2019–20 EuroLeague Women
The 2019–20 EuroLeague Women was the 62nd edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 24th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. The season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
EuroLeague Women | |
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Season | 2019–20 |
Teams | 16 (competition proper) 19 (total) |
Dates | 25 September – 2 October 2019 (qualifying) 16 October 2019 – 11 March 2020 (competition proper) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Null and void |
Awards | |
MVP | Alina Iagupova (Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
On 16 June 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season was declared void and would not be finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Team allocation
A total of 19 teams from 11 countries will participate in the 2019–20 EuroLeague Women.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):
Regular season | ||
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Castors Braine (1st) | Famila Schio (1st) | Spar Citylift Girona (1st) |
USK Praha (1st) | TTT Riga (1st) | Fenerbahçe (1st) |
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (1st) | UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st) | Çukurova Basketbol (2nd) |
Tango Bourges Basket (3rd) | Dynamo Kursk (2nd) | |
Sopron Basket (1st) | Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd) | |
Qualifying round | ||
BLMA (2nd) | Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (2nd) | Arka Gdynia (3rd) |
Olympiacos (1st) | Reyer Venezia (3rd) | Botaş SK (3rd) |
Round and draw dates
Schedule
Phase | Round | Draw date | Round date |
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Qualifying round | First leg | 23 July 2019 | 25 September 2019 |
Second leg | 2 October 2019 | ||
Regular season | Matchday 1 | 16–17 October 2019 | |
Matchday 2 | 23–24 October 2019 | ||
Matchday 3 | 30–31 October 2019 | ||
Matchday 4 | 6–7 November 2019 | ||
Matchday 5 | 27–28 November 2019 | ||
Matchday 6 | 4–5 December 2019 | ||
Matchday 7 | 11–12 December 2019 | ||
Matchday 8 | 18–19 December 2019 | ||
Matchday 9 | 8–9 January 2020 | ||
Matchday 10 | 15–16 January 2020 | ||
Matchday 11 | 22–23 January 2020 | ||
Matchday 12 | 28 January 2020 | ||
Matchday 13 | 19–20 February 2020 | ||
Matchday 14 | 26 February 2020 | ||
Quarterfinals | First leg | 11 March 2020 | |
Second leg | 18 March 2020 | ||
Third leg | 25 March 2020 | ||
Final Four | Semifinals | 17 April 2020 | |
Final | 19 April 2020 |
Draw
The draw was held on 23 July 2019 in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.[2][3]
Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
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UMMC Ekaterinburg Dynamo Kursk |
ZVVZ USK Praha Fenerbahçe |
Sopron Basket Tango Bourges Basket |
Famila Schio Nadezhda Orenburg |
Seed 5 | Seed 6 | Seed 7 | Seed 8 |
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TTT Riga Spar Citylift Girona |
Castors Braine Lyon ASVEL Féminin |
Çukurova Basketbol Qualifier 1 |
Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 |
Qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Botaş SK | 147–172 | Arka Gdynia | 72–88 | 75–84 |
Olympiacos | 130–152 | BLMA | 63–66 | 67–86 |
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc | 153–156 | Reyer Venezia | 85–75 | 68–81 |
Regular season
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record
- Head-to-head point differential
- Head-to-head points scored
- Point differential for the entire regular season
- Points scored for the entire regular season
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EKA | USK | NAD | BOU | VEN | CAS | CUK | TTT | |
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1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1258 | 853 | +405 | 27 | Advance to quarterfinals | 88–65 | 89–67 | 86–47 | 97–44 | 101–73 | 112–37 | 87–67 | ||
2 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1199 | 846 | +353 | 26 | 67–74 | 87–63 | 82–64 | 89–57 | 102–62 | 82–28 | 98–48 | |||
3 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 14 | 9 | 5 | 938 | 911 | +27 | 23 | 50–71 | 67–86 | 74–65 | 78–51 | 62–55 | 74–64 | 69–61 | |||
4 | Tango Bourges Basket | 14 | 8 | 6 | 969 | 961 | +8 | 22 | 51–87 | 64–93 | 66–57 | 68–45 | 80–59 | 92–62 | 79–75 | |||
5 | Reyer Venezia | 14 | 5 | 9 | 800 | 961 | −161 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 61–86 | 50–77 | 61–63 | 73–63 | 58–75 | 70–61 | 20–0 | ||
6 | Castors Braine | 14 | 3 | 11 | 924 | 1073 | −149 | 17 | 79–87 | 65–89 | 47–80 | 63–72 | 58–61 | 90–59 | 76–71 | |||
7 | Gelecek Koleji Çukurova | 14 | 3 | 11 | 787 | 1177 | −390 | 17 | 56–112 | 50–109 | 53–69 | 50–88 | 86–81 | 70–60 | 60–55 | |||
8 | TTT Riga | 14 | 3 | 11 | 866 | 959 | −93 | 16[lower-alpha 1] | 89–81 | 66–73 | 55–65 | 55–70 | 60–68 | 81–62 | 83–51 |
Notes:
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | ASV | FAM | BLM | KUR | GIR | SOP | GDY | |
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1 | Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1003 | 838 | +165 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | 82–67 | 58–43 | 74–58 | 76–55 | 86–82 | 70–52 | 68–48 | ||
2 | LDLC ASVEL Féminin | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1020 | 984 | +36 | 22 | 78–65 | 85–48 | 78–77 | 84–59 | 89–67 | 62–59 | 71–87 | |||
3 | Famila Schio | 14 | 8 | 6 | 794 | 793 | +1 | 22 | 54–75 | 69–59 | 65–60 | 70–53 | 58–55 | 20–0 | 51–47 | |||
4 | BLMA | 14 | 7 | 7 | 969 | 980 | −11 | 21 | 76–74 | 80–73 | 60–73 | 76–64 | 45–57 | 53–66 | 85–79 | |||
5 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 7 | 7 | 957 | 993 | −36 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 54–73 | 79–64 | 70–65 | 78–90 | 76–64 | 78–47 | 64–58 | ||
6 | Spar Citylift Girona | 14 | 6 | 8 | 904 | 913 | −9 | 20 | 57–62 | 63–65 | 65–53 | 56–55 | 79–61 | 64–58 | 70–68 | |||
7 | Sopron Basket | 14 | 6 | 8 | 803 | 846 | −43 | 19[lower-alpha 1] | 62–60 | 67–53 | 59–51 | 70–77 | 61–74 | 66–56 | 59–61 | |||
8 | Arka Gdynia | 14 | 3 | 11 | 926 | 1029 | −103 | 17 | 52–80 | 82–92 | 47–74 | 73–77 | 86–92 | 71–69 | 67–77 |
Notes:
- Due to cancelled match, Sopron Basket lost by 20–0 and did not receive any points in the standings.[4]
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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UMMC Ekaterinburg | Cancelled | BLMA | |||
LDLC ASVEL | Cancelled | Nadezhda Orenburg | 78–80 | ||
ZVVZ USK Praha | Cancelled | Famila Schio | |||
Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo | Cancelled | Tango Bourges Basket | 84–75 |
First leg
Cancelled | UMMC Ekaterinburg | vs. | BLMA | Verkhnyaya Pyshma |
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Boxscore | Arena: UMMC Sports Palace |
11 March 2020 | Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo | 84–75 (Series: 1–0) |
Tango Bourges Basket | Istanbul |
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19:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 17–15, 20–19, 16–22 | |||
Pts: Williams 30 Rebs: Williams 14 Asts: Iagupova 8 |
Boxscore | Pts: Dabović 20 Rebs: Coleman 10 Asts: Eldebrink 5 |
Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Esperanza Mendoza (ESP), Nemanja Ninković (SRB) |
Cancelled | ZVVZ USK Praha | vs. | Famila Schio | Prague |
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Boxscore | Arena: Královka Arena |
11 March 2020 | LDLC ASVEL Féminin | 78–80 (Series: 0–1) |
Nadezhda Orenburg | Lyon |
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20:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 17–25, 16–15, 32–25 | |||
Pts: Johannès 24 Rebs: Clark 8 Asts: Allemand 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Raincock-Ekunwe, Shilova 19 Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 11 Asts: Verameyenka, Wheeler 7 |
Arena: Gymnase Mado Bonnet Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Nikolaos Somos (GRE), Alexandra Stan (ROU) |
Awards
EuroLeague MVP
All-EuroLeague Teams
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
MVP of the Week
- Regular season
Week | Player | Team | EFF | Ref. |
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1 | Alina Iagupova | Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo | 29 | [11] |
2 | Maria Vadeeva | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 39 | [12] |
3 | Stephanie Mavunga | BLMA | 40 | [13] |
4 | Alina Iagupova (2) | Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo | 41 | [14] |
5 | Romane Bernies | BLMA | 28 | [15] |
Cristina Ouviña | ZVVZ USK Praha | |||
6 | Celeste Trahan-Davis | Castors Braine | 36 | [16] |
7 | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 45 | [17] |
8 | Alyssa Thomas (2) | ZVVZ USK Praha | 40 | [18] |
9 | Stephanie Mavunga (2) | BLMA | 30 | [19] |
10 | Marissa Coleman | Tango Bourges Basket | 32 | [20] |
Gabby Williams | BLMA | |||
11 | Sandrine Gruda | Famila Schio | 32 | [21] |
12 | Epiphanny Prince | Dynamo Kursk | 32 | [22] |
13 | Brionna Jones | ZVVZ USK Praha | 33 | [23] |
14 | Brionna Jones (2) | ZVVZ USK Praha | 27 | [24] |
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