.
Series
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Barcelona ![]() |
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77–67 | 75–90 | 75–66 | 52–59 | 81–72 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
84–74 | 95–66 | 87–76 | – | – |
A|X Armani Exchange Milan ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
48–64 | 73–66 | 65–77 | 70–75 | – |
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71–54 | 72–96 | 87–83 | 77–78 | 94–88 |
Final Four

The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Thursday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Saturday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.[39]
Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
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21 May | ||||||
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19 May | ||||||
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Third place game | ||||||
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Awards
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All official awards of the 2021–22 EuroLeague.
EuroLeague MVP
EuroLeague Final Four MVP
All-EuroLeague Teams
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy
Best Defender
Rising Star
Coach of the Year
MVP of the Round
- Regular season
- Playoffs
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | [82] |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 31 | [83] |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 31 | [84] |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 37 | [85] |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | [86] |
MVP of the Month
Month | Round | Player | Team | Ref. |
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October | 1–7 | ![]() | ![]() | [87] |
November | 8–12 | ![]() | ![]() | [88] |
December | 13–18 | ![]() | ![]() | [89] |
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January | 19–23 | ![]() | ![]() | [90] |
February | 24–27 | ![]() | ![]() | [91] |
March | 28–33 | ![]() | ![]() | [92] |
April | 34–PO5 | ![]() | ![]() | [93] |
Statistics
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Individual statistics
Rating
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | 765 | 20.1 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 39 | 728 | 18.7 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 644 | 18.4 |
Source: EuroLeague
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 34 | 619 | 18.2 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | 643 | 16.9 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | 622 | 16.4 |
Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 29 | 239 | 8.2 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 264 | 7.5 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 32 | 214 | 6.7 |
Source: EuroLeague
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 29 | 185 | 6.4 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 24 | 146 | 6.1 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | 219 | 5.8 |
Source: EuroLeague
Blocks
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Blocks | BPG |
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1. | ![]() | ![]() | 29 | 50 | 1.7 |
2. | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 60 | 1.7 |
3. | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 39 | 1.1 |
Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics
Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
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Steals | ![]() | ![]() | 25 | 2.8 |
Turnovers | ![]() | ![]() | 27 | 3.1 |
Fouls drawn | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | 5.1 |
Minutes | ![]() | ![]() | 39 | 31:53 |
FT % | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 94.1% |
2-Point % | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | 77.5% |
3-Point % | ![]() | ![]() | 25 | 52.9% |
Individual game highs
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
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Rating | ![]() | ![]() | 39 | ![]() |
Points | ![]() | ![]() | 37 | ![]() |
Rebounds | ![]() | ![]() | 17 | ![]() |
Assists | ![]() | ![]() | 14 | ![]() |
Steals | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | ![]() |
Blocks | Four players | 5 | — |
Team statistics
Category | Team | Average |
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Rating | ![]() | 93.9 |
Points | ![]() | 83.4 |
Rebounds | ![]() | 38.3 |
Assists | ![]() | 18.4 |
Steals | ![]() | 9.4 |
Blocks | ![]() | 3.3 |
Turnovers | ![]() | 13.7 |
FT % | ![]() | 81.5% |
2-Point % | ![]() | 58.1% |
3-Point % | ![]() | 40.1% |
Attendances
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- As of 21 May 2022
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Final Four in Belgrade | 55,772 | 15,000 | 12,127 | 13,943 | n/a |
2 | ![]() |
190,023 | 15,121 | 5,218 | 11,876 | n/a |
3 | ![]() |
126,440 | 10,360 | 0 | 8,429 | n/a |
4 | ![]() |
106,830 | 12,686 | 4,863 | 7,630 | n/a |
5 | ![]() |
119,636 | 11,847 | 1,000 | 7,037 | n/a |
6 | ![]() |
96,391 | 8,218 | 5,426 | 6,885 | n/a |
7 | ![]() |
84,597 | 7,893 | 4,247 | 6,042 | n/a |
8 | ![]() |
95,099 | 9,131 | 3,087 | 5,943 | n/a |
9 | ![]() |
77,640 | 12,133 | 1,892 | 5,545 | n/a |
10 | ![]() |
87,972 | 7,444 | 3,049 | 5,174 | n/a |
11 | ![]() |
78,297 | 8,900 | 2,250 | 4,893 | n/a |
12 | ![]() |
59,327 | 5,461 | 2,000 | 4,237 | n/a |
13 | ![]() |
54,364 | 11,852 | 951 | 3,883 | n/a |
14 | ![]() |
53,552 | 6,176 | 1,600 | 3,825 | n/a |
15 | ![]() |
56,578 | 4,084 | 2,151 | 3,536 | n/a |
16 | ![]() |
42,782 | 6,500 | 0 | 2,673 | n/a |
League total | 1,385,300 | 15,121 | 0 | 5,856 | n/a |
Source: Euroleague
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