# 2021 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2021 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Frecciarossa Final Eight 2021 for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Umana Reyer Venezia were the defending champions.
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 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 3 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1261 | 1223 | +38 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 4 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1184 | 1080 | +104 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 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 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 13 | 6 | 7 | 983 | 1004 | −21 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 8 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1069 | 1106 | −37 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals 11–12 February | Quarterfinals 11–12 February | Quarterfinals 11–12 February | Semifinals 13 February | Semifinals 13 February | Semifinals 13 February | Final 14 February | Final 14 February | Final 14 February |
| 1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 80 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 52 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia | 52 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 96 | | | |
| | | | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | 65 | | | |
| 4 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 82 | Umana Reyer Venezia | Umana Reyer Venezia | 65 | | | |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 89 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 89 | | | | AX Armani Exchange Milano | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 87 |
| | | | | | | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 59 |
| 2 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 93 | | | | | | | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 59 |
| 7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 81 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste | 81 | Happy Casa Brindisi | Happy Casa Brindisi | 69 | | | |
| | | | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 74 | | | |
| 3 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 110 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 74 | | | |
| 6 | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro | 115 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 0 | Amedeo Tessitori | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 1 | Lorenzo Deri | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 3 | Marco Belinelli | DNP | DNP | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Davide Casarin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 9 | Austin Daye | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| SG | 12 | Luca Campogrande | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||

### Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 3 | Felipe Motta | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 21 | Alessandro Guido | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 35 | Derek Willis | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Francesco Vitucci ||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 0 | Andrea Coronica | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 2 | Hrvoje Perić | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 3 | DeVonte Upson | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Andrea Arnaldo | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 3 | Kaspar Treier | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 5 | Massimo Chessa | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| C | 21 | Luca Gandini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gianmarco Pozzecco ||||||
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 15 | Matteo Tambone | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 18 | Edin Mujakovic | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 22 | Gerald Robinson | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| C | 24 | Beniamino Basso | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Michele Serpilli | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 3 | Felipe Motta | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 21 | Alessandro Guido | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 35 | Derek Willis | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Francesco Vitucci ||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 12 | Justin Robinson | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| SG | 15 | Matteo Tambone | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 18 | Edin Mujakovic | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 24 | Beniamino Basso | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 33 | Michele Serpilli | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 15 | Matteo Tambone | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 18 | Edin Mujakovic | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 22 | Gerald Robinson | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C | 24 | Beniamino Basso | DNP | DNP | 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 |
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