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The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League was the 6th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professionalbasketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 5 October 2021 and ended on 15 May 2022, featuring 16 domestic champion teams.
The defending champions, San Pablo Burgos, were eliminated in the play-ins. The winners of the Champions League will qualify for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The Bilbao Arena in Bilbao hosted the Final Four, which marked the first time the arena of a non-participating team is chosen as a host.
Lenovo Tenerife won its second-ever Champions League title (its last being in 2017) after defeating Baxi Manresa in the final.
Team allocation
A total of 52 teams from 30 countries participated in the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League.
Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders, WC: Wild card).
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
Schedule for 2021–22 Basketball Champions League
Phase
Round
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Third leg
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
7 July 2021
13–14 September 2021
Second qualifying round
15–16 September 2021
Third qualifying round
17–18 September 2021
Regular season
Round 1
4–6 October 2021
Round 2
Groups A, B, E, F
11–13 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H
18–20 October 2021
Round 3
Groups A, B, E, F
25–27 October 2021
Groups C, D, G, H
1–3 November 2021
Round 4
Groups A, B, E, F
8–10 November 2021
Groups C, D, G, H
15–17 November 2021
Round 5
Groups A, B, E, F
6–8 December 2021
Groups C, D, G, H
13–15 December 2021
Round 6
21–22 December 2021
Play-ins
4–5 January 2022
11–12 January 2022
18–19 January 2022
Round of 16
Round 1
25–26 January 2022
Round 2
1–2 February 2022
Round 3
7–9 February 2022
Round 4
7–9 March 2022
Round 5
14–16 March 2022
Round 6
22–23 March 2022
Play-offs
Quarter-finals
25 March 2022
5–6 April 2022
12–13 April 2022
19–20 April 2022
Final Four
Semi-finals
6 May 2022
Final
8 May 2022
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. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
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.
The Play-ins took place from January 4 to 19. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, will go on to the Play-ins. Winners will advance to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 4–5 January, the second legs on 11–12 January. Third legs were played on 18–19 January.
The Round of 16 took place from January 25 until March 23, 2022. The groups were 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.
Prometey withdrew from the Basketball Champions League due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thus, according to article D.5.1 of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, all its results in the relevant phases were annulled.
The rescheduled game was played in Nymburk (Czech Republic) instead of Kyiv by the decision of FIBA Europe.