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.
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 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. 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. Universidad de Concepción replaced Chilean champions Valdivia, who withdrew.
+Group phase QuimsaTH (Abd-1st) Obras Sanitarias (WC) São Paulo FC (3rd) Universidad de Concepción (WC) San Lorenzo (Abd-2nd) Flamengo (1st) Minas (WC) Titanes Barranquilla (1st) Instituto (Abd-4th) Franca (2nd) Caballos de Coclé (1st) Real Estelí
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 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Awards Most Valuable Player Player Team Ref. Rafael Hettsheimeir Flamengo
Statistics The following were the statistical leaders in the 2021 season.
Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Efficiency per game Fernando Zurbriggen Obras Sanitarias 21.8 Points per game Jezreel De Jesús Real Estelí 20.1 Rebounds per game Ernesto Oglivie Caballos de Coclé 9.7 Assists per game Fernando Zurbriggen Obras Sanitarias 6.3 Steals per game Mauro Cosolito Quimsa 2.4 Blocks per game Justin Williams Titanes de Barranquilla 2.8 Turnovers per game Selem Safar Titanes de Barranquilla 3.0 Minutes per game Jonathan Rodriguez Titanes de Barranquilla 37.4 FG% Diamon Simpson Quimsa 55.9% 3P% Juan Pablo Venegas Schaefer Obras Sanitarias 58.3%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Efficiency Brandon Moss Universidad de Concepción 34 Lucas Mariano São Paulo FC Points Brandon Moss Universidad de Concepción 33 Rebounds Four occasions 16 Assists George de Paula São Paulo FC 11 Steals Luke Martínez Flamengo 5 Blocks Brandon Moss Universidad de Concepción 6 Three pointers Santiago Scala Franca 7
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