2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2022–23 | ||||||||||||
Dates | Qualifying: 27–30 September 2022 Competition proper: 12 October 2022 – 26 April 2023 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 32 (regular season) 47 (all rounds) | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
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Seasons | |||||||||||||
← 2021–22 2023–24 → |
The 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup was the 8th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, the second-level European professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season began on 12 October 2022 and ended on 26 April 2023.
Anwil Włocławek defeated Cholet in the finals, which were played over two legs in both club's arenas.[1] They became the first Polish club to win a European competition title.[2]
Team allocation
18 teams eliminated in the Basketball Champions League qualification rounds could join directly the regular season, depending on their decision as declared in the FIBA Europe Cup option form. The following 5 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:
Teams
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
- CL QR1, QR2, QR3: Losers from the Champions League qualifying rounds
Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying rounds | First qualifying round | 14 July 2022 | 27 September 2022 | |
Second qualifying round | 28 September 2022 | |||
Third qualifying round | 30 September 2022 | |||
Regular season | Round 1 | 12 October 2022 | ||
Round 2 | 19 October 2022 | |||
Round 3 | 26 October 2022 | |||
Round 4 | 2 November 2022 | |||
Round 5 | 23 November 2022 | |||
Round 6 | 30 November 2022 | |||
Second round | Round 1 | 14 December 2022 | ||
Round 2 | 21 December 2022 | |||
Round 3 | 11 January 2023 | |||
Round 4 | 25 January 2023 | |||
Round 5 | 1 February 2023 | |||
Round 6 | 8 February 2023 | |||
Quarter-finals | 6–8 March 2023 | 14–15 March 2023 | ||
Semi-finals | 29 March 2023 | 5 April 2023 | ||
Finals | 19 April 2023 | 26 April 2023 |
Qualifying rounds
Draw
The 22 teams will be divided into 6 pots. For the quarter-finals round of Qualifications, teams from Pot 5 will be drawn against teams from Pot 4 and teams from pot 6 will be drawn against two teams from Pot 3. Teams from Pot 1, 2 and the other two teams from pot 3 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semi-final stage of Qualifications. The winners of the semi-final 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 ten directly qualified teams and the 18 Basketball Champions League eliminated teams in the main draw.[3]
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Qualification Group A
Venue: Mitrovica, Kosovo
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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30 September | ||||||||||
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27 September | ||||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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Qualification Group B
Venue: Jonava, Lithuania
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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30 September | ||||||||||
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27 September | ||||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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Qualification Group C
Venue: Samokov, Bulgaria
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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30 September | ||||||||||
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28 September | ||||||||||
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Qualification Group D
Venue: Cholet, France
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Lucky losers
Following the qualification of Tofaş, Unicaja and Bakken Bears to the Champions League, three lucky losers will also qualify for the regular season. Their identity will be determined in accordance with section D from FIBA Basketball Rules as follows:[4]
- Point difference of the combined results from the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the first criterion.
- Points scored in the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the second criterion.
- If the identity of the two is not determined using the previous two criteria, a draw will be held to determine the final classification.
Pos | Team | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 150 | 139 | +11 | Advance to regular season |
2 | ![]() | 152 | 144 | +8 | |
3 | ![]() | 161 | 158 | +3 | |
4 | ![]() | 137 | 145 | -8 |
Regular season
Draw
The draw took place in Munich, Germany on July 14.[3]
The thirty-two teams were divided into 4 seeds and drawn into eight groups of four. A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.[5]
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- Notes
- ^⊕ Indicates teams that qualify for BCL Regular Season, and three runners-up of the FEC Qualifiers filled their spots.
Group A
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | BRO | HGE | YLL | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 544 | 446 | +98 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 85–89 | 111–79 | 90–60 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 504 | 474 | +30 | 10 | 68–84 | — | 95–78 | 78–81 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 499 | 526 | −27 | 9 | 78–73 | 86–98 | — | 85–73 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 422 | 523 | −101 | 7 | 72–101 | 60–76 | 76–93 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HHA | GAZ | ANT | GMU | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 415 | 397 | +18 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 63–79 | 75–64 | 77–70 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 464 | 446 | +18 | 9 | 69–79 | — | 82–63 | 84–71 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 448 | 466 | −18 | 8 | 55–56 | 87–75 | — | 87–90 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 462 | 480 | −18 | 8 | 60–65 | 83–75 | 88–92 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HDB | POR | FRI | PAR | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 462 | 410 | +52 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 82–64 | 77–65 | 87–55 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 465 | 460 | +5 | 9 | 68–71 | — | 87–73 | 87–64 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 477 | 476 | +1 | 9 | 83–78 | 75–76 | — | 82–64 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 447 | 505 | −58 | 8 | 75–67 | 95–83 | 94–99 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KER | LEV | OPA | BAL | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 478 | 456 | +22 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | 77–68 | 74–79 | 82–61 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 474 | 470 | +4 | 9 | 86–80 | — | 94–80 | 83–91 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 463 | 475 | −12 | 9 | 77–89 | 80–70 | — | 83–69 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 447 | 461 | −14 | 9 | 85–76 | 62–73 | 79–64 | — |
Group E
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | CHO | MEC | RIL | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 531 | 441 | +90 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 77–69 | 98–76 | 99–63 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 525 | 455 | +70 | 10 | 99–81 | — | 89–69 | 100–75 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 510 | 498 | +12 | 9 | 72–86 | 88–85 | — | 105–74 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 405 | 577 | −172 | 6 | 62–90 | 65–83 | 66–100 | — |
Group F
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAL | BUD | BRI | DON | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 486 | 406 | +80 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 75–66 | 73–72 | 75–65 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 453 | +14 | 10 | 74–83 | — | 93–83 | 86–81 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 481 | 448 | +33 | 9 | 88–86 | 70–74 | — | 81–57 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 370 | 497 | −127 | 6 | 41–94 | 61–74 | 65–87 | — |
Group G
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAU | ANW | SPO | KOR | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 540 | 501 | +39 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 87–93 | 104–85 | 77–62 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 549 | 475 | +74 | 10 | 88–89 | — | 73–85 | 88–58 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 531 | 565 | −34 | 9 | 84–93 | 89–113 | — | 89–84 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 458 | 537 | −79 | 6 | 89–90 | 67–94 | 98–99 | — |
Group H
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | UCR | CRA | VOL | NOR | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 465 | 425 | +40 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 81–102 | 70–61 | 77–63 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 513 | 451 | +62 | 10 | 60–73 | — | 76–61 | 95–64 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 413 | 443 | −30 | 8 | 60–74 | 79–93 | — | 75–60 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 429 | 501 | −72 | 7 | 79–90 | 93–87 | 70–77 | — |
Second round
Group I
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHO | POR | CHE | UCR | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 479 | 450 | +29 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 95–83 | 77–75 | 75–56 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 523 | 483 | +40 | 10 | 99–78 | — | 74–86 | 90–64 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 499 | 469 | +30 | 9 | 73–83 | 87–94 | — | 93–62 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 398 | 497 | −99 | 6 | 64–71 | 73–83 | 79–85 | — |
Group J
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAU | BUD | LEV | HHA | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 476 | 391 | +85 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 62–65 | 105–71 | 85–76 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 431 | 452 | −21 | 9 | 65–72 | — | 72–82 | 81–79 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 449 | 497 | −48 | 8 | 55–86 | 76–77 | — | 91–93 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 452 | 468 | −16 | 8 | 59–66 | 81–71 | 64–74 | — |
Group K
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | GAZ | KAL | CRA | HDB | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 546 | 449 | +97 | 12 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 77–62 | 105–87 | 93–72 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 446 | 472 | −26 | 9 | 70–92 | — | 90–78 | 73–63 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 527 | 552 | −25 | 8 | 95–97 | 76–79 | — | 89–84 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 465 | 511 | −46 | 7 | 63–82 | 86–72 | 97–102 | — |
Group L
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BRO | ANW | ORA | KER | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 506 | 477 | +29 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 73–69 | 80–82 | 89–58 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 490 | 430 | +60 | 10 | 86–90 | — | 74–66 | 92–63 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 484 | 478 | +6 | 9 | 95–84 | 73–91 | — | 93–72 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 422 | 517 | −95 | 7 | 87–90 | 65–78 | 77–75 | — |
Play-offs
The play-offs began on 6 March and concluded on 19 and 26 April 2023 with the 2023 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.
Quarter-finals 6–8 & 14–15 March | Semi-finals 29 March & 5 April | Finals 19 & 26 April | ||||||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 6–8 March, and the second legs were played on 14–15 March 2023.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Budivelnyk ![]() | 152–155 | ![]() | 73–72 | 79–83 |
FC Porto ![]() | 145–156 | ![]() | 80–81 | 65–75 |
Anwil Włocławek ![]() | 175–160 | ![]() | 84–85 | 91–75 |
Kalev/Cramo ![]() | 165–144 | ![]() | 80–77 | 85–67 |
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 29 March, and the second legs were played on 5 April 2023.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Kalev/Cramo ![]() | 139–154 | ![]() | 80–73 | 59–81 |
Anwil Włocławek ![]() | 157–134 | ![]() | 90–71 | 67–63 |
Finals
The first leg was played on 19 April, and the second leg was played on 26 April 2023.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Anwil Włocławek ![]() | 161–155 | ![]() | 81–77 | 80–78 |
Individual awards
Player | Team | Ref. |
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MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Club | Ref. |
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2022 | |||
October | ![]() | ![]() | [7] |
November | ![]() | ![]() | [8] |
December | ![]() | ![]() | [9] |
2023 | |||
January | ![]() | ![]() | [10] |
February | ![]() | ![]() | [11] |
March | ![]() | ![]() | [12] |
See also
References
- ^ "Anwil edge out Cholet on the road to capture historic title". FIBA.basketball. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Anwil Wloclawek claim FIBA Europe Cup title after exciting Finals battle". FIBA.basketball. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ a b "FIBA Europe Cup 2022-23 clubs and qualification system announced". FIBA.basketball. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "How to qualify". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FIBA EUROPE CUP 2022-2023" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Greene named FIBA Europe Cup Finals MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Krubally named FIBA Europe Cup October MVP". FIBA Europe Cup. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Lapornik named FIBA Europe Cup November MVP". FIBA Europe Cup. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Frankamp lands FIBA Europe Cup December MVP honor". FIBA Europe Cup. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Hanlan picks up FIBA Europe Cup MVP award for January". FIBA Europe Cup. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Miller-McIntyre named FIBA Europe Cup MVP for February". FIBA Europe Cup. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Konontsuk collects FIBA Europe Cup MVP award for March". FIBA Europe Cup. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
External links
- Official website