The 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball season was the 19th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was 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.
Team allocation A total of 24 teams from 10 leagues participated in the 2020–21 season of the EuroCup Basketball. In response to the premature end 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. On 15 June 2020, the preliminary team list for the season was approved. On 22 June 2020, the team list was approved by the ECA shareholders executive board, selecting Dolomiti Energia Trento to replace Fraport Skyliners who had withdrawn from the competition. On 17 September 2020, Mornar Bar replaced Maccabi Rishon LeZion which was forced to withdraw due to logistical difficulties and financial concerns complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 AS Monaco Germani Brescia Partizan NIS Frutti Extra Bursaspor Metropolitans 92 Dolomiti Energia Trento Budućnost VOLI Bahçeşehir Koleji JL Bourg Unicaja Cedevita Olimpija Telenet Giants Antwerp Nanterre 92 MoraBanc Andorra Mornar ratiopharm Ulm Virtus Segafredo Bologna Herbalife Gran Canaria UNICS Promitheas Umana Reyer Venezia Joventut Lokomotiv Kuban Lietkabelis Notes
Referees A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball referees set to work on the 2020–21 season: + Jordi Aliaga Mykola Ambrosov Amit Balak Benjamin Barth Ingus Baumanis Ilija Belošević Joseph Bissang Matej Boltauzer Huseyin Celik Christos Christodoulou Gentian Cici Sébastien Clivaz Carlos Cortés Mehdi Difallah Igor Dragojević Ioannis Foufis Juan Carlos García González Spiros Gkontas Denis Hadžić Aare Halliko Daniel Hierrezuelo Tomislav Hordov Sinan İşgüder Damir Javor Benjamín Jiménez Milivoje Jovčić Marko Juras Luka Kardum Miloš Koljenšić Kristaps Konstantinovs Elias Koromilas Marcin Kowalski Luigi Lamonica Oļegs Latiševs Jurgis Laurinavičius Artem Lavrukhin Robert Lottermoser Mario Majkić Petri Mäntylä Emin Moğulkoç Milan Nedović Uroš Nikolić Uroš Obrknežević Anne Panther Piotr Pastusiak Carmelo Paternicò Rain Peerandi Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez Emilio Pérez Pizarro Carlos Peruga Sašo Petek Saša Pukl Saulius Racys Josip Radojković Sreten Radović Fernando Rocha Michele Rossi Borys Ryzhyk Seffi Shemmesh Sérgio Silva Artūras Šukys Hugues Thépénier Tomasz Trawicki Vasiliki Tsaroucha Eduard Udyanskyy Stanislav Valeev Nick Van den Broeck Gytis Vilius Robert Vyklický Jakub Zamojski
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. On November 16, 2021, EuroCup Board adapt the competition calendar to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board agreed to delay the start of the Top 16 phase of the competition, which was set to start on December 30, 2020, with the new start date being set for January 13, 2021. The calendar modification provided an extended window for any remaining rescheduled games to be played ahead of the following phase, reducing risk of games being cancelled. Additionally, the deadlines to play any remaining rescheduled games ahead of the regular season and Top 16 were set on January 5, 2021 and March 16, 2021 respectively.
+Schedule for 2020–21 EuroCup BasketballPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird legRegular seasonRound 110 July 202030 September 2020Round 27 October 2020Round 314 October 2020Round 421 October 2020Round 528 October 2020Round 64 November 2020Round 711 November 2020Round 818 November 2020Round 99 December 2020Round 1016 December 2020Top 16Round 113 January 2021Round 220 January 2021Round 327 January 2021Round 43 February 2021Round 53 March 2021Round 610 March 2021PlayoffsQuarterfinals23 March 202126 March 202131 March 2021Semifinals6 April 20219 April 202114 April 2021Finals27 April 202130 April 20215 May 2021
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the adjustments caused by the pandemic, was as follows.
+PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird legRegular seasonRound 110 July 202030 September 2020Round 27 October 2020Round 314 October 2020Round 421 October 2020Round 528 October 2020Round 64 November 2020Round 711 November 2020Round 818 November 2020Round 99 December 2020Round 1016 December 2020Top 16Round 130 December 2020Round 26 January 2021Round 313 January 2021Round 420 January 2021Round 527 January 2021Round 63 February 2021PlayoffsQuarterfinals2 March 20215 March 202110 March 2021Semifinals16 March 202119 March 202124 March 2021Finals6 April 20219 April 202114 April 2021
Draw The draw was held on 10 July 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. Media and clubs representatives were allowed to attend the draw due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
The 24 teams were 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 were 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 could occupy in the draw was calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.
+Pot 1Team Promitheas135 Unicaja111 UNICS106 Lokomotiv Kuban99+Pot 2Team Budućnost VOLI82 MoraBanc Andorra78 Herbalife Gran Canaria73 Joventut Badalona73+Pot 3Team Maccabi Rishon LeZion70 Lietkabelis69 Partizan NIS67 Dolomiti Energia Trento62+Pot 4Team Cedevita Olimpija60 Virtus Segafredo Bologna58 Umana Reyer Venezia58 Germani Brescia58+Pot 5Team AS Monaco57 Frutti Extra Bursaspor53 Bahçeşehir Koleji53 ratiopharm Ulm49+Pot 6Team Nanterre 9247 Metropolitans 9247 JL Bourg47 Telenet Giants Antwerp0
Notes
Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.
The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:
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. RoundMatchesRound 16 v 3, 4 v 2, 5 v 1Round 21 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4Round 36 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2Round 46 v 2, 3 v 1, 4 v 5Round 55 v 6, 1 v 4, 2 v 3RoundMatchesRound 61 v 5, 2 v 4, 3 v 6Round 74 v 3, 5 v 2, 6 v 1Round 82 v 1, 3 v 5, 4 v 6Round 95 v 4, 1 v 3, 2 v 6Round 103 v 2, 4 v 1, 6 v 5
There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home in the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).
Regular season
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Top 16 In each group, teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams were eliminated.
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Playoffs In the playoffs, teams play against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.
Bracket
Quarterfinals The first legs were played on 23 March, the second legs on 26 March and the third legs on 31 March 2021, if necessary.
Semifinals The first legs were played on 6 April, the second legs on 9 April and the third legs on 14 April 2021, if necessary.
Finals The first leg was played on 27 April, the second leg on 30 April.
Awards All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.
EuroCup MVP PlayerTeam Jamar Smith UNICS Kazan
Finals MVP PlayerTeam Rob Gray AS Monaco
All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team Ref Player Team Player Team Miloš Teodosić Virtus Segafredo Bologna Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv Kuban Jamar Smith UNICS Kazan Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija Isaïa Cordinier Nanterre 92 Anthony Brown Metropolitans 92 Mathias Lessort AS Monaco John Brown UNICS Kazan Willie Reed Budućnost VOLI Vince Hunter Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Coach of the Year PlayerTeam Zvezdan Mitrović Monaco
Rising Star PlayerTeam Aleksander Balcerowski Herbalife Gran Canaria
Regular Season MVP PlayerTeam Miloš Teodosić Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Top 16 MVP PlayerTeam Vince Hunter Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Quarterfinals MVP PlayerTeam Mathias Lessort AS Monaco
Semifinals MVP PlayerTeam Rob Gray AS Monaco
MVP of the Week +Regular season WeekPlayerTeam PIR 1 Troy Caupain ratiopharm Ulm 34 2 Willie Reed Budućnost VOLI 30 3 Alan Williams Lokomotiv Kuban 33 4 Gytis Masiulis Lietkabelis 38 5 Pierre Pelos JL Bourg 33 6 Alan Williams (2) Lokomotiv Kuban 36 7 Dylan Osetkowski ratiopharm Ulm 41 8 Jamal Jones Bahçeşehir Koleji 38 9 Isaiah Canaan UNICS Kazan 39 10 Assem Marei Metropolitans 92 37
+Top 16 WeekPlayerTeam PIR 1 Isaiah Whitehead Mornar 30 2 Luke Maye Dolomiti Energia Trento 34 3 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 41 4 Alpha Kaba Nanterre 92 33 5 Jaime Fernández Unicaja 33 6 Mindaugas Kuzminskas Lokomotiv Kuban 33
+Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam PIR 1–2 Willie Reed (2) Budućnost VOLI 35 3 Mathias Lessort AS Monaco 29
+Semifinals GamePlayerTeam PIR 1–2 Miloš Teodosić Virtus Segafredo Bologna 34 3 John Brown UNICS Kazan 31
See also 2020–21 EuroLeague 2020–21 Basketball Champions League 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup
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References
External links Official website