2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

The 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball season is the 19th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the 13th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fifth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Season2020–21
Teams24
Dates29 September 2020 – 14 April 2021
Records
Biggest home winBahçeşehir Koleji 108–74 Umana Reyer Venezia
(15 December 2020)
Biggest away winPromitheas 69–105 Cedevita Olimpija
(16 December 2020)
Highest scoringTelenet Giants Antwerp 94–114 Lokomotiv Kuban
(4 November 2020)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.
1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 13 countries will participate in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball. Due to the premature ending of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the eight teams that qualified for the quarterfinals were awarded with guaranteed spots. The remaining spots were awarded to teams qualifying through their domestic league's final standings.[1] On 15 June 2020, the preliminary team list for the season was approved.[2] On 22 June 2020, the team list was approved by the ECA shareholders executive board, selecting Dolomiti Energia Trento to replace Fraport Skyliners who have withdrawn from the competition.[3] On 17 September 2020, Mornar Bar replaced Maccabi Rishon LeZion which team chose to withdraw due to logistical difficulties and financial concerns complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • EC: EuroCup quarterfinalists
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions
  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the leagues
Qualified teams for 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball (by entry round)
Regular season
Monaco (EC)[Note FRA] Germani Brescia (Abd-3rd) Partizan NIS (EC) Frutti Extra Bursaspor (Abd-9th)
Metropolitans 92 (Abd-4th) Dolomiti Energia Trento (Abd-9th) Budućnost VOLI (Abd-2nd)[Note ABA] Bahçeşehir Koleji (Abd-13th)
JL Bourg (Abd-5th) Unicaja (EC) Cedevita Olimpija (Abd-4th)[Note ABA] Telenet Giants Antwerp (Abd-3rd)
Nanterre 92 (Abd-7th) MoraBanc Andorra (9th)[Note ESP] Mornar (WC) ratiopharm Ulm (3rd)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna (EC) Herbalife Gran Canaria (11th) UNICS (EC) Promitheas (EC)
Umana Reyer Venezia (EC) Joventut (12th) Lokomotiv Kuban (Abd-3rd) Lietkabelis (Abd-3rd)
Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^
    France (FRA): Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points it earns count toward France).
  3. ^
    Spain (ESP): MoraBanc Andorra is a club based in Andorra (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for Spain (any coefficient points it earns count toward Spain).

Referees

A total of 70 referees Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the upcoming 2020-21 season:

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[2][5]

Schedule for 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 10 July 2020 30 September 2020
Round 2 7 October 2020
Round 3 14 October 2020
Round 4 21 October 2020
Round 5 28 October 2020
Round 6 4 November 2020
Round 7 11 November 2020
Round 8 18 November 2020
Round 9 9 December 2020
Round 10 16 December 2020
Top 16 Round 1 13 January 2021
Round 2 20 January 2021
Round 3 27 January 2021
Round 4 3 February 2021
Round 5 3 March 2021
Round 6 10 March 2021
Playoffs Quarterfinals 23 March 2021 26 March 2021 31 March 2021
Semifinals 6 April 2021 9 April 2021 14 April 2021
Finals 27 April 2021 30 April 2021 5 May 2021

Draw

The draw will be held on 10 July 2020 in Barcelona, Spain.[5] Media and clubs representatives will not be allowed to attend the draw due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.[6]

The 24 teams will be drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams are seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[5]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Promitheas 135†
Unicaja 111
UNICS 106
Lokomotiv Kuban 99
Pot 2
Team Pts
Budućnost VOLI 82
MoraBanc Andorra 78
Herbalife Gran Canaria 73†
Joventut 73†
Pot 3
Team Pts
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 70†[7]
Lietkabelis 69†
Partizan NIS 67
Dolomiti Energia Trento 62
Pot 4
Team Pts
Cedevita Olimpija 60
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 58†
Umana Reyer Venezia 58†
Germani Brescia 58†
Pot 5
Team Pts
Monaco 57
Frutti Extra Bursaspor 53†
Bahçeşehir Koleji 53†
ratiopharm Ulm 49
Pot 6
Team Pts
Nanterre 92 47†
Metropolitans 92 47†
JL Bourg 47†
Telenet Giants Antwerp 0
Notes
^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

The fixtures will be decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[5]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 6 v 3, 4 v 2, 5 v 1
Round 2 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 3 6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 6 v 2, 3 v 1, 4 v 5
Round 5 5 v 6, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round Matches
Round 6 1 v 5, 2 v 4, 3 v 6
Round 7 4 v 3, 5 v 2, 6 v 1
Round 8 2 v 1, 3 v 5, 4 v 6
Round 9 5 v 4, 1 v 3, 2 v 6
Round 10 3 v 2, 4 v 1, 6 v 5

There are scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general are not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).[5]

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2020-21 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were eliminated.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification CJB UNK JLB PAR BAH URV
1 Joventut 10 8 2 849 783 +66 Advance to Top 16 — 84–77 90–75 85–82 77–88 92–78
2 UNICS 10 6 4 827 797 +30 91–93 — 76–71 93–70 89–88 90–87
3 JL Bourg 10 6 4 810 777 +33 77–84 74–86 — 73–71 79–77 87–59[lower-alpha 1]
4 Partizan NIS 10 6 4 810 784 +26 78–75 89–86 76–89 — 88–75 95–73
5 Bahçeşehir Koleji 10 2 8 810 827 −17 72–91 67–70 82–99 76–82 — 108–74
6 Umana Reyer Venezia 10 2 8 744 882 −138 75–89 85–78 76–86 59–79 88–82 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification MET UNI MOR BUD ULM BRE
1 Metropolitans 92 10 7 3 809 786 +23 Advance to Top 16 — 90–80 78–65 83–89 72–65 86–81
2 Unicaja 10 7 3 875 811 +64 96–88 — 98–72 91–87 90–94 86–69
3 Mornar 10 5 5 788 807 −19 89–78 90–80 — 85–82 66–82 95–76
4 Budućnost VOLI 10 5 5 785 785 0 71–73 66–90 78–84 — 73–68 93–81
5 ratiopharm Ulm 10 4 6 786 773 +13 80–86 76–81 84–76 73–77 — 88–76
6 Germani Brescia 10 2 8 751 832 −81 70–75 79–83 77–75 66–75 87–84 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VIR LOK ASM MBA LIE ANT
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 10 10 0 861 745 +116 Advance to Top 16 — 85–79 94–85 92–81 82–73 92–73
2 Lokomotiv Kuban 10 8 2 910 811 +99 83–89 — 76–72 76–61 94–90 89–72
3 Monaco 10 6 4 786 724 +62 68–74 72–88 — 66–64 82–57 96–64
4 MoraBanc Andorra 10 3 7 746 776 −30 66–82 100–106 76–82 — 76–66 82–69
5 Lietkabelis 10 2 8 721 831 −110 61–76 76–105 64–88 77–69 — 80–73
6 Telenet Giants Antwerp 10 1 9 734 871 −137 76–95 94–114 67–75 60–71 86–77 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification HGC OLI TRE NTR BUR PRO
1 Herbalife Gran Canaria 10 8 2 831 765 +66 Advance to Top 16 — 90–82 71–61 94–82 89–76 98–83
2 Cedevita Olimpija 10 7 3 838 737 +101 84–68 — 87–65 75–63 104–88[lower-alpha 2] 77–73
3 Dolomiti Energia Trento 10 6 4 738 713 +25 56–67 61–51 — 102–104 89–80 78–51
4 Nanterre 92 10 4 6 791 806 −15 90–74 80–76 65–71 — 90–91[lower-alpha 3] 91–70
5 Frutti Extra Bursaspor 10 3 7 853 907 −54 76–94 80–97 86–93 102–92 — 84–93
6 Promitheas 10 2 8 757 880 −123 75–86 69–105 80–89 88–72 75–100 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
  1. The rescheduled game was played in Venice instead of Bourg-en-Bresse by agreement between both teams[8][9].
  2. The match, scheduled to be played on 7 October, was not played[10], and Cedevita Olimpija forfeited 0–20[11]. But the decision was overturned[12]. The rescheduled game was played in Bursa instead of Ljubljana by agreement between both teams[13].
  3. The rescheduled game was played in Bursa instead of Nanterre by agreement between both teams[14].

Top 16

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams will be eliminated.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ASM CJB NTR UNI
1 Monaco 4 3 1 352 297 +55 Advance to quarterfinals — 97–82 2 Mar 90–71
2 Joventut 4 3 1 351 345 +6 79–72 — 95–90 2 Mar
3 Nanterre 92 4 2 2 327 345 −18 65–93 9 Mar — 80–74
4 Unicaja (E) 4 0 4 314 357 −43 9 Mar 86–95 83–92 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
(E) Eliminated.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification MET PAR TRE LOK
1 Metropolitans 92 4 3 1 299 288 +11 Advance to quarterfinals — 79–62 92–86 3 Mar
2 Partizan NIS 4 2 2 271 265 +6 10 Mar — 71–43 71–69
3 Dolomiti Energia Trento 4 2 2 286 292 −6 67–57 3 Mar — 96–84
4 Lokomotiv Kuban 4 1 3 306 317 −11 79–83 74–67 10 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VIR OLI BUD JLB
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna (A) 4 4 0 375 317 +58 Advance to quarterfinals — 90–76 87–65 9 Mar
2 Cedevita Olimpija 4 3 1 321 316 +5 2 Mar — 74–71 94–91
3 Budućnost VOLI 4 1 3 333 340 −7 89–99 9 Mar — 108–80
4 JL Bourg (E) 4 0 4 322 378 −56 87–99 64–77 3 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNK MBA HGC MOR
1 UNICS (A) 4 4 0 319 259 +60 Advance to quarterfinals — 3 Mar 73–62 86–61
2 MoraBanc Andorra 4 2 2 280 286 −6 66–73 — 74–79 10 Mar
3 Herbalife Gran Canaria 4 1 3 304 315 −11 10 Mar 63–66 — 100–102
4 Mornar 4 1 3 304 347 −43 70–87 71–74 2 Mar —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
(A) Advance to a further round.

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.

Regular Season MVP

Player Team Ref.
Miloš Teodosić Segafredo Virtus Bologna[15]

MVP of the Week

Regular season
Week Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Troy Caupain ratiopharm Ulm34[16]
2 Willie Reed Budućnost VOLI30[17]
3 Alan Williams Lokomotiv Kuban33[18]
4 Gytis Masiulis Lietkabelis38[19]
5 Pierre Pelos JL Bourg33[20]
6 Alan Williams (2) Lokomotiv Kuban36[21]
7 Dylan Osetkowski ratiopharm Ulm41[22]
8 Jamal Jones Bahçeşehir Koleji38[23]
9 Isaiah Canaan UNICS Kazan39[24]
10 Assem Marei Metropolitans 9237[25]
Top 16
Week Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Isaiah Whitehead Mornar30[26]
2 Luke Maye Dolomiti Energia Trento34[27]
3 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija41[28]
4 Alpha Kaba Nanterre 9233[29]
5
6

See also

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  24. "7DAYS EuroCup MVP of the Week: Isaiah Canaan, UNICS Kazan". EuroCup Basketball. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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  27. "MVP of the Week: Luke Maye, Dolomiti Energia Trento". EuroCup Basketball. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  28. "MVP of the Week: Jaka Blazic, Olimpija". EuroCup Basketball. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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