2022–23_EuroLeague

2022–23 EuroLeague

European basketball competition

The 2022–23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 23rd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 13th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, it was the 66th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs.

Quick Facts Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1, Season ...

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague¹

Season

2022–23

Duration

6 October 2022 – 14 April 2023
(Regular season)
25 April 2023 – 10 May 2023 (Playoffs)
19 May 2023 – 21 May 2023 (Final Four)

Number of games

328

Number of teams

Top seed

Season MVP

Champions

Real Madrid (11th title)

Runners-up

Third place

Fourth place

Statistical leaders

Points	Sasha Vezenkov	17.6
Rebounds	Mathias Lessort	7.1
Assists	Darius Thompson	6.7
Index Rating	Sasha Vezenkov	21.5

Records

Biggest home win

Olympiacos 117–71 Virtus Bologna
(9 December 2022)

Biggest away win

ALBA Berlin 60–93 Olympiacos
(8 February 2023)

Highest scoring

Baskonia 114–111 Anadolu Efes
(27 January 2023)

Winning streak

7 games
Olympiacos

Losing streak

13 games
ASVEL

Highest attendance

20,091
Partizan 80–82 Real Madrid
(2 May 2023)

Lowest attendance

2,340
Panathinaikos 86–76 Bayern Munich
(28 March 2023)

Total attendance

2,909,769 (8,871 per game)

← 2021–22

2023–24 →

All statistics correct as of 21 May 2023.

¹ Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

For a second straight season, CSKA Moscow had their EuroLeague license rescinded for the season following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Real Madrid returned to the final after losing to Anadolu Efes the previous year to claim a record-extending eleventh title against Olympiacos at the Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, ending a five-year drought since their last triumph in 2018. Madrid's Sergio Llull scored the winning shot with 3.1 seconds left on the clock in the championship game.^[2]^[3] Anadolu Efes were the defending champions, having won two straight titles, but were eliminated after finishing eleventh in the regular season.

Team allocation

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

More information Teams entering in this round, Teams advancing from previous round ...

Access list for 2022–23 EuroLeague
	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (18 teams)	12 licensed clubs with a long-term licence^[4] 6 associated clubs with an annual licence^{[citation needed]} 1 two-year wild card 3 one-year wild cards^[4] 2 EuroCup Finalists
Playoffs (8 teams)		8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)		4 series winners from the playoffs

Qualified teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Qualified teams for 2022–23 EuroLeague
Licensed clubs
Barcelona	Olympiacos	Anadolu Efes	Žalgiris
Baskonia	Panathinaikos	Fenerbahçe	Bayern Munich
Real Madrid	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Olimpia Milano	ASVEL

Associated clubs
ALBA Berlin (WC)^[5]	Monaco (EC)^[6]^{[Note FRA]}	Virtus Bologna (EC)	Crvena zvezda (ABA)^[4]
Valencia (WC)^[7]	Partizan (WC)^[7]

Notes

^
France (FRA): AS Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points it earns count toward France)

Teams

Venues and locations

Location of teams in 2022–23 EuroLeague

More information Team, Home city ...

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity	Kit manufacturer
ALBA Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,500^[8]	Adidas
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000^[9]	Bilcee
Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585^[10]	Nike
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	6,500^[11]	Adidas
Cazoo Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Buesa Arena	15,504^[12]	Puma
Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000^[13]	Adidas
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700^[14]	EA7
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports and Event Hall	13,059^[15]	Own Brand
LDLC ASVEL	Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,556^[16]	Adidas
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383^[17]	Puma
AS Monaco	Monaco	Salle Gaston Médecin	5,000^[18]	Errea
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	11,847^[19]	GSA
Panathinaikos	Athens	OAKA Altion	18,989^[20]	Adidas
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Štark Arena	19,394^[21]	Under Armour
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	13,109^[22]	Adidas
Valencia Basket	Valencia	La Fonteta	8,500^[23]	Luanvi
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Bologna	Segafredo Arena	9,980^[24]	Macron
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Bologna	PalaDozza	5,570^[25]	Macron
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	15,415^[26]	GSA

Managerial changes

Main article: List of 2022–23 EuroLeague transactions

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Baskonia	Neven Spahija	Mutual agreement	9 June 2022^[27]	Pre-season	Joan Peñarroya	13 June 2022^[28]
Valencia	Joan Peñarroya	Signed by Baskonia	12 June 2022		Álex Mumbrú	13 June 2022
Panathinaikos	Dimitris Priftis	Signed by Tofaş	16 June 2022^[29]		Dejan Radonjić	30 June 2022^[30]
Fenerbahçe	Aleksandar Đorđević	Mutual agreement	17 June 2022^[31]		Dimitris Itoudis	19 June 2022^[32]
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Avi Even	End of caretaker spell	19 June 2022^[33]		Oded Kattash	19 June 2022^[33]
Crvena zvezda	Dejan Radonjić	Signed by Panathinaikos	30 June 2022^[30]		Vladimir Jovanović	8 July 2022^[34]
Real Madrid	Pablo Laso	Sacked	4 July 2022^[35]		Chus Mateo	5 July 2022^[36]
Crvena zvezda	Vladimir Jovanović	Mutual agreement	13 November 2022^[37]	18th (1–6)	Duško Ivanović	14 November 2022^[38]
Panathinaikos	Dejan Radonjić	Sacked	21 February 2023^[39]	16th (8–16)	Christos Serelis	21 February 2023^[40]

Referees

A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2022–23 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:^[41]^[42]

Gentian Cici
Leandro Lezcano
Nick van den Broeck
Dragan Porobić
Denis Hadžić
Josip Radojković
Luka Kardum
Sreten Radović
Tomislav Hordov
Robert Vyklický
Aare Halliko
Rain Peerandi
Hugues Thépénier
Joseph Bissang
Maxime Boubert
Mehdi Difallah
Thomas Bissuel
Anne Panther
Robert Lottermoser
Steve Bittner
Eduard Udyanskyy
Elias Koromilas
Ioannis Foufis
Vassilis Pitsilkas
Vasiliki Tsaroucha
Adar Peer
Amit Balak
Noam Gordon
Seffi Shemmesh
Carmelo Paternicò
Guido Giovannetti
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
Ilija Belošević
Marko Juras
Milivoje Jovčić
Uroš Nikolić
Uroš Obrknežević
Damir Javor
Mario Majkić
Matej Boltauzer
Milan Nedović
Saša Pukl
Sašo Petek
Alberto Baena
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
Borys Ryzhyk

Regular season

Main article: 2022–23 EuroLeague regular season

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Olympiacos	34	24	10	2857	2578	+279	Qualification to playoffs
2	Barcelona	34	23	11	2723	2580	+143
3	Real Madrid	34	23	11	2877	2666	+211
4	AS Monaco	34	21	13	2802	2749	+53
5	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	34	20	14	2827	2743	+84
6	Partizan Mozzart Bet	34	20	14	2877	2781	+96
7	Žalgiris	34	19	15	2591	2626	−35
8	Fenerbahçe Beko	34	19	15	2823	2745	+78
9	Cazoo Baskonia	34	18	16	2919	2836	+83
10	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	34	17	17	2591	2613	−22
11	Anadolu Efes	34	17	17	2800	2736	+64
12	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	34	15	19	2534	2611	−77
13	Valencia Basket	34	15	19	2756	2891	−135
14	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	34	14	20	2644	2801	−157
15	Bayern Munich	34	11	23	2605	2739	−134
16	ALBA Berlin	34	11	23	2704	2851	−147
17	Panathinaikos^{[lower-alpha 1]}	32	9	23	2649	2773	−124
18	LDLC ASVEL	34	8	26	2527	2787	−260

Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Notes:

Panathinaikos were docked two wins as a punishment by Euroleague Basketball for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.^[43]

Regulations

When more than two teams are tied, the ranking is 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 is 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 is determined by the point difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.^[44]

Results

More information Home \ Away, BER ...

Home \ Away	BER	EFS	BAR	BAY	BKN	CZV	EAM	FNB	ASV	MTA	ASM	OLY	PAO	PAR	RMB	VAL	VIR	ZAL
ALBA Berlin	—	95–93	86–88	77–79	85–84	84–88	83–63	75–104	88–71	70–83	84–102	60–93	94–65	100–84	77–84	88–94	74–96	63–66
Anadolu Efes	78–74	—	96–86	81–89	78–83	72–59	89–69	79–88	78–72	64–86	87–72	82–71	88–69	84–97	90–89	91–92	86–67	80–70
Barcelona	72–56	75–80	—	72–70	96–84	85–79	74–56	81–80	74–75	83–78	80–70	70–80	74–68	79–68	75–73	85–71	75–83	93–74
Bayern Munich	75–76	81–78	73–84	—	92–79	87–80	81–83	62–74	76–72	98–89	81–84	71–82	84–68	71–82	64–68	97–92	91–84	80–83
Cazoo Baskonia	93–87	114–111	78–85	78–53	—	92–75	78–62	92–69	120–100	116–87	93–102	92–97	95–90	103–96	92–86	114–75	90–79	93–73
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	72–87	94–75	94–99	78–72	74–63	—	67–71	91–89	71–67	69–68	92–68	87–79	75–77	78–79	59–79	92–73	83–74	77–73
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	74–80	51–80	84–76	99–74	89–83	74–68	—	72–82	73–79	71–77	79–71	83–62	78–76	76–62	77–83	90–79	59–64	61–66
Fenerbahçe Beko	101–86	103–86	81–73	79–71	70–76	93–79	75–82	—	84–63	86–71	98–94	73–93	107–77	72–73	71–85	79–77	104–72	87–79
LDLC ASVEL	79–91	89–90	75–82	74–75	87–61	60–76	62–69	91–77	—	67–85	75–84	77–75	82–86	91–87	71–75	79–83	64–77	76–93
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	87–74	80–72	79–86	90–82	93–79	86–89	85–66	78–74	88–69	—	78–70	90–84	85–74	90–81	100–96	84–68	111–80	84–83
AS Monaco	92–89	95–92	63–69	80–79	79–74	85–77	101–88	93–96	87–75	86–67	—	64–60	84–70	84–88	91–95	90–79	81–68	84–82
Olympiacos	86–76	76–70	77–70	102–74	86–78	86–90	82–66	94–67	81–55	95–89	76–81	—	81–73	87–58	73–60	82–83	117–71	90–80
Panathinaikos	84–88	82–87	74–88	86–76	98–83	75–66	90–77	88–94	77–58	88–86	80–83	71–95	—	89–91	68–71	91–92	88–85	89–65
Partizan Mozzart Bet	88–74	82–79	80–89	83–77	83–65	73–76	75–80	94–97	92–71	96–88	100–80	90–75	83–81	—	104–90	96–100	90–62	87–76
Real Madrid	90–72	94–85	91–86	79–67	81–85	72–56	91–87	90–75	92–73	98–65	94–95	87–89	83–68	105–97	—	95–91	91–95	96–69
Valencia Basket	87–73	81–71	84–83	82–73	71–81	75–77	84–88	82–80	76–77	93–94	89–84	85–92	94–91	89–81	73–80	—	79–68	76–80
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	85–76	80–85	75–92	66–63	88–83	84–72	89–84	92–88	79–84	78–73	66–83	83–85	74–64	79–88	79–96	89–59	—	77–87
Žalgiris	88–81	60–86	73–72	75–67	79–75	71–66	71–62	86–66	85–67	68–67	79–70	72–74	67–81	74–88	81–72	95–74	68–65	—

Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2023 EuroLeague 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

More information Team 1, Series ...

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Olympiacos	3–2	Fenerbahçe Beko	79–68	78–82	72–71	69–73	84–72
AS Monaco	3–2	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	67–79	86–74	83–78	69–104	97–86
Real Madrid	3–2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	87–89	80–95	82–80	85–78	98–94
Barcelona	3–0	Žalgiris	91–69	89–81	77–66	–	–

Final Four

Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania

Main article: 2023 EuroLeague 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 Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The 2023 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 19–21 May 2023.^[45]

Semifinals		Championship game

19 May

Olympiacos	76
		21 May
AS Monaco	62
		Olympiacos	78
19 May
		Real Madrid	79
Barcelona	66

Real Madrid	78
		Third place game

		21 May

		AS Monaco	78

		Barcelona	66

Awards

All official awards of the 2022–23 EuroLeague.

EuroLeague MVP

Sasha Vezenkov ( Olympiacos)^[46]

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

Edy Tavares ( Real Madrid)^[47]

All-EuroLeague Teams

More information First Team, Second Team ...

First Team ^[48]		Second Team ^[49]
Lorenzo Brown	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	Darius Thompson	Cazoo Baskonia
Džanan Musa	Real Madrid	Kevin Punter	Partizan Mozzart Bet
Sasha Vezenkov	Olympiacos	Wade Baldwin	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Mathias Lessort	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Mike James	AS Monaco
Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	Nikola Mirotić	Barcelona

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Sasha Vezenkov ( Olympiacos)^[50]

Best Defender

Edy Tavares ( Real Madrid)^[51]

Rising Star

Yam Madar ( Partizan Mozzart Bet)^[52]

Coach of the Year

Georgios Bartzokas ( Olympiacos)^[53]

MVP of the Round

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round

Regular season

More information Round, Player ...

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Maik Kotsar	Cazoo Baskonia	31	^[54]
2	Sasha Vezenkov	Olympiacos	37	^[55]
3	Luke Sikma	ALBA Berlin	33	^[56]
4	Mike James	AS Monaco	29	^[57]
	Sasha Vezenkov (2)	Olympiacos
	Nicolò Melli	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan
5	Lorenzo Brown	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	33	^[58]
6	Džanan Musa	Real Madrid	31	^[59]
7	Johnathan Motley	Fenerbahçe Beko	33	^[60]
7	Chris Jones	Valencia Basket	33	^[60]
8	Sasha Vezenkov (3)	Olympiacos	43	^[61]
9	Džanan Musa (2)	Real Madrid	32	^[62]
10	Sasha Vezenkov (4)	Olympiacos	34	^[63]
11	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	31	^[64]
12	Dwayne Bacon	Panathinaikos	28	^[65]
12	Pierriá Henry	Cazoo Baskonia	28	^[65]
13	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket	33	^[66]
14	Brandon Davies	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	30	^[67]
15	Keenan Evans	Žalgiris	39	^[68]
16	Élie Okobo	AS Monaco	35	^[69]
17	Filip Petrušev	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	36	^[70]
18	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	35	^[71]
19	Johnathan Motley (2)	Fenerbahçe Beko	38	^[72]
20	Wade Baldwin	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	35	^[73]
21	Darius Thompson	Cazoo Baskonia	36	^[74]
22	Will Clyburn	Anadolu Efes	27	^[75]
23	Nigel Hayes	Fenerbahçe Beko	37	^[76]
24	Sasha Vezenkov (5)	Olympiacos	40	^[77]
25	Marko Gudurić	Fenerbahçe Beko	35	^[78]
26	Will Clyburn (2)	Anadolu Efes	32	^[79]
27	Dante Exum	Partizan Mozzart Bet	33	^[80]
28	Gabriel Deck	Real Madrid	26	^[81]
28	Chima Moneke	AS Monaco	26	^[81]
29	Džanan Musa (3)	Real Madrid	38	^[82]
30	Guerschon Yabusele	Real Madrid	30	^[83]
31	Maik Kotsar (2)	Cazoo Baskonia	40	^[84]
31	Georgios Papagiannis	Panathinaikos	40	^[84]
32	Thomas Walkup	Olympiacos	32	^[85]
33	Darius Thompson (2)	Cazoo Baskonia	36	^[86]
34	Daniel Hackett	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	36	^[87]

Playoffs

More information Round, Player ...

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Kevin Punter	Partizan Mozzart Bet	33	^[88]
2	Jordan Loyd	AS Monaco	35	^[89]
3	Edy Tavares (2)	Real Madrid	41	^[90]
4	Edy Tavares (3)	Real Madrid	30	^[91]
5	Kostas Sloukas	Olympiacos	27	^[92]

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month

More information Month, Round ...

Month	Round	Player	Team	Ref.
2022
October	1–5	Mike James	AS Monaco	^[93]
November	6–10	Sasha Vezenkov	Olympiacos	^[94]
December	11–16	Luca Vildoza	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	^[95]
2023
January	17–21	Augustine Rubit	Bayern Munich	^[96]
February	22–25	Sasha Vezenkov (2)	Olympiacos	^[97]
March	26–32	Wade Baldwin	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	^[98]
April/May	33–PO5	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	^[99]