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2021 Basketball Champions League Final

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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]
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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

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Pınar Karşıyaka

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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

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

Teams

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

Venue

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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

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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

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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)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

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Karşıyaka Statistics Burgos
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
Spain
San Pablo Burgos
2nd title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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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  1. ^ "Basketball Champions League 2020-21 (Final Stage — Game Details)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Nizhny Novgorod to host Basketball Champions League Final 8". FIBA. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  3. ^ "Final Eight field confirmed". FIBA. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  4. ^ "History! Hereda San Pablo Burgos defeat Pinar Karsiyaka, win back-to-back titles". Basketball Champions League. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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