2021 EuroLeague Final Four

2021 EuroLeague Final Four
Season	2020–21 EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	Lanxess Arena ; Cologne, Germany
Dates	28–30 May 2021
Final positions
Champions	Anadolu Efes (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Third place	A\|X Armani Exchange Milan
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vasilije Micić
Top scorer(s)	Vasilije Micić (50 points)
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The 2021 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2020–21 EuroLeague season, the 64th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 21st season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 34th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 36th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The Final Four was played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, on 28–30 May 2021.^[1] The Final Four was played behind closed doors as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding measures taken by German authorities.^[2]

Venue

On 7 September 2020, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four was going to be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, on 19–21 May 2021.^[3]

Cologne	Cologne 2021 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Lanxess Arena
Capacity: 19,500

Teams

Team	Qualified date	Participations (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona	4 May 2021	14 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
A\|X Armani Exchange Milan	4 May 2021	4 (1966, 1967, 1988, 1992)
CSKA Moscow	28 April 2021	19 (1966, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Anadolu Efes	4 May 2021	3 (2000, 2001, 2019)

Bracket

Semifinals		Championship game

28 May

Barcelona	84
		30 May
A\|X Armani Exchange Milan	82
		Barcelona	81
28 May
		Anadolu Efes	86
CSKA Moscow	86

Anadolu Efes	89
		Third place game

		30 May

		A\|X Armani Exchange Milan	83

		CSKA Moscow	73

Semifinals

Semifinal A

28 May 2021	Barcelona	84–82	A\|X Armani Exchange Milan	Cologne, Germany
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 24–18, 16–29, 17–11
	Pts: Mirotić 21 Rebs: Mirotić 6 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Mirotić 28	Boxscore	Pts: Punter 23 Rebs: Delaney 4 Asts: Delaney 7 PIR: Punter 21	Arena: Lanxess Arena Attendance: 0 Referees: Sreten Radović, Matej Boltauzer, Oļegs Latiševs

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	99	Nick Calathes	17	4	6
SG	22	Cory Higgins	11	2	1
SF	21	Álex Abrines	6	4	0
PF	33	Nikola Mirotić	21	6	0
C	0	Brandon Davies	2	2	2
Reserves:
SF	8	Ádám Hanga	2	0	0
SG	9	Leandro Bolmaro	4	1	3
PF	10	Rolands Šmits	3	4	0
C	16	Pau Gasol	10	3	1
PF	18	Pierre Oriola	0	0	0
SG	24	Kyle Kuric	8	1	1
SF	30	Víctor Claver	0	1	0
Head coach:
Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Barcelona

Armani Milan

0

Barcelona	Statistics	A. Milan
	Statistics
19/36 (52.8%)	2-pt field goals	16/40 (40%)
8/20 (40%)	3-pt field goals	11/23 (47.8%)
22/28 (78.6%)	Free throws	17/19 (89.5%)
13	Offensive rebounds	18
17	Defensive rebounds	18
30	Total rebounds	36
14	Assists	11
13	Turnovers	17
8	Steals	8
6	Blocks	0
22	Fouls	22

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	23	Malcolm Delaney	9	7	4
SG	31	Shavon Shields	13	5	1
SF	5	Vladimir Micov	14	1	1
PF	2	Zach LeDay	8	3	1
C	42	Kyle Hines	4	5	2
Reserves:
SG	0	Kevin Punter	23	2	0
SG	10	Michael Roll	0	0	0
PG	13	Sergio Rodríguez	11	1	2
PF	15	Kaleb Tarczewski	0	4	0
PF	32	Jeff Brooks	0	0	0
F/C	40	Jeremy Evans	0	1	0
PF	70	Luigi Datome	0	0	0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

Semifinal B

28 May 2021	CSKA Moscow	86–89	Anadolu Efes	Cologne, Germany
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 22–24, 18–22, 31–18
	Pts: Clyburn 26 Rebs: Shengelia, Clyburn 7 Asts: Hackett, Voigtmann 2 PIR: Clyburn 34	Boxscore	Pts: Micić 25 Rebs: Şanlı 8 Asts: Micić 6 PIR: Micić 26	Arena: Lanxess Arena Attendance: 0 Referees: Saša Pukl, Juan Carlos García, Gytis Vilius

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	Daniel Hackett	17	3	2
SG	6	Darrun Hilliard	0	1	1
SF	41	Nikita Kurbanov	2	2	0
PF	23	Tornike Shengelia	10	7	0
C	50	Micheal Eric	0	0	0
Reserves:
G	1	Gabriel Lundberg	15	0	1
PF	3	Joel Bolomboy	DNP
SG	7	Ivan Ukhov	8	1	1
F	11	Semyon Antonov	0	0	0
G	13	Jānis Strēlnieks	2	0	0
C	17	Johannes Voigtmann	6	4	2
SF	21	Will Clyburn	26	7	1
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis

CSKA Moscow

Anadolu Efes

0

CSKA	Statistics	A. Efes
	Statistics
25/35 (71.4%)	2-pt field goals	21/35 (60%)
7/25 (28%)	3-pt field goals	8/20 (40%)
15/19 (79.9%)	Free throws	23/27 (85.2%)
8	Offensive rebounds	6
20	Defensive rebounds	23
28	Total rebounds	29
8	Assists	12
11	Turnovers	12
5	Steals	2
3	Blocks	6
26	Fouls	24

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	22	Vasilije Micić	25	3	6
SG	1	Rodrigue Beaubois	15	1	1
SF	44	Krunoslav Simon	10	6	3
PF	2	Chris Singleton	1	3	1
C	15	Sertaç Şanlı	19	8	0
Reserves:
PG	0	Shane Larkin	11	1	1
PG	4	Doğuş Balbay	0	0	0
PF	18	Adrien Moerman	6	1	0
G	19	Buğrahan Tuncer	DNP
C	21	Tibor Pleiß	DNP
SF	23	James Anderson	2	1	0
C	42	Bryant Dunston	0	1	0
Head coach:
Ergin Ataman

Third place game

30 May 2021	A\|X Armani Exchange Milan	83–73	CSKA Moscow	Cologne, Germany
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 20–11, 20–23, 23–16
	Pts: Micov, Rodríguez 14 Rebs: Shields 7 Asts: Rodríguez 6 PIR: Rodríguez 16	Boxscore	Pts: Shengelia 18 Rebs: Shengelia 9 Asts: Shengelia, Ukhov 3 PIR: Shengelia 26	Arena: Lanxess Arena Attendance: 0 Referees: Juan Carlos García, Mehdi Difallah, Uroš Nikolić

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	Michael Roll	11	3	1
SG	31	Shavon Shields	11	7	0
SF	5	Vladimir Micov	14	2	1
PF	2	Zach LeDay	7	3	1
C	15	Kaleb Tarczewski	7	2	1
Reserves:
SG	0	Kevin Punter	2	1	0
G/F	9	Riccardo Moraschini	11	3	1
PG	13	Sergio Rodríguez	14	3	6
PG	20	Andrea Cinciarini	0	0	0
PF	32	Jeff Brooks	0	0	0
F/C	40	Jeremy Evans	1	3	0
C	42	Kyle Hines	5	5	4
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

Armani Milan

CSKA Moscow

0

A. Milan	Statistics	CSKA
	Statistics
18/32 (56.3%)	2-pt field goals	19/37 (51.4%)
11/22 (50.0%)	3-pt field goals	6/26 (23.1%)
14/20 (70.0%)	Free throws	17/20 (85.0%)
4	Offensive rebounds	7
28	Defensive rebounds	24
32	Total rebounds	31
15	Assists	11
14	Turnovers	9
6	Steals	11
0	Blocks	7
25	Fouls	22

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Gabriel Lundberg	13	4	2
SG	7	Ivan Ukhov	2	0	3
SF	41	Nikita Kurbanov	8	4	1
PF	23	Tornike Shengelia	18	9	3
C	3	Joel Bolomboy	8	1	0
Reserves:
PG	4	Alexander Khomenko	3	0	1
SG	6	Darrun Hilliard	9	2	1
F	11	Semyon Antonov	0	2	0
G	13	Jānis Strēlnieks	0	1	0
C	17	Johannes Voigtmann	12	6	0
SF	21	Will Clyburn	0	1	0
C	50	Micheal Eric	0	1	0
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis

Championship game

30 May 2021	Barcelona	81–86	Anadolu Efes	Cologne, Germany
20:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–24, 22–26, 23–21
	Pts: Higgins 23 Rebs: Davies 11 Asts: Bolmaro 3 PIR: Higgins 23	Boxscore	Pts: Micić 25 Rebs: Moerman 8 Asts: Micić 5 PIR: Micić, Larkin 28	Arena: Lanxess Arena Attendance: 0 Referees: Saša Pukl, Oļegs Latiševs, Gytis Vilius

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	99	Nick Calathes	0	2	1
SG	22	Cory Higgins	23	2	1
SF	30	Víctor Claver	2	1	0
PF	33	Nikola Mirotić	11	9	0
C	0	Brandon Davies	17	11	2
Reserves:
SF	8	Ádám Hanga	0	0	0
SG	9	Leandro Bolmaro	7	5	3
PF	10	Rolands Šmits	0	0	1
C	16	Pau Gasol	1	3	0
PF	18	Pierre Oriola	0	0	0
SF	21	Álex Abrines	2	4	0
SG	24	Kyle Kuric	18	1	2
Head coach:
Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Barcelona

Anadolu Efes

0

Barcelona	Statistics	A. Efes
	Statistics
17/37 (46%)	2-pt field goals	22/39 (56.4%)
8/30 (26.7%)	3-pt field goals	4/18 (22.2%)
23/29 (79.3%)	Free throws	30/35 (85.7%)
17	Offensive rebounds	7
21	Defensive rebounds	23
38	Total rebounds	30
10	Assists	12
14	Turnovers	10
5	Steals	8
3	Blocks	2
30	Fouls	25

2020–21 EuroLeague champions
Anadolu Efes (1st title)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	22	Vasilije Micić	25	3	5
SG	0	Shane Larkin	21	2	3
SF	44	Krunoslav Simon	4	3	2
PF	2	Chris Singleton	4	3	0
C	15	Sertaç Şanlı	12	2	0
Reserves:
SG	1	Rodrigue Beaubois	3	1	0
PG	4	Doğuş Balbay	0	0	0
PF	18	Adrien Moerman	6	8	1
G	19	Buğrahan Tuncer	0	0	0
C	21	Tibor Pleiß	5	3	0
SF	23	James Anderson	0	2	0
C	42	Bryant Dunston	6	3	1
Head coach:
Ergin Ataman

References

^ "2021 Final Four headed to Cologne, Germany!". euroleague.net. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
^ "EuroLeague Cologne Final Four to be held without fans". eurohoops.net. 2021-04-28.
^ "Cologne confirmed as 2021 EuroLeague Final Four host". eurohoops.net. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

External links

Official website

[VG-1] "2021 Final Four headed to Cologne, Germany!". euroleague.net. Retrieved 2020-09-13.

[2] "EuroLeague Cologne Final Four to be held without fans". eurohoops.net. 2021-04-28.

[3] "Cologne confirmed as 2021 EuroLeague Final Four host". eurohoops.net. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

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