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
Season2019–20
Teams16 (competition proper)
19 (total)
Dates25 September – 2 October 2019
(qualifying)
16 October 2019 – 11 March 2020
(competition proper)
Final positions
ChampionsNull and void
Awards
MVP Alina Iagupova
(Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)

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
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

PhaseRoundDraw dateRound date
Qualifying roundFirst leg23 July 201925 September 2019
Second leg2 October 2019
Regular seasonMatchday 116–17 October 2019
Matchday 223–24 October 2019
Matchday 330–31 October 2019
Matchday 46–7 November 2019
Matchday 527–28 November 2019
Matchday 64–5 December 2019
Matchday 711–12 December 2019
Matchday 818–19 December 2019
Matchday 98–9 January 2020
Matchday 1015–16 January 2020
Matchday 1122–23 January 2020
Matchday 1228 January 2020
Matchday 1319–20 February 2020
Matchday 1426 February 2020
QuarterfinalsFirst leg11 March 2020
Second leg18 March 2020
Third leg25 March 2020
Final FourSemifinals17 April 2020
Final19 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
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
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
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

Location of teams of the 2019–20 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

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:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. 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
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
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. Due to cancelled match, TTT Riga lost by 20–0 and did not receive any points in the standings.[4]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN ASV FAM BLM KUR GIR SOP GDY
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
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. 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
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
Boxscore Arena: UMMC Sports Palace
11 March 2020 Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 8475
(Series: 1–0)
Tango Bourges Basket Istanbul
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)
11 March 2020 LDLC ASVEL Féminin 7880
(Series: 0–1)
Nadezhda Orenburg Lyon
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

First Team[6] Second Team[7]
Alina Iagupova Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo Courtney Vandersloot UMMC Ekaterinburg
Cecilia Zandalasini Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo Marine Johannès LDLC ASVEL Féminin
Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha Gabby Williams BLMA
Emma Meesseman UMMC Ekaterinburg Brionna Jones ZVVZ USK Praha
Sandrine Gruda Famila Schio Brittney Griner UMMC Ekaterinburg

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.
1 Alina Iagupova Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo29[11]
2 Maria Vadeeva UMMC Ekaterinburg39[12]
3 Stephanie Mavunga BLMA40[13]
4 Alina Iagupova (2) Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo41[14]
5 Romane Bernies BLMA28[15]
Cristina Ouviña ZVVZ USK Praha
6 Celeste Trahan-Davis Castors Braine36[16]
7 Alyssa Thomas ZVVZ USK Praha45[17]
8 Alyssa Thomas (2) ZVVZ USK Praha40[18]
9 Stephanie Mavunga (2) BLMA30[19]
10 Marissa Coleman Tango Bourges Basket32[20]
Gabby Williams BLMA
11 Sandrine Gruda Famila Schio32[21]
12 Epiphanny Prince Dynamo Kursk32[22]
13 Brionna Jones ZVVZ USK Praha33[23]
14 Brionna Jones (2) ZVVZ USK Praha27[24]

References

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  24. "Deja vu as Top Performer Jones does it again". FIBA. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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