2020–21 BIBL season

The 2020–21 BIBL season is the 12th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL).[1] Besides 6 teams from Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, 12 teams from Israel joined the competition,[2] after temporary suspension of 2020-2021 Israeli Basketball League due to the COVID 19 pandemic. These 12 teams played inside of Israel in first round of regular season and the best two teams joined the other 4 Balkan teams, which qualified from the Balkan group.[3] [4] [5]

2020–21 BIBL
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Teams
Regular season
Bnei Herzliya Hapoel Holon Maccabi Haifa Teodo Tivat
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Rishon LeZion Kumanovo 2009
Hapoel Eilat Hapoel Tel Aviv Academic Plovdiv TFT Skopje
Hapoel Gilboa Galil Ironi Nahariya Beroe
Hapoel Haifa Ironi Nes Ziona Ibar Rožaje

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HTA BNH HHA
1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 3 1 333 312 +21 7 Advance to Second round playoff game — 77–67 90–94
2 Bnei Herzliya 4 2 2 327 311 +16 6 78–87 — 92–76
3 Hapoel Haifa 4 1 3 314 351 −37 5 73–79 71–90 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group A results

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGG INA MHA
1 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 4 4 0 358 324 +34 8 Advance to Second round playoff game — 77–72 92–81
2 Ironi Nahariya 4 2 2 334 341 −7 6 89–103 — 87–81
3 Maccabi Haifa 4 0 4 324 351 −27 4 86–82 80–86 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group B results

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HOL HEI INZ
1 Hapoel Holon 4 4 0 393 330 +63 8 Advance to Second round playoff game — 105–102 100–79
2 Hapoel Eilat 4 2 2 358 373 −15 6 76–94 — 93–90
3 Ironi Nes Ziona 4 0 4 326 374 −48 4 73–94 84–87 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group C results

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MRL HJE HBS
1 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 4 3 1 360 346 +14 7 Advance to Second round playoff game — 96–103 89–85
2 Hapoel Jerusalem 4 2 2 339 328 +11 6 73–79 — 90–77
3 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 1 3 323 348 −25 5 85–96 76–73 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group D results

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification APL KUM BER TFT TEO IBR
1 Academic Plovdiv 10 8 2 818 800 +18 18 Advance to Second round — 79–96 89–88 80–75 77–65 72–59
2 Kumanovo 2009 10 6 4 824 814 +10 16 86–71 — 93–80 90–83 78–83 79–81
3 Beroe 10 5 5 878 803 +75 15 85–86 105–76 — 108–73 99–77 74–67
4 TFT Skopje 10 4 6 853 866 −13 14 102–104 83–54 80–75 — 104–86 91–75
5 Teodo Tivat 10 4 6 807 841 −34 14 80–86 83–90 74–70 98–83 — 85–72
6 Ibar Rožaje 10 3 7 750 806 −56 13 64–74 66–82 88–94 96–76 82–76 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group E results

Second round playoff

The winners from groups A, B, C and D will compete in a single match to qualify for the second round. The Group A winner will play against the Group C winner, and the Group B winner will play against the winner from Group D.

The hosting team will be decided based the following criteria in the Group stage:

  1. win-loss record
  2. game points difference
  3. game points scored.

If these criteria still cannot decide, a draw shall decide on the final classification.[5][6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hapoel Holon 77–66 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 78–85 Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Second round

The draw of this second round conducted on Friday February 5, at 11:00 EET, at Delasport Bulgaria offices in Sofia.[7]

Qualified teams divided to two groups. Each group consist of two teams from the Balkan region and one team from Israel played in a round-robin-system. No teams from the same country can be drawn in one group.[5]

Draw
Pot 1
Hapoel Holon
Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Pot 2
Academic Plovdiv
Beroe
Pot 3
Kumanovo 2009
TFT Skopje

Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGG BER TFT
1 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Final Four —
2 Beroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TFT Skopje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group G
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HOL APL KUM
1 Hapoel Holon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Final Four —
2 Academic Plovdiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Kumanovo 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

References
  1. "New competition system and improved financial conditions for BIBL 2020-21 participants". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. "12 teams from Israel registered for the Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. "Israel Basketball Federation approved the 12 teams registration". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. "The 12 Israeli teams were divided in four groups - the result of the draw". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  5. "BIBL Official Regulations 2020/2021" (PDF). balkanleague.net. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. "The dates for the postponed games in Israel have been set". balkanleague.net. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. "Here are the 6 teams in the Second Stage, the draw will take place on Friday". Balkan International Basketball League. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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