2021–22 EuroCup Basketball explained

7DAYS EuroCup^1
Extra Information:	^1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.
Season:	2021–22
Champions:	Virtus Segafredo Bologna (1st title)
Runners Up:	Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Semifinalists:	MoraBanc Andorra Valencia Basket
Teams:	20
Dates:	19 October 2021 – 11 May 2022
Games:	177
Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball MVP
Finals Mvp Link:	EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP
Award4:	Coach of the Year
Award5:	Rising Star
Pir:	24.2
Ppg:	22.3
Rpg:	8.8
Apg:	7.9
Highest Scoring:	Cedevita 101–104 Virtus (8 December 2021)
Biggest Home Win:	Partizan 97–65 Trento (12 January 2022) Valencia 103–71 Ulm (5 April 2022)
Biggest Away Win:	Trento 56–86 Joventut (19 October 2021)
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball season was the 20th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 14th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the sixth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

Virtus Bologna defeated Bursaspor Basketbol in the final, which was played at the Segafredo Arena in Bologna, to win their first EuroCup title. As winners, Virtus automatically qualified for the 2022–23 EuroLeague.

The defending champions were AS Monaco, who were unable to defend their title as they played in the 2021–22 EuroLeague.

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 10 leagues participated in the 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball.^{[1] [2]}

Teams

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.^[2]

Notes

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^{[3] [4]}

Schedule for 2021–22 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	Round date
Regular season	Round 1	9 July 2021	19–20 October 2021
	Round 2		26–27 October 2021
	Round 3		2–3 November 2021
	Round 4		9–10 November 2021
	Round 5		16–17 November 2021
	Round 6		7–8 December 2021
	Round 7		14–15 December 2021
	Round 8		21–22 December 2021
	Round 9		11–12 January 2022
	Round 10		18–19 January 2022
	Round 11		25–26 January 2022
	Round 12		1–2 February 2022
	Round 13		8–9 February 2022
	Round 14		8–9 March 2022
	Round 15		15–16 March 2022
	Round 16		22–23 March 2022
	Round 17		29–30 March 2022
	Round 18		5–6 April 2022
Playoffs	Eighthfinals		19–20 April 2022
	Quarterfinals		26–27 April 2022
	Semifinals		3–4 May 2022
	Final		11 May 2022

Draw

The draw was held on 9 July 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.

+Pot 1 Team Valencia Basket MoraBanc Andorra	+Pot 2 Team Promitheas Lokomotiv Kuban	+Pot 3 Team Gran Canaria Joventut	+Pot 4 Team Budućnost VOLI Partizan NIS
+Pot 5 Team Virtus Segafredo Bologna Lietkabelis	+Pot 6 Team Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento	+Pot 7 Team Metropolitans 92 Mincidelice JL Bourg	+Pot 8 Team ratiopharm Ulm Türk Telekom
+Pot 9 Team Frutti Extra Bursaspor Hamburg Towers	+Pot 10 Team Umana Reyer Venezia Śląsk Wrocław

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1 Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6 Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2 Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7 Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8 Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4 Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9 Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5

Round Matches Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9 Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5 Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1 Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6 Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2 Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7 Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3 Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8 Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).

Regular season

The 20 teams were divided into two groups of 10 teams each. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 18 games played by each team. The top eight teams from each group advanced to the playoffs, while the last two teams from each group were eliminated. The regular season started on 19 October 2021 and ended on 6 April 2022.

Group A

Results

Group B

Results

Playoffs

See main article: 2022 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs.

Final

See main article: 2022 EuroCup Final.

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Errick McCollum		12	290	24.2
2.			20	422	21.1
3.			18	361	20.1

Source: EuroCup

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Errick McCollum		12	267	22.3
2.			20	357	17.9
3.			18	314	17.4

Source: EuroCup

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Kerem Kanter		17	149	8.8
2.			19	145	7.6
3.			21	160	7.6

Source: EuroCup

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Miloš Teodosić		15	118	7.9
2.			21	145	6.9
3.			15	99	6.6

Source: EuroCup

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Octavius Ellis		15	22	1.5
2.			17	20	1.2
3.			22	25	1.1

Source: EuroCup

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals			15	1.8
Turnovers			15	3.3
Fouls drawn			20	6.0
Minutes			19	33:24
FT %			19	93.9%
			16
2-Point %			20	79.8%
3-Point %			12	64.0%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Rating			45	Türk Telekom (Jan 11, 2022)
Points			37	Virtus Segafredo Bologna (Mar 3, 2022)
Rebounds	Three times		16	—
Assists	Six times		13	—
Steals			6	ratiopharm Ulm (Oct 27, 2021)
Blocks			6	ratiopharm Ulm (Mar 29, 2022)

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Rating		102.4
Points		90.4
Rebounds		39.0
Assists		22.1
Steals		9.2
Blocks		3.3
Turnovers		15.9
FT %		80.4%
2-Point %		57.7%
3-Point %		42.1%

Awards

All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team		All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team		Ref
Player	Team	Player	Team
				^[7] ^[8]
			Partizan NIS
			Hamburg Towers
			ratiopharm Ulm
			Cedevita Olimpija

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1			39	^[11]
2			26	^[12]
3	Johnathan Motley (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	38	^[13]
4			35	^[14]
5			44	^[15]
6		Lokomotiv Kuban	39	^[16]
7		ratiopharm Ulm	26	^[17]
8	Errick McCollum (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	37	^[18]
9			45	^[19]
10	Errick McCollum (3)	Lokomotiv Kuban	33	^[20]
11			32	^[21]
12		Hamburg Towers	34	^[22]
13			32	^[23]
14			41	^[24]
15		Hamburg Towers	29	^[25]
16		ratiopharm Ulm	31	^[26]
17			37	^[27]
18		Partizan NIS	30	^[28]

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	PIR
Eighthfinals		Frutti Extra Bursaspor	35	^[29]
Quarterfinals	Mouhammadou Jaiteh (2)	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	38	^[30]
Semifinals	Kevarrius Hayes (2)	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	27	^[31]

Attendances to arenas

Average attendances

See also

• 2021–22 EuroLeague
• 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
• 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: 2021-22 EuroCup season to start under revamped competition model Eurocup . 16 April 2021 . . 16 April 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201408/https://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/bghapniwxcsyre33 . live .
2. News: Here are the 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup teams! Eurocup . 18 June 2021 . . 18 June 2021 . 24 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200835/https://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/bljthbhu4bwimeuu . live .
3. Web site: 2021_22 EuroCup Bylaws_22 March 2022 - 2021_22EuroCupBylaws.pdf . . 5 July 2022.
4. News: EuroCup turns a page to start new season with 2021-22 draw Eurocup . 5 July 2022 . . 30 June 2021.
5. News: 7DAYS EuroCup MVP: Mam Jaiteh, Virtus Segafedo Bologna Eurocup . 9 May 2022 . . 9 May 2022.
6. News: Milos Teodosic voted EuroCup Final MVP! Eurocup . 11 May 2022 . . 11 May 2022.
7. News: 2021-22 All-EuroCup First Team Eurocup . 7 May 2022 . . 7 May 2022.
8. News: 2021-22 All-EuroCup Second Team Eurocup . 8 May 2022 . . 8 May 2022.
9. News: 7DAYS EuroCup Coach of the Year: Dusan Alimpijevic, Frutti Extra Bursaspor Eurocup . 5 May 2022 . . 5 May 2022.
10. News: 7DAYS EuroCup Rising Star Trophy: Khalifa Diop, Gran Canaria Eurocup . 6 May 2022 . . 6 May 2022.
11. News: Round 1 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Lokomotiv Eurocup . 11 October 2021 . . 11 October 2021.
12. News: Round 2 MVP: John Shurna, Gran Canaria Eurocup . 28 October 2021 . . 28 October 2021.
13. News: Round 3 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Lokomotiv Eurocup . 4 November 2021 . . 4 November 2021.
14. News: Round 4 MVP: Jaron Blossomgame, Ulm Eurocup . 11 November 2021 . . 11 November 2021.
15. News: Round 5 MVP: Justin Cobbs, Buducnost Eurocup . 18 November 2021 . . 18 November 2021.
16. News: Round 6 MVP: Errick McCollum, Lokomotiv Eurocup . 10 December 2021 . . 9 December 2021.
17. News: Round 7 co-MVPs: Felicio and Thornwell, Ulm Eurocup . 16 December 2021 . . 16 December 2021.
18. News: Round 8 MVP: Errick McCollum, Lokomotiv Eurocup . 23 December 2021 . . 23 December 2021.
19. News: Round 9 MVP: Caleb Homesley, Hamburg Towers Eurocup . 14 January 2022 . . 13 January 2022.
20. News: Round 10 MVP: Errick McCollum, Lokomotiv Eurocup . 21 January 2022 . . 20 January 2022.
21. News: Round 11 MVP: Anthony Clemmons, Turk Telekom Eurocup . 2 February 2022 . . 27 January 2022.
22. News: Round 12 MVP: Jaylon Brown, Hamburg Eurocup . 11 February 2022 . . 3 February 2022.
23. News: Round 13 MVP: Mathias Lessort, Partizan NIS Belgrade Eurocup . 11 February 2022 . . 10 February 2022.
24. News: Round 14 MVP: Mam Jaiteh, Virtus Segafredo Bologna Eurocup . 11 March 2022 . . 10 March 2022.
25. News: Round 15 MVP: Lukas Meisner, Hamburg Towers Eurocup . 20 March 2022 . . 17 March 2022.
26. News: Round 16 MVP: Semaj Christon, ratiopharm Ulm Eurocup . 24 March 2022 . . 24 March 2022.
27. News: Regular Season Round 17 MVP: Kevarrius Hayes, Frutti Extra Bursaspor Eurocup . 31 March 2022 . . 31 March 2022.
28. News: Round 18 MVP: Zach LeDay, Partizan NIS Belgrade Eurocup . 7 April 2022 . . 7 April 2022.
29. News: Eighthfinals MVP: Andrew Andrews, Bursaspor Eurocup . 21 April 2022 . . 21 April 2022.
30. News: Quarterfinals MVP: Mam Jaiteh, Virtus Eurocup . 28 April 2022 . . 28 April 2022.
31. News: 7DAYS EuroCup Semifinals MVP: Kevarrius Hayes, Bursaspor Eurocup . 5 May 2022 . . 5 May 2022.