Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |
Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
Season: | 2020–21 |
Champions: | Anadolu Efes |
Runners Up: | Barcelona |
Third Place: | AX Armani Exchange Milan |
Fourth Place: | CSKA Moscow |
Duration: | 1 October 2020 – 9 April 2021 (Regular season) 20 April 2021 – 4 May 2021 (Playoffs) 28 May 2021 – 30 May 2021 (Final Four) |
Teams: | 18 |
Top Seed: | Barcelona |
Mvp N: | SRB |
Mvp Link: | EuroLeague MVP |
Final Four Mvp N: | SRB |
Final Four Mvp Link: | EuroLeague Final Four MVP |
Pir: | 19.7 |
Ppg: | 19.8 |
Rpg: | 8.6 |
Apg: | 7.7 |
Highest Scoring: | Zenit Saint Petersburg 112–83 Panathinaikos (12 April 2021) |
Winning Streak: | 12 games CSKA Moscow |
Losing Streak: | 14 games Khimki |
Biggest Home Win: | (12 November 2020) |
Biggest Away Win: | (5 November 2020) |
Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
Updated: | 31 May 2021 |
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.[1] Anadolu Efes won the championship after defeating Barcelona in the championship game.
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.
The following is the access list for this season.
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Regular season (18 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
width=25% | Barcelona | width=25% | Olympiacos | width=25% | Anadolu Efes | width=25% | Žalgiris |
width=25% | Baskonia | width=25% | width=25% | Fenerbahçe | width=25% | CSKA MoscowTH | |
Real Madrid | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Olimpia Milano |
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Managerial changes
RefereesA total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:[36] [37] Regular seasonSee main article: 2020–21 EuroLeague Regular Season. Results1 The match, originally scheduled for 13 October,[38] was postponed to 8 December[39] after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit [40] following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.[41] PlayoffsSee main article: 2021 EuroLeague 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. SeriesFinal FourSee main article: 2021 EuroLeague 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.[43] AttendancesTo 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.[44]
Top 10AwardsAll official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague. All-EuroLeague TeamsAlphonso Ford Top Scorer TrophyBest DefenderRising StarCoach of the YearMVP of the RoundSee main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round.
MVP of the MonthSee main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month.
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