2022 BCL Americas Final
Basketball game
Event | 2021–22 BCL Americas | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 9 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Arena Carioca 1, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Bruno Caboclo | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2021–22 BCL Americas, the 3rd season of the league under its new entity and the 15th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Arena Carioca 1 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 April 2022. The game was played between Brazilian club São Paulo and the Uruguayan club Biguá.
São Paulo won its first-ever continental title, just 4 years after the resurrection of the club's basketball section.[1] Bruno Caboclo was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.[2]
Teams
In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.
Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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![]() | None |
![]() | 1 (1992) |
Road to the final
![]() | Round | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Result | Group phase | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 98–73 (Santiago del Estero) | Gameday 1 | ![]() | 73–95 (Belo Horizonte) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 83–74 (Santiago del Estero) | Gameday 2 | ![]() | 95–84 (Belo Horizonte) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 89–73 (Montevideo) | Gameday 3 | ![]() | 92–81 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 86–69 (Montevideo) | Gameday 4 | ![]() | 96–91 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 95–73 (H) | Gameday 5 | ![]() | 73–62 (Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 101–81 (H) | Gameday 6 | ![]() | 77–96 (Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B first place
Source: BCL Americas | Group phase | Group D first place
Source: BCL Americas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opponent | Result | Playoffs | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 75–71 | Quarterfinals | ![]() | 99–81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 93–79 | Semifinals | ![]() | 98–91 |
- (H): Home game
- (A): Away game
- (N): Neutral venue
Game details
São Paulo
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Biguá
![Brazil](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png)
![Uruguay](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png)
13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) | São Paulo ![]() | 98–84 | ![]() | Rio de Janeiro | |
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19:10 GMT–6 | 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 (Puerto Rico), Julio Anaya (Panama), Juan Fernández (Argentina) |
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