2020–21 PLK season explained

Updated:complete
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22
Energa Basket Liga
Season:2020–21
Champions:Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(1st title)
Runners Up:Enea Zastal BC Zielona Góra
Third Place:WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Fourth Place:Legia Warszawa
Relegated:Polpharma Starogard Gdański
Teams:16
Top Seed:Zastal Zielona Góra
Tv:Polsat Sport
Mvp Link:PLK Most Valuable Player
Mvp N:USA
Finals Mvp Link:PLK Finals MVP
Finals Mvp N:POL
Pir:22.3
Pir N:USA
Ppg:21.7
Ppg N:USA
Rpg:9.1
Rpg N:CRO
Apg:7.4
Apg N:USA

The 2020–21 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra were the defending champions.[1]

Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski won its first ever national championship.

Teams

16 teams will participate this season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were no relegation or promotion.[1]

Locations and venues

TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Anwil WłocławekWłocławekHala Mistrzów
Asseco Arka GdyniaGdyniaGdynia Sports Arena
BM Slam Stal Ostrów WielkopolskiOstrów WielkopolskiHala Sportowa Stal
Enea AstoriaBydgoszczArtego Arena
GTK GliwiceGliwiceGliwice Arena
Mała Arena
HydroTruck RadomRadomZSE Radom
Legia WarsawWarsawOSiR Bemowo
MKS Dąbrowa GórniczaDąbrowa GórniczaCentrum Hall
Polpharma Starogard GdańskiStarogard GdańskiArgo-Kociewie
Polski Cukier ToruńToruńArena Toruń
Śląsk WrocławWrocławHala Orbita
Spójnia StargardStargardHala Miejska
TBV Start LublinLublinHala Globus
Trefl SopotSopotErgo Arena
Wilki Morskie SzczecinSzczecinAzoty Arena
Zastal Zielona GóraZielona GóraCRS Hall

Regular season

Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place series

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Finals

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Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 PLK season.

Season awards

AwardPlayerTeam
[2]
[3]
[4]
All-PLK Team Gabriel LundbergZastal Zielona Góra
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Zastal Zielona Góra
Zastal Zielona Góra

MVP of the Round

Gamedaywidth=170Playerwidth=195TeamEFF
1 24 [5]
2 27 [6]
3 23 [7]
4 18 [8]
5 35 [9]
6 28 & 14 [10]
7 27 [11]
8 31 & 23 [12]
9 31 [13]
10 42 & 15 [14]
11 26 & 22 [15]
12 36 [16]
13 39 [17]
14 24 & 17 [18]
15 41 [19]
16 32 [20]
17 22 [21]
18 Jakub Garbacz (2) 15 & 23 [22]
19 Mateusz Zębski (2) 27 [23]
20 34 [24]
21 38 [25]
22 22 [26]
23 39 [27]
24 Aleksander Dziewa (2) 25 [28]
25 Andrzej Mazurczak (2) 26 [29]
26 Aleksander Dziewa (3) 25 [30]
27 28 & 25 [31]

MVP of the Month

MonthPlayerTeamEFF
2020
October 20.7 [32]
November 20.6 [33]
December 17.8 [34]
2021
January 19.3 [35]
February !scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"Not awarded
March 21.2 [36]

Polish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Champions League Regular season
Qualifying rounds
FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16
Finalist

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
VTB United League Quarterfinalist
Alpe Adria Cup Cancelled
Cancelled

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Komunikat w sprawie zakończenia sezonu 2019/20 EBL. March 18, 2020. plk.pl. pl. September 1, 2020.
  2. Web site: Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2020/21 . plk.pl . 2021-03-23.
  3. Web site: Jakub Garbacz MVP finałów EBL . plk.pl . 2021-05-06.
  4. Web site: Najlepsza piątka sezonu zasadniczego EBL 2020/21 . plk.pl . 2021-03-23.
  5. News: Deishuan Booker MVP 1. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. September 1, 2020. September 1, 2020.
  6. News: Mateusz Zębski MVP 2. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. September 8, 2020. September 8, 2020.
  7. News: Kacper Borowski MVP 3. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. September 15, 2020. September 21, 2020.
  8. News: Krzysztof Szubarga MVP 4. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. September 22, 2020. September 22, 2020.
  9. News: Nickolas Neal MVP 5. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. September 29, 2020. September 29, 2020.
  10. News: Przemysław Żołnierewicz MVP 6. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. October 8, 2020. October 12, 2020.
  11. News: Damian Kulig MVP 7. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. October 13, 2020. October 13, 2020.
  12. News: Aaron Cel MVP 8. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. October 20, 2020. October 20, 2020.
  13. News: Jakub Karolak MVP 9. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. October 27, 2020. October 30, 2020.
  14. News: Lee Moore MVP 10. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. November 3, 2020. November 3, 2020.
  15. News: Aleksander Dziewa MVP 11. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. November 10, 2020. November 11, 2020.
  16. News: Filip Matczak MVP 12. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. November 17, 2020. November 18, 2020.
  17. News: McKenzie Moore MVP 13. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. November 24, 2020. November 24, 2020.
  18. News: Przemysław Żołnierewicz MVP 14. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. December 8, 2020. December 8, 2020.
  19. News: Geoffrey Groselle MVP 15. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. December 15, 2020. December 16, 2020.
  20. News: Martins Laksa MVP 16. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. December 22, 2020. December 22, 2020.
  21. News: Jakub Garbacz MVP 17. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. December 29, 2020. December 29, 2020.
  22. News: Jakub Garbacz MVP 18. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. January 5, 2021. January 5, 2021.
  23. News: Mateusz Zębski MVP 19. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. January 12, 2021. January 13, 2021.
  24. News: Andrzej Mazurczak MVP 20. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. January 19, 2021. January 20, 2021.
  25. News: Lester Medford MVP 21. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. January 26, 2021. January 27, 2021.
  26. News: Łukasz Kolenda MVP 22. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. February 2, 2021. February 3, 2021.
  27. News: Jabarie Hinds MVP 23. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. February 9, 2021. February 12, 2021.
  28. News: Aleksander Dziewa MVP 24. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. March 2, 2021. March 5, 2021.
  29. News: Andrzej Mazurczak MVP 25. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. March 9, 2021. March 9, 2021.
  30. News: Aleksander Dziewa MVP 26. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. March 16, 2021. March 16, 2021.
  31. News: Paweł Leończyk MVP 27. tygodnia EBL. plk.pl. March 23, 2021. March 23, 2021.
  32. News: Damian Kulig MVP października. plk.pl. 7 November 2020. 9 November 2020.
  33. News: Aleksander Dziewa MVP listopada. plk.pl. 3 December 2020. 4 December 2020.
  34. News: Jakub Garbacz MVP grudnia. plk.pl. January 9, 2021. January 10, 2021.
  35. News: Jakub Garbacz MVP stycznia. plk.pl. February 7, 2021. February 12, 2021.
  36. News: Chris Smith MVP lutego i marca. plk.pl. April 2, 2021. April 3, 2021.