2021 Basketball Champions League Final

2021 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League season, the 5th season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Eight were played in the Trade Union Sport Palace in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.[2][3]

2021 Basketball Champions League Final
Event2020–21 Basketball Champions League
Pınar Karşıyaka San Pablo Burgos
Turkey Spain
59 64
Date9 May 2021
VenueTrade Union Sport Palace, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Coaches
MVPVítor Benite (Final Eight MVP)
Referees
  • Eddie Viator (FRA)
  • Ademir Zurapovic (BIH)
  • Yohan Rosso (FRA)
Attendance1,265[1]

San Pablo Burgos won its second Champions League title after defeating Pınar Karşıyaka.[4]

Background

Pınar Karşıyaka

For Karşıyaka, this was the first Basketball Champions League Final, and the second final for a Turkish side after Bandırma B.İ.K. had reached the final in 2017.

San Pablo Burgos

San Pablo Burgos were the defending champions after having defeated AEK in 2020.

Teams

Team Previous final tournament appearances[lower-alpha 1]
Spain San Pablo Burgos1 (2020)
Turkey Pınar KarşıyakaNone

Venue

The Trade Union Sport Palace was the stage of the final tournament for the first time.

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

Road to the final

Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka Round Spain San Pablo Burgos
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Group F second place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Germany Brose Bamberg 6 12
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 10
3 Spain RETAbet Bilbao 6 8
4 Italy Fortitudo Bologna 6 6
  1. Both Final Four and Final Eight (2020) tournaments.
Regular season Group H first place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Spain San Pablo Burgos 6 11
2 Italy Happy Casa Brindisi 6 10
3 Belgium Filou Oostende 6 8
4 Turkey Darüşşafaka Tekfen 6 7
    Group I second place
    Pos Team Pld Pts
    1 Israel Hapoel Holon 6 10
    2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 9
    3 Italy Happy Casa Brindisi 6 9
    4 Turkey Tofaş 6 8
      Playoffs Group J second place
      Pos Team Pld Pts
      1 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 6 11
      2 Spain San Pablo Burgos 6 10
      3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 6 9
      4 Latvia VEF Rīga 6 6
        Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Playoffs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
        Czech Republic Nymburk 84–73 Quarter-finals Israel Hapoel Holon 86–77
        Spain Zaragoza 84–79 Semi-finals France SIG Strasbourg 81–70

        Game details

        9 May 2021 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 5964 Spain 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)


        Starters:PtsRebAst
        PF 2 United States Raymar Morgan 13 6 1
        SG 17 United States D. J. Kennedy 5 4 1
        PG 21 United States Tony Taylor 8 2 4
        PG 22 United States Sek Henry 1 4 5
        PF 24 France Amath M'Baye 17 8 1
        Reserves:
        SF 1 Turkey Metecan Birsen 10 6 0
        PG 5 Turkey Arca Tülüoğlu DNP
        C 7 Germany Mahir Agva 2 3 1
        C 9 Turkey Semih Erden 1 0 0
        SF 10 Turkey Onuralp Bitim 2 0 0
        PG 39 Turkey Yunus Emre Sonsırma 0 0 0
        PF 64 Turkey Nusret Yildirim DNP
        Head coach:
        Turkey Ufuk Sarıca
        Karşıyaka jersey
        Team colours
        Karşıyaka
        Burgos jersey
        Team colours
        Burgos

        0

        KarşıyakaStatisticsBurgos
        17/42 (40.5%)2-pt field goals15/34 (44.1%)
        5/19 (26.3%)3-pt field goals6/26 (23.1%)
        10/16 (62.5%)Free throws16/22 (72.7%)
        10Offensive rebounds13
        28Defensive rebounds31
        38Total rebounds44
        13Assists12
        9Turnovers12
        3Steals2
        2Blocks2
        21Fouls22


        2020–21 Basketball Champions League champions
        Spain
        San Pablo Burgos
        2nd title
        Starters:PtsRebAst
        C 1 Serbia Dejan Kravić 8 8 0
        SG 8 Brazil Vítor Benite 15 2 2
        C 14 Cuba Jasiel Rivero 9 5 1
        SF 22 Spain Xavier Rabaseda 0 5 1
        PG 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alex Renfroe 14 6 4
        Reserves:
        PF 7 Belarus Maksim Salash 0 0 0
        F 9 Spain Álex Barrera 0 1 0
        SF 11 Spain Miquel Salvó 5 3 0
        PG 12 Georgia (country) Thaddus McFadden 5 0 1
        C 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jordan Sakho 0 2 0
        PG 20 Montenegro Omar Cook 3 1 2
        PF 30 United States Ken Horton 5 2 1
        Head coach:
        Spain Joan Peñarroya

        References

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