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.
São Paulo won its first-ever continental title, just 4 years after the resurrection of the club's basketball section. Bruno Caboclo was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.
Teams In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.
TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners) São PauloNone Biguá1 (1992)
Road to the final São PauloRound BiguáOpponentResultGroup phaseOpponentResult Nacional 98–73 (Santiago del Estero)Gameday 1 Minas 73–95 (Belo Horizonte) Quimsa 83–74 (Santiago del Estero)Gameday 2 Obras Sanitarias 95–84 (Belo Horizonte) Nacional 89–73 (Montevideo)Gameday 3 Obras Sanitarias 92–81 (H) Quimsa 86–69 (Montevideo)Gameday 4 Minas 96–91 (H) Quimsa 95–73 (H)Gameday 5 Minas 73–62 (Buenos Aires) Nacional 101–81 (H)Gameday 6 Obras Sanitarias 77–96 (Buenos Aires)Group B first placeGroup phaseGroup D first placeOpponentResultPlayoffsOpponentResult Real Estelí75–71Quarterfinals Boca Juniors99–81 Minas93–79Semifinals Quimsa98–91 (H): Home game (A): Away game (N): Neutral venue
Game details
São Paulo Statistics Biguá 37/68 (54%) 2-pt field goals 29/70 (41%) 18/35 (51%) 3-pt field goals 13/30 (43%) 6/7 (86%) Free throws 13/19 (68%) 6 Offensive rebounds 13 32 Defensive rebounds 24 38 Total rebounds 37 24 Assists 22 12 Turnovers 10 8 Steals 8 8 Blocks 3 18 Fouls 6
2022 BCL Americas champions São Paulo 1st league title1st continental title
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