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2021–22 BIBL season

The 2021–22 BIBL season is the 14th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). 10-13 teams from Bulgaria, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia will participate in the competition.[1]

2021–22 BIBL
LeagueBalkan International Basketball League
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 – 1 May 2022
Number of games80
Number of teams13
TV partner(s)sportmedia.tv
YouTube
RTSH
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Galil Elyon
  Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Haifa
SemifinalistsIsrael Ironi Nahariya
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad
Seasons
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2024.

Teams edit

First round
  Academic Plovdiv   Hapoel Galil Elyon   Prishtina   TFT Skopje
  Balkan Botevgrad   Ironi Nahariya   Ibar Rožaje
  Beroe   Maccabi Haifa[2]   Kumanovo 2009[3]
  Levski Sofia   Peja[4]   Navico Akademija FMP
Second round
  Hapoel Holon

First round edit

Ten teams drawn into two groups consisting of five teams each. Teams from the same country will be drawn in different groups. Peja will be drawn into a group with two teams from North Macedonia due to traveling schedule. Teams play against each other home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from each group will advanced to the second round.[1][5]

During September, the league management announced the addition of two teams to the first round.[6][7] On October 6, the league management decided to take Peja out of the tournament since Peja refused to confirm the competition's official schedule as well as fulfill all their financial obligations towards the league in the deadlines set.[4] On October 13, the league management announced that Maccabi Haifa will take Peja's place as the 2nd participant in the league.[2]

On 26 November, The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games cancelled.[3]

Draw edit

The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.[1]

Seed 1
Team
  Ironi Nahariya
  Hapoel Galil Elyon
Seed 2
Team
  Academic Plovdiv
  Balkan Botevgrad
Seed 3
Team
  Kumanovo 2009
  TFT Skopje
Seed 4
Team
  Beroe
  Navico Akademija FMP
Seed 5
Team
  Prishtina
  Peja

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGE MHA BAL LEV AFM KUM
1   Hapoel Galil Elyon 8 7 1 604 461 +143 15 Advance to Second round — 88–41 56–46 20–0[a] 107–65 —
2   Maccabi Haifa 8 5 3 599 561 +38 13 80–85 — 92–78 20–0[b] 95–73 —
3   Balkan Botevgrad 8 4 4 591 583 +8 12 64–70 88–81 — 82–73 80–71 —
4   Levski Sofia 8 2 6 464 513 −49 10 84–76 60–78 65–79 — 81–84 —
5   Navico Akademija FMP 8 2 6 615 755 −140 10 82–102 89–112 77–75 74–103 — —
6   Kumanovo 2009[c] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expelled 87–96 — — — 59–63 —
Source: Group A standing
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Hapoel Galil Elyon a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.[8]
  2. ^ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Maccabi Haifa a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.[8]
  3. ^ The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games canceled.[9]

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NAH PRI APL TFT BER IBR
1   Ironi Nahariya 10 8 2 801 684 +117 18 Advance to Second round — 83–74 98–73 102–63 63–69 69–57
2   Prishtina 10 6 4 848 794 +54 16 84–61 — 85–94 80–73 83–61 110–85
3   Academic Plovdiv 10 5 5 786 793 −7 15 61–76 74–78 — 81–84 74–68 77–61
4   TFT Skopje 10 5 5 799 826 −27 15 66–67 81–77 75–83 — 95–88 87–83
5   Beroe 10 3 7 791 856 −65 13 67–103 93–94 98–91 86–96 — 67–79
6   Ibar Rožaje 10 3 7 749 821 −72 13 70–79 87–83 68–78 79–77 78–94 —
Source: Group B standing

Second round edit

The results between the teams from the same groups in the first round shall be carried forward into this round. The eight teams will be divided into new two groups of four teams each. Teams play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st from each group will advance to the Final Four. The teams placed 2nd and 3rd from each group will advance to the Quarter-Finals.[10]

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGE LEV PRI APL
1   Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 4 2 439 380 +59 10 Advance to Final Four — 20–0[a] 95–84 96–83
2   Levski Sofia 6 4 2 405 366 +39 10 Advance to quarter-finals 84–76 — 77–69 92–58
3   Prishtina 6 3 3 456 471 −15 9 74–68 66–63 — 85–94
4   Academic Plovdiv 6 1 5 441 524 −83 7 55–84 77–89 74–78 —
Source: Group C standing
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Hapoel Galil Elyon a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.[8]

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NAH BAL MHA TFT
1   Ironi Nahariya 6 5 1 510 429 +81 11 Advance to Final Four — 76–64 105–73 102–63
2   Balkan Botevgrad 6 4 2 518 457 +61 10 Advance to quarter-finals 87–73 — 88–81 104–53
3   Maccabi Haifa 6 3 3 506 516 −10 9 76–87 92–78 — 91–85
4   TFT Skopje 6 0 6 422 552 −130 6 66–67 82–97 73–93 —
Source: Group D standing

Knockout rounds edit

Quarterfinals edit

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balkan Botevgrad   165–148   Prishtina 83–85 82–63
Levski Sofia   169–188   Maccabi Haifa 83–91 86–97

Game 1 edit

14 April 2022 Prishtina   85–83   Balkan Botevgrad Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Scoring by quarter: 35–25, 16–19, 18–22, 16–17
Pts: Mitchell 19
Rebs: Cook 7
Asts: Dugat 6
PIR: Cook 19 		Boxscore Pts: Rorie 19
Rebs: Jones 10
Asts: Rorie 5
PIR: Rorie 25 		Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Aleksandar Pavlov, Ognjen Jokic, Alija Ferevski
19 April 2022 Maccabi Haifa   91–83   Levski Sofia Universiada Hall, Sofia
19.00 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–28, 22–23, 23–12
Pts: Vaughn 23
Rebs: Freund 11
Asts: Kozahinof 13
PIR: Vaughn 21 		Boxscore Pts: Knowles 24
Rebs: Knowles 13
Asts: Parker 15
PIR: Knowles 34 		Attendance: 250
Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Daut Mehmeti, Sava Cetkovic

Game 2 edit

20 April 2022 Balkan Botevgrad   82–63   Prishtina Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad
19.00 Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–15, 25–13, 23–16
Pts: Jones 27
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Rorie 11
PIR: Jones 30 		Boxscore Pts: Ismaili 16
Rebs: Thomas 9
Asts: Palokaj 5
PIR: Ismaili 16 		Attendance: 600
Referees: Diamantis Lortos, Ioannis Bakalis, Ioannis Agrafiotis
21 April 2022 Levski Sofia   86–97   Maccabi Haifa Universiada Hall, Sofia
17.00 Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 20–26, 16–19, 25–24
Pts: Knowles 18
Rebs: Knowles 11
Asts: Dimitrov 4
PIR: Knowles 27 		Boxscore Pts: Putney 26
Rebs: Putney 9
Asts: Vaughn 13
PIR: Putney 40 		Attendance: 300
Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Daut Mehmeti, Stefan Kuburovic

Final Four edit

The Final Four games will be composed of two semi-final games, third-place game and final game. Due Three teams from Israel qualified to the Final Four a draw will be made to determine the two pairs of the Semi Final games.

Semi-finalsFinal
      
29 April 2022
  Hapoel Galil Elyon80
1 May 2022
  Ironi Nahariya46
  Hapoel Galil Elyon86
29 April 2022
  Maccabi Haifa70
  Maccabi Haifa86
  Balkan Botevgrad81
Third place
1 May 2022
  Balkan Botevgrad65
  Ironi Nahariya86

Source: [11]

Semifinals edit

29 April 2022 Hapoel Galil Elyon   80–46   Ironi Nahariya Nahariya
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 17–7, 14–10, 29–21
Pts: Levi 11
Rebs: Levi 8
Asts: Stove 4
PIR: Washington 17 		Boxscore Pts: Branch 11
Rebs: Three players 5
Asts: Poleg 6
PIR: Branch 12 		Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Alija Ferevski, Ioannis Agrafiotis
29 April 2022 Maccabi Haifa   86–81   Balkan Botevgrad Nahariya
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 24–22, 22–28, 21–16
Pts: Vaughn 23
Rebs: Putney 13
Asts: Kozahinof 9
PIR: Putney 30 		Boxscore Pts: Marks 20
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Rorie 6
PIR: Rorie 20 		Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Attendance: 450
Referees: Aleksandar Pavlov, Daut Mehmeti, Diamantis Lortos

Third place edit

1 May 2022 Balkan Botevgrad   65–86   Ironi Nahariya Nahariya
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 18–16, 16–20, 14–24
Pts: Jones 14
Rebs: Jones 9
Asts: Rorie & Dimitrov 4
PIR: Jones 15 		Boxscore Pts: Branch 19
Rebs: Chubrevich 10
Asts: Uzan 7
PIR: Branch 29 		Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Attendance: 500
Referees: Alija Ferevski, Diamantis Lortos, Sava Cetkovic

Final edit

1 May 2022 Hapoel Galil Elyon   86–70   Maccabi Haifa Nahariya
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 21–15, 21–21, 17–17
Pts: Kennedy 21
Rebs: Levi 9
Asts: Iroegbu & Lewis 6
PIR: Kennedy 26 		Boxscore Pts: Taylor Jr. 16
Rebs: Taylor Jr. 12
Asts: Vaughn 4
PIR: Mitchell 21 		Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall
Attendance: 700
Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Aleksandar Pavlov, Ioannis Agrafiotis


2021–22 Balkan League Champions
 
Hapoel Galil Elyon
(1st Title)

Awards edit

MVP of the Month edit

Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2021
October   Ike Iroegbu Hapoel Galil Elyon 18.7 [12]
November   Aleksandar Kostoski TFT Skopje 14.3 [13]
December   Stephaun Branch Ironi Nahariya 19.6 [14]
2022
January   Kwame Vaughn Maccabi Haifa 22 [15]
March   Christian Jones BC Balkan 22.3 [16]

First Round awards edit

Award Player Team Ref.
Most Valuable Player   Dustin Thomas Ironi Nahariya 21.4 EFF [17]
Top Scorer   Billy Rae Ivey Navico Akademija FMP 23.4 pt [18]
Top Rebounder   Obinna Oleka Beroe 9.7 rebounds [19]
Best Passer   Stanimir Marinov Balkan Botevgrad 6.8 assists [20]

MVP of the Second Round edit

Player Team EFF Ref.
  Christian Jones Balkan Botevgrad 22.0 [21]

MVP of the Final Four edit

Player Team Ref.
   Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon [22]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "The seedings for the Delasport Balkan League draw have been announced". www.balkanleague.net. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Maccabi Next Urban Haifa to replace KB Peja in Group A of Delasport Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "KB Peja taken out of Delasport BIBL". www.balkanleague.net. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Competition system of Delasport Balkan League for season 2021/2022". www.balkanleague.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "KK Ibar is returning to Delasport Balkan League for fourth season". www.balkanleague.net. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The champions of Bulgaria join Delasport Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Delasport Balkan League has taken a decision about Levski's games in Israel". Balkan International Basketball League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  10. ^ "The groups for Stage 2 are set". www.balkanleague.net. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Season 2021-2022 Official Regulations" (PDF). balkanleague.net. 6 January 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  12. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for October is..." www.balkanleague.net. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ^ "And the MVP for November is..." www.balkanleague.net. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  14. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for December is..." www.balkanleague.net. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  15. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for January is..." www.balkanleague.net. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP of March is..." www.balkanleague.net. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  17. ^ "And the MVP of Stage 1 is..." www.balkanleague.net. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  18. ^ "The top scorer of Stage 1 is…". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Obinna Oleka is the top rebounder of Stage 1". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  20. ^ "The best passer of Stage 1 is…". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Christian Jones is the MVP of Stage 2". www.balkanleague.net. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  22. ^ "And the MVP of the Final 4 is..." www.balkanleague.net. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links edit

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