2020–21 Belgian Basketball Cup
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The 2020–21 Belgian Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the Euromillions Cup, was the 67th edition of
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's national
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cup tournament.
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were the defending champions, but lost the quarter-finals against Oostende, who would go on to win the Cup outright. On 2 July 2020, a new format and draw were announced by the EuroMillions League. Six teams from the Top Division Men, the national second division, were joined by all
Pro Basketball League The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for sports clubs, clubs. In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. The league is organized by the Basketball League B ...
(PBL) teams for a group stage. The format was changed again in December 2020, due to the
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. The competition returned to its former format with only PBL teams. The final was played on 21 March in
Palais 12 The ING Arena is an indoor arena in Brussels, Belgium, that is part of the Brussels Expo complex. Located on the Heysel Plateau, Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), it was originally built as the twelfth hal ...
.


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2020–21 Pro Basketball League The 2020–21 Pro Basketball League (PBL) was the 94th season of the Pro Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Belgium. The regular season was supposed to start in September 2020 but was delayed to 2 October 2020 due ...


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