2022 BCL Americas Final explained
Game Name: | 2022 BCL Americas Final |
Team1: | São Paulo |
Team1 Coach: | Bruno Mortari |
Score1: | 98 |
Team1 Record: | 8–0 |
Team2 Record: | 7–1 |
Team2: | Biguá |
Team2 Coach: | Diego Gutierrez |
Score2: | 84 |
Event: | 2021–22 BCL Americas |
Visitor Per1: | 30 |
Visitor Per2: | 27 |
Visitor Per3: | 27 |
Visitor Per4: | 14 |
Home Per1: | 26 |
Home Per2: | 21 |
Home Per3: | 13 |
Home Per4: | 24 |
Date: | 9 April 2022 |
Arena: | Arena Carioca 1 |
City: | Rio de Janeiro |
Mvp: | Bruno Caboclo |
Previous: | 2021 |
Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2021–22 BCL Americas, the 3rd season of the league under its new entity and the 15th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Arena Carioca 1 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 April 2022. The game was played between Brazilian club São Paulo and the Uruguayan club Biguá.
São Paulo won its first-ever continental title, just 4 years after the resurrection of the club's basketball section.[1] Bruno Caboclo was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.[2]
Teams
In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.
Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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São Paulo | None |
Biguá | 1 (1992) |
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Road to the final
- (H): Home game
- (A): Away game
- (N): Neutral venue
Game details
valign=top align=right width=33% | | São Paulo | Statistics | Biguá |
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| | 37/68 (54%) | 2-pt field goals | 29/70 (41%) | 18/35 (51%) | 3-pt field goals | 13/30 (43%) | 6/7 (86%) | Free throws | 13/19 (68%) | 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 | 32 | Defensive rebounds | 24 | 38 | Total rebounds | 37 | 24 | Assists | 22 | 12 | Turnovers | 10 | 8 | Steals | 8 | 8 | Blocks | 3 | 18 | Fouls | 6 | |
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Notes and References
- News: São Paulo crowned BCLA 2022 Champs after win over Bigua . 11 April 2022 . FIBA.basketball . en.
- News: Bruno Caboclo wins BCLA 2022 MVP . 11 April 2022 . FIBA.basketball . en.