2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight

2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight
Season	2020–21 season
Tournament details
Arena	Trade Union Sport Palace ; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Dates	5–9 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
	← 2020 2022 →

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	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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

6 May

Hapoel Holon	77
		7 May
San Pablo Burgos	86
		San Pablo Burgos	81
6 May
		SIG Strasbourg	70
Lenovo Tenerife	86
				9 May
SIG Strasbourg (OT)	88
				San Pablo Burgos	64
5 May
				Pınar Karşıyaka	59
Nizhny Novgorod	78
		7 May
Casademont Zaragoza	86
		Casademont Zaragoza	79
5 May
		Pınar Karşıyaka	84	Third place
ERA Nymburk	73
				9 May
Pınar Karşıyaka	84
				SIG Strasbourg	77

				Casademont Zaragoza	89

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	86–880OT	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 v t e	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

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

References

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

External links

Basketball Champions League (official website)

[2] Both Final Four and Final Eight (2020) tournaments.

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

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