2021 Italian Basketball Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Country | Italy |
City | Assago (Milan) |
Venue(s) | Mediolanum Forum |
Dates | 11–14 February 2021 |
Teams | 8 |
Defending champions | Umana Reyer Venezia |
Final positions | |
Champions | AX Armani Exchange Milano |
Runner-up | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
MVP | Luigi Datome (AX Armani Exchange Milano) |
The 2021 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Frecciarossa Final Eight 2021 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 45th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 11 to 14 February 2021 in Assago (Milan), at the end of the first half of the 2020–21 LBA season.[2]
Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions.[3]
All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
Qualification
[edit]Qualified for the tournament are selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2020–21 LBA regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1237 | 1031 | +206 | Qualified as seeded teams |
2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1119 | 1044 | +75 | |
3 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1261 | 1223 | +38 | |
4 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1184 | 1080 | +104 | |
5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1106 | 1081 | +25 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
6 | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1166 | 1152 | +14 | |
7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 13 | 6 | 7 | 983 | 1004 | −21 | |
8 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1069 | 1106 | −37 |
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: LBA
Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals 11–12 February | Semifinals 13 February | Final 14 February | ||||||||||||
1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 80 | ||||||||||||
8 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 52 | ||||||||||||
AX Armani Exchange Milano | 96 | |||||||||||||
Umana Reyer Venezia | 65 | |||||||||||||
4 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 89 | ||||||||||||
AX Armani Exchange Milano | 87 | |||||||||||||
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 59 | |||||||||||||
2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 93 | ||||||||||||
7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 81 | ||||||||||||
Happy Casa Brindisi | 69 | |||||||||||||
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 74 | |||||||||||||
3 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 110 | ||||||||||||
6 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 115 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia
[edit]11 February 2021 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 80–52 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | Assago (Milan) |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 22–12, 18–9, 21–21 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Punter, LeDay 15 Rebs: Shields 9 Asts: Rodríguez 9 PIR: LeDay 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Baldi Rossi 13 Rebs: Diouf 9 Asts: Baldi Rossi 5 PIR: Baldi Rossi 13 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Mark Bartoli, Fabrizio Paglialunga |
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Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia
[edit]11 February 2021 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 82–89 | Umana Reyer Venezia | Assago (Milan) |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 22–18, 23–24, 21–24 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Teodosić 15 Rebs: Hunter 7 Asts: Teodosić 6 PIR: Teodosić 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Bramos 23 Rebs: Bramos 13 Asts: De Nicolao 5 PIR: Bramos 31 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Tolga Sahin, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Guido Giovannetti |
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Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste
[edit]12 February 2021 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 93–81 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | Assago (Milan) |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–20, 23–23, 27–20 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Gaspardo 17 Rebs: Udom 9 Asts: Thompson 9 PIR: Udom 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Doyle 16 Rebs: Delía 8 Asts: Doyle 10 PIR: Henry |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni |
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Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro
[edit]12 February 2021 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 110–115 (OT) | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Assago (Milan) |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 27–25, 23–21, 23–29, Overtime: 11–16 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Bendžius 22 Rebs: Spissu 10 Asts: Spissu 9 PIR: Spissu 34 |
Boxscore | Pts: J. Robinson 27 Rebs: Filipovity 13 Asts: J. Robinson 27 PIR: Drell |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Michele Rossi, Lorenzo Baldini, Christian Borgo |
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Semifinals
[edit]AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia
[edit]13 February 2021 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 96–65 | Umana Reyer Venezia | Assago (Milan) |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 22–13, 30–11, 24–16 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Rodríguez 22 Rebs: Hines 10 Asts: Rodríguez 9 PIR: Rodríguez 30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Watt 18 Rebs: Watt 6 Asts: De Nicolao 5 PIR: Watt 20 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Vicino |
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Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro
[edit]13 February 2021 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 69–74 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Assago (Milan) |
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20:45 | Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 16–26, 17–11, 24–22 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Thompson 19 Rebs: Udom, Willis 7 Asts: Thompson 7 PIR: Thompson 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: J. Robinson 23 Rebs: Cain 14 Asts: J. Robinson 4 PIR: J. Robinson 23 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Alessandro Martolini, Andrea Bongiorni |
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Final
[edit]AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia
[edit]14 February 2021 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 87–59 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Assago (Milan) |
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18:15 | Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 27–6, 26–15, 13–23 | |||
Rai Sport, Eurosport | Pts: Datome 15 Rebs: Hines 7 Asts: Rodríguez 8 PIR: Datome 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Cain 15 Rebs: Cain 12 Asts: J. Robinson 4 PIR: Cain 21 |
Arena: Mediolanum Forum Referees: Tolga Sahin, Roberto Begnis, Guido Giovannetti |
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2021 Italian Cup champions |
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AX Armani Exchange Milano 7th title |
Awards
[edit]Premio | Giocatore | Squadra |
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MVP | Luigi Datome | AX Armani Exchange Milano |
Best offensive player | Henri Drell | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro |
Best shooter | Luigi Datome | AX Armani Exchange Milano |
Best assist man | Sergio Rodríguez | AX Armani Exchange Milano |
Source[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Frecciarossa Title sponsor della Final Eight 2021" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 January 2021.
- ^ "LBA, l'Assemblea approva il budget economico-finanziario 2020–21. Al Forum di Milano la Final Eight 2021" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 18 December 2020.
- ^ "A Pesaro è trionfo Umana Reyer Venezia: batte Brindisi 73–67 e conquista la Zurich Connect Final Eight 2020" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Datome votato MVP della Frecciarossa Final Eight: 'E' bello fare parte di questo gruppo" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 14 February 2021.[permanent dead link ]