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The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League was the 7th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier[citation needed] 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.
| Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||
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 The José María Martín Carpena Arena hosted the Final Four | ||||||||||
| Season | 2022–23 | |||||||||
| Dates | Qualifying: 21–25 September 2022 Competition proper: 3 October 2022 – 14 May 2023 | |||||||||
| Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 29 countries) | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season MVP | T. 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 MVP | T. J. Shorts (Bonn) | |||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||
| Best Coach | Tuomas Iisalo (Bonn) | |||||||||
| Best Young Player | Sadık Emir Kabaca (Galatasaray) | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2021–22 2023–24 → | ||||||||||
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]
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.
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings[4] are taken into consideration.
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.[citation needed]
A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:[5]
| Referees of the 2022−23 season | ||
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The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[6]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg | |
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| 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 | |||||
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.
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
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]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SIG | UCM | TOF | FAL | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BON | AEK | KAR | REG | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | HOL | OOS | LEG | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SBB | BAH | IGO | NYM | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | JER | LUD | DAR | BAK | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAX | BEN | CSP | VEF | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | JDA | POK | DIN | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TFE | RYT | PER | HER | |
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| 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 | — |
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 |
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| 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 |
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | JER | SIG | JDA | HOL | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BON | BAX | RYT | BAH | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | UNI | AEK | GAL | CSP | |
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| 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TFE | UCM | DAR | SBB | |
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| 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 | — |
The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 83 | 96 | — | |||||||||||||
| 12 May | ||||||||||||||||
| UCAM Murcia | 67 | 74 | — | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 76 | 76 | 83 | |||||||||||||
| 14 May | ||||||||||||||||
| SIG Strasbourg | 77 | 66 | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 70 | |||||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 91 | 83 | 84 | |||||||||||||
| 12 May | ||||||||||||||||
| Baxi Manresa | 84 | 85 | 72 | |||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 68 | |||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 69 | Third place | ||||||||||||||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 64 | 78 | 91 | |||||||||||||
| 14 May | ||||||||||||||||
| AEK | 55 | 94 | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 79 | |||||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 84 | |||||||||||||||
The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Lenovo Tenerife |
68–69 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Unicaja |
67–69 | Telekom Baskets Bonn |
The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Unicaja |
79–84 | Lenovo Tenerife |
The final was played on 14 May 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Telekom Baskets Bonn |
77–70 | Hapoel Jerusalem |
The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.
| Award | Player | Club |
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| 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 |
| Month | Player | Club | Ref. |
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| 2022 | |||
October |  Joe Ragland | Hapoel Holon | |
November | Marcus Foster | Rytas Vilnius | |
December | T. J. Shorts | Telekom Baskets Bonn | |
| 2023 | |||
January | Joe Ragland (2) | Hapoel Holon | |
February |  Akil Mitchell | AEK | |
March | Zach Hankins | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | |
April | Levi Randolph | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | |
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