The 2020–21 EuroLeague was the 21st season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 11th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 64th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started 1 October 2020.
As the season was the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EuroLeague board ruled that the 18 teams from the previous season would stay in the league. Anadolu Efes won the championship after defeating Barcelona in the championship game.
Team allocation A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
Distribution The following is the access list for this season. +Access list for 2020–21 EuroLeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRegular season(18 teams)11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence 7 associated clubs with an annual licencePlayoffs(8 teams)8 highest-placed teams from the regular seasonFinal Four(4 teams)4 series winners from the playoffs
Qualified teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: EL: Played in curtailed 2019–20 EuroLeague
+Qualified teams for 2020–21 EuroLeagueLicensed clubs Barcelona Olympiacos Anadolu Efes Žalgiris Baskonia Panathinaikos Fenerbahçe CSKA MoscowTH Real Madrid Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano +Associated clubs ALBA Berlin Khimki Moscow Valencia Basket Crvena Zvezda Bayern Munich Zenit Saint Petersburg ASVEL
Teams Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz ArenaWorldstadiums.com basketball capacity 14,500. Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem DomeTurkey2010.FIBA.com Mayor of Istanbul gives Turkish Basketball Federation and media tour of World Championship Final venue. AX Armani Exchange MilanMilan Mediolanum Forum Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos OPAP Athens O.A.K.A. Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor ALBA Berlin Aíto García Reneses Niels Giffey Adidas ALBA SE Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş Balbay Bilcee Anadolu Efes A|X Armani Exchange Milan Ettore Messina Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange Barcelona Šarūnas Jasikevičius Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària Bayern Munich Andrea Trinchieri Nihad Đedović Adidas BayWa Crvena zvezda mts Dejan Radonjić Branko Lazić Adidas mts CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Nikita Kurbanov Nike Rostelecom Fenerbahçe Beko Igor Kokoškov Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Beko Khimki Andrey Maltsev Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group LDLC ASVEL T. J. Parker Charles Lombahe-Kahudi Adidas LDLC Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo Nike Playtika Olympiacos Georgios Bartzokas Vassilis Spanoulis GSA Sport bwin Panathinaikos OPAP Oded Kattash Ioannis Papapetrou Adidas Pame Stoixima Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Palladium Hotel Group TD Systems Baskonia Duško Ivanović Luca Vildoza Kelme Teduinsa Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo Žalgiris Martin Schiller Paulius Jankūnas ŽalgirisShop Zenit Saint Petersburg Xavi Pascual Mateusz Ponitka Nike Nipigas
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo () is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Mutual consent 20 March 2020 Pre-season Georgios Vovoras 17 June 2020 ASVEL Zvezdan Mitrović Sacked 21 May 2020 T. J. Parker 17 June 2020 Crvena zvezda mts Dragan Šakota Mutual consent 8 June 2020 Saša Obradović 10 June 2020 Fenerbahçe Beko Željko Obradović Mutual consent 23 June 2020 Igor Kokoškov 4 July 2020 Barcelona Svetislav Pešić Mutual consent 1 July 2020 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2 July 2020 Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Mutual consent 2 July 2020 Martin Schiller 14 July 2020 Bayern Munich Oliver Kostić Mutual consent 15 July 2020 Andrea Trinchieri 15 July 2020 Crvena zvezda mts Saša Obradović Mutual consent 24 December 2020 17th (5–11) Dejan Radonjić 25 December 2020 Panathinaikos OPAP Georgios Vovoras Mutual consent 4 January 2021 16th (5-11) Kostas Charalampidis (interim) 4 January 2021 Kostas Charalampidis End of caretaker spell 14 January 2021 15th (6-12) Oded Kattash 14 January 2021 Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sacked 15 January 2021 18th (2-18) Andrey Maltsev (interim) 15 January 2021
Referees A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:
Regular season
League table
Results
1 The match, originally scheduled for 13 October, was postponed to 8 December after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests. 2 The match, originally scheduled for 15 October, was postponed to 23 November after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four.
Series
Final Four
The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, on 28–30 May 2021.
Attendances To start the season only seven teams played with spectators. Between 100 and 7,500 socially-distanced fans, depending on the venue and country, were allowed into the arenas of CSKA, Zenit, Fenerbahçe, Khimki, Maccabi, Žalgiris, Valencia, Milan, Baskonia, ASVEL, ALBA and Crvena zvezda.
+ Average home attendances Pos Team Games Total 1 Žalgiris 17 3 10,381 3,460 2 CSKA Moscow 19 19 64,970 3,419 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 17 47,168 2,775 4 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 17 6 10,600 1,767 5 LDLC ASVEL 17 1 970 970 6 AX Armani Exchange Milan 20 2 1,617 809 7 Khimki 17 10 7,849 785 8 ALBA Berlin 17 1 599 599 9 TD Systems Baskonia 17 2 1,000 500 10 Valencia Basket 17 3 1,179 393 11 Fenerbahçe Beko 18 12 3,210 268 12 Crvena zvezda mts 17 1 183 183 13 Olympiacos 17 0 0 n/a 13 Panathinaikos OPAP 17 0 0 n/a 15 Bayern Munich 19 0 0 n/a 15 Real Madrid 19 0 0 n/a 17 Anadolu Efes 20 0 0 n/a 17 Barcelona 20 0 0 n/a Source: EuroLeague
Top 10 Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance 1Playoffs 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Barcelona 5,187 2Regular Season 5 Žalgiris Valencia Basket 5,131 3Playoffs 2 CSKA Moscow Fenerbahçe Beko 5,128 4Regular Season 4 Žalgiris Anadolu Efes 5,011 5Playoffs 4 Zenit Saint Petersburg Barcelona 4,626 6Regular Season 23 CSKA Moscow Bayern Munich 4,516 7Regular Season 31 CSKA Moscow Crvena zvezda mts 4,402 8Regular Season 29 CSKA Moscow AX Armani Exchange Milan 4,297 9Regular Season 21 CSKA Moscow Fenerbahçe Beko 4,277 10Regular Season 32 Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Moscow 4,152
Awards All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micić ( Anadolu Efes)
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Vasilije Micić ( Anadolu Efes)
All-EuroLeague Teams Pos.First TeamSecond TeamG Kevin Pangos Zenit Saint Petersburg Shane Larkin Anadolu EfesG Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes Nando De Colo FenerbahçeF Vladimir Lučić Bayern Munich Will Clyburn CSKA MoscowF Nikola Mirotić Barcelona Shavon Shields AX Armani Exchange MilanC Edy Tavares Real Madrid Brandon Davies Barcelona
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Alexey Shved ( Khimki)
Best Defender Edy Tavares ( Real Madrid)
Rising Star Usman Garuba ( Real Madrid)
Coach of the Year Ergin Ataman ( Anadolu Efes)
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1 Pierriá Henry TD Systems Baskonia 32 2 Jordan Loyd Crvena zvezda mts 34 3–4 Vladimir Lučić Bayern Munich 29 5 Nemanja Nedović Panathinaikos OPAP 28 6 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 27 Marius Grigonis Žalgiris 7 Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes 36 8 Vladimir Lučić (2) Bayern Munich 35 9–10 Mike James CSKA Moscow 32 11 Luke Sikma ALBA Berlin 32 12 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 29 13 Mike James (2) CSKA Moscow 51 14–15 Edy Tavares (2) Real Madrid 36 16 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 37 17 Wade Baldwin Bayern Munich 41 18 Joffrey Lauvergne Žalgiris 38 19–20 Nemanja Nedović (2) Panathinaikos OPAP 33 21 Dinos Mitoglou Panathinaikos OPAP 42 22–23 Nick Weiler-Babb Bayern Munich 38 24 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 30 Jalen Reynolds Bayern Munich 25 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes 32 26 Vasilije Micić (2) Anadolu Efes 44 27–28 Marcus Eriksson ALBA Berlin 41 29 Kevin Punter AX Armani Exchange Milan 28 Peyton Siva ALBA Berlin 30 Sasha Vezenkov Olympiacos 41 31 Vasilije Micić (3) Anadolu Efes 30 32–33 Jordan Mickey Khimki 36 Achille Polonara TD Systems Baskonia 34 Sasha Vezenkov (2) Olympiacos 31 Playoffs RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1–2 Kevin Pangos Zenit Saint Petersburg 33 Brandon Davies Barcelona 3–4 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow 38 5 Shavon Shields AX Armani Exchange Milan 41
MVP of the Month
MonthRoundPlayerTeam 2020October 1–6 Marius Grigonis Žalgiris November 7–11 Mike James CSKA Moscow December 12–17 Nikola Milutinov CSKA Moscow 2021January 18–23 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko February 24–26 Nikola Kalinić Valencia Basket March 27–33 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona April 34–PO5 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow
Statistics Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Mike James CSKA Moscow 2753219.702. Alexey Shved Khimki2345019.573. Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 3364419.52 Source: EuroLeague
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Alexey Shved Khimki2345519.782. Mike James CSKA Moscow 2752219.333. Jordan Loyd Crvena zvezda mts 2950217.31 Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Edy Tavares Real Madrid362898.032. Achille Polonara TD Systems Baskonia 332186.613. Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 331965.94 Source: EuroLeague
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Alexey Shved Khimki231787.742. Pierriá Henry TD Systems Baskonia 342487.293. Kevin Pangos Zenit Saint Petersburg 392606.67 Source: EuroLeague
Blocks RankNameTeamGamesBlocksBPG1. Edy Tavares Real Madrid 36631.752. Giorgos Papagiannis Panathinaikos32511.593. Jordan Mickey Khimki 28431.54 Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals Pierriá Henry TD Systems Baskonia 34 1.74 Turnovers Alexey Shved Khimki 23 4.26 Fouls drawn Nando de Colo Fenerbahçe Beko 32 5.31 Minutes Alexey Shved Khimki 23 32:32 FT % Kyle Kuric Barcelona 39 96.08% 2-Point % Octavius Ellis Olympiacos 33 72.64% 3-Point % Kyle Kuric Barcelona 39 56.20%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic Opponent Rating Mike James CSKA Moscow 51 Khimki (Dec 11, 2020) Points Nemanja Nedović Panathinaikos OPAP 39 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (Dec 22, 2020)Rebounds Nikola Milutinov CSKA Moscow 19 AX Armani Exchange Milan (Dec 30, 2020) Assists Nick Calathes Barcelona 15 Khimki (Jan 12, 2021)Steals Howard Sant-Roos Panathinaikos OPAP 7 Crvena zvezda mts (Mar 19, 2021) Mateusz Ponitka Zenit Saint Petersburg Panathinaikos OPAP (Apr 12, 2021) Blocks Kevarrius Hayes LDLC ASVEL 6 Anadolu Efes (Dec 8, 2020)