2021 Basketball Champions League Final

2021 Basketball Champions League Final
Event	2020–21 Basketball Champions League
59	64
Date	9 May 2021
Venue	Trade Union Sport Palace, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Coaches	Ufuk Sarıca; Joan Peñarroya;
MVP	Vítor Benite (Final Eight MVP)
Referees	Eddie Viator (FRA); Ademir Zurapovic (BIH); Yohan Rosso (FRA);
Attendance	1,265
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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]

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

Background edit

Pınar Karşıyaka edit

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 edit

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

Teams edit

Team	Previous final tournament appearances^[a]
San Pablo Burgos	1 (2020)
Pınar Karşıyaka	None

Venue edit

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

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

Road to the final edit

Pınar Karşıyaka

Round

San Pablo Burgos

Opponent

Result

Opponent

Result

Group F second place

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Brose Bamberg	6	12
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	10
3	RETAbet Bilbao	6	8
4	Fortitudo Bologna	6	6

Source: Champions League

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

Regular season

Group H first place

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	San Pablo Burgos	6	11
2	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	10
3	Filou Oostende	6	8
4	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	6	7

Source: Champions League

Group I second place

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Hapoel Holon	6	10
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	9
3	Happy Casa Brindisi	6	9
4	Tofaş	6	8

Source: Champions League

Playoffs

Group J second place

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	11
2	San Pablo Burgos	6	10
3	Igokea	6	9
4	VEF Rīga	6	6

Source: Champions League

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Playoffs

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Game details edit

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)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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

Karşıyaka

Burgos

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Karşıyaka	Statistics	Burgos
	Statistics
17/42 (40.5%)	2-pt field goals	15/34 (44.1%)
5/19 (26.3%)	3-pt field goals	6/26 (23.1%)
10/16 (62.5%)	Free throws	16/22 (72.7%)
10	Offensive rebounds	13
28	Defensive rebounds	31
38	Total rebounds	44
13	Assists	12
9	Turnovers	12
3	Steals	2
2	Blocks	2
21	Fouls	22

2020–21 Basketball Champions League champions
San Pablo Burgos 2nd title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

C	1	Dejan Kravić	8	8	0
SG	8	Vítor Benite	15	2	2
C	14	Jasiel Rivero	9	5	1
SF	22	Xavier Rabaseda	0	5	1
PG	32	Alex Renfroe	14	6	4
Reserves:
PF	7	Maksim Salash	0	0	0
F	9	Álex Barrera	0	1	0
SF	11	Miquel Salvó	5	3	0
PG	12	Thaddus McFadden	5	0	1
C	18	Jordan Sakho	0	2	0
PG	20	Omar Cook	3	1	2
PF	30	Ken Horton	5	2	1
Head coach:
Joan Peñarroya