# 2021–22 BIBL season

The 2021–22 BIBL season is the 14th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). 10-13 teams from Bulgaria, Israel, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia will participate in the competition.

## Teams

First round :
| Academic Plovdiv | Hapoel Galil Elyon | Prishtina |
| Balkan Botevgrad | Ironi Nahariya | Ibar Rožaje |
| Beroe | Maccabi Haifa | Kumanovo 2009 |
| Levski Sofia | Peja | Navico Akademija FMP |
| Second round ||||
| Hapoel Holon |

## First round

Ten teams drawn into two groups consisting of five teams each. Teams from the same country will be drawn in different groups. Peja will be drawn into a group with two teams from North Macedonia due to traveling schedule. Teams play against each other home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from each group will advanced to the second round.
During September, the league management announced the addition of two teams to the first round. On October 6, the league management decided to take Peja out of the tournament since Peja refused to confirm the competition's official schedule as well as fulfill all their financial obligations towards the league in the deadlines set. On October 13, the league management announced that Maccabi Haifa will take Peja's place as the 2nd participant in the league.
On 26 November, The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games cancelled.

### Draw

The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.
Seed 1 :
| Seed 1 Team Ironi Nahariya Hapoel Galil Elyon | Seed 2 Team Academic Plovdiv Balkan Botevgrad | Seed 3 Team Kumanovo 2009 TFT Skopje | Seed 4 Team Beroe Navico Akademija FMP | Seed 5 Team Prishtina Peja |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HGE | MHA | BAL | LEV | AFM | KUM |
| 1 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 8 | 7 | 1 | 604 | 461 | +143 | 15 | Advance to Second round | — | 88–41 | 56–46 | 20–0 | 107–65 | — |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | 5 | 3 | 599 | 561 | +38 | 13 | Advance to Second round | 80–85 | — | 92–78 | 20–0 | 95–73 | — |
| 3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 8 | 4 | 4 | 591 | 583 | +8 | 12 | Advance to Second round | 64–70 | 88–81 | — | 82–73 | 80–71 | — |
| 4 | Levski Sofia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 464 | 513 | −49 | 10 | Advance to Second round | 84–76 | 60–78 | 65–79 | — | 81–84 | — |
| 5 | Navico Akademija FMP | 8 | 2 | 6 | 615 | 755 | −140 | 10 | | 82–102 | 89–112 | 77–75 | 74–103 | — | — |
| 6 | Kumanovo 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled | 87–96 | — | — | — | 59–63 | — |
* ↑ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Hapoel Galil Elyon a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.
* ↑ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Maccabi Haifa a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.
* ↑ The Balkan International Basketball League management decided to take Kumanovo 2009 out of the competition due to its inability to fulfill its obligations. All its results were annulled, and its remaining games canceled.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAH | PRI | APL | TFT | BER | IBR |
| 1 | Ironi Nahariya | 10 | 8 | 2 | 801 | 684 | +117 | 18 | Advance to Second round | — | 83–74 | 98–73 | 102–63 | 63–69 | 69–57 |
| 2 | Prishtina | 10 | 6 | 4 | 848 | 794 | +54 | 16 | Advance to Second round | 84–61 | — | 85–94 | 80–73 | 83–61 | 110–85 |
| 3 | Academic Plovdiv | 10 | 5 | 5 | 786 | 793 | −7 | 15 | Advance to Second round | 61–76 | 74–78 | — | 81–84 | 74–68 | 77–61 |
| 4 | TFT Skopje | 10 | 5 | 5 | 799 | 826 | −27 | 15 | Advance to Second round | 66–67 | 81–77 | 75–83 | — | 95–88 | 87–83 |
| 5 | Beroe | 10 | 3 | 7 | 791 | 856 | −65 | 13 | | 67–103 | 93–94 | 98–91 | 86–96 | — | 67–79 |
| 6 | Ibar Rožaje | 10 | 3 | 7 | 749 | 821 | −72 | 13 | | 70–79 | 87–83 | 68–78 | 79–77 | 78–94 | — |

## Second round

The results between the teams from the same groups in the first round shall be carried forward into this round. The eight teams will be divided into new two groups of four teams each. Teams play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The teams placed 1st from each group will advance to the Final Four. The teams placed 2nd and 3rd from each group will advance to the Quarter-Finals.

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HGE | LEV | PRI | APL |
| 1 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 439 | 380 | +59 | 10 | Advance to Final Four | — | 20–0 | 95–84 | 96–83 |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 405 | 366 | +39 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | 84–76 | — | 77–69 | 92–58 |
| 3 | Prishtina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 456 | 471 | −15 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | 74–68 | 66–63 | — | 85–94 |
| 4 | Academic Plovdiv | 6 | 1 | 5 | 441 | 524 | −83 | 7 | | 55–84 | 77–89 | 74–78 | — |
* ↑ The match was not played due to Corona's cases in Levski Sofia. The league management decided to grant Hapoel Galil Elyon a technical victory after consulting with FIBA and after no further date was found for the match.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAH | BAL | MHA | TFT |
| 1 | Ironi Nahariya | 6 | 5 | 1 | 510 | 429 | +81 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 76–64 | 105–73 | 102–63 |
| 2 | Balkan Botevgrad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 518 | 457 | +61 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | 87–73 | — | 88–81 | 104–53 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 506 | 516 | −10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | 76–87 | 92–78 | — | 91–85 |
| 4 | TFT Skopje | 6 | 0 | 6 | 422 | 552 | −130 | 6 | | 66–67 | 82–97 | 73–93 | — |

## Knockout rounds
### Quarterfinals

| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 165–148 | Prishtina | 83–85 | 82–63 |
| Levski Sofia | 169–188 | Maccabi Haifa | 83–91 | 86–97 |

#### Game 2
### Final Four

The Final Four games will be composed of two semi-final games, third-place game and final game. Due Three teams from Israel qualified to the Final Four a draw will be made to determine the two pairs of the Semi Final games.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 April 2022 | 29 April 2022 |
| Hapoel Galil Elyon | 80 |
| Hapoel Galil Elyon | 80 | 1 May 2022 | 1 May 2022 |
| Ironi Nahariya | 46 | 1 May 2022 | 1 May 2022 |
| Ironi Nahariya | 46 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 86 |
| 29 April 2022 | 29 April 2022 | | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 86 |
| 29 April 2022 | 29 April 2022 | Maccabi Haifa | 70 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 86 | Maccabi Haifa | 70 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 81 | | |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 81 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 1 May 2022 | 1 May 2022 |
| | | Balkan Botevgrad | 65 |
| | | Ironi Nahariya | 86 |
Source:

#### Final

* 2021–22 Balkan League Champions
* Hapoel Galil Elyon 1st title

## Awards
### MVP of the Month

| Month | Player | Team | EFF |
| 2021 |||||
| October | Ike Iroegbu | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 18.7 |
| November | Aleksandar Kostoski | TFT Skopje | 14.3 |
| December | Stephaun Branch | Ironi Nahariya | 19.6 |
| 2022 |||||
| January | Kwame Vaughn | Maccabi Haifa | 22 |
| March | Christian Jones | BC Balkan | 22.3 |

### First Round awards

| Award | Player | Team | |
| Most Valuable Player | Dustin Thomas | Ironi Nahariya | 21.4 EFF |
| Top Scorer | Billy Rae Ivey | Navico Akademija FMP | 23.4 pt |
| Top Rebounder | Obinna Oleka | Beroe | 9.7 rebounds |
| Best Passer | Stanimir Marinov | Balkan Botevgrad | 6.8 assists |

### MVP of the Second Round

| Player | Team | EFF | Ref. |
| Christian Jones | Balkan Botevgrad | 22.0 | |

### MVP of the Final Four

| Player | Team | Ref. |
| Nimrod Levi | Hapoel Galil Elyon | |