2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
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	Anwil Włocławek (1st title)
Runners-up	Cholet Basket
Semifinalists	Kalev/Cramo Karhu
Finals MVP	Phil Greene IV
Statistical leaders
Points Miha Lapornik 19.8 Rebounds Ousman Krubally 11.0 Assists Arnas Velička 7.8 Index Rating Ousman Krubally 23.7
Seasons
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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

Regular season
Brose Bamberg (CL QR3)	Opava (CL QR2)	Pärnu (CL QR1)	Río Breogán (CL QR1)	Brindisi (11th)
Niners Chemnitz (CL QR3)	Karhu (CL QR2)	Leicester Riders (CL QR1)	Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR1)	Donar (CW)
FMP Meridian (CL QR3)	Heroes Den Bosch (CL QR2)	Körmend (CL QR1)	Kangoeroes Mechelen (2nd)	Anwil Włocławek (3rd)
Patrioti Levice (CL QR3)	CSO Voluntari (CL QR2)	Golden Eagles Ylli (CL QR1)	Balkan (1st)	FC Porto (2nd)
Swans Gmunden (CL QR2)	Fribourg Olympic (CL QR2)	Šiauliai (CL QR1)	Hakro Merlins Crailsheim (9th)	CSM Oradea (3rd)
Keravnos (CL QR2)	Budivelnyk (CL QR2)	TFT Skopje (CL QR1)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (5th)	Gaziantep (5th)
Qualifying rounds
Trepça (2nd)	Antwerp Giants (5th)	Kataja (4th)	Hapoel Haifa (6th)	Jämtland Basket (2nd)
KB Prishtina (3rd)	Rilski Sportist (2nd)	Cholet (8th)	ZZ Leiden (2nd)	Beşiktaş Emlakjet (10th)
Cbet Jonava (5th)	Cedevita Junior (5th)	Göttingen (10th)	Czarni Słupsk (4th)
Wolves (8th)	Petrolina AEK Larnaca (2nd)	Aris (7th)	Sporting CP (3rd)
Kapfenberg Bulls (6th)	Kalev/Cramo (3rd)	Þór Þorlákshöfn (4th)	SCMU Craiova (5th)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.

Schedule for 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
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]

Pot 1 Team ZZ Leiden Sporting CP Kapfenberg Bulls Rilski Sportist	Pot 2 Team Antwerp Giants Kataja KB Prishtina Beşiktaş Emlakjet	Pot 3 Team Hapoel Haifa Cholet Kalev/Cramo Petrolina AEK Larnaca
Pot 4 Team SCMU Craiova Czarni Słupsk Göttingen Aris	Pot 5 Team Cbet Jonava Wolves Trepça Jämtland Basket	Pot 6 Team Cedevita Junior Þór Þorlákshöfn

Qualification Group A

Venue: Mitrovica, Kosovo

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 September
	Göttingen	76
					28 September
	Trepça	62
					Göttingen	83
					Sporting CP	84
									30 September
									Sporting CP	98
	27 September
									Antwerp Giants	85
	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	77
					28 September
	Þór Þorlákshöfn	68
					Petrolina AEK Larnaca	60
					Antwerp Giants	76

Qualification Group B

Venue: Jonava, Lithuania

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 September
	SCMU Craiova	65
					28 September
	Cbet Jonava	59
					SCMU Craiova	71
					Kapfenberg Bulls	55
									30 September
									SCMU Craiova	79
	27 September
									Kalev/Cramo	84
	Kalev/Cramo	93
					28 September
	Cedevita Junior	73
					Kalev/Cramo	98
					KB Prishtina	61

Qualification Group C

Venue: Samokov, Bulgaria

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 September
	Aris	72
					28 September
	Wolves	83
					Wolves	76
					Rilski Sportist	91
									30 September
									Rilski Sportist	61
									Hapoel Haifa	68
					28 September
					Kataja	64
					Hapoel Haifa	75

Qualification Group D

Venue: Cholet, France

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 September
	Czarni Słupsk	83
					28 September
	Jämtland Basket	73
					Czarni Słupsk	74
					ZZ Leiden	78
									30 September
									ZZ Leiden	59
									Cholet	71
					28 September
					Beşiktaş Emlakjet	62
					Cholet	93

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]

1. Point difference of the combined results from the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the first criterion.
2. Points scored in the Semi-Finals and Finals will be used as the second criterion.
3. 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
1	SCMU Craiova	150	139	+11	Advance to regular season
2	Rilski Sportist	152	144	+8
3	Antwerp Giants	161	158	+3
4	ZZ Leiden	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]

Seed 1 Team CSM Oradea Hakro Merlins Crailsheim Donar Gaziantep Balkan Anwil Włocławek FC Porto Hapoel Galil Elyon

Seed 2 Team Brose Bamberg Tofaş⊕ Fribourg Olympic Unicaja⊕ Karhu Bakken Bears⊕ Opava Brindisi

Seed 3 Team Kangoeroes Mechelen Budivelnyk Keravnos CSO Voluntari Niners Chemnitz Heroes Den Bosch Körmend Swans Gmunden

Seed 4 Team Norrköping Dolphins Golden Eagles Ylli Patrioti Levice Pärnu Sporting CP (Winner Qualifying A) Kalev/Cramo (Winner Qualifying B) Hapoel Haifa (Winner Qualifying C) Cholet (Winner Qualifying D)

Notes

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	BRO	HGE	YLL
1	Niners Chemnitz	6	4	2	544	446	+98	10	Advance to second round		—	85–89	111–79	90–60
2	Brose Bamberg	6	4	2	504	474	+30	10			68–84	—	95–78	78–81
3	Hapoel Galil Elyon	6	3	3	499	526	−27	9			78–73	86–98	—	85–73
4	Golden Eagles Ylli	6	1	5	422	523	−101	7			72–101	60–76	76–93	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		HHA	GAZ	ANT	GMU
1	Hapoel Haifa	6	5	1	415	397	+18	11	Advance to second round		—	63–79	75–64	77–70
2	Gaziantep	6	3	3	464	446	+18	9			69–79	—	82–63	84–71
3	Antwerp Giants	6	2	4	448	466	−18	8			55–56	87–75	—	87–90
4	Swans Gmunden	6	2	4	462	480	−18	8			60–65	83–75	88–92	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		HDB	POR	FRI	PAR
1	Heroes Den Bosch	6	4	2	462	410	+52	10	Advance to second round		—	82–64	77–65	87–55
2	FC Porto	6	3	3	465	460	+5	9			68–71	—	87–73	87–64
3	Fribourg Olympic	6	3	3	477	476	+1	9			83–78	75–76	—	82–64
4	Pärnu	6	2	4	447	505	−58	8			75–67	95–83	94–99	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KER	LEV	OPA	BAL
1	Keravnos	6	3	3	478	456	+22	9	Advance to second round		—	77–68	74–79	82–61
2	Patrioti Levice	6	3	3	474	470	+4	9			86–80	—	94–80	83–91
3	Opava	6	3	3	463	475	−12	9			77–89	80–70	—	83–69
4	Balkan	6	3	3	447	461	−14	9			85–76	62–73	79–64	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ORA	CHO	MEC	RIL
1	CSM Oradea	6	5	1	531	441	+90	11	Advance to second round		—	77–69	98–76	99–63
2	Cholet	6	4	2	525	455	+70	10			99–81	—	89–69	100–75
3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	6	3	3	510	498	+12	9			72–86	88–85	—	105–74
4	Rilski Sportist	6	0	6	405	577	−172	6			62–90	65–83	66–100	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KAL	BUD	BRI	DON
1	Kalev/Cramo	6	5	1	486	406	+80	11	Advance to second round		—	75–66	73–72	75–65
2	Budivelnyk	6	4	2	467	453	+14	10			74–83	—	93–83	86–81
3	Brindisi	6	3	3	481	448	+33	9			88–86	70–74	—	81–57
4	Donar	6	0	6	370	497	−127	6			41–94	61–74	65–87	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KAU	ANW	SPO	KOR
1	Karhu	6	5	1	540	501	+39	11	Advance to second round		—	87–93	104–85	77–62
2	Anwil Włocławek	6	4	2	549	475	+74	10			88–89	—	73–85	88–58
3	Sporting CP	6	3	3	531	565	−34	9			84–93	89–113	—	89–84
4	Körmend	6	0	6	458	537	−79	6			89–90	67–94	98–99	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UCR	CRA	VOL	NOR
1	SCMU Craiova	6	5	1	465	425	+40	11	Advance to second round		—	81–102	70–61	77–63
2	Hakro Merlins Crailsheim	6	4	2	513	451	+62	10			60–73	—	76–61	95–64
3	CSO Voluntari	6	2	4	413	443	−30	8			60–74	79–93	—	75–60
4	Norrköping Dolphins	6	1	5	429	501	−72	7			79–90	93–87	70–77	—

Second round

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHO	POR	CHE	UCR
1	Cholet	6	5	1	479	450	+29	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	95–83	77–75	75–56
2	FC Porto	6	4	2	523	483	+40	10			99–78	—	74–86	90–64
3	Niners Chemnitz	6	3	3	499	469	+30	9			73–83	87–94	—	93–62
4	SCMU Craiova	6	0	6	398	497	−99	6			64–71	73–83	79–85	—

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KAU	BUD	LEV	HHA
1	Karhu	6	5	1	476	391	+85	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	62–65	105–71	85–76
2	Budivelnyk	6	3	3	431	452	−21	9			65–72	—	72–82	81–79
3	Patrioti Levice	6	2	4	449	497	−48	8			55–86	76–77	—	91–93
4	Hapoel Haifa	6	2	4	452	468	−16	8			59–66	81–71	64–74	—

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAZ	KAL	CRA	HDB
1	Gaziantep	6	6	0	546	449	+97	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	77–62	105–87	93–72
2	Kalev/Cramo	6	3	3	446	472	−26	9			70–92	—	90–78	73–63
3	Hakro Merlins Crailsheim	6	2	4	527	552	−25	8			95–97	76–79	—	89–84
4	Heroes Den Bosch	6	1	5	465	511	−46	7			63–82	86–72	97–102	—

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BRO	ANW	ORA	KER
1	Brose Bamberg	6	4	2	506	477	+29	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	73–69	80–82	89–58
2	Anwil Włocławek	6	4	2	490	430	+60	10			86–90	—	74–66	92–63
3	CSM Oradea	6	3	3	484	478	+6	9			95–84	73–91	—	93–72
4	Keravnos	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
	Budivelnyk	73	79	152
	Cholet	72	83	155
							Cholet	73	81	154
							Kalev/Cramo	80	59	139
	Kalev/Cramo	80	85	165
	Brose Bamberg	77	67	144
													Cholet	77	78	155
													Anwil Włocławek	81	80	161
	FC Porto	80	65	145
	Karhu	81	75	156
							Karhu	71	63	134
							Anwil Włocławek	90	67	157
	Anwil Włocławek	84	91	175
	Gaziantep	85	75	160

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
Budivelnyk	152–155	Cholet	73–72	79–83
FC Porto	145–156	Karhu	80–81	65–75
Anwil Włocławek	175–160	Gaziantep	84–85	91–75
Kalev/Cramo	165–144	Brose Bamberg	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
Kalev/Cramo	139–154	Cholet	80–73	59–81
Anwil Włocławek	157–134	Karhu	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
Anwil Włocławek	161–155	Cholet	81–77	80–78

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2022
October	Ousman Krubally	Keravnos	[6]
November	Miha Lapornik	Patrioti Levice	[7]
December	Conner Frankamp	Gaziantep	[8]
2023
January	Olivier Hanlan	Gaziantep	[9]
February	Codi Miller-McIntyre	Gaziantep	[10]
March	Artur Konontšuk	Kalev/Cramo	[11]

See also

• 2022–23 EuroLeague
• 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball
• 2022–23 Basketball Champions League

References

External links

• Official website