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2022 BCL Americas Final

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2022 BCL Americas Final
Event2021–22 BCL Americas
São Paulo Biguá
Brazil Uruguay
(8–0) (7–1)
98 84
Head coach:
Bruno Mortari
Head coach:
Diego Gutierrez
1234 Total
São Paulo 30272714 98
Biguá 26211324 84
Date9 April 2022
VenueArena Carioca 1, Rio de Janeiro
MVPBruno 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

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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)
Brazil São Paulo None
Uruguay Biguá 1 (1992)

Road to the final

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Brazil São Paulo Round Uruguay Biguá
Opponent Result Group phase Opponent Result
Uruguay Nacional 98–73 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 1 Brazil Minas 73–95 (Belo Horizonte)
Argentina Quimsa 83–74 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 2 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 95–84 (Belo Horizonte)
Uruguay Nacional 89–73 (Montevideo) Gameday 3 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 92–81 (H)
Argentina Quimsa 86–69 (Montevideo) Gameday 4 Brazil Minas 96–91 (H)
Argentina Quimsa 95–73 (H) Gameday 5 Brazil Minas 73–62 (Buenos Aires)
Uruguay Nacional 101–81 (H) Gameday 6 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 77–96 (Buenos Aires)
Group B first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Brazil São Paulo 6 12
2 Argentina Quimsa 6 8
3 Uruguay Nacional 6 7
Source: BCL Americas
Group phase Group D first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Uruguay Biguá 6 10
2 Brazil Minas 6 9
3 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 6 8
Source: BCL Americas
Opponent Result Playoffs Opponent Result
Nicaragua Real Estelí 75–71 Quarterfinals Argentina Boca Juniors 99–81
Brazil Minas 93–79 Semifinals Argentina Quimsa 98–91
  • (H): Home game
  • (A): Away game
  • (N): Neutral venue

Game details

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13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) São Paulo Brazil 98–84 Uruguay Biguá Rio de Janeiro
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)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 5 Brazil Elinho 16 4 12
SG 3 United States Corderro Bennett 17 8 1
SF 11 Brazil Marquinhos 16 6 6
PF 0 United States Tyrone Curnell 10 4 1
C 50 Brazil Bruno Caboclo 29 7 0
Reserves:
SF 4 Brazil Alex Dória DNP
SF 7 Brazil Isaac 2 1 1
SG 8 United States Shamell Stallworth 0 0 0
PG 10 Brazil Henrique Coelho 5 3 1
PG 18 Brazil Luiz Dos Santos DNP
C 92 Brazil Lucas Nogueira 3 2 2
Head coach:
Brazil Bruno Mortari
São Paulo jersey
Team colours
Team colours
São Paulo
Biguá jersey
Team colours
Biguá

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São Paulo Statistics Biguá
37/68 (54%) 2-pt field goals 29/70 (41%)
18/35 (51%) 3-pt field goals 13/30 (43%)
6/7 (86%) Free throws 13/19 (68%)
6 Offensive rebounds 13
32 Defensive rebounds 24
38 Total rebounds 37
24 Assists 22
12 Turnovers 10
8 Steals 8
8 Blocks 3
18 Fouls 6


2022 BCL Americas champions
Brazil
São Paulo
1st league title
1st continental title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4 Uruguay Santiago Vidal 16 7 9
SG 8 United States Donald Sims 17 3 3
SF 7 Mexico Iván Loriente Pérez 3 6 2
PF 1 United States Victor Rudd 20 9 2
C 23 Dominican Republic Luis Santos 19 7 1
Reserves:
PG 13 Uruguay Hernan Alvarez Plaz 0 0 0
SF 15 Uruguay Nicolas Andreolli 0 0 2
C 21 Uruguay Guillermo Feijo Martinez DNP
PG 25 Argentina Diego Pena Garcia 0 0 1
PG 26 Uruguay Manuel Saaverda Xifre 1 0 1
G 31 Uruguay Alex Lopez Suberbie 3 0 0
F 42 Uruguay Martin Rojas 5 3 2
Head coach:
Uruguay Diego Gutierrez

References

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  1. ^ "São Paulo crowned BCLA 2022 Champs after win over Bigua". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Bruno Caboclo wins BCLA 2022 MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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