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2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
Event	2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup
143	162
First leg
69	72
Date	20 April 2022
Venue	Unipol Arena, Casalecchio di Reno
MVP	Jamar Smith
Attendance	3,513
Second leg
90	74
Date	27 April 2022
Venue	Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul
Attendance	13,485
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The 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals were the concluding games of the 2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg being played on April 20 and the second one on 27 April 2022.^[1]^[2] The finals were played between Bahçeşehir Koleji and UnaHotels Reggio Emilia.^[3]^[4] Both teams were appear in their first FIBA Europe Cup final, as well as their first European final.

Bahçeşehir won its first European championship after defeating Reggiana in both legs. The second leg was attended by 13,485 spectators, setting a new FIBA Europe Cup record.^[5] Jamar Smith won the league's Finals MVP award.^[6]

Venues

Casalecchio di Reno	Casalecchio di Reno Istanbul 2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)	Istanbul
Unipol Arena		Ülker Sports Arena
Capacity: 11,000		Capacity: 13,800

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Bahçeşehir Koleji

Round

UnaHotels Reggio Emilia

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	12
2	ZZ Leiden	6	9
3	Mornar	6	8
4	Iraklis	6	7

Source: Groups Standings

Regular season

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Avtodor	6	11
2	Reggiana	6	10
3	Casademont Zaragoza	6	8
4	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	6	7

Source: Groups Standings

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Avtodor	6	11
2	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	11
3	Bakken Bears	6	7
4	London Lions	6	7

Source: Second Round Standings

Second round

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Reggiana	6	11
2	Hakro Merlins Crailsheim	6	9
3	Telenet Giants Antwerp	6	8
4	Kyiv-Basket	6	7

Source: Second Round Standings

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Play-offs

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Sporting CP

139–124

73–70 (A)

66–54 (H)

Quarterfinals

Legia Warsaw

151–143

71–68 (A)

80–75 (H)

ZZ Leiden

167–153

77–71 (A)

90–82 (H)

Semifinals

Bakken Bears

164–146

72–74 (A)

92–72 (H)

First leg

20 April 2022	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	69–72	Bahçeşehir Koleji	Casalecchio di Reno
20:30 (UTC +2)	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–21, 13–23, 22–9
	Pts: Cinciarini 20 Rebs: Hopkins, Strautiņš 8 Asts: Cinciarini 9 Eff: Cinciarini 21	Boxscore	Pts: Jones 12 Rebs: Dekker 6 Asts: Hall 6 Eff: Dekker 14	Arena: Unipol Arena Attendance: 3,513^[8] Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Nicolas Maestre, Carsten Straube

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	20	Andrea Cinciarini	20	1	9
SG	55	Tyler Larson	0	2	2
SF	12	Artūrs Strautiņš	8	8	0
PF	23	Justin Johnson	16	7	0
C	5	Mikael Hopkins	6	8	2
Reserves:
G	1	Stephen Thompson	9	2	2
PF	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	5	4	1
SF	10	Jacopo Soliani	DNP
PG	13	Bryant Crawford	5	1	0
G	15	Stefano Colombo	DNP
Head coach:
Attilio Caja

Reggiana

Bahçeşehir

0

Reggiana	Statistics	Bahçeşehir
	Statistics
12/28 (43%)	2-pt field goals	17/24 (71%)
9/28 (32%)	3-pt field goals	10/28 (36%)
18/22 (82%)	Free throws	8/15 (53%)
11	Offensive rebounds	4
23	Defensive rebounds	23
34	Total rebounds	27
16	Assists	15
9	Turnovers	10
6	Steals	3
0	Blocks	4
16	Fouls	22

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	15	Jamar Smith	11	2	3
SG	2	Langston Hall	6	2	6
SF	5	Muhammed Baygül	4	2	2
PF	32	Berkay Candan	7	0	1
C	21	Oğuz Savaş	0	0	0
Reserves:
G	1	Jamal Jones	12	2	0
PG	3	Kartal Özmızrak	11	0	3
PF	8	Hadi Özdemir	DNP
C	9	Tarik Black	2	2	1
F	17	Sam Dekker	10	6	0
PF	23	Richard Solomon	9	5	1
SF	33	Erkan Yılmaz	0	0	0
Head coach:
Erhan Ernak

Second leg

27 April 2022	Bahçeşehir Koleji	90–74	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	Istanbul
20:00 (UTC +3)	Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 13–21, 21–19, 26–18
	Pts: Smith 17 Rebs: Dekker, Savaş 5 Asts: Özmızrak, Smith 4 Eff: three players 15	Boxscore	Pts: Strautiņš, Thompson 19 Rebs: Strautiņš 11 Asts: Cinciarini 9 Eff: Strautiņš 22	Arena: Ülker Sports Arena Attendance: 13,485 Referees: Luis Castillo, Oskars Lucis, Wojciech Liszka

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	15	Jamar Smith	17	1	4
SG	2	Langston Hall	2	2	3
SF	1	Jamal Jones	14	2	1
PF	32	Berkay Candan	7	2	1
C	21	Oğuz Savaş	5	5	1
Reserves:
PG	3	Kartal Özmızrak	7	4	4
SF	5	Muhammed Baygül	6	1	0
PF	8	Hadi Özdemir	0	0	0
C	9	Tarik Black	12	3	3
F	17	Sam Dekker	12	5	1
PF	23	Richard Solomon	4	2	0
SF	33	Erkan Yılmaz	4	3	2
Head coach:
Erhan Ernak

Bahçeşehir

Reggiana

0

Bahçeşehir	Statistics	Reggiana
	Statistics
16/26 (62%)	2-pt field goals	11/27 (41%)
12/27 (44%)	3-pt field goals	14/35 (40%)
22/31 (71%)	Free throws	10/13 (77%)
7	Offensive rebounds	13
23	Defensive rebounds	22
30	Total rebounds	35
20	Assists	19
9	Turnovers	15
6	Steals	5
2	Blocks	1
16	Fouls	25

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	20	Andrea Cinciarini	8	1	9
SG	55	Tyler Larson	0	1	0
SF	12	Artūrs Strautiņš	19	11	2
PF	23	Justin Johnson	9	4	0
C	5	Mikael Hopkins	9	4	2
Reserves:
G	1	Stephen Thompson	19	1	3
PF	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	8	5	1
SF	10	Jacopo Soliani	DNP
PG	13	Bryant Crawford	2	2	2
G	15	Stefano Colombo	DNP
Head coach:
Attilio Caja

References

^ "Competition System - FIBA Europa Cup 2021/22" (PDF). FIBA Basketball. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ "Brackets of the FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ "Bahcesehir and Reggio Emilia to contend for FIBA Europe Cup crown". FIBA Basketball. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
^ "Bahcesehir, Reggio Emilia set up title showdown after Semi-Final victories". FIBA Basketball. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
^ "Bahcesehir lift FIBA Europe Cup trophy in front of record crowd of 13,485". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "Jamar Smith earns FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP award in title triumph". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "FIBA Europe bans Russian teams and officials from club competitions". basketnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Reggio Emilia basket Bahcesehir 69-72, sconfitta con onore". ilrestodelcarlino.it.

External links

Official website

2022 FIBA Europe Cup Finals