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.
