2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight

2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight
Season2020–21 season
Tournament details
ArenaTrade Union Sport Palace
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Dates5–9 May 2021
Final positions
Champions San Pablo Burgos (2nd title)
Runners-up Pınar Karşıyaka
Third place Casademont Zaragoza
Fourth place SIG Strasbourg
Awards and statistics
MVP Vítor Benite

The 2021 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight was the 5th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 2nd in the format of Final Eight. It was the concluding phase of the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual format of Final Four was changed to Final Eight, same as in the previous season.

San Pablo Burgos won its second consecutive championship.[1]

Venue

The Trade Union Sport Palace hosted the final tournament for the first time.

Nizhny Novgorod
2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight (Europe)
Trade Union Sport Palace
Capacity: 5,000

Teams

Team Previous final tournament appearances[a]
Lenovo Tenerife 3 (2017, 2019, 2020)
San Pablo Burgos 1 (2020)
Casademont Zaragoza 1 (2020)
ERA Nymburk 1 (2020)
Hapoel Holon Debut
SIG Strasbourg Debut
Nizhny Novgorod Debut
Pınar Karşıyaka Debut

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
6 May
 
 
Hapoel Holon77
 
7 May
 
San Pablo Burgos86
 
San Pablo Burgos81
 
6 May
 
SIG Strasbourg70
 
Lenovo Tenerife86
 
9 May
 
SIG Strasbourg (OT)88
 
San Pablo Burgos64
 
5 May
 
Pınar Karşıyaka59
 
Nizhny Novgorod78
 
7 May
 
Casademont Zaragoza86
 
Casademont Zaragoza79
 
5 May
 
Pınar Karşıyaka84 Third place
 
ERA Nymburk73
 
9 May
 
Pınar Karşıyaka84
 
SIG Strasbourg77
 
 
Casademont Zaragoza89
 

Quarterfinals

5 May 2021 Nizhny Novgorod 78–86 Casademont Zaragoza Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 14–18, 16–25, 20–20
Pts: Vorontsevich 17
Rebs: Strebkov 6
Asts: Shepherd 5
Eff: Toropov 20
Boxscore Pts: Ennis 26
Rebs: Wiley 8
Asts: Brussino 17
Eff: Ennis 26
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
5 May 2021 ERA Nymburk 73–84 Pınar Karşıyaka Nizhny Novgorod
21:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 17–16, 14–18, 18–28
Pts: Dalton 14
Rebs: Zimmerman 10
Asts: Obasohan 5
Eff: Zimmerman 17
Boxscore Pts: M'Baye 20
Rebs: Morgan 16
Asts: Birsen, Morgan 3
Eff: Morgan 31
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Antonio Conde (SPA), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)
6 May 2021 Lenovo Tenerife 86–88OT SIG Strasbourg Nizhny Novgorod
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 28–20, 12–23, 17–16, Overtime: 13–15
Pts: Shermadini 19
Rebs: 4 players 5
Asts: Huertas 10
Eff: Shermadini 26
Boxscore Pts: Jefferson 22
Rebs: Cavalière, Colson 7
Asts: Jefferson, Udanoh 6
Eff: Wainright 23
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 1,000[1]
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ademir Zurapović (BOS), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
6 May 2021 Hapoel Holon 77–86 San Pablo Burgos Nizhny Novgorod
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 20–11, 9–20, 23–26
Pts: Miles 23
Rebs: Harris 6
Asts: Harris 7
Eff: Miles 26
Boxscore Pts: Benite 26
Rebs: Rivero 7
Asts: Renfroe 10
Eff: Benite 24
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 552[1]
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Semifinals

7 May 2021 Casademont Zaragoza 79–84 Pınar Karşıyaka Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 16–14, 27–14, 19–27
Pts: Wiley 21
Rebs: Brussino 7
Asts: San Miguel 5
Eff: Wiley, Brussino 24
Boxscore Pts: Henry 24
Rebs: Morgan 6
Asts: Taylor 6
Eff: Henry 21
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
7 May 2021 San Pablo Burgos 81–70 SIG Strasbourg Nizhny Novgorod
21:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 22–19, 26–14, 18–13
Pts: Benite, Rivero 16
Rebs: Renfroe, Rivero, Kravić 6
Asts: Renfroe 9
Eff: Rivero 19
Boxscore Pts: Colson, Jefferson 14
Rebs: Cavalière 6
Asts: Maille 7
Eff: Wainright 18
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 1,093[1]
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Third place game

9 May 2021 Casademont Zaragoza 89–77 SIG Strasbourg Nizhny Novgorod
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 24–21, 23–18, 22–22
Pts: Ennis 24
Rebs: Barreiro 7
Asts: Ennis 9
Eff: Ennis 27
Boxscore Pts: Colson 22
Rebs: Morin 5
Asts: Maille 10
Eff: Colson 18
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 1,000[1]
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final

9 May 2021 Pınar Karşıyaka 59–64 San Pablo Burgos Nizhny Novgorod
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 15–14, 11–17, 20–18
Pts: M'Baye 17
Rebs: M'Baye 8
Asts: Henry 5
Eff: Birsen 14
Boxscore
Pts: Benite 15
Rebs: Renfroe 6
Asts: Renfroe 4
Eff: Renfroe 15
Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace
Attendance: 1,265
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

Notes

  1. ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight (2020) tournaments.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Basketball Champions League 2020-21 (Final Stage — Game Details)". www.linguasport.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.