2022 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2021–22 EuroLeague season, the 65th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 22nd season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 35th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 37th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The venue initially selected was Berlin, Germany; however, Euroleague Basketball later announced that the Final Four would be played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.[1]

2022 EuroLeague Final Four
Season2021–22 EuroLeague
Tournament details
ArenaŠtark Arena
Belgrade, Serbia
Dates19–21 May 2022
Final positions
ChampionsTurkey Anadolu Efes (2nd title)
Runners-upSpain Real Madrid
Third placeSpain Barcelona
Fourth placeGreece Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVPSerbia Vasilije Micić
Top scorer(s)Spain Nikola Mirotić (45 points)
2021
2023

Venue

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The Final Four was originally scheduled to be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on 27–29 May 2022.[2] However, Euroleague Basketball announced on 4 March 2022 that the Berlin Final Four was postponed due to the pandemic situation and health measures imposed in the German capital and would be held at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19–21 May 2022.[1]

Štark Arena also hosted the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four.

Belgrade
2022 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Štark Arena
Capacity: 18,386
 

Teams

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Team Qualified date Participations
(bold indicates winners)
  Barcelona 3 May 2022 15 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021)
  Real Madrid 26 April 2022 11 (1967, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  Olympiacos 4 May 2022 10 (1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
  Anadolu Efes 28 April 2022 4 (2000, 2001, 2019, 2021)

Bracket

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SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
19 May
 
 
  Barcelona83
 
21 May
 
  Real Madrid86
 
  Real Madrid57
 
19 May
 
  Anadolu Efes58
 
  Olympiacos74
 
 
  Anadolu Efes77
 
Third place game
 
 
21 May
 
 
  Barcelona84
 
 
  Olympiacos74

Semifinals

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Semifinal A

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19 May 2022 Barcelona   83–86   Real Madrid Belgrade, Serbia
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 26–15, 11–26, 27–26
Pts: Mirotić 26
Rebs: Mirotić 12
Asts: Calathes 9
PIR: Mirotić 39
Boxscore Pts: Yabusele, Causeur 18
Rebs: Yabusele 8
Asts: Hanga, Llull 3
PIR: Yabusele 24
Arena: Štark Arena
Attendance: 13,173[3]
Referees:   Luigi Lamonica,   Ilija Belošević,   Mehdi Difallah


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 99   Nick Calathes 4 3 9
SG 20   Nicolas Laprovíttola 17 1 2
SF 1   Dante Exum 7 1 1
PF 33   Nikola Mirotić 26 12 5
C 5   Sertaç Şanlı 2 2 0
Reserves:
C 0   Brandon Davies 15 5 2
PF 10   Rolands Šmits 1 2 1
F 14   Nigel Hayes 0 3 0
SF 21   Álex Abrines 7 1 0
SG 22   Cory Higgins 0 1 0
SG 24   Kyle Kuric 0 0 0
PG 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 4 1 0
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 
Barcelona
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid

Barcelona Statistics Real Madrid
22/43 (51.2%) 2-pt field goals 22/44 (50%)
8/20 (40%) 3-pt field goals 8/21 (38.1%)
15/21 (71.4%) Free throws 18/22 (81.8%)
12 Offensive rebounds 14
22 Defensive rebounds 21
34 Total rebounds 35
20 Assists 14
9 Turnovers 9
4 Steals 4
1 Blocks 6
22 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Nigel Williams-Goss 0 0 1
SG 1   Fabien Causeur 18 1 2
SF 8   Ádám Hanga 4 3 3
PF 14   Gabriel Deck 7 7 1
C 28   Guerschon Yabusele 18 8 1
Reserves:
PF 3   Anthony Randolph DNP
SG 5   Rudy Fernández 3 0 0
SF 6   Alberto Abalde 7 1 0
C 17   Vincent Poirier 6 5 1
C 22   Edy Tavares 8 3 2
G 23   Sergio Llull 15 3 3
SF 44   Jeffery Taylor 0 0 0
Head coach:
  Pablo Laso

Semifinal B

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Efes won the game after Vasilije Micić scored a three-pointer with 0.2 seconds left on the clock, breaking the tie.[4]

19 May 2022 Olympiacos   74–77   Anadolu Efes Belgrade, Serbia
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–24, 20–24, 11–11
Pts: McKissic 12
Rebs: Vezenkov 8
Asts: Sloukas 6
PIR: Martin 15
Boxscore Pts: Larkin 21
Rebs: Pleiß 7
Asts: Micić 9
PIR: Larkin 21
Arena: Štark Arena
Attendance: 15,472[3]
Referees:   Borys Ryzhyk,   Oļegs Latiševs,   Gytis Vilius


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 5 1 4
SG 2   Tyler Dorsey 11 4 1
SF 16   Kostas Papanikolaou 10 4 2
PF 14   Sasha Vezenkov 5 8 3
C 10   Moustapha Fall 7 5 2
Reserves:
F 1   Quincy Acy DNP
SG 5   Giannoulis Larentzakis 0 0 0
G 11   Kostas Sloukas 11 4 6
C 12   Hassan Martin 11 2 0
PF 15   Georgios Printezis 2 0 0
F 17   Livio Jean-Charles DNP
G 77   Shaquielle McKissic 12 3 0
Head coach:
  Georgios Bartzokas
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos
 
 
 
 
Anadolu Efes

Olympiacos Statistics A. Efes
17/27 (63%) 2-pt field goals 12/25 (48%)
7/25 (28%) 3-pt field goals 14/34 (41.2%)
19/25 (76%) Free throws 11/16 (68.8%)
7 Offensive rebounds 10
27 Defensive rebounds 24
34 Total rebounds 34
18 Assists 20
9 Turnovers 8
7 Steals 4
3 Blocks 3
16 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Shane Larkin 21 0 7
SG 22   Vasilije Micić 15 6 9
SF 23   James Anderson 0 4 0
PF 18   Adrien Moerman 0 4 0
C 21   Tibor Pleiß 8 7 1
Reserves:
SG 1   Rodrigue Beaubois 0 0 0
PF 2   Chris Singleton 5 5 1
SG 6   Elijah Bryant 16 6 0
SG 11   Erten Gazi DNP
G 19   Buğrahan Tuncer DNP
C 33   Filip Petrušev DNP
C 42   Bryant Dunston 12 1 2
Head coach:
  Ergin Ataman

Third place game

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21 May 2022 Barcelona   84–74   Olympiacos Belgrade, Serbia
16:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 25–20, 17–18, 22–18
Pts: Mirotić 19
Rebs: Calathes 8
Asts: Calathes 13
PIR: Mirotić 27
Boxscore Pts: Vezenkov 20
Rebs: Vezenkov 11
Asts: Sloukas 7
PIR: Vezenkov 27
Arena: Štark Arena
Attendance: 12,127
Referees:   Ilija Belošević,   Oļegs Latiševs,   Damir Javor


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 99   Nick Calathes 9 8 13
SG 20   Nicolas Laprovíttola 4 0 1
SF 24   Kyle Kuric 0 1 1
PF 33   Nikola Mirotić 19 4 4
C 5   Sertaç Şanlı 16 3 1
Reserves:
C 0   Brandon Davies 10 5 2
SF 1   Dante Exum 3 1 1
PF 10   Rolands Šmits DNP
F 14   Nigel Hayes 0 3 0
SF 21   Álex Abrines 8 2 0
SG 22   Cory Higgins 11 2 0
PG 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 4 2 0
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 
Barcelona
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos

Barcelona Statistics Olympiacos
27/40 (67.5%) 2-pt field goals 19/34 (55.9%)
8/21 (38.1%) 3-pt field goals 5/17 (29.4%)
6/13 (46.2%) Free throws 21/27 (77.8%)
10 Offensive rebounds 5
25 Defensive rebounds 20
35 Total rebounds 25
23 Assists 18
16 Turnovers 14
9 Steals 13
1 Blocks 1
25 Fouls 21
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 8 2 1
SG 2   Tyler Dorsey 10 2 0
SF 16   Kostas Papanikolaou 0 1 0
PF 14   Sasha Vezenkov 20 11 0
C 10   Moustapha Fall 2 3 1
Reserves:
G 4   Michalis Lountzis 0 1 0
SG 5   Giannoulis Larentzakis 5 1 3
G 11   Kostas Sloukas 14 1 7
C 12   Hassan Martin 2 0 0
PF 15   Georgios Printezis 0 0 1
F 17   Livio Jean-Charles 2 1 2
G 77   Shaquielle McKissic 11 1 3
Head coach:
  Georgios Bartzokas

Championship game

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21 May 2022 Real Madrid   57–58   Anadolu Efes Belgrade, Serbia
19:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–15, 8–11, 15–18
Pts: Tavares 14
Rebs: Tavares 11
Asts: Llull 6
PIR: Tavares 20
Boxscore Pts: Micić 23
Rebs: Bryant 8
Asts: Larkin 4
PIR: Pleiß 24
Arena: Štark Arena
Attendance: 15,000[5]
Referees:   Luigi Lamonica,   Borys Ryzhyk,   Gytis Vilius


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 6   Alberto Abalde 2 3 0
SG 8   Ádám Hanga 5 3 1
SF 14   Gabriel Deck 5 3 0
PF 28   Guerschon Yabusele 3 3 0
C 22   Edy Tavares 14 11 1
Reserves:
SG 1   Fabien Causeur 3 2 1
PG 2   Juan Núñez DNP
PF 3   Anthony Randolph 6 2 0
SG 5   Rudy Fernández 2 2 2
C 17   Vincent Poirier 5 4 2
G 23   Sergio Llull 9 0 6
SF 44   Jeffery Taylor 3 2 1
Head coach:
  Pablo Laso
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid
 
 
 
 
Anadolu Efes

Real Madrid Statistics A. Efes
14/34 (41.2%) 2-pt field goals 17/32 (53.1%)
6/33 (18.2%) 3-pt field goals 6/24 (25%)
11/17 (64.7%) Free throws 6/9 (66.7%)
18 Offensive rebounds 11
22 Defensive rebounds 33
40 Total rebounds 44
14 Assists 7
6 Turnovers 12
6 Steals 5
3 Blocks 3
20 Fouls 16


2021–22 EuroLeague champions
 
Anadolu Efes
(2nd title)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Shane Larkin 10 6 4
SG 22   Vasilije Micić 23 2 2
SF 23   James Anderson 0 1 0
PF 18   Adrien Moerman 0 6 0
C 21   Tibor Pleiß 19 7 0
Reserves:
SG 1   Rodrigue Beaubois 0 1 0
PF 2   Chris Singleton 4 7 0
SG 6   Elijah Bryant 0 8 1
SG 11   Erten Gazi DNP
G 19   Buğrahan Tuncer DNP
C 33   Filip Petrušev DNP
C 42   Bryant Dunston 2 1 0
Head coach:
  Ergin Ataman

References

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  1. ^ a b "Belgrade to host the 2022 Final Four: Berlin Final Four postponed". euroleague.net. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. ^ "The Final Four will return to Berlin in 2022". euroleague.net. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid - Game". euroleague.net. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Vasilije Micic wins it for Efes at the buzzer". Eurohoops. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Game details (final stage)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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