The 2019–20 EuroLeague Women was the 62nd edition of the European women's club

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championship organized by

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, and the 24th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. The season was ended prematurely due to the

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. On 16 June 2020,

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announced the season was declared void and would not be finished due to the

Team allocation

A total of 19 teams from 11 countries will participate in the 2019–20 EuroLeague Women.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Draw

The draw was held on 23 July 2019 in

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. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.

Qualifying round

Regular season

The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals. If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: # Head-to-head record # Head-to-head point differential # Head-to-head points scored # Point differential for the entire regular season # Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinals

First leg

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

* Alina Iagupova ( Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)

All-EuroLeague Teams

Coach of the Year

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( Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)

Defensive Player of the Year

* Alyssa Thomas (

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)

Young Player of the Year

* Iliana Rupert (

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MVP of the Week

;Regular season

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 EuroLeague Women 2019–20 in European women's basketball leagues EuroLeague Women seasons Euroleague Women