| Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |
| Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Champions: |  Anadolu Efes (2nd title) |
| Runners Up: |  Real Madrid |
| Third Place: | Barcelona |
| Fourth Place: | Olympiacos |
| Duration: | 30 September 2021 – 8 April 2022 (Regular Season) 19 April 2022 – 4 May 2022 (Playoffs) 19 May 2022 – 21 May 2022 (Final Four) |
| Teams: | 18 (15 after the suspension of the Russian teams due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) |
| Games: | 283 |
| Mvp Link: | EuroLeague MVP |
| Final Four Mvp Link: | EuroLeague Final Four MVP |
| Pir: | 20.1 |
| Ppg: | 18.2 |
| Rpg: | 8.2 |
| Apg: | 6.4 |
| Highest Scoring: | Barcelona 111–109 UNICS (22 December 2021) |
| Winning Streak: | 9 games Barcelona Real Madrid |
| Losing Streak: | 9 games Žalgiris |
| Biggest Home Win: | Fenerbahçe 80–41 UNICS (14 October 2021) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Baskonia 60–88 Real Madrid (25 November 2021) |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,092 Anadolu Efes 93–90 Real Madrid (22 March 2022) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 officially five matches |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
| Updated: | 21 May 2022 |
| Regular Season Link: | 2021–22 EuroLeague Regular Season |
| Regular Season: | Regular season |
| Finals: | Final Four |
| Finals Link: | 2022 EuroLeague Final Four |
| Top Seed: | Barcelona |
The 2021–22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 22nd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 12th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 65th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 30 September 2021. The three Russian teams were suspended because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cease, the records of all regular season matches against Russian teams were annulled, and team win-loss records adjusted accordingly, dramatically affecting league standings.[1] [2]
Anadolu Efes successfully defended last year's title after defeating Real Madrid in the championship game.
ALBA Berlin was awarded with a two-year wild card Turkish Airlines EuroLeague license.[3] Bayern Munich and LDLC ASVEL have received long-term licenses.[4]
The following is the access list for this season.
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| Playoffs (8 teams) |
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| Final Four (4 teams) |
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]
| width=210 | Barcelona | width=210 | Olympiacos | width=210 | Anadolu Efes | width=210 | Žalgiris |
| width=210 | Baskonia | width=210 | width=210 | Fenerbahçe | width=210 | CSKA Moscow | |
| width=210 | Real Madrid | width=210 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | width=210 | Olimpia Milano | width=210 | |
| width=210 | ASVEL |
| width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | width=210 | Crvena zvezda [5] | |||
| width=210 | Zenit Saint Petersburg [6] | ||||||
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ALBA Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | Sinan Erdem Dome | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| rowspan | A|X Armani Exchange Milan]]| rowspan|Milan| Mediolanum Forum| style="text-align:center"|[9] |-| Barcelona| Barcelona| Palau Blaugrana| style="text-align:center"|[10] |-| Bitci Baskonia| Vitoria-Gasteiz| Buesa Arena| style="text-align:center"|[11] |-| Bayern Munich| Munich| Audi Dome| style="text-align:center"|[12] |-| rowspan=2| Crvena zvezda mts| rowspan=2|Belgrade| Štark Arena| style="text-align:center"|[13] |-| Aleksandar Nikolić Hall| style="text-align:center"|[14] |-| Managerial changesSee main article: List of 2021–22 EuroLeague transactions.
RefereesA total of 72 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[35] [36] Regular seasonSee main article: 2021–22 EuroLeague Regular Season. RegulationsWhen more than two teams are tied, the ranking was established taking into account the victories obtained in the games played only among them. Should the tie persist among some, but not all, of the teams, the ranking of the teams still tied was determined by again taking into account the victories in the games played only among them, and repeating this same procedure until the tie is entirely resolved.If a tie persists, the ranking was determined by the goal difference in favour and against in the games played only among the teams still tied.[37] Results | 32 | 214 | 6.7 |
| Rank | width=200 | Name | width=210 | Team | Games | width=85 | Assists | width=50 | APG |
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| 1. | Nick Calathes | Barcelona | 29 | 185 | 6.4 | ||||
| 2. |  Lorenzo Brown | 24 | 146 | 6.1 | |||||
| 3. | 38 | 219 | 5.8 |
| Rank | width=200 | Name | width=210 | Team | Games | width=85 | Blocks | width=50 | BPG |
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| 1. | Georgios Papagiannis | Panathinaikos | 29 | 50 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2. | Real Madrid | 35 | 60 | 1.7 | |||||
| 3. | Donta Hall | 35 | 39 | 1.1 |
| Category | width=190 | Player | width=230 | Team | width=55 | Games | width=80 | Average |
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| Steals | 25 | 2.8 | ||||||
| Turnovers | 27 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Fouls drawn | 38 | 5.1 | ||||||
| Minutes | Shane Larkin | 39 | 31:53 | |||||
| FT % | 35 | 94.1% | ||||||
| 2-Point % | 35 | 77.5% | ||||||
| 3-Point % | 25 | 52.9% |
| width=85 | Category | width=190 | Player | width=230 | Team | width=50 | Statistic | Opponent |
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| Rating | 39 | Real Madrid (19 May 2022) | ||||||
| Points | 37 |  AS Monaco (17 Nov 2021) | ||||||
| Rebounds | 17 |  UNICS (11 Nov 2021) | ||||||
| Assists | 14 |  Žalgiris (15 Dec 2021) | ||||||
| Steals | 7 | Barcelona (20 Jan 2022) | ||||||
| Blocks | Four players | 5 | — |
| Category | width=230 | Team | width=70 | Average |
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| Rating | 93.9 | |||
| Points | 83.4 | |||
| Rebounds | 38.3 | |||
| Assists | 18.4 | |||
| Steals | 9.4 | |||
| Blocks | 3.3 | |||
| Turnovers | 13.7 | |||
| FT % | 81.5% | |||
| 2-Point % | 58.1% | |||
| 3-Point % | 40.1% |