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2021–22 EuroLeague Women

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EuroLeague Women
Season2021–22
DatesQualifying:
21–23 September 2021
Regular Season:
6 October 2021 – 10 April 2022
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 20
Finals
ChampionsHungary Sopron Basket (1st title)
  Runners-upTurkey Fenerbahçe
Third placeSpain Perfumerías Avenida
Fourth placeCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Final Four MVPGabby Williams (Sopron)

The 2021–22 EuroLeague Women was the 64th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

In February 2022, the Russian teams (UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and MBA Moscow) were expelled from the tournament by FIBA for the Euroleague Women playoffs, and suspended, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

Sopron Basket won its first-ever championship after defeating Fenerbahçe in the final of the Final Four.[3]

Team allocation

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A total of 20 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women.[4]

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).

Regular season
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Russia UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st)
France Basket Landes (1st) Russia Dynamo Kursk (2nd)
France BLMA (2nd) Russia MBA Moscow (3rd)
Hungary Sopron Basket (1st) Spain Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Italy Reyer Venezia (1st) Spain Spar Girona (CW, 3rd)
Latvia TTT Riga (1st) Turkey Fenerbahçe (1st)
Poland VBW Arka Gdynia (1st) Turkey Galatasaray (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1 Conference 2
Hungary KSC Szekszárd (2nd) France Tango Bourges Basket (3rd)
Romania ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) Italy Beretta Famila Schio (2nd)
Turkey Kayseri Basketbol (10th) Spain Valencia BasketEC (2nd)

Referees

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Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Round Round date[5]
Qualifying round 21–23 September 2021
Regular season Matchday 1 6–7 October 2021
Matchday 2 13–14 October 2021
Matchday 3 20–21 October 2021
Matchday 4 27 October 2021
Matchday 5 2–3 November 2021
Matchday 6 24 November 2021
Matchday 7 1–2 December 2021
Matchday 8 7–9 December 2021
Matchday 9 14–16 December 2021
Matchday 10 20–21 December 2021
Matchday 11 12–13 January 2022
Matchday 12 19–20 January 2022
Matchday 13 26–27 January 2022
Matchday 14 1 February 2022
Quarterfinals First leg 23 February 2022
Second leg 2 March 2022
Third leg 9 March 2022
Final Four Semifinals 8 April 2022
Final 10 April 2022

Draw

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The draw was held on 19 August 2021 in Freising, Germany.[6][7]

Draw rules are as follows.

  • A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same Regular Season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
  • Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
  • If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Russia Dynamo Kursk
Spain Perfumerías Avenida
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Hungary Sopron Basket
Spain Spar Girona
France BLMA
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
Latvia TTT Riga
Turkey Galatasaray
Italy Reyer Venezia
France Basket Landes
Poland VBW Arka Gdynia
Russia MBA Moscow
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2

Qualifying round

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Conference 1

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SZE SEP KAY
1 Hungary KSC Szekszárd 2 2 0 143 126 +17 4 Regular season 63–56
2 Romania ACS Sepsi SIC (H) 2 1 1 135 141 −6 3 EuroCup Women 79–78
3 Turkey Kayseri Basketbol 2 0 2 148 159 −11 2 70–80
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Conference 2

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SCH BOU VAL
1 Italy Beretta Famila Schio (H) 2 2 0 125 105 +20 4 Regular season 69–57
2 France Tango Bourges Basket 2 1 1 132 141 −9 3 EuroCup Women 75–72
3 Spain Valencia Basket 2 0 2 120 131 −11 2 48–56
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Regular season

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA AVE USK BLM TTT VEN MBA SZE
1 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 14 0 1222 944 +278 28 Excluded 110–102 75–73 108–53 75–60 75–69 104–65 89–52
2 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 11 3 1130 978 +152 25 Advance to quarterfinals 67–93 85–75 88–67 72–41 110–69 70–64 96–54
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 10 4 1170 900 +270 24 77–90 80–55 89–54 84–64 88–53 92–61 83–56
4 France BLMA 14 6 8 959 1078 −119 20 73–92 65–78 75–74 63–54 52–74 86–77 82–57
5 Latvia TTT Riga 14 6 8 825 983 −158 20 56–71 51–71 52–103 45–80 71–57 64–59 69–68
6 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 14 5 9 934 990 −56 19 Transfer to EuroCup Women 67–74 56–71 75–84 79–59 54–62 61–62 80–59
7 Russia MBA Moscow 14 4 10 943 1064 −121 18 Excluded 63–84 69–77 54–79 98–78 61–68 72–75 65–62
8 Hungary KSC Szekszárd 14 0 14 855 1101 −246 14 Transfer to EuroCup Women 67–82 84–88 51–89 65–72 65–68 51–65 64–73
Source: FIBA

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN SOP SCH KUR GIR LAN GAL GDY
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 11 3 1108 892 +216 25 Advance to quarterfinals 73–47 82–65 83–58 78–57 65–70 107–62 87–67
2 Hungary Sopron Basket 14 8 6 935 897 +38 22 59–82 67–58 79–72 53–68 76–54 73–44 67–40
3 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 14 8 6 1011 966 +45 22 64–60 71–70 64–80 68–76 96–56 76–73 75–61
4 Russia Dynamo Kursk 14 8 6 1038 1021 +17 22 Excluded 57–63 73–77 74–93 92–75 75–57 78–76 86–76
5 Spain Spar Girona 14 7 7 972 977 −5 21 Advance to quarterfinals 71–59 63–68 65–55 66–71 70–78 55–69 80–70
6 France Basket Landes 14 7 7 966 1050 −84 21 Transfer to EuroCup Women 76–93 61–52 64–79 78–75 71–80 71–62 79–70
7 Turkey Galatasaray 14 5 9 968 1038 −70 19 69–89 67–61 67–80 70–80 80–68 83–64 71–60
8 Poland VBW Arka Gdynia 14 2 12 935 1092 −157 16 70–87 71–86 71–67 64–67 65–78 74–87 76–75
Source: FIBA

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Perfumerías Avenida Spain 2–1 Spain Spar Girona 77–63 79–81 74–65
Sopron Basket Hungary 2–0 France BLMA 60–42 72–65
ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 2–1 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 72–70 56–69 90–77
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 Latvia TTT Riga 77–56 88–65

Final Four

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 April
 
 
Spain Perfumerías Avenida69
 
10 April
 
Hungary Sopron Basket74
 
Hungary Sopron Basket60
 
8 April
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe55
 
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha74
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe83
 
Third place
 
 
10 April
 
 
Spain Perfumerías Avenida71
 
 
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha59

Semifinals

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8 April 2022 Perfumerías Avenida Spain 69–74 Hungary Sopron Basket Istanbul
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 18–25, 21–17, 17–10
Pts: Copper 23
Rebs: Copper, Alarie 6
Asts: Rodríguez, Cazorla 3
PIR: Copper 15
Boxscore Pts: Brooks 27
Rebs: Határ 10
Asts: Williams 6
PIR: Brooks 26
Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall
Referees: Jelena Tomić (CRO), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA), Mihkel Männiste (EST)
8 April 2022 ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 74–83 Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul
20:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–10, 18–21, 11–24
Pts: Oblak 22
Rebs: Thomas 14
Asts: Thomas 8
PIR: Oblak 24
Boxscore Pts: Iagupova 24
Rebs: Williams 11
Asts: Iagupova 7
PIR: Iagupova 27
Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Amel Dahra (FRA), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Third place game

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10 April 2022 Perfumerías Avenida Spain 71–59 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha Istanbul
14:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 20–18, 22–9, 17–13
Pts: Samuelson 25
Rebs: Copper 8
Asts: Copper, Cazorla 5
PIR: Samuelson 28
Boxscore Pts: Jones 26
Rebs: Thomas 9
Asts: Voráčková 7
PIR: Voráčková, Jones 23
Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Viola Györgyi (ROU)

Final

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10 April 2022 Sopron Basket Hungary 60–55 Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul
17:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 16–6, 13–13, 16–19, 15–17
Pts: Williams 16
Rebs: Brooks 11
Asts: Williams, Fegyverneky 3
PIR: Williams 17
Boxscore Pts: Iagupova 13
Rebs: Williams 8
Asts: Iagupova 5
PIR: Çakır 12
Arena: Ülker Sports and Event Hall
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA) Gatis Saliņš (LAT)


2021–22 EuroLeague Women Champions
Hungary
Sopron Basket
First title

Awards

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EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
2021
October Slovenia Eva Lisec Russia Dynamo Kursk [9]
November France Sandrine Gruda Italy Beretta Famila Schio [10]
December United States Brionna Jones Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha [11]
2022
January United States Natasha Howard Russia Dynamo Kursk [12]
February United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha [13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "A glance at the reaction of sports to Russian invasion". AP NEWS. March 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA.basketball. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women 2021-22 season clubs confirmed". FIBA. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Regulations governing the Euroleague Women 2021-2022" (PDF). FIBA. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 draw seedings, Qualifiers Tournaments hosts announced". FIBA. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "EuroLeague Women 2021-22 Regular Season groups drawn". FIBA. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Sopron Basket capture first EuroLeague Women title". FIBA. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Lisec named EuroLeague Women October MVP". FIBA. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Gruda crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for November". FIBA. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Jones named EuroLeague Women MVP for December". FIBA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Howard crowned EuroLeague Women MVP for January". FIBA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Thomas takes EuroLeague Women MVP honor for February". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
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