2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

The 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 12th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fourth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Season	2019–20
Games played	168
Teams	24
Finals
Champions	Null and void
Records
Biggest home win	Unicaja 108–68 Oldenburg (10 December 2019)
Biggest away win	Rishon LeZion 55–88 Promitheas (2 October 2019)
Highest scoring	Darüşşafaka 96–106 Bologna (5 March 2020)
Winning streak	Umana Reyer Venezia 8 games
Losing streak	Budućnost VOLI Maccabi Rishon LeZion Asseco Arka Gdynia Dolomiti Energia Trento 6 games
Highest attendance	17,205 Partizan 99–81 Virtus Bologna (8 January 2020)
Lowest attendance	1,040 Rishon LeZion 96–92 Ulm (18 December 2019)
← 2018–19 2020–21 → 1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

On March 12, 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] On May 25, 2020, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 13 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball.^[3][4][5]

Distribution by league

The following was the access criteria for this season, based on domestic league standings after playoffs.^[3]

Access list for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (24 teams)	3 teams from Adriatic League 3 teams from United Basketball League 3 teams from Spain 2 teams from France 2 teams from Germany 2 teams from Italy 2 teams from Turkey 1 team from Greece 1 team from Lithuania 1 team from Poland 1 team from either Belgium, Israel or Netherlands 3 wild cards
Top 16 (16 teams)		4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs (8 teams)		4 group winners from the Top 16 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[3][4][5]

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card

Qualified teams for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball (by entry round)

Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia (1st)	Partizan NIS (4th)[Note ABA]	Limoges CSP (WC)	UNICS (3rd)
Dolomiti Energia Trento (6th)	Unicaja (6th)	Tofaş (3rd)	Lokomotiv Kuban (5th)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna (WC)	Joventut (7th)	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta (4th)	Promitheas (2nd)
Germani Brescia Leonessa (WC)	MoraBanc Andorra (10th)[Note ESP]	Darüşşafaka Tekfen (WC)	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd)
Budućnost VOLI (2nd)[Note ABA]	AS Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA]	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (3rd)	Rytas (2nd)
Cedevita Olimpija (3rd)[Note ABA]	Nanterre 92 (4th)	ratiopharm Ulm (6th)	Asseco Arka Gdynia (3rd)

Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija and Partizan NIS qualified through the ABA League.
2. ^
   France (FRA): AS Monaco is a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points it earns count toward France).
3. ^
   Spain (ESP): MoraBanc Andorra is a club based in Andorra (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for Spain (any coefficient points it earns count toward Spain).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[3][6]

Schedule for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Regular season	Round 1	12 July 2019	1–2 October 2019
	Round 2		8–9 October 2019
	Round 3		15–16 October 2019
	Round 4		22–23 October 2019
	Round 5		29–30 October 2019
	Round 6		5–6 November 2019
	Round 7		12–13 November 2019
	Round 8		19–20 November 2019
	Round 9		10–11 December 2019
	Round 10		17–18 December 2019
Top 16	Round 1		7–8 January 2020
	Round 2		14–15 January 2020
	Round 3		21–22 January 2020
	Round 4		28–29 January 2020
	Round 5		4–5 February 2020
	Round 6		3–4 March 2020
Playoffs	Quarterfinals		17 March 2020	20 March 2020	25 March 2020
	Semifinals		31 March 2020	3 April 2020	8 April 2020
	Finals		21 April 2020	24 April 2020	27 April 2020

Draw

The draw was held on 12 July 2019 at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.^[6]

The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[6]

Pot 1 Team Pts Promitheas 161† Darüşşafaka Tekfen 139 Unicaja 121 Lokomotiv Kuban 118	Pot 2 Team Pts UNICS 117 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 95† Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 80 Rytas 77	Pot 3 Team Pts Budućnost VOLI 77 Cedevita Olimpija 70 Tofaş 70† ratiopharm Ulm 58
Pot 4 Team Pts MoraBanc Andorra 58† Joventut 58† EWE Baskets Oldenburg 56† Limoges CSP 47	Pot 5 Team Pts Partizan NIS 35 Dolomiti Energia Trento 35† AS Monaco 35† Germani Brescia Leonessa 35†	Pot 6 Team Pts Nanterre 92 35† Umana Reyer Venezia 35† Segafredo Virtus Bologna 35† Asseco Arka Gdynia 11

Notes

^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:^[6]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches Round 1 6 v 3, 4 v 2, 5 v 1 Round 2 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4 Round 3 6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2 Round 4 6 v 2, 3 v 1, 4 v 5 Round 5 5 v 6, 1 v 4, 2 v 3

Round Matches Round 6 1 v 5, 2 v 4, 3 v 6 Round 7 4 v 3, 5 v 2, 6 v 1 Round 8 2 v 1, 3 v 5, 4 v 6 Round 9 5 v 4, 1 v 3, 2 v 6 Round 10 3 v 2, 4 v 1, 6 v 5

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general are not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).^[6]

Regular season

Limoges

Monaco

Nanterre

Oldenburg

Ulm

Promitheas

M. Rishon LeZion

Bologna

Brescia

Trento

Venezia

Rytas

Budućnost

Gdynia

Lokomotiv

UNICS

Partizan

Olimpija

Andorra

Joventut

Unicaja

Istanbul

Tofaş

Istanbul teams
Darüşşafaka
Galatasaray

Location of teams of the 2019–20 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were 1–2 October, 8–9 October, 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 10–11 December, and 17–18 December 2019.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		VIR	MBA	ASM	PRO	MRL	ULM
1	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	10	8	2	846	791	+55	Advance to Top 16		—	87–72	77–75	88–75	96–77	92–91
2	MoraBanc Andorra	10	7	3	853	766	+87			93–79	—	95–68	81–91	84–61	97–78
3	Monaco	10	6	4	763	732	+31			72–81	82–66	—	80–59	77–75	82–65
4	Promitheas	10	6	4	771	751	+20			78–69	66–80	74–77	—	88–77	82–77
5	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	10	2	8	740	862	−122			79–85	67–86	77–72	55–88	—	96–92
6	ratiopharm Ulm	10	1	9	793	864	−71			79–92	87–99	63–78	67–70	103–89	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		URV	PAR	TOF	RYT	LOK	CSP
1	Umana Reyer Venezia	10	8	2	759	713	+46	Advance to Top 16		—	63–66	76–65	76–74	66–61	93–85
2	Partizan NIS	10	7	3	767	722	+45			69–83	—	93–80	86–81	80–71	77–58
3	Tofaş	10	5	5	804	822	−18			73–80	82–72	—	91–81	92–90	84–71
4	Rytas	10	4	6	800	811	−11			72–81	61–66	99–83	—	92–86	92–78
5	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	4	6	797	780	+17			77–63	83–76	69–72	82–87	—	86–75
6	Limoges CSP	10	2	8	748	827	−79			71–78	60–82	91–82	82–61	77–92	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		UNK	BRE	DTI	CJB	NTR	OLI
1	UNICS	10	6	4	783	775	+8	Advance to Top 16		—	77–63	71–68	86–74	72–79	80–67
2	Germani Brescia Leonessa	10	6	4	705	725	−20			84–75	—	35–61	87–83	85–78	78–71
3	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	10	5	5	746	708	+38			77–79	61–70	—	92–86	72–65	72–76
4	Joventut	10	5	5	838	834	+4			90–73	81–68	85–82	—	79–77	101–81
5	Nanterre 92	10	4	6	792	809	−17			92–94	65–73	68–82	85–78	—	90–87
6	Cedevita Olimpija	10	4	6	799	812	−13			81–76	73–62	73–79	103–81	87–93	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		UNI	GAL	EWE	TRE	BUD	ARK
1	Unicaja	10	7	3	845	774	+71	Advance to Top 16		—	88–83	108–68	93–74	83–70	91–69
2	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	10	6	4	813	792	+21			91–80	—	92–79	76–81	84–83	92–73
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	10	6	4	840	850	−10			91–78	79–72	—	108–88	102–99	74–78
4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	10	5	5	797	817	−20			88–76	64–70	91–81	—	69–76	80–91
5	Budućnost VOLI	10	3	7	784	775	+9			81–82	94–78	83–85	68–77	—	59–62
6	Asseco Arka Gdynia	10	3	7	710	781	−71			59–66	78–83	61–73	78–85	61–78	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February and 3–5 March 2020.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PAR	VIR	DTI	TRE
1	Partizan NIS	6	5	1	489	418	+71	Advance to quarterfinals		—	99–81	69–57	91–75
2	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	6	4	2	519	488	+31			82–84	—	83–72	94–70
3	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	6	3	3	458	464	−6			65–63	96–106[a]	—	73–69
4	Dolomiti Energia Trento	6	0	6	413	509	−96			58–83	67–73	74–95	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Notes:

1. Match was played at neutral court in Štark Arena, Belgrade, due to impossibility for the away team, Segafredo Virtus Bologna, to enter into Turkish territory, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		PRO	URV	EWE	BRE
1	Promitheas	6	4	2	440	383	+57	Advance to quarterfinals		—	68–70	81–70	67–56
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	6	4	2	452	462	−10			52–70	—	82–78	68–60
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	6	2	4	474	501	−27			72–97	98–87	—	89–84
4	Germani Brescia Leonessa	6	2	4	421	441	−20			63–57	88–93	70–67	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		ASM	UNK	RYT	GAL
1	Monaco	6	4	2	494	443	+51	Advance to quarterfinals		—	85–60	86–61	73–85
2	UNICS	6	3	3	481	483	−2			78–84	—	82–69	94–69
3	Rytas	6	3	3	468	482	−14			80–75	86–91	—	83–75
4	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	6	2	4	471	506	−35			79–91	90–76	73–89	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		UNI	TOF	CJB	MBA
1	Unicaja	6	4	2	510	500	+10	Advance to quarterfinals		—	76–68	90–84	84–75
2	Tofaş	6	4	2	493	479	+14			84–82	—	91–76	97–94
3	Joventut	6	3	3	528	528	0			101–86	88–84	—	90–87
4	MoraBanc Andorra	6	1	5	497	521	−24			88–92	63–69	90–89	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

It was planned, in the playoffs, teams play against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Partizan NIS

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UNICS

—

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Promitheas

—

—

—

Tofaş

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Monaco

—

—

—

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Unicaja

—

—

—

Umana Reyer Venezia

—

—

—

Quarterfinals

The first legs were to be played on 17 March, the second legs on 20 March and the third legs on 25 March 2020, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Partizan NIS	Game A	UNICS	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
Promitheas	Game B	Tofaş	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
Monaco	Game C	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
Unicaja	Game D	Umana Reyer Venezia	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled

Semifinals

The first legs were to be played on 31 March, the second legs on 3 April and the third legs on 8 April 2020, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Winner A or B		Winner A or B	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled
Winner C or D		Winner C or D	Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled

Finals

The first leg were to be played on 21 April, the second leg on 24 April, and the third leg on 27 April 2020, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
			Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Partizan NIS	71,230	17,205	4,530	8,904	+47.8%†
2	Unicaja	45,784	6,915	4,900	5,723	+4.7%†
3	Rytas	35,071	6,328	2,380	4,384	−14.6%†
4	Tofaş	34,123	6,204	1,815	4,265	+86.7%†
5	Limoges	18,862	4,287	3,466	3,772	−5.0%†
6	ratiopharm Ulm	17,076	3,820	3,104	3,415	+4.0%†
7	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	25,835	4,578	2,786	3,229	n/a†
8	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta	25,755	4,826	1,935	3,219	+65.8%†
9	Umana Reyer Venezia	24,998	3,452	2,873	3,125	n/a†
10	UNICS	23,713	3,780	1,472	2,964	−19.4%†
11	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	23,019	5,750	1,757	2,877	n/a†
12	Germani Brescia Leonessa	19,148	3,312	2,324	2,735	+6.8%†
13	Lokomotiv Kuban	13,365	3,014	2,356	2,673	−11.5%†
14	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	18,084	3,781	1,335	2,583	−4.0%1
15	Budućnost VOLI	12,295	3,584	1,830	2,459	−48.7%1
16	MoraBanc Andorra	19,597	3,614	1,790	2,450	−14.9%†
17	Joventut	18,280	2,860	1,221	2,285	n/a†
18	Promitheas	18,080	3,084	1,649	2,260	n/a†
19	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	9,184	3,092	1,040	1,837	n/a†
20	Monaco	12,318	2,054	1,422	1,760	+1.7%†
21	Nanterre 92	8,399	2,005	1,482	1,680	n/a†
22	Dolomiti Energia Trento	13,418	2,102	1,185	1,677	−4.6%†
23	Cedevita Olimpija	8,192	2,400	1,114	1,638	n/a†
24	Asseco Arka Gdynia	8,074	1,893	1,402	1,615	+4.7%†
	League total	523,900	17,205	1,040	3,118	−19.1%†

Source: EuroCup
Notes:
1: 2018–19 season average applied to EuroLeague games

Awards

All official awards of the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball.^[8]

Regular Season MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Miloš Teodosić	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	[9]

Top 16 MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Devin Williams	Tofaş	[10]

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Chris Babb	Promitheas	29	[11]
	Kenny Chery	Nanterre 92
	Greg Whittington	Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta
2	Rade Zagorac	Partizan NIS	35	[12]
3	Alex Hamilton	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	38	[13]
4	Errick McCollum	UNICS	41	[14]
5	Zoran Dragić	ratiopharm Ulm	30	[15]
	Derek Willis
6	Mitchell Watt	Umana Reyer Venezia	37	[16]
7	Hassan Martin	Budućnost VOLI	29	[17]
	Sammy Mejía	Tofaş
8	Michael Bramos	Umana Reyer Venezia	28	[18]
	Tyler Larson	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
9	Alessandro Gentile	Dolomiti Energia Trento	39	[19]
10	James Kelly	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	40	[20]

Top 16

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Rašid Mahalbašić	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	38	[21]
2	Deon Thompson	Unicaja	27	[22]
3	Klemen Prepelič	Joventut	45	[23]
4	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Promitheas	37	[24]
5	Corey Walden	Partizan NIS	33	[25]
6	Devin Williams	Tofaş	32	[26]

See also

• 2019–20 EuroLeague
• 2019–20 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
• 2019–20 Basketball Champions League
• 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup