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

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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[edit]

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

Nizhny Novgorod |

Nizhny Novgorod

2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight (Europe)

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Trade Union Sport Palace
Capacity: 5,000

## Teams[edit]

Team  | Previous final tournament appearances[a]

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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[edit]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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| 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[edit]

Nizhny Novgorod v  Casademont Zaragoza 5 May 2021 | Nizhny Novgorod | 78-86 |  Casademont Zaragoza | Nizhny Novgorod

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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)

ERA Nymburk v  Pınar Karşıyaka 5 May 2021 | ERA Nymburk | 73-84 |  Pınar Karşıyaka | Nizhny Novgorod

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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)

Lenovo Tenerife v  SIG Strasbourg 6 May 2021 | Lenovo Tenerife | 86-880OT |  SIG Strasbourg | Nizhny Novgorod

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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)

Hapoel Holon v  San Pablo Burgos 6 May 2021 | Hapoel Holon | 77-86 |  San Pablo Burgos | Nizhny Novgorod

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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[edit]

Casademont Zaragoza v  Pınar Karşıyaka 7 May 2021 | Casademont Zaragoza | 79-84 |  Pınar Karşıyaka | Nizhny Novgorod

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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)

San Pablo Burgos v  SIG Strasbourg 7 May 2021 | San Pablo Burgos | 81-70 |  SIG Strasbourg | Nizhny Novgorod

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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[edit]

Casademont Zaragoza v  SIG Strasbourg 9 May 2021 | Casademont Zaragoza | 89-77 |  SIG Strasbourg | Nizhny Novgorod

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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[edit]

Main article: 2021 Basketball Champions League Final

Pınar Karşıyaka v  San Pablo Burgos 9 May 2021 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 59-64 |  San Pablo Burgos | Nizhny Novgorod

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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

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* t
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| 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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Basketball Champions League (official website)

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Champions|

* San Pablo Burgos

Runners-up|

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Third|

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Fourth|

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Eliminated in the Quarterfinals|

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