2021–22 BIBL season
2021–22 BIBL | |
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League | Balkan International Basketball League |
Season | 2021–22 |
Dates | 12 October 2021 – 1 May 2022 |
Games played | 80 |
Teams | 13 |
TV partner(s) | sportmedia.tv YouTube RTSH |
Finals | |
Champions | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
Runners-up | Maccabi Haifa |
Semifinalists | Ironi Nahariya Balkan Botevgrad |
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2024. |
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.[1]
Teams
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.[1][5]
During September, the league management announced the addition of two teams to the first round.[6][7] 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.[4] On October 13, the league management announced that Maccabi Haifa will take Peja's place as the 2nd participant in the league.[2]
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.[3]
Draw
The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.[1]
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Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HGE | MHA | BAL | LEV | AFM | KUM | |
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1 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 8 | 7 | 1 | 604 | 461 | +143 | 15 | Advance to Second round | — | 88–41 | 56–46 | 20–0[a] | 107–65 | — | |
2 | Maccabi Haifa | 8 | 5 | 3 | 599 | 561 | +38 | 13 | 80–85 | — | 92–78 | 20–0[b] | 95–73 | — | ||
3 | Balkan Botevgrad | 8 | 4 | 4 | 591 | 583 | +8 | 12 | 64–70 | 88–81 | — | 82–73 | 80–71 | — | ||
4 | Levski Sofia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 464 | 513 | −49 | 10 | 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[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled | 87–96 | — | — | — | 59–63 | — |
Notes:
- ^ 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.[8]
- ^ 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.[8]
- ^ 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.[9]
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAH | PRI | APL | TFT | BER | IBR | |
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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 | 84–61 | — | 85–94 | 80–73 | 83–61 | 110–85 | ||
3 | Academic Plovdiv | 10 | 5 | 5 | 786 | 793 | −7 | 15 | 61–76 | 74–78 | — | 81–84 | 74–68 | 77–61 | ||
4 | TFT Skopje | 10 | 5 | 5 | 799 | 826 | −27 | 15 | 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.[10]
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HGE | LEV | PRI | APL | |
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1 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 439 | 380 | +59 | 10 | Advance to Final Four | — | 20–0[a] | 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 | 74–68 | 66–63 | — | 85–94 | ||
4 | Academic Plovdiv | 6 | 1 | 5 | 441 | 524 | −83 | 7 | 55–84 | 77–89 | 74–78 | — |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | NAH | BAL | MHA | TFT | |
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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 | 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 |
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Balkan Botevgrad | 165–148 | Prishtina | 83–85 | 82–63 |
Levski Sofia | 169–188 | Maccabi Haifa | 83–91 | 86–97 |
Game 1
14 April 2022 | Prishtina | 85–83 | Balkan Botevgrad | Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina |
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Scoring by quarter: 35–25, 16–19, 18–22, 16–17 | ||||
Pts: Mitchell 19 Rebs: Cook 7 Asts: Dugat 6 PIR: Cook 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rorie 19 Rebs: Jones 10 Asts: Rorie 5 PIR: Rorie 25 |
Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Aleksandar Pavlov, Ognjen Jokic, Alija Ferevski |
19 April 2022 | Maccabi Haifa | 91–83 | Levski Sofia | Universiada Hall, Sofia |
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19.00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–28, 22–23, 23–12 | |||
Pts: Vaughn 23 Rebs: Freund 11 Asts: Kozahinof 13 PIR: Vaughn 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Knowles 24 Rebs: Knowles 13 Asts: Parker 15 PIR: Knowles 34 |
Attendance: 250 Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Daut Mehmeti, Sava Cetkovic |
Game 2
20 April 2022 | Balkan Botevgrad | 82–63 | Prishtina | Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad |
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19.00 | Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 18–15, 25–13, 23–16 | |||
Pts: Jones 27 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Rorie 11 PIR: Jones 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Ismaili 16 Rebs: Thomas 9 Asts: Palokaj 5 PIR: Ismaili 16 |
Attendance: 600 Referees: Diamantis Lortos, Ioannis Bakalis, Ioannis Agrafiotis |
21 April 2022 | Levski Sofia | 86–97 | Maccabi Haifa | Universiada Hall, Sofia |
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17.00 | Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 20–26, 16–19, 25–24 | |||
Pts: Knowles 18 Rebs: Knowles 11 Asts: Dimitrov 4 PIR: Knowles 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Putney 26 Rebs: Putney 9 Asts: Vaughn 13 PIR: Putney 40 |
Attendance: 300 Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Daut Mehmeti, Stefan Kuburovic |
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 | Final | |||||
29 April 2022 | ||||||
Hapoel Galil Elyon | 80 | |||||
1 May 2022 | ||||||
Ironi Nahariya | 46 | |||||
Hapoel Galil Elyon | 86 | |||||
29 April 2022 | ||||||
Maccabi Haifa | 70 | |||||
Maccabi Haifa | 86 | |||||
Balkan Botevgrad | 81 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
1 May 2022 | ||||||
Balkan Botevgrad | 65 | |||||
Ironi Nahariya | 86 |
Source: [11]
Semifinals
29 April 2022 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 80–46 | Ironi Nahariya | Nahariya |
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14:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 17–7, 14–10, 29–21 | |||
Pts: Levi 11 Rebs: Levi 8 Asts: Stove 4 PIR: Washington 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Branch 11 Rebs: Three players 5 Asts: Poleg 6 PIR: Branch 12 |
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Alija Ferevski, Ioannis Agrafiotis |
29 April 2022 | Maccabi Haifa | 86–81 | Balkan Botevgrad | Nahariya |
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16:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 24–22, 22–28, 21–16 | |||
Pts: Vaughn 23 Rebs: Putney 13 Asts: Kozahinof 9 PIR: Putney 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Marks 20 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Rorie 6 PIR: Rorie 20 |
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall Attendance: 450 Referees: Aleksandar Pavlov, Daut Mehmeti, Diamantis Lortos |
Third place
1 May 2022 | Balkan Botevgrad | 65–86 | Ironi Nahariya | Nahariya |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 18–16, 16–20, 14–24 | |||
Pts: Jones 14 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Rorie & Dimitrov 4 PIR: Jones 15 |
Boxscore | Pts: Branch 19 Rebs: Chubrevich 10 Asts: Uzan 7 PIR: Branch 29 |
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Alija Ferevski, Diamantis Lortos, Sava Cetkovic |
Final
1 May 2022 | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 86–70 | Maccabi Haifa | Nahariya |
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20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 21–15, 21–21, 17–17 | |||
Pts: Kennedy 21 Rebs: Levi 9 Asts: Iroegbu & Lewis 6 PIR: Kennedy 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Taylor Jr. 16 Rebs: Taylor Jr. 12 Asts: Vaughn 4 PIR: Mitchell 21 |
Arena: Ein Sara Sport Hall Attendance: 700 Referees: Ognjen Jokic, Aleksandar Pavlov, Ioannis Agrafiotis |
2021–22 Balkan League Champions |
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Hapoel Galil Elyon (1st Title) |
Awards
MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Team | EFF | Ref. |
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2021 | ||||
October | Ike Iroegbu | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 18.7 | [12] |
November | Aleksandar Kostoski | TFT Skopje | 14.3 | [13] |
December | Stephaun Branch | Ironi Nahariya | 19.6 | [14] |
2022 | ||||
January | Kwame Vaughn | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | [15] |
March | Christian Jones | BC Balkan | 22.3 | [16] |
First Round awards
Award | Player | Team | Ref. | |
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Most Valuable Player | Dustin Thomas | Ironi Nahariya | 21.4 EFF | [17] |
Top Scorer | Billy Rae Ivey | Navico Akademija FMP | 23.4 pt | [18] |
Top Rebounder | Obinna Oleka | Beroe | 9.7 rebounds | [19] |
Best Passer | Stanimir Marinov | Balkan Botevgrad | 6.8 assists | [20] |
MVP of the Second Round
Player | Team | EFF | Ref. |
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Christian Jones | Balkan Botevgrad | 22.0 | [21] |
MVP of the Final Four
Player | Team | Ref. |
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Nimrod Levi | Hapoel Galil Elyon | [22] |
References
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- ^ a b "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "KB Peja taken out of Delasport BIBL". www.balkanleague.net. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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- ^ "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "The groups for Stage 2 are set". www.balkanleague.net. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ "Season 2021-2022 Official Regulations" (PDF). balkanleague.net. 6 January 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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