| Basketball Champions League | |
| Pixels: | 300 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Champions: | Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title) |
| Runners Up: |  Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Third Place: |  Lenovo Tenerife |
| Fourth Place: | Unicaja Malaga |
| Teams: | Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 29 countries) |
| Dates: | Qualifying: 21–25 September 2022 Competition proper: 3 October 2022 – 14 May 2023 |
| Mvp: | T. J. Shorts (Bonn) |
| Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League MVP |
| Final Four Mvp: | T. J. Shorts (Bonn) |
| Final Four Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP |
| Award4: | Best Coach |
| Award4 Winner: | Tuomas Iisalo (Bonn) |
| Award5: | Best Young Player |
| Award5 Winner: | Sadık Emir Kabaca (Galatasaray) |
| Top Scorer: | Marcus Foster (Vilnius) |
| Ppg: | 20.6 |
| Top Scorer Link: | Basketball Champions League Top Scorer |
| Rebounds Leader: | Akil Mitchell (AEK) |
| Rpg: | 8.5 |
| Assists Leader: | Joe Ragland (Holon) |
| Apg: | 9.5 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Finals Link: | 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four |
| Finals: | Final Four |
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.[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]
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.
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings[4] are taken into consideration.
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.
| Lenovo Tenerife TH |  Pınar Karşıyaka AV | |||
| Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem AV | ||||
 SIG Strasbourg AV | ||||
| Bahçeşehir Koleji FEC | PAOK mateco AV |  Legia Warsaw AV | ||
| Qualifying rounds | ||||
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A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:[5]
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[6]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg | |
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| Qualifying rounds | First qualifying round | 7 July 2022 | 21 September 2022 | |||
| Second qualifying round | 23 September 2022 | |||||
| Third qualifying round | 25 September 2022 | |||||
| Regular season | Round 1 | 3–5 October 2022 | ||||
| Round 2 | Groups A, B, C, F | 11–12 October 2022 | ||||
| Groups D, E, G, H | 18–19 October 2022 | |||||
| Round 3 | Groups A, B, C, F | 25–26 October 2022 | ||||
| Groups D, E, G, H | 1–2 November 2022 | |||||
| Round 4 | Groups A, B, C, F | 22–23 November 2022 | ||||
| Groups D, E, G, H | 29–30 November 2022 | |||||
| Round 5 | Groups A, B, C, F | 6–7 December 2022 | ||||
| Groups D, E, G, H | 13–14 December 2022 | |||||
| Round 6 | 20–21 December 2022 | |||||
| Play-ins | 3–4 January 2023 | 10–11 January 2023 | 17–18 January 2023 | |||
| Round of 16 | Round 1 | 24–25 January 2023 | ||||
| Round 2 | 31 January–1 February 2023 | |||||
| Round 3 | 7–8 February 2023 | |||||
| Round 4 | 7–8 March 2023 | |||||
| Round 5 | 14–15 March 2023 | |||||
| Round 6 | 21–22 March 2023 | |||||
| Play-offs | Quarter-finals | 24 March 2023 | 4–5 April 2023 | 11–12 April 2023 | 18–19 April 2023 | |
| Final Four | Semi-finals | 25 April 2023 | 12 May 2023 | |||
| Final | 14 May 2023 | |||||
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.[7] 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.[7]
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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.
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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.
See main article: article and 2022–23 Basketball Champions League playoffs. The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
See main article: 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.
The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.|}
The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.|}
The final was played on 14 May 2023.|}
The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.
| Award | Player | Club | |
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| Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | |||
| Best Defensive Player | Unicaja | ||
| Galatasaray Nef | |||
| Telekom Baskets Bonn |
| Month | width=160 | Player | width=160 | Club | |
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| 2022 | |||||
| 2023 | |||||
 Joe Ragland (2) | |||||
