2022–23_Basketball_Champions_League

2022–23 Basketball Champions League

2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Add article description


The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League was the 7th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier 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.

Quick Facts Basketball Champions League, Season ...

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]

Team allocation

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.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.

Referees

A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:[4]

More information Referees of the 2022−23 season ...

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[5]

More information Phase, Round ...

Qualifying rounds

Draw

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.[6] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

More information Team, Pts ...
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Turkey Tofaş 68
21 September
Romania Voluntari 57
United Kingdom Leicester Riders 61
25 September
Romania Voluntari 70
Turkey Tofaş 82
Germany Niners Chemnitz 78
23 September
Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 70
21 September
Germany Niners Chemnitz 93
North Macedonia TFT Skopje 77
Germany Niners Chemnitz 96

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Spain Unicaja Málaga 114
21 September
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch 58
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch 85
25 September
Lithuania Šiauliai 73
Spain Unicaja Málaga 91
Slovakia Patrioti Levice 73
23 September
Finland Karhu 57
21 September
Slovakia Patrioti Levice 81
Slovakia Patrioti Levice 79
Hungary Körmend 70

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Germany Brose Bamberg 97
21 September
Ukraine Budivelnyk 94
Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 51
25 September
Ukraine Budivelnyk 87
Germany Brose Bamberg 73
Portugal Benfica 87
23 September
Cyprus Keravnos 65
21 September
Portugal Benfica 73
Kosovo Golden Eagles Ylli 67
Portugal Benfica 92

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
23 September
Denmark Bakken Bears 83
21 September
Austria Swans Gmunden 65
Austria Swans Gmunden 82
25 September
Estonia Pärnu 80
Denmark Bakken Bears 88
Serbia FMP Meridian 82
23 September
Czech Republic Opava 76
21 September
Serbia FMP Meridian 92
Serbia FMP Meridian 76
Spain Río Breogán 64

Regular season

Draw

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.[6]

Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

    Group B

    More information Pos, Pld ...

      Group C

      More information Pos, Pld ...

        Group D

        More information Pos, Pld ...

          Group E

          More information Pos, Pld ...

            Group F

            More information Pos, Pld ...

              Group G

              More information Pos, Pld ...

                Group H

                More information Pos, Pld ...

                  Play-ins

                  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.

                  More information Team 1, Series ...

                  Round of 16

                  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.

                  Group I

                  More information Pos, Pld ...

                    Group J

                    More information Pos, Pld ...

                      Group K

                      More information Pos, Pld ...

                        Group L

                        More information Pos, Pld ...

                          Playoffs

                          The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

                           
                          QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
                           
                                          
                           
                           
                           
                           
                          Spain Unicaja8396
                           
                          12 May
                           
                          Spain UCAM Murcia6774
                           
                          Spain Unicaja67
                           
                           
                           
                          Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn69
                           
                          Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn767683
                           
                          14 May
                           
                          France SIG Strasbourg776677
                           
                          Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn77
                           
                           
                           
                          Israel Hapoel Jerusalem70
                           
                          Spain Lenovo Tenerife918384
                           
                          12 May
                           
                          Spain Baxi Manresa848572
                           
                          Spain Lenovo Tenerife68
                           
                           
                           
                          Israel Hapoel Jerusalem69Third place
                           
                          Israel Hapoel Jerusalem647891
                           
                          14 May
                           
                          Greece AEK559451
                           
                          Spain Unicaja79
                           
                           
                          Spain Lenovo Tenerife84
                           

                          Final Four

                          Semifinals

                          The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.

                          More information Team 1, Score ...

                          Third place game

                          The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.

                          More information Team 1, Score ...

                          Final

                          The final was played on 14 May 2023.

                          More information Team 1, Score ...

                          Individual awards

                          Season awards

                          The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.

                          Star Lineup

                          MVP of the Month

                          More information Month, Player ...

                          See also


                          References

                          1. "Telekom Baskets Bonn celebrate their first Basketball Champions League title". FIBA.basketball. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
                          2. "Game officials. Referees". Basketball Champions League. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
                          3. "Hapoel Atsmon Holon's Joe Ragland is the October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
                          4. "It's the most Vilnius time of the year: Foster is MVP of November". Basketball Champions League. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
                          5. "Another step towards a bigger goal: TJ Shorts is MVP of December". Basketball Champions League. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
                          6. "More history for Ragland: Second MVP of the Month award of the season". Basketball Champions League. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
                          7. "A perfect homecoming for AEK fans: Akil Mitchell named February MVP". Basketball Champions League. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
                          8. "Zach Hankins named March MVP: "It's a reflection of how our team is doing"". Basketball Champions League. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
                          9. "Jerusalem with back-to-back winners: Levi Randolph named April MVP". Basketball Champions League. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

                          Share this article:

                          This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2022–23_Basketball_Champions_League, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.