2022 BCL Americas Final

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.

2022 BCL Americas Final
Event2021–22 BCL Americas
São Paulo Biguá
Brazil Uruguay
(8–0) (7–1)
98 84
Head coach:
Bruno Mortari
Head coach:
Diego Gutierrez
1234 Total
São Paulo 30272714 98
Biguá 26211324 84
Date9 April 2022
VenueArena Carioca 1, Rio de Janeiro
MVPBruno Caboclo
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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 edit

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)
  São Paulo None
  Biguá 1 (1992)

Road to the final edit

  São Paulo Round   Biguá
Opponent Result Group phase Opponent Result
  Nacional 98–73 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 1   Minas 73–95 (Belo Horizonte)
  Quimsa 83–74 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 2   Obras Sanitarias 95–84 (Belo Horizonte)
  Nacional 89–73 (Montevideo) Gameday 3   Obras Sanitarias 92–81 (H)
  Quimsa 86–69 (Montevideo) Gameday 4   Minas 96–91 (H)
  Quimsa 95–73 (H) Gameday 5   Minas 73–62 (Buenos Aires)
  Nacional 101–81 (H) Gameday 6   Obras Sanitarias 77–96 (Buenos Aires)
Group B first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   São Paulo 6 12
2   Quimsa 6 8
3   Nacional 6 7
Source: BCL Americas
Group phase Group D first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Biguá 6 10
2   Minas 6 9
3   Obras Sanitarias 6 8
Source: BCL Americas
Opponent Result Playoffs Opponent Result
  Real Estelí 75–71 Quarterfinals   Boca Juniors 99–81
  Minas 93–79 Semifinals   Quimsa 98–91
  • (H): Home game
  • (A): Away game
  • (N): Neutral venue

Game details edit

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) São Paulo   98–84   Biguá Rio de Janeiro
19:10 GMT–6 Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 27–21, 27–13, 14–24
Pts: Caboclo 29
Rebs: Bennett 8
Asts: Elinho 12
Boxscore Pts: Rudd 20
Rebs: Rudd 9
Asts: Vidal 9
Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (Puerto Rico), Julio Anaya (Panama), Juan Fernández (Argentina)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 5   Elinho 16 4 12
SG 3   Corderro Bennett 17 8 1
SF 11   Marquinhos 16 6 6
PF 0   Tyrone Curnell 10 4 1
C 50   Bruno Caboclo 29 7 0
Reserves:
SF 4   Alex Dória DNP
SF 7   Isaac 2 1 1
SG 8   Shamell Stallworth 0 0 0
PG 10   Henrique Coelho 5 3 1
PG 18   Luiz Dos Santos DNP
C 92   Lucas Nogueira 3 2 2
Head coach:
  Bruno Mortari
 
 
 
 
São Paulo
 
 
 
 
Biguá

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São Paulo Statistics Biguá
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


2022 BCL Americas champions
 
São Paulo
1st league title
1st continental title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Santiago Vidal 16 7 9
SG 8   Donald Sims 17 3 3
SF 7   Iván Loriente Pérez 3 6 2
PF 1   Victor Rudd 20 9 2
C 23   Luis Santos 19 7 1
Reserves:
PG 13   Hernan Alvarez Plaz 0 0 0
SF 15   Nicolas Andreolli 0 0 2
C 21   Guillermo Feijo Martinez DNP
PG 25   Diego Pena Garcia 0 0 1
PG 26   Manuel Saaverda Xifre 1 0 1
G 31   Alex Lopez Suberbie 3 0 0
F 42   Martin Rojas 5 3 2
Head coach:
  Diego Gutierrez

References edit

  1. ^ "São Paulo crowned BCLA 2022 Champs after win over Bigua". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Bruno Caboclo wins BCLA 2022 MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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