2020–21 EuroLeague
EuroLeague season
Basketball league season
The 2020–21 EuroLeague was the 21st season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 11th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines . Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 64th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started 1 October 2020.
As the season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic , the EuroLeague board ruled that the 18 teams from the previous season would stay in the league.[ 1] Anadolu Efes won the championship after defeating Barcelona in the championship game.
Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for 2020–21 EuroLeague
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (18 teams)
11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence
7 associated clubs with an annual licence
Playoffs (8 teams)
8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)
4 series winners from the playoffs
Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[ 1]
Teams
Venues and locations
Location of teams in
2020-21 EuroLeague
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
ALBA Berlin
Berlin
Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500 [ 2]
Anadolu Efes
Istanbul
Sinan Erdem Dome
16,000 [ 3]
AX Armani Exchange Milan
Milan
Mediolanum Forum
12,700 [ 4]
Barcelona
Barcelona
Palau Blaugrana
7,585 [ 5]
Bayern Munich
Munich
Audi Dome
6,500 [ 6]
Crvena zvezda mts
Belgrade
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
8,000 [ 7]
CSKA Moscow
Moscow
Megasport Arena
13,344 [ 8]
Fenerbahçe Beko
Istanbul
Ülker Sports and Event Hall
13,059 [ 9]
Khimki
Khimki
Mytishchi Arena
7,280
LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne
Astroballe
5,556 [ 10]
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Menora Mivtachim Arena
10,383 [ 11]
Olympiacos
Piraeus
Peace and Friendship Stadium
11,640 [ 12]
Panathinaikos OPAP
Athens
O.A.K.A.
18,989 [ 13]
Real Madrid
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 14]
TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Buesa Arena
15,504 [ 15]
Valencia Basket
Valencia
La Fonteta
8,500 [ 16]
Žalgiris
Kaunas
Žalgirio Arena
15,415 [ 17]
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Sibur Arena
7,120 [ 18]
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort" ) is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Referees
A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[ 36] [ 37]
Regular season
League table
Source:
EuroLeague Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
Source:
EuroLeague Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
1 The match, originally scheduled for 13 October,[ 38] was postponed to 8 December[ 39] after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit [ 40] following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.[ 41]
2 The match, originally scheduled for 15 October,[ 38] was postponed to 23 November[ 42] after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit[ 40] following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.[ 41]
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four .
Series
Final Four
Lanxess Arena in Cologne , Germany
The Final Four , held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne , Germany, on 28–30 May 2021.[ 43]
Attendances
To start the season only seven teams played with spectators. Between 100 and 7,500 socially-distanced fans, depending on the venue and country, were allowed into the arenas of CSKA, Zenit, Fenerbahçe, Khimki, Maccabi, Žalgiris, Valencia, Milan, Baskonia, ASVEL, ALBA and Crvena zvezda.[ 44]
Average home attendances
Pos
Team
Games
Presence
Total
Average
1
Žalgiris
17
3
10,381
3,460
2
CSKA Moscow
19
19
64,970
3,419
3
Zenit Saint Petersburg
19
17
47,168
2,775
4
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
17
6
10,600
1,767
5
LDLC ASVEL
17
1
970
970
6
AX Armani Exchange Milan
20
2
1,617
809
7
Khimki
17
10
7,849
785
8
ALBA Berlin
17
1
599
599
9
TD Systems Baskonia
17
2
1,000
500
10
Valencia Basket
17
3
1,179
393
11
Fenerbahçe Beko
18
12
3,210
268
12
Crvena zvezda mts
17
1
183
183
13
Olympiacos
17
0
0
n/a
13
Panathinaikos OPAP
17
0
0
n/a
15
Bayern Munich
19
0
0
n/a
15
Real Madrid
19
0
0
n/a
17
Anadolu Efes
20
0
0
n/a
17
Barcelona
20
0
0
n/a
Source: EuroLeague
Top 10
Round
Game
Home team
Visitor
Attendance
Ref.
1
Playoffs
3
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Barcelona
5,187
[1]
2
Regular Season
5
Žalgiris
Valencia Basket
5,131
[2]
3
Playoffs
2
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahçe Beko
5,128
[3]
4
Regular Season
4
Žalgiris
Anadolu Efes
5,011
[4]
5
Playoffs
4
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Barcelona
4,626
[5]
6
Regular Season
23
CSKA Moscow
Bayern Munich
4,516
[6]
7
Regular Season
31
CSKA Moscow
Crvena zvezda mts
4,402
[7]
8
Regular Season
29
CSKA Moscow
AX Armani Exchange Milan
4,297
[8]
9
Regular Season
21
CSKA Moscow
Fenerbahçe Beko
4,277
[9]
10
Regular Season
32
Zenit Saint Petersburg
CSKA Moscow
4,152
[10]
Awards
All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague .
MVP of the Round
Regular season
Playoffs
MVP of the Month
Statistics
Individual statistics
Rating
Source: EuroLeague
Points
Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds
Source: EuroLeague
Assists
Source: EuroLeague
Blocks
Source:
EuroLeague
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Team statistics
See also
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