2021 EuroLeague Final Four

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]

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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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

Barcelona v A|X Armani Exchange Milan

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 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

CSKA Moscow v Anadolu Efes

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 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

A|X Armani Exchange Milan v CSKA Moscow

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 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

Barcelona v Anadolu Efes

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 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