2022 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2021–22 EuroLeague season, the 65th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 22nd season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 35th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 37th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The venue initially selected was Berlin, Germany; however, Euroleague Basketball later announced that the Final Four would be played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.^[1]

2022 EuroLeague Final Four

Season	2021–22 EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	Štark Arena Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	19–21 May 2022
Final positions
Champions	Anadolu Efes (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Third place	Barcelona
Fourth place	Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vasilije Micić
Top scorer(s)	Nikola Mirotić (45 points)
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Venue

The Final Four was originally scheduled to be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on 27–29 May 2022.^[2] However, Euroleague Basketball announced on 4 March 2022 that the Berlin Final Four was postponed due to the pandemic situation and health measures imposed in the German capital and would be held at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.^[1]

Štark Arena also hosted the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four.

Belgrade	Belgrade 2022 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Štark Arena
Capacity: 18,386

Teams

Team	Qualified date	Participations (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona	3 May 2022	15 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021)
Real Madrid	26 April 2022	11 (1967, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Olympiacos	4 May 2022	10 (1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Anadolu Efes	28 April 2022	4 (2000, 2001, 2019, 2021)

Bracket

	Semifinals				Championship game
	19 May
	Barcelona	83
					21 May
	Real Madrid	86
					Real Madrid	57
	19 May
					Anadolu Efes	58
	Olympiacos	74
	Anadolu Efes	77
					Third place game
					21 May
					Barcelona	84
					Olympiacos	74

Semifinals

Semifinal A

19 May 2022	Barcelona	83–86	Real Madrid	Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 26–15, 11–26, 27–26
	Pts: Mirotić 26 Rebs: Mirotić 12 Asts: Calathes 9 PIR: Mirotić 39	Boxscore	Pts: Yabusele, Causeur 18 Rebs: Yabusele 8 Asts: Hanga, Llull 3 PIR: Yabusele 24	Arena: Štark Arena Attendance: 13,173[3] Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Ilija Belošević, Mehdi Difallah

Barcelona v Real Madrid

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 99 Nick Calathes 4 3 9 SG 20 Nicolas Laprovíttola 17 1 2 SF 1 Dante Exum 7 1 1 PF 33 Nikola Mirotić 26 12 5 C 5 Sertaç Şanlı 2 2 0 Reserves: C 0 Brandon Davies 15 5 2 PF 10 Rolands Šmits 1 2 1 F 14 Nigel Hayes 0 3 0 SF 21 Álex Abrines 7 1 0 SG 22 Cory Higgins 0 1 0 SG 24 Kyle Kuric 0 0 0 PG 31 Rokas Jokubaitis 4 1 0 Head coach: Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Barcelona Real Madrid 0 Barcelona Statistics Real Madrid 22/43 (51.2%) 2-pt field goals 22/44 (50%) 8/20 (40%) 3-pt field goals 8/21 (38.1%) 15/21 (71.4%) Free throws 18/22 (81.8%) 12 Offensive rebounds 14 22 Defensive rebounds 21 34 Total rebounds 35 20 Assists 14 9 Turnovers 9 4 Steals 4 1 Blocks 6 22 Fouls 23

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Nigel Williams-Goss 0 0 1 SG 1 Fabien Causeur 18 1 2 SF 8 Ádám Hanga 4 3 3 PF 14 Gabriel Deck 7 7 1 C 28 Guerschon Yabusele 18 8 1 Reserves: PF 3 Anthony Randolph DNP SG 5 Rudy Fernández 3 0 0 SF 6 Alberto Abalde 7 1 0 C 17 Vincent Poirier 6 5 1 C 22 Edy Tavares 8 3 2 G 23 Sergio Llull 15 3 3 SF 44 Jeffery Taylor 0 0 0 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Semifinal B

Efes won the game after Vasilije Micić scored a three-pointer with 0.2 seconds left on the clock, breaking the tie.^[4]

19 May 2022	Olympiacos	74–77	Anadolu Efes	Belgrade, Serbia
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–24, 20–24, 11–11
	Pts: McKissic 12 Rebs: Vezenkov 8 Asts: Sloukas 6 PIR: Martin 15	Boxscore	Pts: Larkin 21 Rebs: Pleiß 7 Asts: Micić 9 PIR: Larkin 21	Arena: Štark Arena Attendance: 15,472[3] Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Oļegs Latiševs, Gytis Vilius

Olympiacos v Anadolu Efes

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Thomas Walkup 5 1 4 SG 2 Tyler Dorsey 11 4 1 SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou 10 4 2 PF 14 Sasha Vezenkov 5 8 3 C 10 Moustapha Fall 7 5 2 Reserves: F 1 Quincy Acy DNP SG 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 0 0 0 G 11 Kostas Sloukas 11 4 6 C 12 Hassan Martin 11 2 0 PF 15 Georgios Printezis 2 0 0 F 17 Livio Jean-Charles DNP G 77 Shaquielle McKissic 12 3 0 Head coach: Georgios Bartzokas

Olympiacos Anadolu Efes 0 Olympiacos Statistics A. Efes 17/27 (63%) 2-pt field goals 12/25 (48%) 7/25 (28%) 3-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%) 19/25 (76%) Free throws 11/16 (68.8%) 7 Offensive rebounds 10 27 Defensive rebounds 24 34 Total rebounds 34 18 Assists 20 9 Turnovers 8 7 Steals 4 3 Blocks 3 16 Fouls 23

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Shane Larkin 21 0 7 SG 22 Vasilije Micić 15 6 9 SF 23 James Anderson 0 4 0 PF 18 Adrien Moerman 0 4 0 C 21 Tibor Pleiß 8 7 1 Reserves: SG 1 Rodrigue Beaubois 0 0 0 PF 2 Chris Singleton 5 5 1 SG 6 Elijah Bryant 16 6 0 SG 11 Erten Gazi DNP G 19 Buğrahan Tuncer DNP C 33 Filip Petrušev DNP C 42 Bryant Dunston 12 1 2 Head coach: Ergin Ataman

Third place game

21 May 2022	Barcelona	84–74	Olympiacos	Belgrade, Serbia
16:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 25–20, 17–18, 22–18
	Pts: Mirotić 19 Rebs: Calathes 8 Asts: Calathes 13 PIR: Mirotić 27	Boxscore	Pts: Vezenkov 20 Rebs: Vezenkov 11 Asts: Sloukas 7 PIR: Vezenkov 27	Arena: Štark Arena Attendance: 12,127 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Oļegs Latiševs, Damir Javor

Barcelona v Olympiacos

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 99 Nick Calathes 9 8 13 SG 20 Nicolas Laprovíttola 4 0 1 SF 24 Kyle Kuric 0 1 1 PF 33 Nikola Mirotić 19 4 4 C 5 Sertaç Şanlı 16 3 1 Reserves: C 0 Brandon Davies 10 5 2 SF 1 Dante Exum 3 1 1 PF 10 Rolands Šmits DNP F 14 Nigel Hayes 0 3 0 SF 21 Álex Abrines 8 2 0 SG 22 Cory Higgins 11 2 0 PG 31 Rokas Jokubaitis 4 2 0 Head coach: Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Barcelona Olympiacos 0 Barcelona Statistics Olympiacos 27/40 (67.5%) 2-pt field goals 19/34 (55.9%) 8/21 (38.1%) 3-pt field goals 5/17 (29.4%) 6/13 (46.2%) Free throws 21/27 (77.8%) 10 Offensive rebounds 5 25 Defensive rebounds 20 35 Total rebounds 25 23 Assists 18 16 Turnovers 14 9 Steals 13 1 Blocks 1 25 Fouls 21

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Thomas Walkup 8 2 1 SG 2 Tyler Dorsey 10 2 0 SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou 0 1 0 PF 14 Sasha Vezenkov 20 11 0 C 10 Moustapha Fall 2 3 1 Reserves: G 4 Michalis Lountzis 0 1 0 SG 5 Giannoulis Larentzakis 5 1 3 G 11 Kostas Sloukas 14 1 7 C 12 Hassan Martin 2 0 0 PF 15 Georgios Printezis 0 0 1 F 17 Livio Jean-Charles 2 1 2 G 77 Shaquielle McKissic 11 1 3 Head coach: Georgios Bartzokas

Championship game

21 May 2022	Real Madrid	57–58	Anadolu Efes	Belgrade, Serbia
19:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–15, 8–11, 15–18
	Pts: Tavares 14 Rebs: Tavares 11 Asts: Llull 6 PIR: Tavares 20	Boxscore	Pts: Micić 23 Rebs: Bryant 8 Asts: Larkin 4 PIR: Pleiß 24	Arena: Štark Arena Attendance: 15,000[5] Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Borys Ryzhyk, Gytis Vilius

Real Madrid v Anadolu Efes

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 6 Alberto Abalde 2 3 0 SG 8 Ádám Hanga 5 3 1 SF 14 Gabriel Deck 5 3 0 PF 28 Guerschon Yabusele 3 3 0 C 22 Edy Tavares 14 11 1 Reserves: SG 1 Fabien Causeur 3 2 1 PG 2 Juan Núñez DNP PF 3 Anthony Randolph 6 2 0 SG 5 Rudy Fernández 2 2 2 C 17 Vincent Poirier 5 4 2 G 23 Sergio Llull 9 0 6 SF 44 Jeffery Taylor 3 2 1 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Real Madrid Anadolu Efes 0 Real Madrid Statistics A. Efes 14/34 (41.2%) 2-pt field goals 17/32 (53.1%) 6/33 (18.2%) 3-pt field goals 6/24 (25%) 11/17 (64.7%) Free throws 6/9 (66.7%) 18 Offensive rebounds 11 22 Defensive rebounds 33 40 Total rebounds 44 14 Assists 7 6 Turnovers 12 6 Steals 5 3 Blocks 3 20 Fouls 16 2021–22 EuroLeague champions Anadolu Efes (2nd title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Shane Larkin 10 6 4 SG 22 Vasilije Micić 23 2 2 SF 23 James Anderson 0 1 0 PF 18 Adrien Moerman 0 6 0 C 21 Tibor Pleiß 19 7 0 Reserves: SG 1 Rodrigue Beaubois 0 1 0 PF 2 Chris Singleton 4 7 0 SG 6 Elijah Bryant 0 8 1 SG 11 Erten Gazi DNP G 19 Buğrahan Tuncer DNP C 33 Filip Petrušev DNP C 42 Bryant Dunston 2 1 0 Head coach: Ergin Ataman

References

1. "Belgrade to host the 2022 Final Four: Berlin Final Four postponed". euroleague.net. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. "The Final Four will return to Berlin in 2022". euroleague.net. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
3. "FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid - Game". euroleague.net. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
4. "Vasilije Micic wins it for Efes at the buzzer". Eurohoops. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
5. "Game details (final stage)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

External links

• Official website