The 2020–21

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was the 46th season of the highest professional

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tier in

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. The season started don 2 October 2020 and ended 27 May 2021.

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won its nineteenth national championship, its fifth consecutive title.

Competition format

Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, by the rest of the team. Each team would play against each other of their same league four times, while only twice with teams from the other side. The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.

Teams

Regular season

Pro A

Pro B

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Bakken Bears vs. Bears Academy Horsens vs. BMS Herlev Wolfpack Randers Cimbria vs. Værløse Blue Hawks Svendborg Rabbits vs. Team FOG Næstved

Semi-finals

Bakken Bears vs. Svendborg Rabbits Horsens vs. Randers Cimbria

Statistics

''Statistics after the regular season.''

Danish clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official Basketligaen website
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