2021 Basketball Champions League Americas
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] since launched by FIBA in 2019. It was also the 22nd season of List of [basketball champions of the Americas|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 2021 [BCL Americas Final|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 (basketball)|Peñarol] and Aguada from Uruguay were not able to participation due to national restrictions, Minas Tênis [Clube (basketball)|Minas] and Obras Sanitarias were given wild cards by FIBA. C.D. [Universidad de Concepción Básquetbol| Universidad de Concepción] replaced Chilean champions Valdivia, who withdrew. Group phaseThe 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 AGroup BGroup CGroup DPlayoffsThe 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.StatisticsThe following were the statistical leaders in the 2021 season. |