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The 2020–21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 21st season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 11th under the title
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. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the
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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
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, the EuroLeague board ruled that the 18 teams from the previous season would stay in the league.
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won the championship after defeating
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in the championship game.


Team allocation

A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.


Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.


Qualified teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: *EL: Played in curtailed
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Teams


Venues and locations


Personnel and sponsorship

;Notes :1. ''Cultura del Esfuerzo'' () is the motto of the club.


Managerial changes


Referees

A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:


Regular season


League table


Results

1 The match, originally scheduled for 13 October, was postponed to 8 December after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.
2 The match, originally scheduled for 15 October, was postponed to 23 November after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.


Playoffs

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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.


Series


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
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, Germany, on 28–30 May 2021.


Attendances

To start the season only seven teams will play 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. Source:''
EuroLeague


Top 10


Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague.


EuroLeague MVP The EuroLeague MVP, or EuroLeague Full Season MVP, is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the full season of the EuroLeague. The EuroLeague is the top-tier level European-wide men's prof ...

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EuroLeague Final Four MVP The EuroLeague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award is presented and awarded to the basketball player who has exhibited the most exceptional play during the EuroLeague Final Four. The award often goes to the best player on the European-wide top ...

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Vasilije Micić Vasilije Micić ( sr-cyr, Василије Мицић, born 13 January 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Serbian national basketba ...
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All-EuroLeague Team The All-EuroLeague Team is an award for Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, that is given to the league's top ten basketball players for each season, since the 2000–01 season. During the FIBA era of the EuroLeague, players were honor ...
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Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

* Alexey Shved ( Khimki)


Best Defender

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Rising Star

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MVP of the Round

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MVP of the Month


Statistics


Individual statistics


Rating

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Points

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Rebounds

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Assists

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Blocks

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Other statistics


Individual game highs


Team statistics


See also

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2020–21 EuroCup Basketball The 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball season was the 19th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another o ...
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2020–21 Basketball Champions League The 2020–21 Basketball Champions League was the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs launched and managed by FIBA. The season began on 15 September 2020 and ...
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2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...


References


External links


Official website
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