| Basketball Champions League | |
| Pixels: | 275 |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Champions: |  Lenovo Tenerife (2nd title) |
| Runners Up: | Baxi Manresa |
| Fourth Place: |  Hapoel Holon |
| Teams: | Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 30 countries) |
| Dates: | Qualifying: 13–17 September 2021 Competition proper: 5 October 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
| Mvp: | Chima Moneke (Manresa) |
| Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League MVP |
| Final Four Mvp: | Marcelo Huertas (Tenerife) |
| Final Four Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP |
| Award4: | Best Coach |
| Award4 Winner: | Pedro Martínez |
| Award4 N: | ESP |
| Award5: | Best Young Player |
| Award5 Winner: | Giordano Bortolani |
| Award5 N: | ITA |
| Epg: | 16.6 |
| Epg N: | USA |
| Ppg: | 18.1 |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Top Scorer Link: | Basketball Champions League Top Scorer |
| Rpg: | 8.0 |
| Rpg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 7.8 |
| Apg N: | USA |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
| Finals Link: | 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four |
| Finals: | Final Four |
The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.
The defending champions, San Pablo Burgos, were eliminated in the play-ins. The winners of the Champions League will qualify for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The Bilbao Arena in Bilbao hosted the Final Four, which marked the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.[1]
Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.[2]
A total of 52 teams from 30 countries participated in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.[3]
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders, WC: Wild card).[3]
The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.[4]
| Regular season | ||||
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 Darüşşafaka WC | ||||
| Galatasaray Nef WC | PAOK WC | |||
| Hereda San Pablo BurgosTH | ||||
| Qualifying rounds | ||||
A total of 55 officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in Basketball Champions League:[5]
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[6] [7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg | |
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| Qualifying rounds | First qualifying round | 7 July 2021 | 13–14 September 2021 | |||
| Second qualifying round | 15–16 September 2021 | |||||
| Third qualifying round | 17–18 September 2021 | |||||
| Regular season | Round 1 | 4–6 October 2021 | ||||
| Round 2 | Groups A, B, E, F | 11–13 October 2021 | ||||
| Groups C, D, G, H | 18–20 October 2021 | |||||
| Round 3 | Groups A, B, E, F | 25–27 October 2021 | ||||
| Groups C, D, G, H | 1–3 November 2021 | |||||
| Round 4 | Groups A, B, E, F | 8–10 November 2021 | ||||
| Groups C, D, G, H | 15–17 November 2021 | |||||
| Round 5 | Groups A, B, E, F | 6–8 December 2021 | ||||
| Groups C, D, G, H | 13–15 December 2021 | |||||
| Round 6 | 21–22 December 2021 | |||||
| Play-ins | 4–5 January 2022 | 11–12 January 2022 | 18–19 January 2022 | |||
| Round of 16 | Round 1 | 25–26 January 2022 | ||||
| Round 2 | 1–2 February 2022 | |||||
| Round 3 | 7–9 February 2022 | |||||
| Round 4 | 7–9 March 2022 | |||||
| Round 5 | 14–16 March 2022 | |||||
| Round 6 | 22–23 March 2022 | |||||
| Play-offs | Quarter-finals | 25 March 2022 | 5–6 April 2022 | 12–13 April 2022 | 19–20 April 2022 | |
| Final Four | Semi-finals | 6 May 2022 | ||||
| Final | 8 May 2022 | |||||
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.[8] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
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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.[8]
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The Play-ins took place from January 4 to 19. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, will go on to the Play-ins. Winners will advance to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs were played on 18–19 January.
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The Round of 16 took place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups were 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.
See main article: article and 2021–22 Basketball Champions League playoffs. The playoffs began on April 5, 2022 and ended with the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
See main article: 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
The semifinals were played on 6 May 2022.|}
The third place game was played on 8 May 2022.|}
The final was played on 8 May 2022.|}
The annual season awards were announced on 6 May.[9] [10] [11]
| Award | Player | Club | |
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| Baxi Manresa | |||
| Lenovo Tenerife | |||
 NutriBullet Treviso | |||
| Baxi Manresa |
| Player | Team | Ref. |
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| Alberto Díaz | Unicaja | [12] |
 Justin Simon | Riesen Ludwigsburg | |
| Chris Johnson | Hapoel U-NET Holon | |
| Kaiser Gates | Hapoel Jerusalem | |
 Chima Moneke | Baxi Manresa |
