2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
The José María Martín Carpena Arena hosted the Final Four
Season	2022–23
Dates	Qualifying: 21–25 September 2022 Competition proper: 3 October 2022 – 14 May 2023
Number of teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP	T. J. Shorts (Bonn)
Final Four
Champions	Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Third place	Lenovo Tenerife
Fourth place	Unicaja Malaga
Final Four MVP	T. J. Shorts (Bonn)
Awards
Best Coach	Tuomas Iisalo (Bonn)
Best Young Player	Sadık Emir Kabaca (Galatasaray)
Statistical leaders
Points Marcus Foster (Vilnius) 20.6 Rebounds Akil Mitchell (AEK) 8.5 Assists Joe Ragland (Holon) 9.5
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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]

Team allocation

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.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.

• TH: Champions League title holders
• FEC: FIBA Europe Cup champions.
• WC: Wild card.

Qualified teams for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)

Regular season
Lenovo Tenerife (6th) TH	Pınar Karşıyaka (7th)WC	Hapoel Holon (1st)	Filou Oostende (1st)
Baxi Manresa (7th)	JDA Dijon (3rd)	Bnei Herzliya (2nd)	Igokea (1st)
Surne Bilbao Basket (9th)	Limoges CSP (6th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd)WC	ERA Nymburk (1st)
UCAM Murcia (10th)	SIG Strasbourg (7th)WC	Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd)	Falco Szombathely (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (3rd)	AEK (6th)	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Darüşşafaka Lassa (4th)	Peristeri (8th)	Dinamo Sassari (4th)	Rytas (1st)
Bahçeşehir Koleji (6th) FEC	PAOK (9th)WC	Reggiana (7th)	Legia Warsaw (2nd)
Qualifying rounds
Niners Chemnitz (6th)	Opava (2nd)	Šiauliai (4th)	Patrioti Levice (1st)
Brose Bamberg (8th)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Heroes Den Bosch (1st)	Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Río Breogán (11th)	Pärnu Sadam (1st)	TFT Skopje (4th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Unicaja (12th)	Karhu (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Tofaş (9th)
Swans Gmunden (2nd)	Körmend (2nd)	CSO Voluntari (2nd)	Budivelnyk Kyiv (Abd-2nd)
Keravnos (1st)	Golden Eagle Ylli (1st)	FMP Meridian (2nd)	Leicester Riders (1st)

Referees

A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League: ^[4]

Referees of the 2022−23 season
Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Ventsislav Velikov Franko Gracin Josip Jurčević Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Valentin Oliot Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Anastasios Kardaris Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Erez Gurion Ofer Manheim	Beniamino Attard Lorenzo Baldini Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Oskars Lucis Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Tomas Jasevičius Gintaras Mačiulis Zdravko Rutešić Radomir Vojinović Igor Mitrovski Gizella Viola Györgyi Wojciech Liszka Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin	Aleksandar Glišić Vladimir Jevtović Siniša Prpa Marek Kúkelčík Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Blaž Zupančič Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Ariadna Chueca Sergio Manuel Alberto Sánchez Kerem Baki Mehmet Karabilecen Can Mavisu Özlem Yalman Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Sergiy Zashchuk

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows. ^[5]

Schedule for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Phase	Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
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

Qualifying rounds

Draw

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. ^[6] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1 Team Pts Tofaş 57 Brose Bamberg 51 Unicaja 29 Bakken Bears 17	Pot 2 Team Pts Fribourg Olympic 7 Keravnos 7 Opava 2 Karhu 2	Pot 3 Team Pts Benfica 2 Río Breogán 107.50 † Niners Chemnitz 67.00 † Körmend 58.00 †
Pot 4 Team Pts CSO Voluntari 40.00 † Šiauliai 39.50 † Budivelnyk Kyiv 26.00 † Pärnu Sadam 11.00 †	Pot 5 Team Pts Heroes Den Bosch 5.00 † Leicester Riders 2.00 † Norrköping Dolphins 2.00 † Swans Gmunden 2.00 †	Pot 6 Team Pts Golden Eagle Ylli 1.00 † Patrioti Levice 1.00 † FMP Meridian 0 † TFT Skopje 0 †

Notes

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					23 September
					Tofaş	68
	21 September
					Voluntari	57
	Leicester Riders	61
									25 September
	Voluntari	70
									Tofaş	82
									Niners Chemnitz	78
					23 September
					Fribourg Olympic	70
	21 September
					Niners Chemnitz	93
	TFT Skopje	77
	Niners Chemnitz	96

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					23 September
					Unicaja Málaga	114
	21 September
					Heroes Den Bosch	58
	Heroes Den Bosch	85
									25 September
	Šiauliai	73
									Unicaja Málaga	91
									Patrioti Levice	73
					23 September
					Karhu	57
	21 September
					Patrioti Levice	81
	Patrioti Levice	79
	Körmend	70

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					23 September
					Brose Bamberg	97
	21 September
					Budivelnyk	94
	Norrköping Dolphins	51
									25 September
	Budivelnyk	87
									Brose Bamberg	73
									Benfica	87
					23 September
					Keravnos	65
	21 September
					Benfica	73
	Golden Eagles Ylli	67
	Benfica	92

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					23 September
					Bakken Bears	83
	21 September
					Swans Gmunden	65
	Swans Gmunden	82
									25 September
	Pärnu	80
									Bakken Bears	88
									FMP Meridian	82
					23 September
					Opava	76
	21 September
					FMP Meridian	92
	FMP Meridian	76
	Río Breogán	64

Regular season

Draw

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. ^[6]

Pot 1 Team Pts Lenovo Tenerife 123 Hapoel Holon 91 ERA Nymburk 83 JDA Dijon 81 SIG Strasbourg 78 AEK 75 Baxi Manresa 67 Hapoel Jerusalem 62

Pot 2 Team Pts Pınar Karşıyaka 59 Falco Szombathely 58 Dinamo Sassari 56 Filou Oostende 55 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 44 Igokea 41 VEF Rīga 37 Rytas 37

Pot 3 Team Pts Galatasaray Nef 35 Peristeri 34 Darüşşafaka Lassa 32 PAOK 27 Telekom Baskets Bonn 21 Limoges CSP 11 Surne Bilbao Basket 11 UCAM Murcia 107.50 †

Pot 4 Team Pts Legia Warsaw 2 Bahçeşehir Koleji 67.15 † Bnei Herzliya 60.17 † Reggiana 51.33 † Tofaş (Winner QF–T1) Unicaja Málaga (Winner QF–T2) Benfica (Winner QF–T3) Bakken Bears (Winner QF–T4)

Notes

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SIG	UCM	TOF	FAL
1	SIG Strasbourg	6	4	2	485	481	+4	10	Advance to round of 16		—	82–70	94–89	81–78
2	UCAM Murcia	6	4	2	487	487	0	10	Advance to play-ins		80–78	—	75–72	81–74
3	Tofaş	6	2	4	480	462	+18	8			75–79	77–87	—	90–63
4	Falco Szombathely	6	2	4	472	494	−22	8			89–71	104–94	64–77	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	AEK	KAR	REG
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	5	1	499	443	+56	11	Advance to round of 16		—	80–72	83–71	84–88
2	AEK	6	3	3	458	448	+10	9	Advance to play-ins		66–73	—	80–72	68–59
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	2	4	467	490	−23	8			80–89	91–88	—	83–76
4	Reggiana	6	2	4	436	479	−43	8			66–90	73–84	74–70	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAL	HOL	OOS	LEG
1	Galatasaray Nef	6	4	2	514	473	+41	10	Advance to round of 16		—	88–75	85–91	86–71
2	Hapoel Holon	6	4	2	516	499	+17	10	Advance to play-ins		82–73	—	88–83	101–79
3	Filou Oostende	6	3	3	481	481	0	9			78–92	95–86	—	66–71
4	Legia Warsaw	6	1	5	437	495	−58	7			76–90	81–84	59–68	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SBB	BAH	IGO	NYM
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	4	2	477	425	+52	10	Advance to round of 16		—	80–66	81–84	71–81
2	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	3	3	437	470	−33	9	Advance to play-ins		60–92	—	70–67	88–80
3	Igokea	6	3	3	467	456	+11	9			80–85	72–77	—	91–74
4	ERA Nymburk	6	2	4	437	467	−30	8			54–68	79–76	69–73	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		JER	LUD	DAR	BAK
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	480	448	+32	11	Advance to round of 16		—	71–80	69–67	89–80
2	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	6	4	2	507	449	+58	10	Advance to play-ins		81–87	—	63–77	99–58
3	Darüşşafaka	6	2	4	429	448	−19	8			69–92	70–90	—	80–66
4	Bakken Bears	6	1	5	429	500	−71	7			71–72	86–94	68–66	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAX	BEN	CSP	VEF
1	Baxi Manresa	6	4	2	502	470	+32	10	Advance to round of 16		—	82–92	77–88	88–59
2	Benfica	6	4	2	470	472	−2	10	Advance to play-ins		78–97	—	59–79	84–71
3	Limoges CSP	6	3	3	438	404	+34	9			73–76	67–68	—	80–53
4	VEF Rīga	6	1	5	410	474	−64	7			80–82	76–89	71–51	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	JDA	POK	DIN
1	Unicaja Málaga	6	5	1	513	454	+59	11	Advance to round of 16		—	88–68	77–63	82–92
2	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	450	471	−21	9	Advance to play-ins		70–91	—	69–74	88–80
3	PAOK	6	2	4	454	454	0	8			85–88	66–70	—	88–68
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	2	4	470	508	−38	8			76–87	72–85	82–78	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	RYT	PER	HER
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	4	2	512	427	+85	10	Advance to round of 16		—	89–74	86–60	83–63
2	Rytas	6	3	3	505	493	+12	9	Advance to play-ins		85–78	—	89–64	90–101
3	Peristeri	6	3	3	459	495	−36	9			88–81	71–82	—	86–70
4	Bnei Herzliya	6	2	4	468	529	−61	8			57–95	90–85	87–90	—

Source: Groups Standings

Play-ins

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.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UCAM Murcia	2–0	Pınar Karşıyaka	97–92	96–89	—
AEK	2–0	Tofaş	73–70	85–82	—
Hapoel Holon	2–0	Igokea	103–79	91–80	—
Bahçeşehir Koleji	2–1	Filou Oostende	72–76	77–64	87–81
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	1–2	Limoges CSP	85–81	62–82	94–96
Benfica	0–2	Darüşşafaka Lassa	76–89	72–83	—
JDA Dijon	2–1	Peristeri	89–80	88–92	89–82
Rytas	2–1	PAOK	85–62	78–81	82–63

Round of 16

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.

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		JER	SIG	JDA	HOL
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	444	419	+25	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	81–80	77–84	77–65
2	SIG Strasbourg	6	4	2	506	466	+40	10			63–71	—	86–67	112–110
3	JDA Dijon	6	2	4	457	490	−33	8			64–73	72–85	—	89–81
4	Hapoel Holon	6	1	5	472	504	−32	7			63–65	65–80	88–81	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	BAX	RYT	BAH
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	6	0	518	439	+79	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	85–75	99–72	74–68
2	Baxi Manresa	6	3	3	488	485	+3	9			69–87	—	82–69	90–72
3	Rytas	6	3	3	503	519	−16	9			79–86	96–95	—	95–88
4	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	0	6	449	515	−66	6			76–87	76–77	69–92	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	AEK	GAL	CSP
1	Unicaja Málaga	6	5	1	494	434	+60	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	88–66	81–76	99–88
2	AEK	6	4	2	455	447	+8	10			65–75	—	92–78	82–72
3	Galatasaray Nef	6	2	4	457	463	−6	8			72–67	71–81	—	100–73
4	Limoges CSP	6	1	5	432	494	−62	7			67–84	63–69	69–60	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	UCM	DAR	SBB
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	5	1	459	415	+44	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	85–65	75–71	78–66
2	UCAM Murcia	6	4	2	508	483	+25	10			82–67	—	96–87	90–72
3	Darüşşafaka Lassa	6	2	4	492	525	−33	8			59–80	105–104	—	95–85
4	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	1	5	447	483	−36	7			72–74	67–71	85–75	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Playoffs

Main article: 2022–23 Basketball Champions League playoffs

The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Unicaja	83	96	—
							12 May
	UCAM Murcia	67	74	—
							Unicaja			67
							Telekom Baskets Bonn			69
	Telekom Baskets Bonn	76	76	83
													14 May
	SIG Strasbourg	77	66	77
													Telekom Baskets Bonn			77
													Hapoel Jerusalem			70
	Lenovo Tenerife	91	83	84
							12 May
	Baxi Manresa	84	85	72
							Lenovo Tenerife			68
							Hapoel Jerusalem			69			Third place
	Hapoel Jerusalem	64	78	91
													14 May
	AEK	55	94	51
													Unicaja			79
													Lenovo Tenerife			84

Final Four

Main article: 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife	68–69	Hapoel Jerusalem
Unicaja	67–69	Telekom Baskets Bonn

Third place game

The third place game was played on 14 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unicaja	79–84	Lenovo Tenerife

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Telekom Baskets Bonn	77–70	Hapoel Jerusalem

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Final Four MVP	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Best Defensive Player	Alberto Díaz	Unicaja
Best Young Player	Sadık Emir Kabaca	Galatasaray Nef
Best Coach	Tuomas Iisalo	Telekom Baskets Bonn

Star Lineup

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife	Marcus Foster	Rytas Vilnius
T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Kendrick Perry	Unicaja
Darío Brizuela	Unicaja	DeAndre Lansdowne	SIG Strasbourg
Akil Mitchell	AEK	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Zach Hankins	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2022
October	Joe Ragland	Hapoel Holon	[7]
November	Marcus Foster	Rytas Vilnius	[8]
December	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn	[9]
2023
January	Joe Ragland (2)	Hapoel Holon	[10]
February	Akil Mitchell	AEK	[11]
March	Zach Hankins	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	[12]
April	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	[13]

See also

• 2022–23 EuroLeague
• 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball
• 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup

References

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2. "Defensive clinic: Jerusalem edge out Tenerife by a single point, advance to Final". FIBA.basketball. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
3. "Field set for Season Seven: 18 national champs head the lineup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
4. "Game officials. Referees". Basketball Champions League . 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
5. "BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Competition Regulations - Season 2022-23 -" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
6. Basketball Champions League (5 July 2022). "Draw explained: Seedings revealed for Qualification Rounds, Regular Season" . Retrieved 5 July 2022.
7. "Hapoel Atsmon Holon's Joe Ragland is the October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
8. "It's the most Vilnius time of the year: Foster is MVP of November". Basketball Champions League. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
9. "Another step towards a bigger goal: TJ Shorts is MVP of December". Basketball Champions League. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
10. "More history for Ragland: Second MVP of the Month award of the season". Basketball Champions League. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
11. "A perfect homecoming for AEK fans: Akil Mitchell named February MVP". Basketball Champions League. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
12. "Zach Hankins named March MVP: "It's a reflection of how our team is doing"". Basketball Champions League. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
13. "Jerusalem with back-to-back winners: Levi Randolph named April MVP". Basketball Champions League. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links

• Official website