2022 BCL Americas Final

The 2022 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2021–22 BCL Americas, the 3rd season of the league under its new entity and the 15th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Arena Carioca 1 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 April 2022. The game was played between Brazilian club São Paulo and the Uruguayan club Biguá.

2022 BCL Americas Final
Event2021–22 BCL Americas
São Paulo Biguá
Brazil Uruguay
(8–0) (7–1)
98 84
Head coach:
Bruno Mortari
Head coach:
Diego Gutierrez
1234 Total
São Paulo 30272714 98
Biguá 26211324 84
Date9 April 2022
VenueArena Carioca 1, Rio de Janeiro
MVPBruno Caboclo

São Paulo won its first-ever continental title, just 4 years after the resurrection of the club's basketball section.[1] Bruno Caboclo was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.[2]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Brazil São Paulo None
Uruguay Biguá 1 (1992)

Road to the final

Brazil São Paulo Round Uruguay Biguá
Opponent Result Group phase Opponent Result
Uruguay Nacional 98–73 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 1 Brazil Minas 73–95 (Belo Horizonte)
Argentina Quimsa 83–74 (Santiago del Estero) Gameday 2 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 95–84 (Belo Horizonte)
Uruguay Nacional 89–73 (Montevideo) Gameday 3 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 92–81 (H)
Argentina Quimsa 86–69 (Montevideo) Gameday 4 Brazil Minas 96–91 (H)
Argentina Quimsa 95–73 (H) Gameday 5 Brazil Minas 73–62 (Buenos Aires)
Uruguay Nacional 101–81 (H) Gameday 6 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 77–96 (Buenos Aires)
Group B first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Brazil São Paulo 6 12
2 Argentina Quimsa 6 8
3 Uruguay Nacional 6 7
Source: BCL Americas
Group phase Group D first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Uruguay Biguá 6 10
2 Brazil Minas 6 9
3 Argentina Obras Sanitarias 6 8
Source: BCL Americas
Opponent Result Playoffs Opponent Result
Nicaragua Real Estelí 75–71 Quarterfinals Argentina Boca Juniors 99–81
Brazil Minas 93–79 Semifinals Argentina Quimsa 98–91
  • (H): Home game
  • (A): Away game
  • (N): Neutral venue

Game details

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) São Paulo Brazil 9884 Uruguay Biguá Rio de Janeiro
19:10 GMT–6 Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 27–21, 27–13, 14–24
Pts: Caboclo 29
Rebs: Bennett 8
Asts: Elinho 12
Boxscore Pts: Rudd 20
Rebs: Rudd 9
Asts: Vidal 9
Arena: Carioca Arena 1
Referees: Jorge Vásquez (Puerto Rico), Julio Anaya (Panama), Juan Fernández (Argentina)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Brazil Elinho 16 4 12
SG 3 United States Corderro Bennett 17 8 1
SF 11 Brazil Marquinhos 16 6 6
PF 0 United States Tyrone Curnell 10 4 1
C 50 Brazil Bruno Caboclo 29 7 0
Reserves:
SF 4 Brazil Alex Dória DNP
SF 7 Brazil Isaac 2 1 1
SG 8 United States Shamell Stallworth 0 0 0
PG 10 Brazil Henrique Coelho 5 3 1
PG 18 Brazil Luiz Dos Santos DNP
C 92 Brazil Lucas Nogueira 3 2 2
Head coach:
Brazil Bruno Mortari
São Paulo jersey
Team colours
Team colours
São Paulo
Biguá jersey
Team colours
Biguá

0

São PauloStatisticsBiguá
37/68 (54%)2-pt field goals29/70 (41%)
18/35 (51%)3-pt field goals13/30 (43%)
6/7 (86%)Free throws13/19 (68%)
6Offensive rebounds13
32Defensive rebounds24
38Total rebounds37
24Assists22
12Turnovers10
8Steals8
8Blocks3
18Fouls6


2022 BCL Americas champions
Brazil
São Paulo
1st league title
1st continental title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Uruguay Santiago Vidal 16 7 9
SG 8 United States Donald Sims 17 3 3
SF 7 Mexico Iván Loriente Pérez 3 6 2
PF 1 United States Victor Rudd 20 9 2
C 23 Dominican Republic Luis Santos 19 7 1
Reserves:
PG 13 Uruguay Hernan Alvarez Plaz 0 0 0
SF 15 Uruguay Nicolas Andreolli 0 0 2
C 21 Uruguay Guillermo Feijo Martinez DNP
PG 25 Argentina Diego Pena Garcia 0 0 1
PG 26 Uruguay Manuel Saaverda Xifre 1 0 1
G 31 Uruguay Alex Lopez Suberbie 3 0 0
F 42 Uruguay Martin Rojas 5 3 2
Head coach:
Uruguay Diego Gutierrez

References

  1. "São Paulo crowned BCLA 2022 Champs after win over Bigua". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. "Bruno Caboclo wins BCLA 2022 MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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