2020–21 EuroLeague Women

The 2020–21 EuroLeague Women will be the 63rd edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 25th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Season2020–21
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 18
DatesQualifying:
28 October 2020
Competition proper:
1 December 2020 – 18 April 2021
2021–22 →

Team allocation

A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2020–21 EuroLeague Women.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses:

  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the leagues
Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (Abd-1st)[1] VBW Arka Gdynia (Abd-1st)[2]
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (Abd)[3] UMMC Ekaterinburg (Abd-1st)
Tango Bourges Basket (Abd) Dynamo Kursk (Abd-2nd)
Basket Landes (Abd) Nadezhda Orenburg (Abd-3rd)
Sopron Basket (Abd-1st)[4] Perfumerías Avenida (Abd)
Famila Schio (Abd)[5] Fenerbahçe (Abd)[6]
TTT Riga (Abd-1st)[7] Galatasaray (Abd)
Qualifying round
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (Abd-2st) Spar Girona (Abd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (Abd) İzmit Belediyespor (Abd)

Round and draw dates

Schedule
PhaseRoundRound date
Qualifying round28 October 2020
Regular seasonMatchday 11 December 2020
Matchday 22–3 December 2020
Matchday 34 December 2020
Matchday 419 January 2021
Matchday 521 January 2021
Matchday 622 January 2021
QuarterfinalsFirst leg17 March 2021
Second leg19 March 2021
Final FourSemifinals16 April 2021
Final18 April 2021

Draw

The draw was held on 17 August 2020 in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.[8][9]

The format of the competition was changed on 17 September 2020.[10]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dynamo Kursk		 Sopron Basket
ZVVZ USK Praha		 Fenerbahçe
Tango Bourges Basket		 Famila Schio
Nadezhda Orenburg
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
Perfumerías Avenida
TTT Riga		 Galatasaray
LDLC ASVEL Féminin		 Basket Landes
VBW Arka Gdynia		 Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2

Qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc 68–85 İzmit Belediyespor
Spar Girona 76–54 ACS Sepsi SIC

Regular season
Location of teams of the 2020–21 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The two 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 AVE KUR NAD IZM
1 Perfumerías Avenida 6 6 0 530 376 +154 12 Quarterfinals 79–70 93–38 98–72
2 Dynamo Kursk 5 2 3 369 368 +1 7 74–89 74–77 –
3 Nadezhda Orenburg 5 2 3 299 401 −102 7 42–70 62–86 –
4 İzmit Belediyespor 4 0 4 291 344 −53 4 80–101 61–65 78–80
Updated to match(es) played on 25 January 2021. Source: FIBA

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN ASV USK GDY
1 Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 6 5 1 481 416 +65 11 Quarterfinals 70–84 77–70 88–57
2 LDLC ASVEL Féminin 6 4 2 481 424 +57 10 65–67 85–74 89–57
3 ZVVZ USK Praha 6 3 3 459 483 −24 9 70–99 80–79 80–67
4 VBW Arka Gdynia 6 0 6 403 501 −98 6 70–80 76–79 76–85
Source: FIBA

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA GIR FAM TTT
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 6 6 0 445 298 +147 12 Quarterfinals 90–83 83–61 104–71
2 Spar Girona 6 3 3 389 383 +6 9 67–94 85–81 82–52
3 Beretta Famila Schio 6 3 3 431 456 −25 9 58–74 77–74 76–72
4 TTT Riga 6 0 6 383 511 −128 6 41–90 79–81 68–78
Source: FIBA

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SOP GAL BOU LAN
1 Sopron Basket 6 6 0 437 364 +73 12 Quarterfinals 69–66 74–67 84–54
2 Galatasaray 6 3 3 446 413 +33 9 58–70 75–65 89–63
3 Tango Bourges Basket 6 2 4 437 430 +7 8 60–70 87–80 92–62
4 Basket Landes 6 1 5 366 479 −113 7 59–70 59–78 69–66
Source: FIBA

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spar Girona – Perfumerías Avenida
Galatasaray – Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo
A2 – UMMC Ekaterinburg
LDLC ASVEL Féminin – Sopron Basket

Awards

Gameday MVP
Regular season
Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Satou Sabally Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo33[11]
2 Marine Johannès LDLC ASVEL Féminin33[12]
3 Sandrine Gruda Beretta Famila Schio37[13]
4 María Araújo Spar Girona30[14]
5 Katie Lou Samuelson Perfumerías Avenida28[15]
6 Natalie Achonwa Beretta Famila Schio36[16]

See also

References
  1. "The closure of 2019/2020 season, ZVVZ USK Praha is the Champion". eurobasket.com. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. "EBLK season is over; Arka Gdynia declared champions". eurobasket.com. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "FFBB announce the cancellation of LFB season". eurobasket.com. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. "Sopron Basket announced champions, the season is over". eurobasket.com. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "FIP cancel the reminder of the season in A1 and A2". eurobasket.com. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. "Leagues are cancelled". eurobasket.com. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. "TTT Riga proclaimed champions as LSBL championship cancelled". eurobasket.com. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  8. "Seedings revealed for EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women draws". FIBA. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. "EuroLeague Women Regular Season groups confirmed for 2020-21 campaign". FIBA. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  10. "FIBA Europe Board approves format changes for EuroLeague Women season 2020-21". FIBA. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. "Sabally seals Top Performer status with spectacular debut". FIBA. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. "Stunning 38-point career high catapults Johannes to Top Performer honor". FIBA. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  13. "Gruda crowned Top Performer on Gameday 3". FIBA. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  14. "Araujo collects Top Performer accolade for Gameday 4". FIBA. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  15. "Double celebration for Samuelson as she seals Top Performer status". FIBA. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  16. "Achonwa claims Gameday 6 Top Performer award". FIBA. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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