2020–21 Egyptian Basketball Premier League Explained

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Egyptian Basketball Premier League
Season:2020–21
Champions:Zamalek (15th title)
Runners Up:Al Ittihad
Semifinalists:Al Ahly
Gezira
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Zamalek
Teams:16
Mvp:Anas Mahmoud (Zamalek)
Top Scorer:Haytham Kamal (Al Ittihad)

The 2020–21 Egyptian Basketball Premier League was the 47th season of the Egyptian Basketball Premier League. The champions qualify for the 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season.Zamalek won its 14th national title, after winning in the finals Against Al Ittihad. The season was decided in Game 5, which Zamalek won 84–80 after overtime.[1]

Teams

6th of October and El Shams were relegated from the 2019–20 Egyptian Basketball Super League. Geziret El-Ward and Al Zohour joined the league after promoting from the second tier league. The 2020–21 season existed out of the following 16 teams:

Arenas and locations

ClubLocationVenue
Kamal Shalaby Hall
Telecom EgyptCairo
Horse Owners' Club
Al ZohourCairo (Nasr City)
Suez Canal SCIsmailia
Alexandria The Arab Contractors Hall
CairoTala'ea El Gaish Hall
Aviation ClubCairo
Cairo (Zamalek) Cairo Stadium (Hall 2)
Geziret El WardMansoura
AlexandriaEl Olympi Arena
Smouha Arena
Sporting Club Hall
TantaTanta Arena
Cairo (Zamalek) Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall

Regular season

Bottom Group

Playoffs

The playoffs started on 16 April 2021.[2]

Finals

See main article: article and 2021 Egyptian Basketball Super League Finals.

Individual awards

The awards were announced on 28 June 2021:[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Zamalek complete dream double after beating Al-Ittihad to win Egypt's SuperLeague . 30 June 2021 . FIBA.basketball . 30 June 2021 . en.
  2. News: Egyptian Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - afrobasket . 6 June 2021 . www.afrobasket.com.
  3. Web site: Egyptian Basketball Federation . Twitter . en.