2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The 2022 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the 6th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 4th in the format of Final Four. It was the concluding phase of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League season.

2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season2021–22 season
Tournament details
ArenaBilbao Arena
Bilbao, Spain
Dates6–8 May 2022
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Lenovo Tenerife (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain Baxi Manresa
Third placeGermany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Fourth placeIsrael Hapoel Holon
Awards and statistics
MVPMarcelo Huertas (Tenerife)
Attendance21,657[1]
2021
2023

It was the first time the tournament was held in Bilbao, and the first time a neutral venue was used for the Final Four.

CB Canarias (known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons) won its second-ever BCL championship.[1] Canarias' point guard Marcelo Huertas was named the Final Four MVP.

Venue

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The Bilbao Arena hosted the final tournament for the first time.

Bilbao
2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe)
Bilbao Arena
Capacity: 10,014
 

Teams

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Team Previous final tournament appearances[a]
  Lenovo Tenerife 4 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 1 (2018)
  Hapoel Holon 1 (2021)
  Baxi Manresa Debut

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 May
 
 
  Baxi Manresa 63
 
8 May
 
  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 55
 
  Baxi Manresa87
 
6 May
 
  Lenovo Tenerife 98
 
  Hapoel Holon 71
 
 
  Lenovo Tenerife78
 
Third place game
 
 
8 May
 
 
  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg88
 
 
  Hapoel Holon68

Semifinals

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6 May 2022 Hapoel Holon   71–78   Lenovo Tenerife Bilbao
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 20–22, 18–17, 20–19
Pts: Ragland 22
Rebs: Menco 6
Asts: Ragland 5
Eff: Ragland 25
Boxscore Pts: Huertas 17
Rebs: Guerra 9
Asts: Huertas 9
Eff: Huertas 23
Arena: Bilbao Arena
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LVA)
6 May 2022 Baxi Manresa   63–55   MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Bilbao
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–18, 20–14, 8–6
Pts: Sima 15
Rebs: Moneke 13
Asts: Pérez 7
Eff: Moneke 18
Boxscore Pts: Simon 18
Rebs: Happ, Radebaugh 9
Asts: Happ, Simon 2
Eff: Simon 17
Arena: Bilbao Arena
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Third place game

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8 May 2022 Hapoel Holon   68–88   MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Bilbao
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 15–10, 27–19, 19–20
Pts: Simon 27
Rebs: Radebaugh 7
Asts: Simon 6
Eff: Radebaugh 24
Boxscore Pts: McGee 14
Rebs: Menco 8
Asts: Ragland 5
Eff: McGee, Ragland 12
Arena: Bilbao Arena
Attendance: 1,500[1]
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Michał Proc (POL), Geert Jacobs (BEL)

Final

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8 May 2022 Baxi Manresa   87–98   Lenovo Tenerife Bilbao
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 25–22, 17–33, 20–16
Pts: Moneke 24
Rebs: Moneke 8
Asts: Bako, Thomasson 3
Eff: Moneke 27
Boxscore Pts: Salin 18
Rebs: Doornekamp 7
Asts: Huertas 14
Eff: Huertas 22
Arena: Bilbao Arena
Attendance: 8,157[2][1]
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Notes

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  1. ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Basketball Champions League 2021-22 (Final Stage — Game Details)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. ^ @BasketballCL (8 May 2022). "🤩 8,157 🤩 Thank you @BilbaoArena! #BasketballCL #FinalFour" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2022 – via Twitter.
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