2020–21 EuroLeague
The 2020–21 Turkish Airlines 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.
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2020–21 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 1 October 2020 – 9 April 2021 (Regular season) 20 April 2021 – 4 May 2021 (Playoffs) 28 May 2021 – 30 May 2021 (Final Four) | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 18 | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Top seed | Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Season MVP | Vasilije Micić | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Third place | AX Armani Exchange Milan | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | Vasilije Micić | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Barcelona 97–55 Fenerbahçe (12 November 2020) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | ALBA Berlin 67–103 Barcelona (5 November 2020) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Zenit Saint Petersburg 112–83 Panathinaikos (12 April 2021) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 12 games CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 14 games Khimki | ||||||||||||
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2021.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
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 Edit
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
Distribution Edit
The following is the access list for this season.
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (18 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Qualified teams Edit
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1]
- EL: Played in curtailed 2019–20 EuroLeague[1]
Barcelona | Olympiacos | Anadolu Efes | Žalgiris |
Baskonia | Panathinaikos | Fenerbahçe | CSKA MoscowTH |
Real Madrid | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Olimpia Milano |
ALBA Berlin (EL) | Khimki Moscow (EL) | Valencia Basket (EL) | Crvena Zvezda (EL) |
Bayern Munich (EL) | Zenit Saint Petersburg (EL) | ASVEL (EL) |
Teams Edit
Venues and locations Edit
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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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 | 6,700[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 | 15,000[14] |
TD Systems Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Buesa Arena | 15,504[15] |
Valencia Basket | Valencia | La Fonteta | 9,000[16] |
Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgirio Arena | 15,415[17] |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg | Sibur Arena | 7,120[18] |
Personnel and sponsorship Edit
- Notes
- 1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Edit
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Panathinaikos OPAP | Rick Pitino | Mutual consent | 20 March 2020[19] | Pre-season | Georgios Vovoras | 17 June 2020[20] |
ASVEL | Zvezdan Mitrović | Sacked | 21 May 2020[21] | T. J. Parker | 17 June 2020[22] | |
Crvena zvezda mts | Dragan Šakota | Mutual consent | 8 June 2020[23] | Saša Obradović | 10 June 2020[24] | |
Fenerbahçe Beko | Željko Obradović | Mutual consent | 23 June 2020[25] | Igor Kokoškov | 4 July 2020[26] | |
Barcelona | Svetislav Pešić | Mutual consent | 1 July 2020[27] | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | 2 July 2020[28] | |
Žalgiris | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | Mutual consent | 2 July 2020[28] | Martin Schiller | 14 July 2020[29] | |
Bayern Munich | Oliver Kostić | Mutual consent | 15 July 2020 | Andrea Trinchieri | 15 July 2020[30] | |
Crvena zvezda mts | Saša Obradović | Mutual consent | 24 December 2020[31] | 17th (5–11) | Dejan Radonjić | 25 December 2020[32] |
Panathinaikos OPAP | Georgios Vovoras | Mutual consent | 4 January 2021[33] | 16th (5-11) | Kostas Charalampidis (interim) | 4 January 2021[33] |
Kostas Charalampidis | End of caretaker spell | 14 January 2021[34] | 15th (6-12) | Oded Kattash | 14 January 2021[34] | |
Khimki | Rimas Kurtinaitis | Sacked | 15 January 2021[35] | 18th (2-18) | Andrey Maltsev (interim) | 15 January 2021[35] |
Referees Edit
A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[36][37]
- Gentian Cici
- Nick Van den Broeck
- Denis Hadžić
- Josip Radojković
- Luka Kardum
- Sreten Radović
- Tomislav Hordov
- Robert Vyklický
- Aare Halliko
- Rain Peerandi
- Petri Mäntylä
- Hugues Thépénier
- Joseph Bissang
- Mehdi Difallah
- Anne Panther
- Benjamin Barth
- Robert Lottermoser
- Eduard Udyanskyy
- Christos Christodoulou
- Elias Koromilas
- Ioannis Foufis
- Spiros Gkontas
- Vasiliki Tsaroucha
- Amit Balak
- Seffi Shemmesh
- Carmelo Paternicò
- Luigi Lamonica
- Michele Rossi
- Ingus Baumanis
- Kristaps Konstantinovs
- Oļegs Latiševs
- Artūras Šukys
- Gytis Vilius
- Jurgis Laurinavičius
- Igor Dragojević
- Miloš Koljenšić
- Jakub Zamojski
- Marcin Kowalski
- Piotr Pastusiak
- Tomasz Trawicki
- Fernando Rocha
- Sérgio Silva
- Artem Lavrukhin
- Stanislav Valeev
- Ilija Belošević
- Marko Juras
- Milivoje Jovčić
- Uroš Nikolić
- Uroš Obrknežević
- Damir Javor
- Mario Majkić
- Matej Boltauzer
- Milan Nedović
- Saša Pukl
- Sašo Petek
- Benjamín Jiménez
- Carlos Cortés Rey
- Carlos Peruga
- Daniel Hierrezuelo
- Emilio Pérez Pizarro
- Jordi Aliaga
- Juan Carlos García González
- Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez
- Saulius Račys
- Sébastien Clivaz
- Emin Moğulkoç
- Hüseyin Çelik
- Sinan Isguder
- Borys Ryzhyk
- Mykola Ambrosov
Regular season Edit
League table Edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Barcelona | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2706 | 2469 | +237 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2817 | 2662 | +155 | |
3 | Anadolu Efes | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2838 | 2604 | +234 | |
4 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2720 | 2599 | +121 | |
5 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2633 | 2599 | +34 | |
6 | Real Madrid | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2667 | 2593 | +74 | |
7 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2661 | 2679 | −18 | |
8 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2670 | 2547 | +123 | |
9 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2762 | 2743 | +19 | |
10 | TD Systems Baskonia | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2742 | 2619 | +123 | |
11 | Žalgiris | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2630 | 2645 | −15 | |
12 | Olympiacos | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2628 | 2674 | −46 | |
13 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2608 | 2642 | −34 | |
14 | LDLC ASVEL | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2590 | 2714 | −124 | |
15 | ALBA Berlin | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2652 | 2790 | −138 | |
16 | Panathinaikos OPAP | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2656 | 2782 | −126 | |
17 | Crvena zvezda mts | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2499 | 2684 | −185 | |
18 | Khimki | 34 | 4 | 30 | 2616 | 3050 | −434 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results Edit
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 Edit
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 Edit
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Barcelona | 3–2 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 74–76 | 81–78 (OT) | 78–70 | 61–74 | 79–53 |
CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 92–76 | 78–67 | 85–68 | — | — |
Anadolu Efes | 3–2 | Real Madrid | 90–63 | 91–68 | 76–80 | 76–82 | 88–83 |
A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 3–2 | Bayern Munich | 79–78 | 80–69 | 79–85 | 82–85 | 92–89 |
Final Four Edit
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]
Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
28 May | ||||||
Barcelona | 84 | |||||
30 May | ||||||
A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 82 | |||||
Barcelona | 81 | |||||
28 May | ||||||
Anadolu Efes | 86 | |||||
CSKA Moscow | 86 | |||||
Anadolu Efes | 89 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
30 May | ||||||
A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 83 | |||||
CSKA Moscow | 73 |
Attendances Edit
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]
Pos | Team | Games | Presence | Total | Average |
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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 | A|X 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 Edit
Pos. | Round | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance | Ref. |
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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 | A|X 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 Edit
All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
EuroLeague MVP Edit
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Edit
All-EuroLeague Teams Edit
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Edit
Best Defender Edit
Rising Star Edit
Coach of the Year Edit
MVP of the Round Edit
- Regular season
- Playoffs
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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1–2 | Kevin Pangos | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 33 | [78] |
Brandon Davies | Barcelona | |||
3–4 | Will Clyburn | CSKA Moscow | 38 | [79] |
5 | Shavon Shields | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 41 | [80] |
MVP of the Month Edit
Month | Round | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2020 | ||||
October | 1–6 | Marius Grigonis | Žalgiris | [81] |
November | 7–11 | Mike James | CSKA Moscow | [82] |
December | 12–17 | Nikola Milutinov | CSKA Moscow | [83] |
2021 | ||||
January | 18–23 | Jan Veselý | Fenerbahçe Beko | [84] |
February | 24–26 | Nikola Kalinić | Valencia Basket | [85] |
March | 27–33 | Nikola Mirotić | Barcelona | [86] |
April | 34–PO5 | Will Clyburn | CSKA Moscow | [87] |
Statistics Edit
Individual statistics Edit
Rating Edit
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | Mike James | CSKA Moscow | 27 | 532 | 19.70 |
2. | Alexey Shved | Khimki | 23 | 450 | 19.57 |
3. | Nikola Mirotić | Barcelona | 33 | 644 | 19.52 |
Source: EuroLeague