The 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup was the sixth season of the

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, a European

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competition for

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, that was launched by

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. The season started on 26 January 2021 as it was delayed due to the

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. Ironi Nes Ziona won its first European title, after defeating Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski in the

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 June 2020,

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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,

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

, club from

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(Parma) and clubs from

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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

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 in

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, Netherlands

Group B

Venue: Arena Samokov in

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, Bulgaria

Group C

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in

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, Poland

Group D

Venue: Akatlar Arena in

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, Turkey

Group E

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in

, Poland

Group F

Venue: Maaspoort in

, 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

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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

FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

Top Performer

References

External links

Official website
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