BCL Americas
The Arena Carioca 1 hosted the Final Eight
Season2021–22
Dates10 December 2021 – 9 April 2022
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVPBrazil Bruno Caboclo
Finals
ChampionsBrazil São Paulo
(1st league title; 1st continental title)
  Runners-upUruguay Biguá
Third placeBrazil Minas
Fourth placeArgentina Quimsa
← 2021

The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 15h edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and the 3rd of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), since launched by FIBA in 2019. It was also the 23rd season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 60th season of South American top-level competition.

The season concluded with the Final Eight at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. São Paulo won its first continental title after defeating Biguá 98–84 in the championship game.

Team allocation

On 29 September 2021, FIBA announced the 12 teams from 7 countries to play in the 2021–22 BCLA season.[1]

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[2] In Argentina, San Lorenzo was crowned champions but were rejected by FIBA due to outstanding debts to players.[3]

Group stage
Brazil Flamengo (1st)TH Argentina Quimsa (2nd) Uruguay Biguá (1st) Chile Universidad de Concepción (1st)
Brazil São Paulo (2nd) Argentina Boca Juniors (3rd) Uruguay Nacional (2nd) Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (QF)
Brazil Minas Tênis (3rd) Argentina Obras Sanitarias (9th) Nicaragua Real Estelí (1st) Canada Edmonton Stingers (1st)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • TH: Title holders
  • SF: League semifinalist
  • QF: League quarterfinalist
  • CW: Preseason tournament winners
  • WC: Qualified through Wild Card

Group phase

The draw for the regular season was held on 16 October 2021.[4] The group phase began on 13 December 2021 and ended on 16 March 2022.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce 6 3 3 521 482 +39 9[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Final Eight
2 Nicaragua Real Estelí 6 3 3 515 497 +18 9[lower-alpha 1]
3 Canada Edmonton Stingers 6 3 3 461 518 −57 9[lower-alpha 1]
Source: BCL Americas
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head: the ranking was based on points difference: 1) Cangrejeros +39, 2) Estelí +18, 3) Stingers –57.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil São Paulo 6 6 0 552 443 +109 12 Advance to Final Eight
2 Argentina Quimsa 6 2 4 473 498 −25 8
3 Uruguay Nacional 6 1 5 461 545 −84 7
Source: BCL Americas

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Uruguay Biguá 6 4 2 480 490 −10 10 Advance to Final Eight
2 Brazil Minas 6 3 3 493 480 +13 9
3 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 6 2 4 480 483 −3 8
Source: BCL Americas

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Flamengo 6 5 1 494 394 +100 11 Advance to Final Eight
2 Argentina Boca Juniors 6 4 2 452 435 +17 10
3 Chile Universidad de Concepción 6 0 6 385 502 −117 6
Source: BCL Americas

Final Eight

The Final Eight took place from 6 to 9 April 2022 at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho was originally chosen to host the Final Eight, but this was changed on 30 March 2022.[5][6]

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
6 April
 
 
Brazil Flamengo83
 
7 April
 
Brazil Minas85
 
Brazil Minas79
 
6 April
 
Brazil São Paulo93
 
Brazil São Paulo75
 
9 April
 
Nicaragua Real Estelí71
 
Brazil São Paulo98
 
6 April
 
Uruguay Biguá84
 
Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce79
 
7 April
 
Argentina Quimsa87
 
Argentina Quimsa91
 
6 April
 
Uruguay Biguá98 Third place game
 
Uruguay Biguá99
 
9 April
 
Argentina Boca Juniors81
 
Brazil Minas91
 
 
Argentina Quimsa81
 

Quarterfinals

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) Cangrejeros de Santurce Puerto Rico 79–87 Argentina Quimsa Rio de Janeiro
12:40 Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 18–19, 22–22, 21–15
Pts: Barea 13
Rebs: Clemente 8
Asts: Barea 5		 Boxscore Pts: Thomas 16
Rebs: Anderson 14
Asts: Brussino 5		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Diego Chiconato (BRA)
6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) São Paulo Brazil 75–71 Nicaragua Real Estelí Rio de Janeiro
15:10 Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 24–11, 15–22, 18–22
Pts: Marquinhos 23
Rebs: Caboclo 9
Asts: Elinho 4		 Boxscore Pts: De Jesús, Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 18
Asts: Mendoza 3		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Kristian Páez (ECU)
6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) Biguá Uruguay 99–81 Argentina Boca Juniors Rio de Janeiro
17:40 Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 26–18, 23–29, 25–16
Pts: Sims 37
Rebs: Santos 10
Asts: Vidal 14		 Boxscore Pts: Schattman 19
Rebs: Vargas 9
Asts: Schattman 6		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Felipe Ibarra (CHI), Andreia Silva (BRA)
6 April 2022 (2022-04-06) Flamengo Brazil 83–85 Brazil Minas Rio de Janeiro
20:40 Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 12–16, 22–18, 24–28
Pts: Yago 29
Rebs: Olivinha 8
Asts: Balbi 5		 Boxscore Pts: Alexey 18
Rebs: Deodato 5
Asts: Alexey 12		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Danilo Molina (ARG)

Semifinals

7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) Quimsa Argentina 91–98 Uruguay Biguá Rio de Janeiro
17:40 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–30, 26–16, 25–35
Pts: Brussino 22
Rebs: Anderson 12
Asts: Brussino 4		 Boxscore Pts: Sims 34
Rebs: Santos 13
Asts: Sims 8		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Páez (ECU)
7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) Minas Brazil 79–93 Brazil São Paulo Rio de Janeiro
20:40 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 18–29, 19–19, 23–25
Pts: Renan 22
Rebs: Renan 6
Asts: Alexey 6		 Boxscore Pts: Caboclo 28
Rebs: Caboclo 12
Asts: Elinho 6		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (PUR), Andrés Bartel (URU), Diego Chiconato (BRA)

Third place game

9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) Minas Brazil 91–81 Argentina Quimsa Rio de Janeiro
16:10 Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 27–17, 22–18, 23–18
Pts: Deodato 24
Rebs: Miller 11
Asts: Alexey 11		 Boxscore Pts: Terry 25
Rebs: Anderson 4
Asts: Baralle 3		 Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Final

9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) São Paulo Brazil 98–84 Uruguay Biguá Rio de Janeiro
19:10 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 (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021–22 season.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "BCL Americas announces Season 3 lineup". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "San Lorenzo se queda sin su plaza en la BCLA por una sanción de FIBA". Basquet Plus (in Spanish). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Basketball Champions League Americas Draw is complete". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Epic stage set for the BCL Americas Final 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "CL Americas Final 8 to play at Arena Carioca 1". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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