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.
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. 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.
Team allocation A total of 52 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League. 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. TH: Champions League title holders FEC: FIBA Europe Cup champions. AV: Allocated vacancyNOTE 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. +Qualified teams for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)Regular season Lenovo Tenerife TH Pınar Karşıyaka AV Hapoel Holon Filou Oostende Baxi Manresa JDA Dijon Bnei Herzliya Igokea m:tel Surne Bilbao Basket Limoges CSP Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem AV ERA Nymburk UCAM Murcia SIG Strasbourg AV Telekom Baskets Bonn Falco Szombathely Galatasaray Nef AEK MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg VEF Rīga Darüşşafaka Lassa Peristeri Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari Rytas Bahçeşehir Koleji FEC PAOK mateco AV Unahotels Reggio Emilia Legia Warsaw AVQualifying rounds Niners Chemnitz Opava Golden Eagle Ylli FMP Meridian Brose Bamberg Bakken Bears Šiauliai Patrioti Levice Río Breogán Pärnu Sadam Heroes Den Bosch Norrköping Dolphins Unicaja Karhu TFT Skopje Fribourg Olympic Swans Gmunden Leicester Riders Benfica Tofaş Keravnos Egis Körmend CSO Voluntari Budivelnyk
Referees A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League: Referees of the 2022−23 season Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Ventsislav Velikov Franko Gracin Josip Jurčević Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Valentin Oliot Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Anastasios Kardaris Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Erez Gurion Ofer Manheim Beniamino Attard Lorenzo Baldini Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Oskars Lucis Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Tomas Jasevičius Gintaras Mačiulis Zdravko Rutešić Radomir Vojinović Igor Mitrovski Gizella Viola Györgyi Wojciech Liszka Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin Aleksandar Glišić Vladimir Jevtović Siniša Prpa Marek Kúkelčík Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Blaž Zupančič Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Ariadna Chueca Sergio Manuel Alberto Sánchez Kerem Baki Mehmet Karabilecen Can Mavisu Özlem Yalman Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Sergiy Zashchuk
Schedule The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
+Schedule for 2022–23 Basketball Champions LeaguePhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird legQualifying roundsFirst qualifying round7 July 202221 September 2022Second qualifying round23 September 2022Third qualifying round25 September 2022Regular seasonRound 13–5 October 2022Round 2Groups A, B, C, F11–12 October 2022Groups D, E, G, H18–19 October 2022Round 3Groups A, B, C, F25–26 October 2022Groups D, E, G, H1–2 November 2022Round 4Groups A, B, C, F22–23 November 2022Groups D, E, G, H29–30 November 2022Round 5Groups A, B, C, F6–7 December 2022Groups D, E, G, H13–14 December 2022Round 620–21 December 2022Play-ins3–4 January 202310–11 January 202317–18 January 2023Round of 16Round 124–25 January 2023Round 231 January–1 February 2023Round 37–8 February 2023Round 47–8 March 2023Round 514–15 March 2023Round 621–22 March 2023Play-offsQuarter-finals24 March 2023 4–5 April 202311–12 April 202318–19 April 2023Final FourSemi-finals25 April 2023 12 May 2023Final14 May 2023
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. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
+Pot 1Team Tofaş57 Brose Bamberg51 Unicaja29 Bakken Bears17+Pot 2Team Fribourg Olympic7 Keravnos 7 Opava 2 Karhu2+Pot 3Team Benfica2 Río Breogán107.50 Niners Chemnitz67.00 Körmend58.00+Pot 4Team CSO Voluntari40.00 Šiauliai 39.50 Budivelnyk Kyiv 26.00 Pärnu Sadam 11.00+Pot 5Team Heroes Den Bosch 5.00 Leicester Riders 2.00 Norrköping Dolphins 2.00 Swans Gmunden 2.00+Pot 6Team Golden Eagle Ylli 1.00 Patrioti Levice 1.00 FMP Meridian 0 TFT Skopje 0 Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)
Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)
Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)
Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)
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. +Pot 1Team Lenovo Tenerife 123 Hapoel Holon 91 ERA Nymburk 83 JDA Dijon 81 SIG Strasbourg 78 AEK 75 Baxi Manresa 67 Hapoel Jerusalem 62+Pot 2Team Pınar Karşıyaka 59 Falco Szombathely 58 Dinamo Sassari 56 Filou Oostende 55 44 Igokea 41 VEF Rīga 37 Rytas 37+Pot 3Team Galatasaray Nef 35 Peristeri 34 Darüşşafaka Lassa 32 PAOK 27 Telekom Baskets Bonn 21 Limoges CSP 11 Surne Bilbao Basket 11 UCAM Murcia 107.50+Pot 4Team Legia Warsaw 2 Bahçeşehir Koleji 67.15 Bnei Herzliya 60.17 Reggiana 51.33 Tofaş Unicaja Málaga Benfica Bakken Bears Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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.
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
Group J
Group K
Group L
Playoffs
The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
Final Four
Semifinals The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.
Third place game The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.
Final The final was played on 14 May 2023.
Individual awards Season awards The annual season awards were announced on 13 May. Award Player Club Most Valuable Player T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn Final Four MVP T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn Defensive Player of the Year Alberto Díaz Unicaja Best Young Player Sadık Emir Kabaca Galatasaray Nef Best Coach Tuomas Iisalo Telekom Baskets Bonn
Star Lineup
First TeamSecond Team Player Team Player Team Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Marcus Foster Rytas Vilnius T. J. Shorts Telekom Baskets Bonn Kendrick Perry Unicaja Darío Brizuela Unicaja DeAndre Lansdowne SIG Strasbourg Akil Mitchell AEK Levi Randolph Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Zach Hankins Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife
MVP of the Month Month Player Club 2022 Joe Ragland Hapoel Holon Marcus Foster Rytas Vilnius T. J. Shorts 2023 Joe Ragland (2) Hapoel Holon Akil Mitchell AEK Zach Hankins Levi Randolph
See also 2022–23 EuroLeague 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website