# 2021–22 Basketball Champions League Americas

The 2021–22 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 15h edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and the 3rd of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), since launched by FIBA in 2019. It was also the 23rd season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 60th season of South American top-level competition.
The season concluded with the Final Eight at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. São Paulo won its first continental title after defeating Biguá 98–84 in the final. São Paulo forward Bruno Caboclo was named MVP.

## Team allocation

On 29 September 2021, FIBA announced the 12 teams from 7 countries to play in the 2021–22 BCLA season.

### Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. In Argentina, San Lorenzo was crowned champions but were rejected by FIBA due to outstanding debts to players.
Group stage :
| Flamengo (1st) | Quimsa (2nd) | Biguá (1st) | Universidad de Concepción (1st) |
| São Paulo (2nd) | Boca Juniors (3rd) | Nacional (2nd) | Cangrejeros de Santurce (QF) |
| Minas Tênis (3rd) | Obras Sanitarias (9th) | Real Estelí (1st) | Edmonton Stingers (1st) |
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* TH: Title holders
* SF: League semifinalist
* QF: League quarterfinalist
* CW: Preseason tournament winners
* WC: Qualified through Wild Card

## Group phase

The draw for the regular season was held on 16 October 2021. The group phase began on 13 December 2021 and ended on 16 March 2022.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | 6 | 3 | 3 | 521 | 482 | +39 | 9 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | Real Estelí | 6 | 3 | 3 | 515 | 497 | +18 | 9 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 3 | Edmonton Stingers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 461 | 518 | −57 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head: the ranking was based on points difference: 1) Cangrejeros +39, 2) Estelí +18, 3) Stingers –57.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | São Paulo | 6 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 443 | +109 | 12 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | Quimsa | 6 | 2 | 4 | 473 | 498 | −25 | 8 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 3 | Nacional | 6 | 1 | 5 | 461 | 545 | −84 | 7 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Biguá | 6 | 4 | 2 | 480 | 490 | −10 | 10 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | Minas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 493 | 480 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 3 | Obras Sanitarias | 6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 483 | −3 | 8 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Flamengo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 494 | 394 | +100 | 11 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 4 | 2 | 452 | 435 | +17 | 10 | Advance to Final Eight |
| 3 | Universidad de Concepción | 6 | 0 | 6 | 385 | 502 | −117 | 6 | |

## Final Eight

The Final Eight took place from 6 to 9 April 2022 at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho was originally chosen to host the Final Eight, but this was changed on 30 March 2022.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 6 April | 6 April | | | |
| Flamengo | 83 | | | |
| Flamengo | 83 | 7 April | 7 April | | |
| Minas | 85 | 7 April | 7 April | |
| Minas | 85 | Minas | 79 | |
| 6 April | 6 April | | Minas | 79 | |
| 6 April | 6 April | São Paulo | 93 | |
| São Paulo | 75 | São Paulo | 93 | |
| São Paulo | 75 | | | | 9 April | 9 April |
| Real Estelí | 71 | | | | 9 April | 9 April |
| Real Estelí | 71 | | | | São Paulo | 98 |
| 6 April | 6 April | | | | | São Paulo | 98 |
| 6 April | 6 April | | | | Biguá | 84 |
| Cangrejeros de Santurce | 79 | | | | Biguá | 84 |
| Cangrejeros de Santurce | 79 | 7 April | 7 April | | | |
| Quimsa | 87 | 7 April | 7 April | | | |
| Quimsa | 87 | Quimsa | 91 | | | |
| 6 April | 6 April | | Quimsa | 91 | | | |
| 6 April | 6 April | Biguá | 98 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Biguá | 99 | Biguá | 98 | | Third place game | Third place game |
| Biguá | 99 | | | | 9 April | 9 April |
| Boca Juniors | 81 | | | | 9 April | 9 April |
| Boca Juniors | 81 | | | | Minas | 91 |
| | | | | | Quimsa | 81 |

### Final
## Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021–22 season.