2022–23 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
Season2022–23
DatesQualifying:
11–19 October 2022
Regular Season:
26 October 2022 – 1 March 2023
Quarterfinals:
14–22 March 2023
Final Four:
14–16 April 2023
Games played127
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 20
Regular season
Season MVPBelgium Emma Meesseman (Fenerbahçe)
Finals
ChampionsTurkey Fenerbahçe (1st title)
  Runners-upTurkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.
Third placeItaly Beretta Famila Schio
Fourth placeCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Final Four MVPUnited States Breanna Stewart (Fenerbahçe)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Megan Gustafson 22.6
Rebounds United States Stephanie Mavunga 12.5
Assists United States Erica Wheeler 7.4
Index Rating United States Megan Gustafson 25.5
Records
Biggest home winFenerbahçe 111–61 BC Polkowice
(4 January 2023)
Biggest away winKSC Szekszárd 56–95 ZVVZ USK Praha
(4 January 2023)
Highest scoringKSC Szekszárd 103–101 Fenerbahçe
(2 November 2022)
Highest attendance7,000
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 84–56 Tango Bourges Basket
(14 March 2023)[1]
Lowest attendance100
Olympiacos 87–68 KSC Szekszárd
(25 January 2023)
Olympiacos 54–85 ZVVZ USK Praha
(22 February 2023)[1]

The 2022–23 EuroLeague Women was the 65th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 26th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

Fenerbahçe won its first championship after defeating ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 99–60 in the all-Turkish final, having participated in the Final Four nine times to date.[2][3]

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
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Regular season
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Belgium Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (1st)
France Tango Bourges BasketEC (1st) Spain Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
France Basket Landes (CW, 4th)[6] Spain Valencia Basket (2nd)
Hungary Sopron BasketTH (1st) Turkey Fenerbahçe (1st)
Hungary KSC Szekszárd (2nd) Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. (2nd)
Italy Beretta Famila Schio (1st) Poland BC Polkowice (1st)
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2nd)
Qualifying round
Conference 1 Conference 2
Turkey Botaş SK (6th) France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (3rd)
Romania ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) Spain Spar Girona (3rd)
Serbia Crvena zvezda (1st)
Greece Olympiacos (1st)
Israel Elitzur Ramla (1st)
Hungary Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (3rd)

Referees

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Qualifying round

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Qualifiers play-off

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq France 112–123 Spain Spar Girona (Q) 69–57 43–66

Source: FIBA
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY SEP CZV
1 Greece Olympiacos (Q) 2 2 0 157 114 +43 4 Regular season 73–54
2 Romania ACS Sepsi SIC 2 1 1 137 136 +1 3 EuroCup Women 83–63
3 Serbia Crvena zvezda (H) 2 0 2 123 167 −44 2 60–84
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualifying Tournament B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MIS RAM BOT
1 Hungary Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (H, Q) 2 2 0 155 108 +47 4 Regular season 75–54
2 Israel Elitzur Ramla 2 1 1 126 144 −18 3 EuroCup Women 54–80
3 Turkey Botaş SK 2 0 2 118 147 −29 2 64–72
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Regular season

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN USK VAL TBB POL VIR KSC OLY
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 12 2 1209 1003 +206 26 Advance to quarterfinals 82–72 93–61 83–64 111–61 95–73 91–71 95–89
2 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 10 4 1119 935 +184 24 66–73 75–82 65–57 80–83 71–50 82–71 95–63
3 Spain Valencia Basket 14 9 5 998 972 +26 23 66–72 76–83 76–68 69–64 73–71 74–59 65–55
4 France Tango Bourges Basket 14 8 6 996 969 +27 22 79–90 70–73 70–68 62–63 79–74 83–62 67–61
5 Poland BC Polkowice 14 8 6 1030 1039 −9 22 73–46 57–92 76–73 66–75 69–88 89–56 76–52
6 Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna 14 5 9 1031 1036 −5 19 67–85 61–85 73–75 61–64 89–76 89–59 92–69
7 Hungary KSC Szekszárd 14 3 11 947 1170 −223 17 103–101 56–95 54–75 61–77 76–94 73–64 78–69
8 Greece Olympiacos 14 1 13 915 1121 −206 15 58–92 54–85 59–65 66–81 70–83 63–79 87–68
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MER SCH AVE SOP GIR MIS BLAN MEC
1 Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 14 10 4 986 941 +45 24 Advance to quarterfinals 79–67 85–80 50–75 64–50 77–58 75–59 69–62
2 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 14 10 4 1025 963 +62 24 76–72 71–54 81–50 70–65 90–82 85–71 74–70
3 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 9 5 1012 919 +93 23 83–66 61–72 74–61 74–63 94–52 81–57 79–72
4 Hungary Sopron Basket 14 8 6 924 888 +36 22 51–44 80–61 53–75 62–60 75–65 59–62 71–64
5 Spain Spar Girona 14 7 7 924 879 +45 21 73–75 83–63 74–48 63–60 58–64 65–54 71–59
6 Hungary Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc 14 6 8 962 1022 −60 20 77–78 65–63 61–70 77–75 56–74 67–58 79–78
7 France Basket Landes 14 4 10 870 973 −103 18 61–68 58–78 71–64 50–61 53–58 72–63 68–78
8 Belgium Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 2 12 956 1074 −118 16 69–84 73–74 61–75 62–91 77–67 60–96 71–76
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–0 Hungary Sopron Basket 82–62 82–62
Beretta Famila Schio Italy 2–1 Spain Valencia Basket 75–63 75–80 62–53
ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Turkey 2–1 France Tango Bourges Basket 84–56 75–76 91–63
ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 2–1 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 77–56 71–73 OT 74–66

Final Four

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
14 April
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe77
 
16 April
 
Italy Beretta Famila Schio70
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe99
 
14 April
 
Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.60
 
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha58
 
 
Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld.78
 
Third place
 
 
16 April
 
 
Italy Beretta Famila Schio59
 
 
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha56

Semifinals

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14 April 2023 Fenerbahçe Turkey 77–70 Italy Beretta Famila Schio Prague
15:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 20–19, 25–14, 16–16
Pts: Stewart 24
Rebs: Stewart 11
Asts: Vandersloot 11
PIR: Stewart 29
Boxscore Pts: Keys 19
Rebs: Howard 9
Asts: three players 4
PIR: Keys 21
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,154[1]
Referees: Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
14 April 2023 ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 58–78 Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Prague
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 22–20, 9–18, 9–16
Pts: Vukosavljević 15
Rebs: Thomas 12
Asts: Thomas 6
PIR: Thomas 17
Boxscore Pts: Hayes 19
Rebs: Crvendakić 12
Asts: Gray 9
PIR: Williams 26
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Michał Proc (POL), Carsten Straube (GER)

Third place game

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16 April 2023 Beretta Famila Schio Italy 59–56 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha Prague
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 16–14, 9–14, 11–14
Pts: Mabrey 17
Rebs: Keys, Ndour-Fall 6
Asts: Verona, Sottana 3
PIR: Ndour-Fall 15
Boxscore Pts: Oblak 17
Rebs: Jones 15
Asts: Oblak, Vukosavljević 4
PIR: Thomas 22
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Esperanza Mendoza Holgado (ESP), Amel Dahra (FRA)

Final

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16 April 2023 Fenerbahçe Turkey 99–60 Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Prague
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 28–7, 20–20, 22–16
Pts: Stewart 35
Rebs: Meesseman 7
Asts: Vandersloot, McBride 5
PIR: Stewart 36
Boxscore Pts: four players 10
Rebs: Crvendakić 7
Asts: Gray 6
PIR: Crvendakić 15
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Viola Györgyi (ROU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)


2022–23 EuroLeague Women Champions
Turkey
Fenerbahçe
First title

Awards

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EuroLeague MVP

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EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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All-EuroLeague Teams

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First Team Second Team
United States Chelsea Gray Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. Ukraine Alina Iagupova Turkey Fenerbahçe
Serbia Yvonne Anderson France Tango Bourges Basket United States Marina Mabrey Italy Beretta Famila Schio
United States Breanna Stewart Turkey Fenerbahçe Serbia Jelena Brooks Hungary Sopron Basket
United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha Spain Raquel Carrera Spain Valencia Basket
Belgium Emma Meesseman Turkey Fenerbahçe Greece Mariella Fasoula Spain Perfumerías Avenida

Defensive Player of the Year

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Young Player of the Year

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Coach of the Year

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MVP of the Round

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Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 United States Stephanie Mavunga Poland BC Polkowice 37 [9]
2 United States Megan Gustafson Greece Olympiacos 34 [10]
3 United States Megan Gustafson (2) Greece Olympiacos 38 [11]
4 United States Stephanie Mavunga (2) Poland BC Polkowice 36 [12]
5 United States Brionna Jones Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 31 [13]
6 Spain María Conde Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 33 [14]
7 United States Chelsea Gray Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 32 [15]
8 Belgium Emma Meesseman Turkey Fenerbahçe 31 [16]
9 United States Breanna Stewart Turkey Fenerbahçe 41 [17]
10 United States Breanna Stewart (2) Turkey Fenerbahçe 31 [18]
Puerto Rico Arella Guirantes Hungary Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
England Cheridene Green Hungary Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
11 United States Megan Gustafson (3) Greece Olympiacos 37 [19]
12 Spain Queralt Casas Spain Valencia Basket 28 [20]
13 United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 28 [21]
14 Canada Kayla Alexander France Tango Bourges Basket 34 [22]
Playoffs
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 United States Brionna Jones (2) Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 28 [23]
2 Spain Raquel Carrera Spain Valencia Basket 33 [24]
3 United States Chelsea Gray (2) Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 35 [25]

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
2022
November United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha [26]
December United States Stephanie Mavunga Poland BC Polkowice [27]
2023
January Belgium Emma Meesseman Turkey Fenerbahçe [28]
February Latvia Kitija Laksa Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna [29]
March Belgium Emma Meesseman Turkey Fenerbahçe [30]

Statistics

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Individual statistics

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Rating

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Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. United States Megan Gustafson Greece Olympiacos 16 408 25.5
2. United States Breanna Stewart Turkey Fenerbahçe 11 279 25.4
3. United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 19 469 24.7

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. United States Megan Gustafson Greece Olympiacos 16 361 22.6
2. United States Breanna Stewart Turkey Fenerbahçe 11 239 21.7
3. United States Morgan Bertsch Belgium Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 242 17.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. United States Stephanie Mavunga Poland BC Polkowice 11 137 12.5
2. United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 19 210 11.1
3. Chile Ziomara Morrison Belgium Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 14 142 10.1

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. United States Erica Wheeler Poland BC Polkowice 10 74 7.4
2. Hungary Ágnes Studer Hungary KSC Szekszárd 13 84 6.5
3. United States Chelsea Gray Poland ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 15 94 6.3

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Blocks

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Rank Name Team Games Blocks BPG
1. United States Elizabeth Williams Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 11 26 2.4
5. United States Stephanie Mavunga Poland BC Polkowice 11 21 1.9
3. Australia Ezi Magbegor Hungary Sopron Basket 16 28 1.8

Source: FIBA EuroLeague Women

Other statistics

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Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 19 2.2
Turnovers Poland Weronika Gajda Poland BC Polkowice 14 4.8
Fouls drawn Hungary Ágnes Studer Hungary KSC Szekszárd 13 3.7
Minutes United States Alyssa Thomas Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 19 36:16
FT % North Macedonia DeWanna Bonner Turkey ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. 12 91.5%
2-Point % Belgium Emma Meesseman Turkey Fenerbahçe 15 64.9%
3-Point % Germany Marie Gülich Spain Valencia Basket 16 51.5%

Team statistics

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Category Team Average
Rating Turkey Fenerbahçe 107.7
Points Turkey Fenerbahçe 86.1
Rebounds Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 43.8
Assists Turkey Fenerbahçe 23.7
Steals Turkey Fenerbahçe 12.1
Blocks Spain Valencia Basket 4.2
Turnovers Poland BC Polkowice 17.9
FT % Hungary KSC Szekszárd 81.4%
2-Point % Turkey Fenerbahçe 51.6%
3-Point % Spain Perfumerías Avenida 37.6%

See also

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References

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