2022 BCL Americas Final
# 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.

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.

| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - |
| São Paulo | None |
| Biguá | 1 (1992) |

## Road to the final

| São Paulo | São Paulo | Round | Biguá | Biguá |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Group phase | Opponent | Result |
| 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 place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 São Paulo 6 12 2 Quimsa 6 8 3 Nacional 6 7 Source: BCL Americas | Group B first place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 São Paulo 6 12 2 Quimsa 6 8 3 Nacional 6 7 Source: BCL Americas | Group phase | Group D first place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Biguá 6 10 2 Minas 6 9 3 Obras Sanitarias 6 8 Source: BCL Americas | Group D first place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Biguá 6 10 2 Minas 6 9 3 Obras Sanitarias 6 8 Source: BCL Americas |
| Opponent | Result | Playoffs | Opponent | Result |
| Real Estelí | 75–71 | Quarterfinals | Boca Juniors | 99–81 |
| Minas | 93–79 | Semifinals | Quimsa | 98–91 |

* (H): Home game
* (A): Away game
* (N): Neutral venue

## Game details

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 5 | Elinho | 16 | 4 | 12 |
| SG | 3 | Corderro Bennett | 17 | 8 | 1 |
| SF | 11 | Marquinhos | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| PF | 0 | Tyrone Curnell | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 50 | Bruno Caboclo | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 4 | Alex Dória | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 7 | Isaac | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 8 | Shamell Stallworth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 10 | Henrique Coelho | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 18 | Luiz Dos Santos | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 92 | Lucas Nogueira | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Bruno Mortari ||||||
| São Paulo | Biguá |
| 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 title 1st continental title

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 4 | Santiago Vidal | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| SG | 8 | Donald Sims | 17 | 3 | 3 |
| SF | 7 | Iván Loriente Pérez | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| PF | 1 | Victor Rudd | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| C | 23 | Luis Santos | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 13 | Hernan Alvarez Plaz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 15 | Nicolas Andreolli | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | 21 | Guillermo Feijo Martinez | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 25 | Diego Pena Garcia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 26 | Manuel Saaverda Xifre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 31 | Alex Lopez Suberbie | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 42 | Martin Rojas | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Diego Gutierrez ||||||
