2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight

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.

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

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[lower-alpha 1]
Spain Lenovo Tenerife3 (2017, 2019, 2020)
Spain San Pablo Burgos1 (2020)
Spain Casademont Zaragoza1 (2020)
Czech Republic ERA Nymburk1 (2020)
Israel Hapoel HolonDebut
France SIG StrasbourgDebut
Russia Nizhny NovgorodDebut
Turkey Pınar KarşıyakaDebut

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

Quarterfinals
5 May 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 78–86 Spain 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 Czech Republic 73–84 Turkey 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 Spain 86–880OT France 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 Israel 77–86 Spain 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 Spain 79–84 Turkey 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 Spain 81–70 France 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 Spain 89–77 France 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
Main article: 2021 Basketball Champions League Final
9 May 2021 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 59–64 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)

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

References
  1. "Basketball Champions League 2020-21 (Final Stage — Game Details)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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