2020–21 PLK season

The 2020–21 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra were the defending champions.^[1]

Energa Basket Liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	27 August 2020 – 6 May 2021
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Zastal Zielona Góra
Season MVP	Geoffrey Groselle
Relegated	Polpharma Starogard Gdański
Finals
Champions	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (1st title)
Runners-up	Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra
Third place	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Fourth place	Legia Warszawa
Finals MVP	Jakub Garbacz
Statistical leaders
Points Jabarie Hinds 21.7 Rebounds Ivica Radić 9.1 Assists Corey Sanders 7.4 Index Rating Geoffrey Groselle 22.3
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of complete.

Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski won its first ever national championship.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were no relegation or promotion.^[1]

Locations and venues

 

 

Anwil

 

Ostrów

 

Śląsk Wrocław

 

Gdynia

 

Radom

 

Gliwice

 

Zielona Góra

 

Trefl Sopot

 

Astoria

 

Polpharma

 

Szczecin

 

Toruń

 

Dąbrowa

 

Start Lublin

 

Legia Warsaw

 

Spójnia

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Location of teams in the 2020–21 PLK season

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Anwil Włocławek	Włocławek	Hala Mistrzów	4,200
Asseco Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Gdynia Sports Arena	5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Hala Sportowa Stal	1,200
Enea Astoria	Bydgoszcz	Artego Arena	1,470
GTK Gliwice	Gliwice	Gliwice Arena	13,752
		Mała Arena	1,092
HydroTruck Radom	Radom	ZSE Radom	1,200
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	OSiR Bemowo	1,000
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	Dąbrowa Górnicza	Centrum Hall	2,944
Polpharma Starogard Gdański	Starogard Gdański	Argo-Kociewie	2,500
Polski Cukier Toruń	Toruń	Arena Toruń	6,248
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Hala Orbita	3,000
Spójnia Stargard	Stargard	Hala Miejska	2,500
TBV Start Lublin	Lublin	Hala Globus	5,000
Trefl Sopot	Sopot	Ergo Arena	15,000
Wilki Morskie Szczecin	Szczecin	Azoty Arena	7,403
Zastal Zielona Góra	Zielona Góra	CRS Hall	6,080

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zastal Zielona Góra	30	27	3	2853	2357	+496	57	Advance to playoffs
2	Legia Warszawa	30	21	9	2540	2306	+234	51
3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (C)	30	20	10	2547	2384	+163	50
4	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	30	20	10	2513	2377	+136	50
5	Trefl Sopot	30	19	11	2531	2379	+152	49
6	Start Lublin	30	17	13	2433	2414	+19	47
7	King Szczecin	30	17	13	2354	2415	−61	47
8	Spójnia Stargard	30	16	14	2505	2472	+33	46
9	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	30	14	16	2470	2539	−69	44
10	Polski Cukier Toruń	30	12	18	2579	2623	−44	42
11	Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz	30	12	18	2572	2677	−105	42
12	GTK Gliwice	30	11	19	2455	2550	−95	41
13	Anwil Włocławek	30	10	20	2481	2580	−99	40
14	HydroTruck Radom	30	10	20	2333	2485	−152	40
15	Asseco Arka Gdynia	30	8	22	2233	2584	−351	38
16	Polpharma Starogard Gdański	30	6	24	2558	2815	−257	36	Relegation to I Liga

Source: PLK
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away	ANW	GDY	WRO	STA	GTK	RAD	LEG	BYD	MKS	POL	TOR	SPO	LUB	SOP	SZC	ZIE
Anwil Włocławek	—	86–78	93–78	90–71	98–82	97–86	86–78	90–71	98–101	89–96	77–75	84–96	78–94	74–89	75–78	67–90
Arka Gdynia	80–84	—	63–102	74–64	94–84	76–70	83–92	75–78	85–76	92–90	72–88	82–92	68–79	71–100	95–74	76–104
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	107–77	110–76	—	98–97	80–72	75–97	73–68	90–66	71–82	107–75	82–70	95–94	91–77	82–85	91–73	58–78
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	88–79	87–54	76–72	—	83–61	94–89	89–81	78–86	83–70	81–75	85–80	98–105	79–74	95–73	91–59	90–80
GTK Gliwice	81–87	97–89	85–91	81–102	—	75–83	80–89	91–83	77–84	91–77	88–74	84–78	85–80	95–82	81–72	86–92
HydroTruck Radom	70–64	84–73	67–87	73–83	87–80	—	71–70	72–85	81–74	77–85	99–80	73–75	65–76	60–80	83–73	70–93
Legia Warsaw	85–76	76–69	67–69	89–73	95–85	79–57	—	98–81	93–70	104–93	84–64	77–73	74–72	78–72	137–43	78–85
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz	99–96	103–73	91–83	88–109	68–88	92–97	85–75	—	90–78	94–89	98–92	84–88	89–92	77–82	73–83	87–101
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	87–84	78–80	82–88	93–100	86–74	87–84	89–79	89–86	—	102–90	81–74	99–90	81–78	72–81	89–93	69–97
Polpharma Starogard Gdański	102–95	102–67	87–103	67–72	92–81	93–85	90–97	77–98	91–99	—	87–94	93–106	91–100	92–117	80–88	77–103
Polski Cukier Toruń	94–85	94–79	91–96	83–96	78–65	81–67	94–102	112–102	94–99	99–90	—	108–95	104–98	88–83	102–83	94–88
Spójnia Stargard	77–67	80–64	73–74	84–83	84–78	84–71	73–79	86–95	82–67	71–60	86–79	—	70–65	83–63	64–72	80–97
Start Lublin	78–74	76–61	79–76	62–82	70–75	86–78	79–82	107–101	76–74	82–78	82–73	87–86	—	80–91	94–85	90–103
Trefl Sopot	96–83	73–78	79–60	82–66	80–110	80–70	74–81	107–78	72–66	110–76	96–67	91–81	70–76	—	77–82	71–76
King Szczecin	80–71	82–50	79–65	77–67	100–70	97–87	60–70	75–68	73–67	101–74	74–71	105–80	70–78	81–83	—	80–99
Zastal Zielona Góra	93–77	104–58	80–84	105–85	92–73	101–80	98–83	104–76	95–79	110–89	94–82	98–89	90–75	101–82	92–72	—

Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Zastal Zielona Góra	3
	8	Spójnia Stargard	1
						1	Zastal Zielona Góra	3
						4	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	0
	4	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3
	5	Trefl Sopot	1
											1	Zastal Zielona Góra	2
											3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	4
	2	Legia Warszawa	3
	7	King Szczecin	1
						2	Legia Warszawa	0			Third place
						3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3
	3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3								2	Legia Warszawa	1
	6	Start Lublin	1								4	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	2

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Zastal Zielona Góra	3–1	Spójnia Stargard	90–70	89–74	77–82	91–80	—
Legia Warszawa	3–1	King Szczecin	99–91	90–67	81–88	79–72	—
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3–1	Start Lublin	106–81	94–100	87–83	109–101	—
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	3–1	Trefl Sopot	76–71	91–72	90–92	83–81	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Zastal Zielona Góra	3–0	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	97–90	87–76	80–75	—	—
Legia Warszawa	0–3	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	80–85	67–80	87–95	—	—

Third place series

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Legia Warszawa	1–2	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	84–72	73–84	85–86

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Zastal Zielona Góra	2–4	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	89–75	71–87	81–90	80–95	105–101	85–92	—

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 PLK season.

Season awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player	Geoffrey Groselle	Zastal Zielona Góra	^[2]
PLK Finals MVP	Jakub Garbacz	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	^[3]
PLK Best Defender	Ivan Ramljak	Śląsk Wrocław	^[2]
PLK Best Polish Player	Jakub Garbacz	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	^[2]
PLK Best Coach	Žan Tabak	Zastal Zielona Góra	^[4]
All-PLK Team	Gabriel Lundberg	Zastal Zielona Góra	^[4]
	Lee Moore	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
	Jakub Garbacz	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
	Rolands Freimanis	Zastal Zielona Góra
	Geoffrey Groselle	Zastal Zielona Góra

MVP of the Round

Gameday	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Deishuan Booker	Anwil Włocławek	24	^[5]
2	Mateusz Zębski	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	27	^[6]
3	Kacper Borowski	Start Lublin	23	^[7]
4	Krzysztof Szubarga	Arka Gdynia	18	^[8]
5	Nick Neal	HydroTruck Radom	35	^[9]
6	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz	Asseco Arka Gdynia	28 & 14	^[10]
7	Damian Kulig	Polski Cukier Toruń	27	^[11]
8	Aaron Cel	Polski Cukier Toruń	31 & 23	^[12]
9	Jakub Karolak	Legia Warszawa	31	^[13]
10	Lee Moore	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	42 & 15	^[14]
11	Aleksander Dziewa	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	26 & 22	^[15]
12	Filip Matczak	PGE Spójnia Stargard	36	^[16]
13	McKenzie Moore	Anwil Włocławek	39	^[17]
14	Przemysław Żołnierewicz (2)	Arka Gdynia	24 & 17	^[18]
15	Geoffrey Groselle	Zastal Zielona Góra	41	^[19]
16	Martins Laksa	Start Lublin	32	^[20]
17	Jakub Garbacz	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów	22	^[21]
18	Jakub Garbacz (2)	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów	15 & 23	^[22]
19	Mateusz Zębski (2)	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	27	^[23]
20	Andrzej Mazurczak	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	34	^[24]
21	Lester Medford	Legia Warszawa	38	^[25]
22	Łukasz Kolenda	Trefl Sopot	22	^[26]
23	Jabarie Hinds	HydroTruck Radom	39	^[27]
24	Aleksander Dziewa (2)	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	25	^[28]
25	Andrzej Mazurczak (2)	MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza	26	^[29]
26	Aleksander Dziewa (3)	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	25	^[30]
27	Paweł Leończyk	Trefl Sopot	28 & 25	^[31]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
2020
October	Damian Kulig	Polski Cukier Toruń	20.7	^[32]
November	Aleksander Dziewa	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	20.6	^[33]
December	Jakub Garbacz	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów	17.8	^[34]
2021
January	Jakub Garbacz	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów	19.3	^[35]
February	Not awarded
March	Chris Smith	Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów	21.2	^[36]

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Start Lublin	Champions League	Regular season
Anwil Włocławek		Qualifying rounds
	FIBA Europe Cup	Round of 16
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski		Finalist

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Zastal Zielona Góra	VTB United League	Quarterfinalist
Śląsk Wroclaw	Alpe Adria Cup	Cancelled
Legia Warsaw		Cancelled

References

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21. "Jakub Garbacz MVP 17. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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24. "Andrzej Mazurczak MVP 20. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
25. "Lester Medford MVP 21. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
26. "Łukasz Kolenda MVP 22. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
27. "Jabarie Hinds MVP 23. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
28. "Aleksander Dziewa MVP 24. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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30. "Aleksander Dziewa MVP 26. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
31. "Paweł Leończyk MVP 27. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
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36. "Chris Smith MVP lutego i marca". plk.pl. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

External links

• Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site (in Polish)
• Polish League at Eurobasket.com