EuroCup 2022 Final: Virtus Bologna returns to taste the sweetness of victory
In the 2022 EuroCup, this time, Virtus Bologna lived up to its status as favorite after beating Bursaspor in the final (80-67). Milos Teodosic, who led his team in both attack and direction, won the MVP Unlike other years, the EuroCup changed its usual format for a do-or-die, single-game playoff system. An all-or-nothing game that brought many surprises.
Round of sixteen Joventut 73 - Ulm 79 Virtus Bolonia 75 - Lietkabelis 67 Levallois 87 - Venezia 66 Valencia 98 - Hamburgo 80 Gran Canaria 87 - Slask 60 Andorra 74 - Buducnost 64 Cedevita 93 - Turk Telekom 80 Partizan 95 - Bursaspor 103
Quarterfinals Ulm 77 - Virtus Bolonia 83 Levallois 85 - Valencia 98 Gran Canaria 77 - Andorra 79 Cedevita 83 - Bursaspor 85
Semifinals Virtus Bolonia 83 - Valencia 73 Andorra 68 - Bursaspor 85
The Italians, playing at home, came out more in tune and clearly dominated the first minutes of the final (25-12). A +13 that they were able to ration during a large part of the final.
Bursaspor, surprising finalists - it should be remembered that they eliminated the other favorite of the competition, Obradovic’s Partizan, in the round of 16 - never had much chance of jeopardizing the Virtus title, being unable to reduce the gap to less than seven points.
Virtus Bolonia 80 *Hackett - 1p, 4r. *Teodosic - 21p, 3a. *Weems - 13p, 4r. *Shengelia - 5p, 7r. *Jaiteh - 13p, 10r. Pajola - 0p, 6a. Belinelli - 12p, 3a. Hervey - 4p, 3r. Sampson - 11p, 5r. Cordinier - 0p, 2r. Tessitori - 0p, 1r. Mannion - 0p
Bursaspor 67 *Needham - 11p, 2r. *Bitim - 12p, 5r. *Andrews - 6p, 4r. *Hayes - 11p, 6r. *Dudzinski - 14p, 7r. Holland - 10p, 2a. Turen - 0p, 2r. Al - 3p.
