2021–22 BCL Americas

BCL Americas
The Arena Carioca 1 hosted the Final Eight
Season2021–22
Dates10 December 2021 – 9 April 2022
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVP Bruno Caboclo
Finals
Champions São Paulo
(1st league title; 1st continental title)
  Runners-up Biguá
Third place Minas
Fourth place 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.

Teams

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

Group stage
Flamengo (1st)TH Quimsa (2nd) Biguá (1st) Universidad de Concepción (1st)
São Paulo (2nd) Boca Juniors (3rd) Nacional (2nd) Cangrejeros de Santurce (QF)
Minas Tênis (3rd) Obras Sanitarias (9th) Real Estelí (1st) 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. 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 Cangrejeros de Santurce 6 3 3 521 482 +39 9 Advance to Final Eight
2 Real Estelí 6 3 3 515 497 +18 9
3 Edmonton Stingers 6 3 3 461 518 −57 9
Source: BCL Americas
Notes:
  1. 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 São Paulo 6 6 0 552 443 +109 12 Advance to Final Eight
2 Quimsa 6 2 4 473 498 −25 8
3 Nacional 6 1 5 461 545 −84 7
Source: BCL Americas

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Biguá 6 4 2 480 490 −10 10 Advance to Final Eight
2 Minas 6 3 3 493 480 +13 9
3 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 Flamengo 6 5 1 494 394 +100 11 Advance to Final Eight
2 Boca Juniors 6 4 2 452 435 +17 10
3 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.

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

6 April 2022 Cangrejeros de Santurce 79–87 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 São Paulo 75–71 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 Biguá 99–81 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 Flamengo 83–85 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 Quimsa 91–98 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 Minas 79–93 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 Minas 91–81 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

Main article: 2022 BCL Americas Final
9 April 2022 São Paulo 98–84 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.