The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the
FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...
, a European
professional
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basketball
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competition for
clubs
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
, that was launched by
FIBA
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. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Ironi Nes Ziona
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won its first European title, after defeating
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in the
final
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in
Tel Aviv
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.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 16 June 2020,
FIBA Europe
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announced the season is presumed to start in September or October, with or without spectators. In case that the competition cannot start in September–October it will be automatically postponed to January 2021, with a reduced competition system.
On 2 September 2020,
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
announced the season will begin on 6 January 2021.
Team allocation
Maximum 27 teams will play in the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup. The 16 teams directly qualified and at most 11 of the teams eliminated in the
Basketball Champions League qualification rounds will join directly the regular season.
The teams are to be divided into seven groups. Groups of three and four teams will be formed.
Teams registered were officially published on 12 August 2020.
Draw will be on August 18.
Based on a decision of the Board of
FIBA Europe
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, club from
Russia
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(Parma) and clubs from
Ukraine
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(Dnipro (if will not qualify for Champions League Regular season), Kyiv Basket, Prometey) will be drawn in separate groups in the Draw for the Regular Season.
Teams
*1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
*Abd: Season abandoned due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Applicants
The following 4 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the
Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:
*
Igokea
*
Hapoel Tel Aviv
*
Neptūnas
*
U-BT Cluj Napoca
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
System competition
Regular Season to be played in single venue hubs in single round-robin format from January 26–29, 2021.
The top two clubs from each Regular Season group, plus the four best 3rd placed clubs, to advance to the Round of 16.
The Round of 16 pairings to be determined by a draw, with all six group winners and the two best 2nd placed clubs seeded and the other qualified teams not seeded; clubs from the same Regular Season group cannot be drawn against each other.
Round of 16 and Quarter-Finals to be played in single elimination games in four single venue hubs of four teams each, as per the Play-Off bracket, from March 23–25, 2021.
Final Four to be played in a single venue hub from April 23–25, 2021.
Regular season
Group A
Venue:
Maaspoort
The Maaspoort ( en, Meuse Gate) is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes De ...
in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
, Netherlands
Group B
Venue: Arena Samokov in
Samokov
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, Bulgaria
[
]
Group C
Venue: in Włocławek
Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...
, Poland[
]
Group D
Venue: Akatlar Arena in Istanbul
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, Turkey[
]
Group E
Venue: in Włocławek
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, Poland[
]
Group F
Venue: Maaspoort
The Maaspoort ( en, Meuse Gate) is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes De ...
in 's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
, Netherlands[
]
Ranking of third-placed teams
Play-offs
All games are to be played in a single-elimination format.
Draw
The playoffs draw will take place in the FIBA Europe Regional Office headquarters in Munich
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, Germany
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on Wednesday, February 3 at 14:00 CET and will be made with the restriction that teams from the same Regular Season group cannot be drawn against each other.
Bracket
The hub locations of the round of 16 and quarterfinals were announced on 25 February.
Individual awards
Top Performer
See also
* 2020–21 Basketball Champions League
* 2020–21 EuroLeague
* 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball
References
External links
Official website
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FIBA Europe Cup
Basketball events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic