2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup

The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup is the sixth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season will start on 6 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2020–21
Teams22
Dates26 January – 25 April 2021

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 June 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season is presumed to start in September or October, with or without spectators. In case that the competition cannot start in September-October it will be automatically postponed to January 2021, with a reduced competition system.[1]

On 2 September 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season will begin on 6 January 2021.[2]

Team allocation

Maximum 27 teams will play in the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup. The 16 teams directly qualified and at most 11 of the teams eliminated in the Basketball Champions League qualification rounds will join directly the regular season.

The teams are to be divided into seven groups. Groups of three and four teams will be formed.

Teams registered were officially published on 12 August 2020.[3]

Draw will be on August 18th.
Based on a decision of the Board of FIBA Europe, club from Russia (Parma) and clubs from Ukraine (Dnipro (if will not qualify for Champions League Regular season), Kyiv Basket, Prometey) will be drawn in separate groups in the Draw for the Regular Season.[4]

Teams
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
  • Abd: Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Regular season
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (CL QR2) Iraklis (CL QR1) CSM Oradea (Abd-2nd) Ironi Nes Ziona (7th)
Neptūnas (CL QR2) Hapoel Tel Aviv (CL QR1) Sibiu (Abd-3rd) Unahotels Reggio Emilia (Abd-12th)
Donar (CL QR2) Anwil Włocławek (CL QR1) Kyiv Basket (Abd-2nd) Mornar[Note MOR]
Sporting CP (CL QR2) Fribourg Olympic (CL QR1) Prometey (Abd-3rd) Heroes Den Bosch (Abd-3rd)
U Cluj-Napoca (CL QR1) Dnipro (CL QR1) Kapfenberg Bulls (Abd-2nd) Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (Abd-9th)
Balkan (CL QR1) Egis Körmend (Abd-2nd) Borisfen (Abd-1st) Parma (Abd-5th)
London Lions (CL QR1) Szolnoki Olajbányász (Abd-7th) Rilski Sportist (Abd-3rd) Beşiktaş Icrypex (Abd-8th)
  1. ^
    NOTE Mornar: KK Mornar was drawn in group F, but withdrew because of the invitation to participate in 2020-21 EuroCup basketball in September 2020.

Applicants

The following 4 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:[3]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date Match leg
Regular season Matchday 1 18 August 2020 26 January 2021
Matchday 2 27-28 January 2021
Matchday 3 29 January 2021
Play-offs Round of 16 3 February 2021 23 March 2021
Quarter-finals 25 March 2021
Semi-finals 23 April 2021
Finals 25 April 2021

System competition

Regular Season to be played in single venue hubs in single round-robin format from January 26-29, 2021.[5] The top two clubs from each Regular Season group, plus the four best 3rd placed clubs, to advance to the Round of 16. The Round of 16 pairings to be determined by a draw, with all six group winners and the two best 2nd placed clubs seeded and the other qualified teams not seeded; clubs from the same Regular Season group cannot be drawn against each other. Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals to be played in single elimination games in four single venue hubs of four teams each, as per the Play-Off bracket, from March 23-25, 2021. Final Four to be played in a single venue hub from April 23-25, 2021.

Regular season

Group A

Venue: Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification IRA REG MON KÖR
1 Iraklis 3 3 0 251 225 +26 6 Advance to round of 16 — — — 94–76
2 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 3 2 1 232 226 +6 5 74–78 — — —
3 Belfius Mons-Hainaut 3 1 2 227 215 +12 4 75–79 69–70 — —
4 Egis Körmend 3 0 3 221 265 −44 3 — 79–88 66–83 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

Venue: Arena Samokov in Samokov, Bulgaria[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PRO KYI RIL KAP
1 Prometey 3 3 0 225 200 +25 6 Advance to round of 16 — — 89–76 —
2 Kyiv-Basket 3 1 2 196 197 −1 4 66–72 — 69–74 —
3 Rilski Sportist (H) 3 1 2 217 227 −10 4 — — — 67–69
4 Kapfenberg Bulls 3 1 2 178 192 −14 4 58–64 51–61 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Host.

Group C

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in Włocławek, Poland[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification STA IRO SZO SPO
1 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3 3 0 268 249 +19 6 Advance to round of 16 — — — 85–83
2 Ironi Nes Ziona 3 2 1 262 247 +15 5 86–93 — 90–73 —
3 Szolnoki Olajbányász 3 1 2 231 247 −16 4 80–90 — — 78–67
4 Sporting CP 3 0 3 231 249 −18 3 — 81–86 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

Venue: Akatlar Arena in Istanbul, Turkey[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SIB BAL ORA BJK
1 CSU Sibiu 3 2 1 247 235 +12 5 Advance to round of 16 — 88–75 — —
2 Balkan 3 2 1 207 214 −7 5 — — 58–55 74–71
3 CSM Oradea 3 1 2 216 219 −3 4 70–78 — — 91–83
4 Beşiktaş Icrypex (H) 3 1 2 244 246 −2 4 90–81 — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Host.

Group E

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in Włocławek, Poland[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification OLY DNI ANW LON
1 Fribourg Olympic 2 1 1 143 131 +12 3 Advance to round of 16 — 57–62 — —
2 Dnipro 2 1 1 133 131 +2 3 — — 71–74 —
3 Anwil Włocławek (H) 2 1 1 143 157 −14 3 69–86 — — —
4 London Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn[7] — — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Host.

Group F

Venue: Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands[6]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAR DBO DON BOR
1 Parma 2 2 0 178 144 +34 4 Advance to round of 16 — 85–63 — —
2 Heroes Den Bosch (H) 2 1 1 162 183 −21 3 — — 99–98 —
3 Donar 2 0 2 179 192 −13 2 81–93 — — —
4 Borisfen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn[8] — — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Host.

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 B Rilski Sportist 2 1 1 150 158 −8 3 Advance to round of 16
2 E Anwil Włocławek 2 1 1 143 157 −14 3
3 A Belfius Mons-Hainaut 2 0 2 144 149 −5 2
4 D CSM Oradea 2 0 2 125 136 −11 2
5 F Donar 2 0 2 179 192 −13 2
6 C Szolnoki Olajbányász 2 0 2 153 180 −27 2
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Play-offs

All games are to be played in a single-elimination format.[9]

Draw

The playoffs draw will take place in the FIBA Europe Regional Office headquarters in Munich, Germany on Wednesday, February 3 at 14:00 CET and will be made with the restriction that teams from the same Regular Season group cannot be drawn against each other.[10]

Seeded teams
Arged BMSLAM Stal
CSU Sibiu
Dnipro
Iraklis
Ironi Nes Ziona
Fribourg Olympic
Parma
Prometey
Non-seeded teams
Anwil Włocławek
Balkan
Belfius Mons-Hainaut
CSM Oradea
Heroes Den Bosch
Kyiv-Basket
Rilski Sportist
UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
23 March – Hub location 1
 
 
 CSU Sibiu
 
25 March – Hub location 1
 
 UH Reggio Emilia
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 1
 
 
 
 Dnipro
 
23 April – TBA
 
 CSM Oradea
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 2
 
 
 
 Prometey
 
25 March – Hub location 2
 
 Belfius Mons-Hainaut
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 2
 
 
 
 Arged BMSLAM Stal
 
25 April – TBA
 
 Heroes Den Bosch
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 3
 
 
 
 Fribourg Olympic
 
25 March – Hub location 3
 
 Balkan
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 3
 
 
 
 Parma
 
23 April – TBA
 
 Rilski Sportist
 
 
 
23 March – Hub location 4
 
 Third place
 
 Iraklis
 
25 March – Hub location 425 April – TBA
 
 Anwil Włocławek
 
  
 
23 March – Hub location 4
 
  
 
 Ironi Nes Ziona
 
 
 Kyiv-Basket
 

Individual awards

Top Performer
Round Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Thomas van der Mars Heroes Den Bosch38[11]
2 Alperen Şengün Beşiktaş Icrypex27[12]
Rashad Vaughn Prometey
3 Alperen Şengün (2) Beşiktaş Icrypex31[13]

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Europe 2019-20 club competitions will not resume, Board sets plan for 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. "Teams registered for FIBA Europe Cup season 2020-21 confirmed". FIBA Europe. 12 August 2020.
  4. "Seedings announced for FIBA Europe Cup 2020-21 Regular Season draw". FIBA Europe. 14 August 2020.
  5. "Changes made to FIBA Europe Cup 2020-21 season format". FIBA Europe. 23 November 2020.
  6. "First locations of FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season hubs announced". FIBA Europe Cup. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. "London Lions ruled out from FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season due to COVID-19 disruptions". FIBA. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. "BC Borisfen will not take part in FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season". FIBA. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. "Changes made to FIBA Europe Cup 2020-21 season format". FIBA Europe Cup. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  10. "FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 field confirmed". FIBA Europe Cup. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  11. "Thomas Van der Mars drops 30 points to land Top Performer honor". FIBA Europe Cup. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  12. "Sengun, Vaughn share Top Performer honor in dominant displays". FIBA Europe Cup. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  13. "Alperen Sengun bows out with successive Top Performer awards". FIBA Europe Cup. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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