2021 BCL Americas

Last updated
Basketball Champions League Americas
Season2020–21
Dates31 January – 13 April 2021
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season MVP Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Hettsheimeir
Finals
Champions Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
(1st league title; 2nd continental title)
  Runners-up Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí
Third place Flag of Brazil.svg Minas
Fourth place Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC
Statistical leaders
Points Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Jezreel De Jesús 20.1
Rebounds Flag of Panama.svg Ernesto Oglivie 9.7
Assists Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Zurbriggen 6.3
Index Rating Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Zurbriggen 21.8
2021–22 →

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.

Contents

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 [lower-alpha 1] after defeating Real Estelí in the final in Managua. As champions, Flamengo also qualified for the 2022 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Team allocation

A total of 12 teams from 6 countries participated in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League Americas.

Teams

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]

Group phase
Flag of Argentina.svg Quimsa TH (Abd-1st) Flag of Argentina.svg Obras Sanitarias (WC) Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC (3rd) Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Concepción (WC)
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo (Abd-2nd) Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo (1st) Flag of Brazil.svg Minas (WC) Flag of Colombia.svg Titanes Barranquilla (1st)
Flag of Argentina.svg Instituto (Abd-4th) Flag of Brazil.svg Franca (2nd) Flag of Panama.svg Caballos de Coclé (1st) Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí (1st)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Group phase

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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 642456471−1510Advance to quarterfinals
2 Flag of Panama.svg Caballos de Coclé 633453457−49
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Titanes Barranquilla 624485466+198
Source: BCL Americas

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Quimsa 431325312+137Advance to quarterfinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC 422310270+406
3 Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Concepción 413297350−535
Source: BCL Americas

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 440321292+298Advance to quarterfinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Franca 422315316−16
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Obras Sanitarias 404322350−284
Source: BCL Americas

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 550413380+3310Advance to quarterfinals
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Minas 624492494−28
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Instituto 514406437−316
Source: BCL Americas

Playoffs

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

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
          
 
10 April
 
 
 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 94
 
11 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Franca 73
 
 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 98
 
10 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Minas 95
 
 Flag of Argentina.svg Quimsa 60
 
13 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Minas 87
 
 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 80
 
10 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 84
 
 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 75
 
11 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC 78
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC 66
 
10 April
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 75 Third place game
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 74
 
13 April
 
 Flag of Panama.svg Caballos de Coclé 59
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg Minas 75
 
 
 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo FC 58
 

Awards

Most Valuable Player

PlayerTeamRef.
Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Hettsheimeir Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
[4]

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021 season. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Minas y Obras, nuevos participantes de la BCL Americas". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Universidad de Concepción se suma a la BCL Americas". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Flamengo's Rafael Hettsheimeir wins 2021 BCLAmericas MVP". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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