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2021–22 BIBL season

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2021–22 BIBL
LeagueBalkan International Basketball League
Season2021–22
Dates12 October 2021 – 1 May 2022
Games played80
Teams13
TV partner(s)sportmedia.tv
YouTube
RTSH
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Galil Elyon
  Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Haifa
SemifinalistsIsrael Ironi Nahariya
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad
Seasons
All statistics correct as of 11 October 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

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First round
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon Kosovo Prishtina North Macedonia TFT Skopje
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad Israel Ironi Nahariya Montenegro Ibar Rožaje
Bulgaria Beroe Israel Maccabi Haifa[2] North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009[3]
Bulgaria Levski Sofia Kosovo Peja[4] North Macedonia Navico Akademija FMP
Second round
Israel Hapoel Holon

First round

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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

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The draw took place on 26 August. The Ten teams was divided into 5 Seeds and drawn into two groups of five.[1]

Seed 1
Team
Israel Ironi Nahariya
Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon
Seed 2
Team
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad
Seed 3
Team
North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009
North Macedonia TFT Skopje
Seed 4
Team
Bulgaria Beroe
North Macedonia Navico Akademija FMP
Seed 5
Team
Kosovo Prishtina
Kosovo Peja

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGE MHA BAL LEV AFM KUM
1 Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 8 7 1 604 461 +143 15 Advance to Second round — 88–41 56–46 20–0[a] 107–65 —
2 Israel Maccabi Haifa 8 5 3 599 561 +38 13 80–85 — 92–78 20–0[b] 95–73 —
3 Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad 8 4 4 591 583 +8 12 64–70 88–81 — 82–73 80–71 —
4 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 8 2 6 464 513 −49 10 84–76 60–78 65–79 — 81–84 —
5 North Macedonia Navico Akademija FMP 8 2 6 615 755 −140 10 82–102 89–112 77–75 74–103 — —
6 North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009[c] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expelled 87–96 — — — 59–63 —
Source: Group A standing
Notes:
  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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

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

Second round

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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

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGE LEV PRI APL
1 Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 6 4 2 439 380 +59 10 Advance to Final Four — 20–0[a] 95–84 96–83
2 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 6 4 2 405 366 +39 10 Advance to quarter-finals 84–76 — 77–69 92–58
3 Kosovo Prishtina 6 3 3 456 471 −15 9 74–68 66–63 — 85–94
4 Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv 6 1 5 441 524 −83 7 55–84 77–89 74–78 —
Source: Group C standing
Notes:
  1. ^ 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]

Group D

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

Knockout rounds

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Quarterfinals

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

Game 1

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14 April 2022 Prishtina Kosovo 85–83 Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
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 Israel 91–83 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Universiada Hall, Sofia
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

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20 April 2022 Balkan Botevgrad Bulgaria 82–63 Kosovo Prishtina Arena Botevgrad, Botevgrad
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 Bulgaria 86–97 Israel Maccabi Haifa Universiada Hall, Sofia
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

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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-finalsFinal
      
29 April 2022
Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon80
1 May 2022
Israel Ironi Nahariya46
Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon86
29 April 2022
Israel Maccabi Haifa70
Israel Maccabi Haifa86
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad81
Third place
1 May 2022
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad65
Israel Ironi Nahariya86

Source: [11]

Semifinals

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29 April 2022 Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel 80–46 Israel Ironi Nahariya Nahariya
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 Israel 86–81 Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad Nahariya
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

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1 May 2022 Balkan Botevgrad Bulgaria 65–86 Israel Ironi Nahariya Nahariya
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

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1 May 2022 Hapoel Galil Elyon Israel 86–70 Israel Maccabi Haifa Nahariya
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
Israel
Hapoel Galil Elyon
(1st Title)

Awards

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MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2021
October Nigeria Ike Iroegbu Hapoel Galil Elyon 18.7 [12]
November North Macedonia Aleksandar Kostoski TFT Skopje 14.3 [13]
December United States Stephaun Branch Ironi Nahariya 19.6 [14]
2022
January United States Kwame Vaughn Maccabi Haifa 22 [15]
March United States Christian Jones BC Balkan 22.3 [16]

First Round awards

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Award Player Team Ref.
Most Valuable Player United States Dustin Thomas Ironi Nahariya 21.4 EFF [17]
Top Scorer United States Billy Rae Ivey Navico Akademija FMP 23.4 pt [18]
Top Rebounder United States Obinna Oleka Beroe 9.7 rebounds [19]
Best Passer Bulgaria Stanimir Marinov Balkan Botevgrad 6.8 assists [20]

MVP of the Second Round

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Player Team EFF Ref.
United States Christian Jones Balkan Botevgrad 22.0 [21]

MVP of the Final Four

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Player Team Ref.
IsraelSweden Nimrod Levi Hapoel Galil Elyon [22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The seedings for the Delasport Balkan League draw have been announced". www.balkanleague.net. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Maccabi Next Urban Haifa to replace KB Peja in Group A of Delasport Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "KB Peja taken out of Delasport BIBL". www.balkanleague.net. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Competition system of Delasport Balkan League for season 2021/2022". www.balkanleague.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "KK Ibar is returning to Delasport Balkan League for fourth season". www.balkanleague.net. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The champions of Bulgaria join Delasport Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Delasport Balkan League has taken a decision about Levski's games in Israel". Balkan International Basketball League. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "KK Kumanovo 2009 is officially taken out of BIBL". Balkan International Basketball League. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  10. ^ "The groups for Stage 2 are set". www.balkanleague.net. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Season 2021-2022 Official Regulations" (PDF). balkanleague.net. 6 January 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  12. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for October is..." www.balkanleague.net. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ^ "And the MVP for November is..." www.balkanleague.net. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  14. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for December is..." www.balkanleague.net. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  15. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP for January is..." www.balkanleague.net. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. ^ "The Delasport Balkan League MVP of March is..." www.balkanleague.net. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  17. ^ "And the MVP of Stage 1 is..." www.balkanleague.net. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  18. ^ "The top scorer of Stage 1 is…". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Obinna Oleka is the top rebounder of Stage 1". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  20. ^ "The best passer of Stage 1 is…". www.balkanleague.net. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Christian Jones is the MVP of Stage 2". www.balkanleague.net. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  22. ^ "And the MVP of the Final 4 is..." www.balkanleague.net. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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