The 2021 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 14th edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and the second of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) since launched by FIBA in 2019. It was also the 22nd season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 59th season of South American top-level competition.
| Basketball Champions League Americas | |||||||||||||
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| Season | 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 January – 13 April 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Season MVP |  Rafael Hettsheimeir | ||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||
| Champions |  Flamengo (1st league title; 2nd continental title) | ||||||||||||
| Runners-up |  Real Estelí | ||||||||||||
| Third place | Minas | ||||||||||||
| Fourth place | São Paulo FC | ||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2019–20 2021–22 → | |||||||||||||
The season began on 31 January 2021 and ended on 13 April 2021. The season ended with a Final Eight tournament that was hosted in Managua, Nicaragua. The defending champions Quimsa were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Flamengo won its second continental championship[a] after defeating Real Estelí in the final in Managua. As champions, Flamengo also qualified for the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Team allocation edit
A total of 12 teams from 6 countries participated in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League Americas.
Teams edit
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[1] Because Peñarol and Aguada from Uruguay were not able to participation due to national restrictions, Minas and Obras Sanitarias were given wild cards by FIBA.[2] Universidad de Concepción replaced Chilean champions Valdivia, who withdrew.[3]
 QuimsaTH (Abd-1st)
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Obras Sanitarias (WC)
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São Paulo FC (3rd)
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 Universidad de Concepción (WC)
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| San Lorenzo (Abd-2nd)
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Flamengo (1st)
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Minas (WC)
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 Titanes Barranquilla (1st)
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| Instituto (Abd-4th)
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Franca (2nd)
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 Caballos de Coclé (1st)
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Real Estelí (1st)
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- Abd: Abandoned seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic
- TH: Title holders
- WC: Qualified through Wild Card
Group phase edit
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three, while taking into account geographic location. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the remaining team in each group is eliminated.
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Real Estelí
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6 | 4 | 2 | 456 | 471 | −15 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Caballos de Coclé
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6 | 3 | 3 | 453 | 457 | −4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Titanes Barranquilla
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6 | 2 | 4 | 485 | 466 | +19 | 8 |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quimsa
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4 | 3 | 1 | 325 | 312 | +13 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | São Paulo FC
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4 | 2 | 2 | 310 | 270 | +40 | 6 | |
| 3 | Universidad de Concepción
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4 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 350 | −53 | 5 |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Lorenzo
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4 | 4 | 0 | 321 | 292 | +29 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Franca
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4 | 2 | 2 | 315 | 316 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Obras Sanitarias
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4 | 0 | 4 | 322 | 350 | −28 | 4 |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Flamengo
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5 | 5 | 0 | 413 | 380 | +33 | 10 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Minas
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6 | 2 | 4 | 492 | 494 | −2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Instituto
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5 | 1 | 4 | 406 | 437 | −31 | 6 |
Playoffs edit
The playoffs, also called the Final Eight, began on 10 April and ended on 13 April 2021. All games were played in the Alexis Arguello Sports Complex in the Nicaraguan capital Managua.
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Real Estelí | 94 | |||||||||
| 11 April | ||||||||||
| Franca | 73 | |||||||||
| Real Estelí | 98 | |||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Minas | 95 | |||||||||
| Quimsa | 60 | |||||||||
| 13 April | ||||||||||
| Minas | 87 | |||||||||
| Real Estelí | 80 | |||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Flamengo | 84 | |||||||||
| San Lorenzo | 75 | |||||||||
| 11 April | ||||||||||
| São Paulo FC | 78 | |||||||||
| São Paulo FC | 66 | |||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Flamengo | 75 | Third place game | ||||||||
| Flamengo | 74 | |||||||||
| 13 April | ||||||||||
| Caballos de Coclé | 59 | |||||||||
| Minas | 75 | |||||||||
| São Paulo FC | 58 | |||||||||
Awards edit
Most Valuable Player edit
| Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Hettsheimeir |
Flamengo |
Statistics edit
The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021 season.[5]
Individual statistic leaders edit
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Individual game highs edit
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Notes edit
- ^ The title was considered Flamengo's second Pan-American continental title after winning the 2014 FIBA Americas League. However, in 1953, Flamengo finished as co-champions of the South American Championship, along with two other teams.
References edit
- ^ "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Minas y Obras, nuevos participantes de la BCL Americas". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Universidad de Concepción se suma a la BCL Americas". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Flamengo's Rafael Hettsheimeir wins 2021 BCLAmericas MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 March 2022.