2021 Basketball Champions League Final
Basketball game
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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]
Date9 May 2021
VenueTrade Union Sport Palace, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
| Event | 2020–21 Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||
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| Date | 9 May 2021 | ||||||||||
| Venue | Trade Union Sport Palace, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | ||||||||||
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| MVP | Vítor Benite (Final Eight MVP) | ||||||||||
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| Attendance | 1,265[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[a] |
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 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 | 2021 Basketball Champions League Final (Europe) |
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| Trade Union Sport Palace | |
| Capacity: 5,000 | |
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Road to the final
| Pınar Karşıyaka |
Round | San Pablo Burgos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group F second place
Source: Champions League
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Regular season | Group H first place
Source: Champions League
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Group I second place
Source: Champions League
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Playoffs | Group J second place
Source: Champions League
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| 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
| 9 May 2021 | Pınar Karşıyaka |
59–64 | San Pablo Burgos |
Nizhny Novgorod |
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| 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) |
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- Team captains (C):
D. J. Kennedy (Karsiyaka) 
and Vítor Benite (Burgos)
