FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 registered clubs, qualification system confirmed
A total of 33 clubs registered for this season’s competition, with the best-ranked registered club from each of the Top 14 national federations in the Club competition rankings qualifying directly to the Regular Season
FIBA Europe announced on Monday the clubs that will take part in the 2021-22 edition of the FIBA Europe Cup as well as the teams that will compete in the Qualifiers tournaments with the hope of advancing to the Regular Season.
A total of 33 clubs registered for this season’s competition, with the best-ranked registered club from each of the Top 14 national federations in the Club competition rankings qualifying directly to the Regular Season. Those 14 clubs are:
Telenet Giants Antwerp (BEL)
BC Rilski Sportist (BUL)
Casademont Zaragoza (ESP)
Hakro Crailsheim Merlins (GER)
Ionikos BC (GRE)
Szolnoki Olajbanjasz (HUN)
Hapoel Gilboa Galil (ISR)
Pallacanestro Reggiana (ITA)
Heroes Den Bosch (NED)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
CSM Oradea (ROU)
Avtodor Saratov (RUS)
Bahcesehir (TUR)
BC Kyiv (UKR)
Meanwhile 15 of the clubs that will take part in the Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds have opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the BCL Regular Season. A maximum of 14 of those clubs can eventually join the FIBA Europe Cup, and they would be placed directly into the Regular Season.
FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 Qualifiers tournaments
Four Qualifiers tournaments will take place, during the week that runs September 27 to October 1, 2021.
The 19 clubs that compete in those Qualifier tournaments will be split into five pots (seeded and unseeded) for the purpose of the draw, based on the aforementioned Club Competition rankings.
POT 1
Ironi Ness Ziona (ISR) – reigning champions
Donar Groningen (NED)
Medi Bayreuth (GER)
BC Dnipro (UKR)
POT 2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (POR)
Iraklis BC (GRE)
Keravnos (CYP)
Enisey Krasnoyarsk (RUS)
POT 3
FC Porto (POR)
Hapoel Haifa (ISR)
CSO Voluntari (ROU)
Akademik Plovdiv (BUL)
POT 4
Naturtex-SZTE Szedeak (HUN)
Trefl Sopot (POL)
Swans Gmunden (AUT)
Parnu Sadam (EST)
POT 5
GGMT Vienna (AUT)
KK Kumanovo (MKD)
TFT Skopje (MKD)
Teams from Pots 1, 2 and 3 are seeded and will enter the tournament directly in the Semi-Final stage.
Teams from Pot 5 will be drawn against teams from Pot 4 until all Quarter-Finals are completed. The four winners will qualify to the Semi-Finals and face the seeded teams from Pot 1.
On the other side of the bracket, teams from Pot 3 will be drawn against teams from Pot 2 until all Semi-Finals are completed. There will not be a pairing for Quarter-Final 4 but instead a team from Pot 4 will be drawn directly in the Semi-Finals against a team from Pot 1.
The eight winners of the Semi-Finals will face each other in four final pairings with the winners joining the FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season.
Any additional spots in the FIBA Europe Regular Season that might open up after the completion of the BCL Qualification Tournaments will be taken up by the losers of the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers tournaments Finals, according to the criteria in Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.
The draw will take place in Freising, Germany on Thursday, August 19.
Fonte: FIBA.