2021 Basketball Champions League Final

2021 Basketball Champions League Final

Event	2020–21 Basketball Champions League
Pınar Karşıyaka San Pablo Burgos 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

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.

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

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
San Pablo Burgos	1 (2020)
Pınar Karşıyaka	None

Venue

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

Pınar Karşıyaka				Round	San Pablo Burgos
Opponent	Result				Opponent	Result
Group F second place Pos Team 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				Regular season	Group H first place Pos Team 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 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 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
Nymburk	84–73			Quarter-finals	Hapoel Holon	86–77
Zaragoza	84–79			Semi-finals	SIG Strasbourg	81–70

Game details

Pınar Karşıyaka v San Pablo Burgos

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 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 0 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 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

External links

• Basketball Champions League (official website)