2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight

The 2021 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight will be the 5th concluding Basketball Champions League tournament and the 2nd in the format of Final Eight. It is the concluding phase of the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the fifth season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual format of a Final Four was changed to a Final Eight, similar to the last season.

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

On 13 April 2021, the BCL announced the Final Eight will be held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.[1][2]

Venue

The Trade Union Sport Palace was the stage of 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[lower-alpha 1]
Lenovo Tenerife3 (2017, 2019, 2020)
San Pablo Burgos1 (2020)
Casademont Zaragoza1 (2020)
ERA Nymburk1 (2020)
Hapoel HolonDebut
SIG StrasbourgDebut
Nizhny NovgorodDebut
Pınar KarşıyakaDebut

Bracket
 
Quarterfinals
SemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final
Main article: 2021 Basketball Champions League 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
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

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

References
  1. "Nizhny Novgorod to host Basketball Champions League Final 8". FIBA. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. "Final Eight field confirmed". FIBA. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
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