2021 Italian Basketball Cup

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]

2021 Italian Basketball Cup

The Mediolanum Forum hosted the Cup
Tournament details
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	Umana Reyer Venezia Happy Casa Brindisi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
MVP	Luigi Datome (AX Armani Exchange Milano)
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Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions.^[3]

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualification

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
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

	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

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia

11 February 2021	AX Armani Exchange Milano	80–52	UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	Assago (Milan)
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

AX Armani Exchange Milano v UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23 Malcolm Delaney 3 3 0 SG 0 Kevin Punter 15 0 2 SF 9 Riccardo Moraschini 3 2 0 PF 2 Zach LeDay 15 7 1 C 42 Kyle Hines 8 7 1 Reserves: SG 3 Davide Moretti 3 1 2 PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 4 2 9 C 19 Paul Biligha 6 3 0 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 5 3 2 SF 31 Shavon Shields 6 9 1 PF 70 Luigi Datome 2 2 0 C 81 Jakub Wojciechowski 10 5 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

AX Armani Exchange Milano UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Leonardo Candi 6 2 3 SG 11 Brandon Taylor 5 1 0 SF 77 Tomáš Kyzlink 8 3 1 PF 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 13 6 5 C 35 Mouhamet Diouf 8 9 0 Reserves: SG 3 Petteri Koponen 9 4 1 SF 5 Josh Bostic 1 2 1 SG 9 Carlo Porfilio 0 0 0 SG 14 Marco Giannini 0 0 0 SG 32 Federico Bonacini 2 1 3 Head coach: Antimo Martino

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

11 February 2021	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	82–89	Umana Reyer Venezia	Assago (Milan)
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

Segafredo Virtus Bologna v Umana Reyer Venezia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 44 Miloš Teodosić 15 5 6 SG 9 Stefan Marković 10 4 3 SF 34 Kyle Weems 14 4 2 PF 11 Giampaolo Ricci 11 3 0 C 45 Julian Gamble 5 4 1 Reserves: C 0 Amedeo Tessitori 2 1 0 PG 1 Lorenzo Deri DNP SG 3 Marco Belinelli DNP PF 7 Amar Alibegović 0 0 0 PG 14 Josh Adams 9 1 2 C 21 Vince Hunter 14 7 0 SF 55 Awudu Abass 2 2 2 Head coach: Aleksandar Đorđević

Segafredo Virtus Bologna Umana Reyer Venezia 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrea De Nicolao 10 3 5 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 22 3 1 SF 6 Michael Bramos 23 13 0 PF 5 Julyan Stone 0 4 2 C 50 Mitchell Watt 12 8 0 Reserves: SG 3 Davide Casarin DNP PF 9 Austin Daye 9 6 2 SG 12 Luca Campogrande DNP PG 15 Wes Clark 8 0 4 SG 21 Jeremy Chappell 0 1 0 C 22 Valerio Mazzola 5 1 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella DNP Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste

12 February 2021	Happy Casa Brindisi	93–81	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	Assago (Milan)
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

Happy Casa Brindisi v Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 15 Darius Thompson 11 5 9 SG 31 James Bell 14 3 2 SF 22 Mattia Udom 12 9 5 PF 10 Raphael Gaspardo 17 6 0 C 33 Nick Perkins 12 2 2 Reserves: SF 3 Felipe Motta DNP C 5 Ousman Krubally 8 4 2 PG 6 Alessandro Zanelli 3 0 4 SG 9 Riccardo Visconti 12 0 1 C 18 Riccardo Cattapan DNP SG 21 Alessandro Guido DNP PF 35 Derek Willis 4 1 0 Head coach: Francesco Vitucci

Happy Casa Brindisi Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Juan Fernández 9 1 3 SG 35 Milton Doyle 16 5 10 SF 15 Myke Henry 15 4 2 PF 20 Matteo Da Ros 20 2 2 C 12 Marcos Delía 12 8 2 Reserves: SF 0 Andrea Coronica DNP PF 2 Hrvoje Perić 8 1 0 C 3 DeVonte Upson 12 4 1 SG 7 Andrea Arnaldo DNP PG 8 Tommaso Laquintana 5 1 5 SG 18 Daniele Cavaliero 0 0 0 SF 44 Davide Alviti 4 5 0 Head coach: Eugenio Dalmasson

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro

12 February 2021	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	110–1150(OT)	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	Assago (Milan)
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

Banco di Sardegna Sassari v Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 Marco Spissu 20 10 9 SG 22 Stefano Gentile 15 3 4 SF 14 Jason Burnell 17 5 2 PF 20 Eimantas Bendžius 22 4 1 C 2 Miro Bilan 19 7 2 Reserves: PF 3 Kaspar Treier 3 1 0 PG 5 Massimo Chessa DNP SG 6 Filip Krušlin 8 1 3 PF 7 Ethan Happ 4 5 1 PG 10 Toni Katić 2 3 2 PG 13 Marco Antonio Re DNP C 21 Luca Gandini DNP Head coach: Gianmarco Pozzecco

Banco di Sardegna Sassari Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 12 Justin Robinson 27 2 6 SG 5 Ariel Filloy 7 4 4 SF 3 Henri Drell 23 5 2 PF 25 Márkó Filipovity 12 13 2 C 8 Tyler Cain 3 7 4 Reserves: SG 15 Matteo Tambone 3 0 0 SF 18 Edin Mujakovic DNP SG 22 Gerald Robinson 15 0 4 C 24 Beniamino Basso 0 0 0 PF 33 Michele Serpilli DNP C 41 Simone Zanotti 6 2 0 SF 82 Carlos Delfino 19 5 2 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

Semifinals

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

13 February 2021	AX Armani Exchange Milano	96–65	Umana Reyer Venezia	Assago (Milan)
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

AX Armani Exchange Milano v Umana Reyer Venezia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23 Malcolm Delaney 4 2 3 SG 0 Kevin Punter 2 2 3 SF 31 Shavon Shields 12 2 2 PF 2 Zach LeDay 16 4 0 C 42 Kyle Hines 14 10 2 Reserves: SG 3 Davide Moretti 0 0 1 SF 9 Riccardo Moraschini 3 1 1 PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 22 1 9 C 19 Paul Biligha 6 3 0 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 2 0 1 PF 70 Luigi Datome 13 3 0 C 81 Jakub Wojciechowski 2 2 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

AX Armani Exchange Milano Umana Reyer Venezia 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Andrea De Nicolao 7 0 5 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 14 2 3 SF 6 Michael Bramos 7 3 1 PF 5 Julyan Stone 3 4 2 C 50 Mitchell Watt 18 6 0 Reserves: SG 3 Davide Casarin 4 1 0 PF 9 Austin Daye 2 4 1 SG 12 Luca Campogrande 2 0 1 PG 15 Wes Clark 3 1 0 SG 21 Jeremy Chappell 5 3 0 C 22 Valerio Mazzola 0 1 1 SF 30 Bruno Cerella 0 0 0 Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro

13 February 2021	Happy Casa Brindisi	69–74	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	Assago (Milan)
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

Happy Casa Brindisi v Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 15 Darius Thompson 19 3 7 SG 31 James Bell 3 1 3 SF 22 Mattia Udom 9 7 1 PF 10 Raphael Gaspardo 6 5 1 C 33 Nick Perkins 16 6 1 Reserves: SF 3 Felipe Motta DNP C 5 Ousman Krubally 1 3 0 PG 6 Alessandro Zanelli 3 2 1 SG 9 Riccardo Visconti 8 2 0 C 18 Riccardo Cattapan DNP SG 21 Alessandro Guido DNP PF 35 Derek Willis 4 7 1 Head coach: Francesco Vitucci

Happy Casa Brindisi Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast SG 5 Ariel Filloy 8 3 2 SG 22 Gerald Robinson 5 4 3 SF 3 Henri Drell 3 1 1 PF 25 Márkó Filipovity 3 5 1 C 8 Tyler Cain 6 14 2 Reserves: PG 12 Justin Robinson 23 1 4 SG 15 Matteo Tambone 6 2 0 SF 18 Edin Mujakovic DNP C 24 Beniamino Basso DNP PF 33 Michele Serpilli DNP C 41 Simone Zanotti 10 1 0 SF 82 Carlos Delfino 10 4 3 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

Final

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

14 February 2021	AX Armani Exchange Milano	87–59	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	Assago (Milan)
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

AX Armani Exchange Milano v Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 23 Malcolm Delaney 10 3 2 SG 0 Kevin Punter 13 3 2 SF 31 Shavon Shields 9 4 4 PF 2 Zach LeDay 13 2 0 C 42 Kyle Hines 5 7 1 Reserves: SG 3 Davide Moretti 5 1 0 SF 9 Riccardo Moraschini 7 4 2 PG 13 Sergio Rodríguez 1 1 8 C 19 Paul Biligha 7 1 1 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 2 1 0 PF 70 Luigi Datome 15 5 2 C 81 Jakub Wojciechowski 0 0 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

0 0 Milano Statistics Pesaro 22/38 (57.9%) 2 point field goals 19/38 (50.0%) 10/22 (45.5%) 3 point field goals 5/25 (20.0%) 13/15 (86.7%) Free throws 6/11 (54.5%) 38 Rebounds 34 22 Assists 16 9 Steals 4 12 Turnovers 14 1 Blocks 1

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 12 Justin Robinson 4 2 4 SG 5 Ariel Filloy 5 2 2 SF 3 Henri Drell 12 4 0 PF 25 Márkó Filipovity 12 5 0 C 8 Tyler Cain 15 12 1 Reserves: SG 15 Matteo Tambone 4 1 3 SF 18 Edin Mujakovic DNP SG 22 Gerald Robinson 0 1 3 C 24 Beniamino Basso DNP PF 33 Michele Serpilli 0 0 0 C 41 Simone Zanotti 2 0 0 SF 82 Carlos Delfino 5 2 3 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

2021 Italian Cup champions
AX Armani Exchange Milano 7th title

Awards

Premio	Giocatore	Squadra
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

1. "Frecciarossa Title sponsor della Final Eight 2021" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 11 January 2021.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "Datome votato MVP della Frecciarossa Final Eight: 'E' bello fare parte di questo gruppo" (in Italian). legabasket.it. 14 February 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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