# 2021–22 Radivoj Korać Cup

The 2022 Triglav osiguranje Radivoj Korać Cup was the 20th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The tournament was held in Niš from 17 to 20 February 2022.
Crvena zvezda mts successfully defended their title. Borac Zemun made their debut at the national cup tournament.

## Qualified teams

Source
| ABA League First Division | Basketball League of Serbia | 2nd-tier Cup of Serbia |
| Borac Čačak Crvena zvezda mts FMP Meridian Mega Mozzart Partizan NIS | Zlatibor (1st) | Borac Zemun Radnički Kragujevac |
$^L$ The league table position after 15 rounds played

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac Čačak | Marko Marinović | Nemanja Todorović | — | P.S. Fashion |
| Borac Zemun | Siniša Matić | Luka Vukojičić | — | — |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Dejan Radonjić | Branko Lazić | Adidas | mts / SoccerBet |
| FMP Meridian | Nenad Stefanović | Danilo Tasić | Adidas | — |
| Mega Mozzart | Vlada Jovanović | Luka Cerovina | Adidas | Mozzart |
| Partizan NIS | Željko Obradović | Rade Zagorac | Under Armour | NIS / mts |
| Radnički Kragujevac | Ivica Vukotić | Raško Katić | Seven | City of Kragujevac |
| Zlatibor | Strajin Nedović | Dušan Kutlešić | Ardu Sport | — |

## Venue

On 23 December 2021, it was announced that the tournament will be held in Niš. It is the 12th time in total and first time after two years that will be held in Niš.
| Niš | Niš2021–22 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |
| Čair Sports Center | Niš2021–22 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Niš2021–22 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |

## Draw

The draw was conducted on Monday 31 January 2022 at the Arena Sport live show. It was held by Serbia national team head coaches Marina Maljković and Svetislav Pešić, the Mayor of Niš Dragana Sotirovski, and the Triglav Serbia CEO Dragan Marković.
Seeded teams :
| Seeded teams Crvena zvezda mts Partizan NIS FMP Meridian Mega Mozzart | Non-seeded teams Borac Čačak Zlatibor Borac Zemun Radnički Kragujevac |
$^1$ The lowest ABA League position after 13 rounds played

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 17 February | 17 February | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 103 | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 103 | 19 February | 19 February | | |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 59 | 19 February | 19 February | |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 59 | Crvena zvezda mts | 72 | |
| 17 February | 17 February | | Crvena zvezda mts | 72 | |
| 17 February | 17 February | Mega Mozzart | 53 | |
| Mega Mozzart | 84 | Mega Mozzart | 53 | |
| Mega Mozzart | 84 | | | | 20 February | 20 February |
| Zlatibor | 57 | | | | 20 February | 20 February |
| Zlatibor | 57 | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 85 |
| 18 February | 18 February | | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 85 |
| 18 February | 18 February | | | | Partizan NIS | 68 |
| Partizan NIS | 101 | | | | Partizan NIS | 68 |
| Partizan NIS | 101 | 19 February | 19 February | | | |
| Borac Zemun | 48 | 19 February | 19 February | | | |
| Borac Zemun | 48 | Partizan NIS | 92 | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | | Partizan NIS | 92 | | | |
| 18 February | 18 February | FMP Meridian | 89 | |
| FMP Meridian | 88 | FMP Meridian | 89 | |
| Borac Čačak | 77 | | | |

## Quarterfinals

All times are local UTC+1.

### Crvena zvezda mts v Radnički Kragujevac

* 17 February 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Crvena zvezda mts | 103–59 | Radnički Kragujevac |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 29–11, 24–22, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Stefan Marković 16 Rebs: Kuzmić, White 6 Asts: Nikola Ivanović 6 | | Pts: Raško Katić 17 Rebs: Lazar Stanković 8 Asts: Raško Katić 5 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 500 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Nemanja Ninković, Petar Pešić

### Mega Mozzart v Zlatibor

* 17 February 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Mega Mozzart | 84–57 | Zlatibor |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 22–9, 21–18, 22–10 |||
| Pts: Boriša Simanić 15 Rebs: Karlo Matković 11 Asts: Jović, Smith 5 | | Pts: Dušan Kutlešić 17 Rebs: Dimitrije Nikolić 8 Asts: Tadija Tadić 7 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 500 Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Ivan Stefanović, Stefan Ćalić

### FMP Meridian v Borac Čačak

* 18 February 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| FMP Meridian | 88–77 | Borac Čačak |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 20–18, 23–18, 26–33 |||
| Pts: Danilo Tasić 19 Rebs: Šaranović, Tasić 8 Asts: Bryce Jones 13 | | Pts: Marko Pecarski 18 Rebs: López, Pecarski 7 Asts: Lautaro López 5 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Aleksandar Glišić, Vladimir Jevtović

### Partizan NIS v Borac Zemun

* 18 February 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Partizan NIS | 101–48 | Borac Zemun |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 25–18, 26–9, 28–9 |||
| Pts: Tristan Vukčević 16 Rebs: Nemanja Dangubić 8 Asts: Dangubić, Avramović 6 | | Pts: Stefan Balmazović 15 Rebs: Stefan Sinovec 5 Asts: Stefan Sinovec 5 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Marko Juras, Jasmina Juras, Siniša Prpa

## Semifinals
### Crvena zvezda mts v Mega Mozzart

* 19 February 2022 17:00
* Boxscore
| Crvena zvezda mts | 72–53 | Mega Mozzart |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 24–12, 17–14, 16–6 |||
| Pts: Nikola Kalinić 15 Rebs: Ognjen Kuzmić 7 Asts: Nate Wolters 5 | | Pts: Karlo Matković 15 Rebs: Luka Cerovina 6 Asts: Scoochie Smith 7 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Aleksandar Glišić, Ivan Stefanović
It was the 300th win for Montenegrin head coach Dejan Radonjić on the Crvena zvezda bench.

### Partizan NIS v FMP Meridian

* February 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Partizan NIS | 92–89 | FMP Meridian |
| Scoring by quarter: 21−24, 31−19, 21−17, 19−29 |||
| Pts: Kevin Punter 29 Rebs: Balša Koprivica 6 Asts: Punter, Moore 4 | | Pts: Bryce Jones 29 Rebs: Ebuka Izundu 10 Asts: Bryce Jones 13 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Marko Juras, Siniša Prpa

## Final

The defending champion Crvena zvezda has current 5-in-a-row sequence in the Radivoj Korać Cup Final, as well as the eight match overall facing eternal rival Partizan. Partizan won five times in the Final including the last three, while Crvena zvezda won two times.
* 20 February 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Crvena zvezda mts | 85–68 | Partizan NIS |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 29–15, 18–18, 18–22 |||
| Pts: Nikola Kalinić 18 Rebs: Ognjen Kuzmić 7 Asts: Austin Hollins 5 | | Pts: Mathias Lessort 19 Rebs: Lessort, Leday 4 Asts: Dallas Moore 5 |
* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Uroš Obrknežević, Aleksandar Glišić
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Nate Wolters | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 14 | Austin Hollins | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| F | 7 | Dejan Davidovac | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 12 | Nikola Kalinić | 18 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 32 | Ognjen Kuzmić | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 2 | Stefan Lazarević | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F/C | 9 | Luka Mitrović | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| G/F | 10 | Branko Lazić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G/F | 13 | Ognjen Dobrić | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| PG | 20 | Nikola Ivanović | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 27 | Stefan Marković | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 30 | Aaron White | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dejan Radonjić ||||||
| CZV | PAR |
| CZV | Statistics | PAR |
| 21/35 (60%) | 2-pt field goals | 18/30 (60%) |
| 10/21 (47%) | 3-pt field goals | 5/17 (29%) |
| 13/17 (76%) | Free throws | 17/21 (80%) |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 18 |
| 29 | Total rebounds | 23 |
| 22 | Assists | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
| 22 (21) | Fouls | 21 (22) |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 4 | Aleksa Avramović | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| SF | 00 | Rodions Kurucs | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| F/C | 2 | Zach Leday | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 5 | Balša Koprivica | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 1 | Tristan Vukčević | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 3 | Rade Zagorac | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 6 | Nemanja Dangubić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 11 | Dušan Miletić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 14 | Dallas Moore | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| C | 26 | Mathias Lessort | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| G | 32 | Uroš Trifunović | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||