2021 Italian Basketball Supercup

2021 Discovery+ Supercoppa
Tournament details
Arena	Unipol Arena ; Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, Italy
Dates	4–21 September 2021
Final positions
Champions	Virtus Segafredo Bologna ; (2nd title)
Runners-up	AX Armani Exchange Milano
Awards and statistics
MVP	Alessandro Pajola
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The 2021 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2021), also known as Discovery+ Supercoppa 2021 for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 27th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). The title was won by Virtus Segafredo Bologna, which defeated AX Armani Exchange Milano 90–84.

Participant teams[edit]

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	Trieste	Allianz Dome	6,943^[2]
AX Armani Exchange Milano	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700^[3]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Sassari	PalaSerradimigni	5,000^[4]
Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro	Pesaro	Vitifrigo Arena	10,323^[5]
Bertram Derthona Tortona	Tortona	Pala OltrePo	1,800
Dolomiti Energia Trento	Trento	BLM Group Arena	4,360^[6]
Fortitudo Bologna	Bologna	PalaDozza	5,570^[7]
Germani Brescia	Brescia	PalaLeonessa	5,200^[8]
Gevi Napoli	Naples	PalaBarbuto	5,500
Happy Casa Brindisi	Brindisi	PalaPentassuglia	3,534^[9]
NutriBullet Treviso Basket	Treviso	PalaVerde	5,134^[10]
Openjobmetis Varese	Varese	Enerxenia Arena	5,100^[11]
Umana Reyer Venezia	Venice	Palasport Taliercio	3,506^[12]
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	Unipol Arena	8,400^[13]
Vanoli Basket Cremona	Cremona	PalaRadi	3,511^[14]
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Bologna	Segafredo Arena	9,700^[15]

Source:^[16]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Umana Reyer Venezia	4	4	0	329	281	+48	Advance to Final Eight
2	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	4	2	2	302	284	+18
3	Fortitudo Bologna	4	0	4	270	336	−66

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	4	4	0	350	304	+46	Advance to Final Eight
2	Vanoli Cremona	4	1	3	319	337	−18
3	Openjobmetis Varese	4	1	3	299	327	−28

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	NutriBullet Treviso Basket	4	4	0	323	296	+27	Advance to Final Eight
2	Gevi Napoli	4	1	3	293	307	−14
3	Germani Brescia	4	1	3	322	335	−13

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Bertram Derthona Tortona	4	4	0	336	285	+51	Advance to Final Eight
2	Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste	4	2	2	326	345	−19
3	Dolomiti Energia Trento	4	0	4	301	333	−32

Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Final Eight[edit]

Quarterfinals 18 September			Semifinals 20 September			Final 21 September

1	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	74

8	Bertram Derthona Tortona	66
			1	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	72

			5	Umana Reyer Venezia	71
4	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	51

5	Umana Reyer Venezia	83
						1	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	90

						2	AX Armani Exchange Milano	84
2	AX Armani Exchange Milano	108

7	NutriBullet Treviso Basket	60
			2	AX Armani Exchange Milano	72

			3	Happy Casa Brindisi	67
3	Happy Casa Brindisi	76

6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	66

Quarterfinals[edit]

Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro vs. Umana Reyer Venezia[edit]

18 September 2021	Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro	51–83	Umana Reyer Venezia	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
12:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 3–25, 22–23, 15–15
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Drell 9 Rebs: Camara 11 Asts: Sanford 8 PIR: Camara 19	Boxscore	Pts: Sanders 20 Rebs: Phillip 7 Asts: De Nicolao 6 PIR: Sanders 24	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Michele Rossi, Denny Borgioni

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari[edit]

18 September 2021	Happy Casa Brindisi	76–66	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
15:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 16–11, 18–23, 24–18
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Perkins N. 21 Rebs: Perkins N. 10 Asts: Perkins J. 3 PIR: Perkins N. 23	Boxscore	Pts: Bendžius 17 Rebs: Bendžius, Burnell 6 Asts: Burnell 5 PIR: Bendžius, Burnell 17	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Denis Quarta

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. NutriBullet Treviso Basket[edit]

18 September 2021	AX Armani Exchange Milano	108–60	NutriBullet Treviso Basket	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 36–20, 33–14, 17–13, 22–13
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Alviti 18 Rebs: Mitoglou 10 Asts: Delaney 4 PIR: Mitoglou 31	Boxscore	Pts: Bortolani 16 Rebs: Poser 5 Asts: Jones 3 PIR: Bortolani 10	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Tolga Sahin, Guido Giovannetti, Fabrizio Paglialunga

Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. Bertram Derthona Tortona[edit]

18 September 2021	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	74–66	Bertram Derthona Tortona	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 20–22, 18–10, 20–20
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Hervey 18 Rebs: Hervey 18 Asts: Pajola 4 PIR: Hervey 32	Boxscore	Pts: Daum 19 Rebs: Filloy 7 Asts: Wright 9 PIR: Filloy 17	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Martolini, Christian Borgo

Semifinals[edit]

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. AX Armani Exchange Milano[edit]

20 September 2021	Happy Casa Brindisi	67–72	AX Armani Exchange Milano	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 12–20, 29–10, 11–21
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Perkins N., Perkins J. 16 Rebs: Perkins N., Perkins J. 7 Asts: Perkins J. 4 PIR: Perkins N. 17	Boxscore	Pts: Mitoglou 13 Rebs: Hines 8 Asts: Rodríguez, Shields 3 PIR: Hines 23	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Lorenzo Baldini, Beniamino Attard

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna[edit]

20 September 2021	Umana Reyer Venezia	71–72	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 20–14, 16–16, 24–22
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Tonut 16 Rebs: Tonut 9 Asts: Tonut, De Nicolao 4 PIR: Tonut 21	Boxscore	Pts: Hervey 17 Rebs: Hervey 9 Asts: Teodosić 8 PIR: Teodosić 21	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Roberto Begnis, Mark Bartoli, Valerio Grigioni

Final[edit]

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna[edit]

21 September 2021	AX Armani Exchange Milano	84–90	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 15–21, 20–23, 29–23
Discovery+, Eurosport, DMAX	Pts: Shields 19 Rebs: Melli 10 Asts: Delaney, Rodríguez 5 PIR: Hall 23	Boxscore	Pts: Jaiteh 18 Rebs: Jaiteh 9 Asts: Pajola 7 PIR: Jaiteh 27	Arena: Unipol Arena Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Michele Rossi, Guido Giovannetti

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	23	Malcolm Delaney	8	1	5
SF	31	Shavon Shields	19	5	1
SF	70	Luigi Datome	0	1	0
PF	9	Nicolò Melli	10	10	1
C	42	Kyle Hines	4	6	2
Reserves:
PG	13	Sergio Rodríguez	17	2	5
PF	17	Giampaolo Ricci	3	1	1
C	19	Paul Biligha	DNP
SF	21	Riccardo Moraschini	0	0	0
SG	22	Devon Hall	13	6	2
F/C	24	Dinos Mitoglou	8	5	1
SF	40	Davide Alviti	2	3	0
Head coach:
Ettore Messina

AX Armani Exchange Milano

Virtus Segafredo Bologna
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Milano	Statistics	Bologna
	Statistics
20/42 (47.6%)	2 point field goals	25/41 (61.0%)
11/28 (39.3%)	3 point field goals	8/18 (44.4%)
11/11 (100.0%)	Free throws	16/23 (69.6%)
40	Rebounds	28
18	Assists	27
6	Steals	6
11	Turnovers	9
6	Blocks	4

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	14	3	7
SG	3	Marco Belinelli	9	1	2
SF	34	Kyle Weems	10	1	1
PF	8	Kevin Hervey	4	4	1
C	14	Mouhammadou Jaiteh	18	9	3
Reserves:
C	0	Amedeo Tessitori	0	2	1
PF	7	Amar Alibegović	13	0	0
PG	11	Michele Ruzzier	DNP
SG	15	Ty-Shon Alexander	7	2	5
C	20	Matteo Barbieri	DNP
PG	44	Miloš Teodosić	9	3	6
SF	55	Awudu Abass	6	1	1
Head coach:
Sergio Scariolo

2021 Italian Supercup champions
Virtus Segafredo Bologna 2nd title

Sponsors[edit]

Discovery + (title sponsor)
UnipolSai (presenting sponsor)
Fastweb (technology partner)
Molten (official ball)
BPER Banca (platinum sponsor)
Frecciarossa (official train)

References[edit]

^ Discovery presenta la Supercoppa Discovery+: la finale in chiaro su DMAX, DMAX
^ Alma Trieste. (in Italian)
^ CHI SIAMO. (in Italian)
^ Banco di Sardegna Sassari. (in Italian)
^ Consultinvest Pesaro. Archived 2020-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
^ La struttura, Trentino Volley. (in Italian)
^ Segafredo Virtus Bologna. Archived 2020-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
^ Germani Basket Brescia. (in Italian)
^ Happy Casa Brindisi. (in Italian)
^ "PalaVerde". TrevisoBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
^ Openjobmetis Varese. (in Italian)
^ Umana Reyer Venezia. (in Italian)
^ UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
^ Vanoli Cremona. (in Italian)
^ Segafredo Arena, Virtus Segafredo Bologna
^ Legabasket.it

^ Final Eight

External links[edit]

LBA Supercoppa official website

[2] Discovery presenta la Supercoppa Discovery+: la finale in chiaro su DMAX, DMAX

[3] Alma Trieste. (in Italian)

[4] CHI SIAMO. (in Italian)

[5] Banco di Sardegna Sassari. (in Italian)

[6] Consultinvest Pesaro. Archived 2020-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[7] La struttura, Trentino Volley. (in Italian)

[8] Segafredo Virtus Bologna. Archived 2020-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[9] Germani Basket Brescia. (in Italian)

[10] Happy Casa Brindisi. (in Italian)

[11] "PalaVerde". TrevisoBasket.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2015.

[12] Openjobmetis Varese. (in Italian)

[13] Umana Reyer Venezia. (in Italian)

[14] UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia. Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

[15] Vanoli Cremona. (in Italian)

[16] Segafredo Arena, Virtus Segafredo Bologna

[17] Legabasket.it

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