# 2021–22 EuroLeague Women

The 2021–22 EuroLeague Women was the 64th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.
In February 2022, the Russian teams (UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and MBA Moscow) were expelled from the tournament by FIBA for the Euroleague Women playoffs, and suspended, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sopron Basket won its first-ever championship after defeating Fenerbahçe in the final of the Final Four.

## Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague Women.

### Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
Regular season :
| ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) | UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) |
| Basket Landes (1st) | Dynamo Kursk (2nd) |
| BLMA (2nd) | MBA Moscow (3rd) |
| Sopron Basket (1st) | Perfumerías Avenida (1st) |
| Reyer Venezia (1st) | Spar Girona (CW, 3rd) |
| TTT Riga (1st) | Fenerbahçe (1st) |
| VBW Arka Gdynia (1st) | Galatasaray (2nd) |
| Qualifying round ||
| Conference 1 | Conference 2 |
| KSC Szekszárd (2nd) | Tango Bourges Basket (3rd) |
| ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) | Beretta Famila Schio (2nd) |
| Kayseri Basketbol (10th) | Valencia Basket (2nd) |

## Referees

| Referees of the 2021–22 season |
| Silvia Jury Christoph Rohacky Goran Sljivić Alakbar Hasanov Lizaveta Famina Piotr Ivashkov Martin Van Hoye Haris Bijedić Hrvoje Ćavar Mila Čavara Bojan Jovanić Ivan Miličević Goran Stojančević Ventsislav Velikov Franko Gracin Alfred Jovović Krešimir Katić Josip Mikulić Nikola Perlić Jelena Tomić Maria Ignatiou Jan Baloun Petr Blahout Martin Kučírek Veronika Vávrová Andrada Monika Csender Mart Uuehendrik Ariadna Chueca Moreno Ville Selkee | Amel Dahra Alexandre Maret Valentin Oliot Marion Ortis Maka Kupatadze Kirile Tvauri James Kerry Dominique Iain Macdonald Simon Unsworth Anastasios Kardaris Stylianos Simeonidis Emmanouil Tsolakos Cecília Tóth Emma Perry Andrea Bongiorni Silvia Marziali Ritvars Helmšteins Kristīne Simanoviča Juozas Barkauskas Gintaras Vitkauskas Dumitru Stasiev Ognjen Jokić Milosav Kaluđerović Mladen Lučić Ivana Radinović Suzana Vujičić Alija Ferevski Zoran Mitrovski Nikola Bejat | Gizella Viola Györgyi Paulina Gajdosz Łukasz Jankowski Ewa Matuszewska Diogo Martins Sonia Teixeira Alin Faur Amalia Marchiş Alexandra Stan Elena Chernova Ilya Putenko Ivana Ivanović Jasmina Juras Nemanja Ninković Jelena Smiljanić Pavel Fuska Goran Grbić Diana Lapanović Marko Vučkovič Yasmina Alcaraz Moreno Francisco Araña Esperanza Mendoza Holgado Javier Torres Sánchez Raúl Zamorano Sánchez Duhan Köyiçi Mehmet Şahin Ali Şakacı Özge Şentürk Sinem Tetik | Notes 1. ^ Every BCL official is eligible to referee the EuroLeague Women. |

## Round and draw dates
### Schedule

| Phase | Round | Round date |
| Qualifying round | | 21–23 September 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 1 | 6–7 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 2 | 13–14 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 3 | 20–21 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 4 | 27 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 5 | 2–3 November 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 6 | 24 November 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 7 | 1–2 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 8 | 7–9 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 9 | 14–16 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 10 | 20–21 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Matchday 11 | 12–13 January 2022 |
| Regular season | Matchday 12 | 19–20 January 2022 |
| Regular season | Matchday 13 | 26–27 January 2022 |
| Regular season | Matchday 14 | 1 February 2022 |
| Quarterfinals | First leg | 23 February 2022 |
| Quarterfinals | Second leg | 2 March 2022 |
| Quarterfinals | Third leg | 9 March 2022 |
| Final Four | Semifinals | 8 April 2022 |
| Final Four | Final | 10 April 2022 |

### Draw

The draw was held on 19 August 2021 in Freising, Germany.
Draw rules are as follows.
* A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same Regular Season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
* Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
* If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg Fenerbahçe | Dynamo Kursk Perfumerías Avenida | ZVVZ USK Praha Sopron Basket | Spar Girona BLMA |
| Seed 5 | Seed 6 | Seed 7 | Seed 8 |
| TTT Riga Galatasaray | Reyer Venezia Basket Landes | VBW Arka Gdynia MBA Moscow | Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 |

## Qualifying round
### Conference 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZE | SEP | KAY |
| 1 | KSC Szekszárd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 126 | +17 | 4 | Regular season | | 63–56 | |
| 2 | ACS Sepsi SIC (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 141 | −6 | 3 | EuroCup Women | | | 79–78 |
| 3 | Kayseri Basketbol | 2 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 159 | −11 | 2 | EuroCup Women | 70–80 | | |

### Conference 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SCH | BOU | VAL |
| 1 | Beretta Famila Schio (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 105 | +20 | 4 | Regular season | | 69–57 | |
| 2 | Tango Bourges Basket | 2 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 141 | −9 | 3 | EuroCup Women | | | 75–72 |
| 3 | Valencia Basket | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 131 | −11 | 2 | EuroCup Women | 48–56 | | |

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EKA | AVE | USK | BLM | TTT | VEN | MBA | SZE |
| 1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1222 | 944 | +278 | 28 | Excluded | | 110–102 | 75–73 | 108–53 | 75–60 | 75–69 | 104–65 | 89–52 |
| 2 | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1130 | 978 | +152 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | 67–93 | | 85–75 | 88–67 | 72–41 | 110–69 | 70–64 | 96–54 |
| 3 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1170 | 900 | +270 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinals | 77–90 | 80–55 | | 89–54 | 84–64 | 88–53 | 92–61 | 83–56 |
| 4 | BLMA | 14 | 6 | 8 | 959 | 1078 | −119 | 20 | Advance to quarterfinals | 73–92 | 65–78 | 75–74 | | 63–54 | 52–74 | 86–77 | 82–57 |
| 5 | TTT Riga | 14 | 6 | 8 | 825 | 983 | −158 | 20 | Advance to quarterfinals | 56–71 | 51–71 | 52–103 | 45–80 | | 71–57 | 64–59 | 69–68 |
| 6 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 14 | 5 | 9 | 934 | 990 | −56 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 67–74 | 56–71 | 75–84 | 79–59 | 54–62 | | 61–62 | 80–59 |
| 7 | MBA Moscow | 14 | 4 | 10 | 943 | 1064 | −121 | 18 | Excluded | 63–84 | 69–77 | 54–79 | 98–78 | 61–68 | 72–75 | | 65–62 |
| 8 | KSC Szekszárd | 14 | 0 | 14 | 855 | 1101 | −246 | 14 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 67–82 | 84–88 | 51–89 | 65–72 | 65–68 | 51–65 | 64–73 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | SOP | SCH | KUR | GIR | LAN | GAL | GDY |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1108 | 892 | +216 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | | 73–47 | 82–65 | 83–58 | 78–57 | 65–70 | 107–62 | 87–67 |
| 2 | Sopron Basket | 14 | 8 | 6 | 935 | 897 | +38 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 59–82 | | 67–58 | 79–72 | 53–68 | 76–54 | 73–44 | 67–40 |
| 3 | Beretta Famila Schio | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1011 | 966 | +45 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 64–60 | 71–70 | | 64–80 | 68–76 | 96–56 | 76–73 | 75–61 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1038 | 1021 | +17 | 22 | Excluded | 57–63 | 73–77 | 74–93 | | 92–75 | 75–57 | 78–76 | 86–76 |
| 5 | Spar Girona | 14 | 7 | 7 | 972 | 977 | −5 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 71–59 | 63–68 | 65–55 | 66–71 | | 70–78 | 55–69 | 80–70 |
| 6 | Basket Landes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 966 | 1050 | −84 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 76–93 | 61–52 | 64–79 | 78–75 | 71–80 | | 71–62 | 79–70 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 14 | 5 | 9 | 968 | 1038 | −70 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 69–89 | 67–61 | 67–80 | 70–80 | 80–68 | 83–64 | | 71–60 |
| 8 | VBW Arka Gdynia | 14 | 2 | 12 | 935 | 1092 | −157 | 16 | | 70–87 | 71–86 | 71–67 | 64–67 | 65–78 | 74–87 | 76–75 | |

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Perfumerías Avenida | 2–1 | Spar Girona | 77–63 | 79–81 | 74–65 |
| Sopron Basket | 2–0 | BLMA | 60–42 | 72–65 | |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 2–1 | Beretta Famila Schio | 72–70 | 56–69 | 90–77 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | TTT Riga | 77–56 | 88–65 | |

## Final Four
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 8 April | 8 April |
| Perfumerías Avenida | 69 |
| Perfumerías Avenida | 69 | 10 April | 10 April |
| Sopron Basket | 74 | 10 April | 10 April |
| Sopron Basket | 74 | Sopron Basket | 60 |
| 8 April | 8 April | | Sopron Basket | 60 |
| 8 April | 8 April | Fenerbahçe | 55 |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 74 | Fenerbahçe | 55 |
| Fenerbahçe | 83 | | |
| Fenerbahçe | 83 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 10 April | 10 April |
| | | Perfumerías Avenida | 71 |
| | | ZVVZ USK Praha | 59 |

### Final

* 2021–22 EuroLeague Women Champions
* Sopron Basket First title

## Awards
### EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* Gabby Williams ( Sopron Basket)

### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| 2021 ||||
| October | Eva Lisec | Dynamo Kursk |
| November | Sandrine Gruda | Beretta Famila Schio |
| December | Brionna Jones | ZVVZ USK Praha |
| 2022 ||||
| January | Natasha Howard | Dynamo Kursk |
| February | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha |