The 2021 Final Four was played on April 3-4 at Maladziechna, Belarus. Horizont Minsk won the first title, winning the final against Russian Premier league semifinalist Nika Syktyvkar 70-60. Anastasiya Verameyenka received the MVP award.
Champions: Horizont Minsk (6-1, Final Four 2-0)
Adrienne Webb (Louisiana State University), Irena Vrancic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Volha Ziuzkova, Yulia Rytsikava, Viktoryia Hasper, Yanina Inkina (University of Arkansas at Little Rock), Anastasiya Verameyenka (seven games each), Katsiaryna Yalchyk, Palina Katlinskaya, Natallia Anufryienka, Yana Liabedzich, Maryia Trafimenkava, Aliaksandra Chyzheuskaya. Head coach Nataliya Trafimava. Coach Zlatan Presic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Director Marina Kress.
Second place: Nika Syktyvkar (4-3, Final Four 1-1)
Maria Cherepanova, Kiara Lajoy Leslie (North Carolina State), Arsenia Matveeva, Ekaterina Fedorenkova, Alexandra Marchenkova, Ekaterina Riabova, Lindsay Wilson Allen (Notre Dame), Victoria Cheren, Tatyana Burik, Viktoryia Sazonova, Brianna Janae Turner (Notre Dame), Antonina Semashkina. Head coach Aleksandr Vasin (from February 23, 2021). Coach Olga Doronina.
Third place (tied): TTT Rīga (7-1, Final Four 0-1)
Jessica Thomas (Miami), Megan Nicole Huff (Utah), Gunta Baško (Siena), Ieva Korzāne, Binta Drammeh (Sweden), Karlīne Pilābere, Dinija Pāvelsone, Aija Klakocka, Ieva Pulvere, Ilze Jākobsone, Taisiia Udodenko (Ukraine), Kitija Laksa (South Florida), Raina Tomašicka. Head coach Mārtiņš Gulbis. Coaches Andris Steļmahs, Ivars Ikstens. Physiotherapist Sintija Priede.
Third place (tied): Prometey Kamianske (6-1, Final Four 0-1)
Tyrone Bernice Mosby (Baylor), Keshunan Lashun James (Murray State), Olha Dubrovina, Viktoriia Kondus, Oksana Mollova, Uliana Datsko, Vita Horobets, Yulia Musiienko, Veronika Liubinets, Daryna Dubrovska, Mariia Ignatchenko, Rachel Lashawn Holliway (Rutgers). Head coach Viktoriia Bolshakova. Coach Kyrylo Bolshakov.
Classification
Fifth place: Pieštanske Čajky (3-1, play-offs DNP)
Sixth place: Young Angels Košice (2-2, play-offs DNP)
Seventh place: Kibirkštis MRU Vilnius (2-5, play-offs 0-2)
Eighth place: SBŠ Ostrava (1-5, play-offs 0-2)
All Star team
Alexandra Marchenkova (Nika Syktyvkar)
Brianna Turner (Nika Syktyvkar)
Viktoryia Hasper (Horizont Minsk)
Ieva Pulvere (TTT Rīga, also 2016, 2018 and 2019)
Vita Horobets (Prometey Kamianske)
MVP
Anastasiya Verameyenka (Horizont Minsk)
Teams (11+1): Nika Syktyvkar, Prometey Kamianske (first season), Horizont Minsk, Kibirkštis MRU Vilnius, Liepāja/LSSS, Olimpia Grodno, Pieštanske Čajky, SBŠ Ostrava, Tsmoki Minsk, TTT Rīga, Young Angels Košice + Orange Lions.
Countries represented (8): Belarus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine.
Final Four history
Rīga 2016: TTT Rīga, Basket 90 Gdynia, Astana Tigers, Tsmoki Minsk
Košice 2017: Good Angels Košice, TTT Rīga, Dynamo Moscow, Basket 90 Gdynia
Rīga 2018: Good Angels Košice, TTT Rīga, Dynamo Moscow, Udominate Basket
Rostov on Don 2019: TTT Rīga, Tsmoki Minsk, Rostov Don SFEDU, Žabiny Brno
Brno 2020: season five cancelled due to pandemic (Žabiny Brno-Tsmoki, Novosibirsk-Pieštany)
Maladziechna 2021: Horizont Minsk, Nika Syktyvkar, TTT Rīga/Prometey Kamianske
FORMAT
Playoffs: March 2-16, 2021; best-of-two
A1 – B4, A2 – B3, B2 – A3, B1 – A4
Final Four: April 3-4, 2021
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