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.

FIBA Europe Cup
The Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv hosted the Final Four
Season	2020–21
Dates	26 January – 25 April 2021
Games played	46
Teams	22
Finals
Champions	Ironi Nes Ziona (1st season)
Runners-up	Arged BMSLAM Stal
Semifinalists	CSM Oradea Parma
Final Four MVP	Wayne Selden Jr.
Statistical leaders
Points Patrick Miller 15.6 Rebounds Jerome Meyinsse 7.6 Assists Patrick Miller 6.0 Index Rating Patrick Miller 130

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

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 June 2020, FIBA Europe 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.^[1]

On 2 September 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season will begin on 6 January 2021.^[2]

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.^[3]

Draw will be on August 18.
Based on a decision of the Board of FIBA Europe, club from Russia (Parma) and clubs from Ukraine (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.^[4]

Teams

• 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
• Abd: Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Regular season
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (CL QR2)	Iraklis (CL QR1)	CSM Oradea (Abd-2nd)	Ironi Nes Ziona (7th)
Neptūnas (CL QR2)	Hapoel Tel Aviv (CL QR1)	Sibiu (Abd-3rd)	Unahotels Reggio Emilia (Abd-12th)
Donar (CL QR2)	Anwil Włocławek (CL QR1)	Kyiv Basket (Abd-2nd)	Mornar[Note MOR]
Sporting CP (CL QR2)	Fribourg Olympic (CL QR1)	Prometey (Abd-3rd)	Heroes Den Bosch (Abd-3rd)
U-BT Cluj-Napoca (CL QR1)	Dnipro (CL QR1)	Kapfenberg Bulls (Abd-2nd)	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (Abd-9th)
Balkan (CL QR1)	Egis Körmend (Abd-2nd)	Borisfen (Abd-1st)	Parma (Abd-5th)
London Lions (CL QR1)	Szolnoki Olajbányász (Abd-7th)	Rilski Sportist (Abd-3rd)	Beşiktaş Icrypex (Abd-8th)

1. ^
   NOTE Mornar: KK Mornar was drawn in group F, but withdrew because of the invitation to participate in 2020–21 EuroCup basketball in September 2020.

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:^[3]

• Igokea
• Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Neptūnas
• U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	Match leg
Regular season	Matchday 1	18 August 2020	26 January 2021
	Matchday 2		27–28 January 2021
	Matchday 3		29 January 2021
Play-offs	Round of 16	3 February 2021	23–24 March 2021
	Quarter-finals		25–26 March 2021
	Semi-finals		23 April 2021
	Finals		25 April 2021

System competition

Regular Season to be played in single venue hubs in single round-robin format from January 26–29, 2021.^[5] 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 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		IRA	REG	MON	KÖR
1	Iraklis	3	3	0	251	225	+26	6	Advance to round of 16		—	—	—	94–76
2	UnaHotels Reggio Emilia	3	2	1	232	226	+6	5			74–78	—	—	—
3	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	3	1	2	227	215	+12	4			75–79	69–70	—	—
4	Egis Körmend	3	0	3	221	265	−44	3			—	79–88	66–83	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

Venue: Arena Samokov in Samokov, Bulgaria^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PRO	KYI	RIL	KAP
1	Prometey	3	3	0	225	200	+25	6	Advance to round of 16		—	—	89–76	—
2	Kyiv-Basket	3	1	2	196	197	−1	4			66–72	—	69–74	—
3	Rilski Sportist (H)	3	1	2	217	227	−10	4			—	—	—	67–69
4	Kapfenberg Bulls	3	1	2	178	192	−14	4			58–64	51–61	—	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Group C

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in Włocławek, Poland^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		STA	INZ	SZO	SPO
1	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	3	3	0	268	249	+19	6	Advance to round of 16		—	—	—	85–83
2	Ironi Nes Ziona	3	2	1	262	247	+15	5			86–93	—	90–73	—
3	Szolnoki Olajbányász	3	1	2	231	247	−16	4			80–90	—	—	78–67
4	Sporting CP	3	0	3	231	249	−18	3			—	81–86	—	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

Venue: Akatlar Arena in Istanbul, Turkey^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SIB	BAL	ORA	BJK
1	CSU Sibiu	3	2	1	247	235	+12	5	Advance to round of 16		—	88–75	—	—
2	Balkan	3	2	1	207	214	−7	5			—	—	58–55	74–71
3	CSM Oradea	3	1	2	216	219	−3	4			70–78	—	—	91–83
4	Beşiktaş Icrypex (H)	3	1	2	244	246	−2	4			90–81	—	—	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Group E

Venue: Hala Mistrzów in Włocławek, Poland^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		OLY	DNI	ANW	LON
1	Fribourg Olympic	2	1	1	143	131	+12	3	Advance to round of 16		—	57–62	—	—
2	Dnipro	2	1	1	133	131	+2	3			—	—	71–74	—
3	Anwil Włocławek (H)	2	1	1	143	157	−14	3			69–86	—	—	—
4	London Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn[7]		—	—	—	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Group F

Venue: Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	DBO	DON	BOR
1	Parma	2	2	0	178	144	+34	4	Advance to round of 16		—	85–63	—	—
2	Heroes Den Bosch (H)	2	1	1	162	183	−21	3			—	—	99–98	—
3	Donar	2	0	2	179	192	−13	2			81–93	—	—	—
4	Borisfen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn[8]		—	—	—	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Rilski Sportist	2	1	1	150	158	−8	3	Advance to round of 16
2	E	Anwil Włocławek	2	1	1	143	157	−14	3
3	A	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	2	0	2	144	149	−5	2
4	D	CSM Oradea	2	0	2	125	136	−11	2
5	F	Donar	2	0	2	179	192	−13	2
6	C	Szolnoki Olajbányász	2	0	2	153	180	−27	2

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Play-offs

All games are to be played in a single-elimination format.^[9]

Draw

The playoffs draw will take place in the FIBA Europe Regional Office headquarters in Munich, Germany 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.^[10]

Seeded teams Arged BMSLAM Stal CSU Sibiu Dnipro Iraklis Ironi Nes Ziona Fribourg Olympic Parma Prometey

Non-seeded teams Anwil Włocławek Balkan Belfius Mons-Hainaut CSM Oradea Heroes Den Bosch Kyiv-Basket Rilski Sportist UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia

Bracket

The hub locations of the round of 16 and quarterfinals were announced on 25 February.^[11]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

23 March – Botevgrad

Fribourg Olympic

74

25 March – Botevgrad

Balkan

90

Balkan

62

23 March – Botevgrad

Parma

84

Parma

90

23 April – Tel Aviv

Rilski Sportist

61

Parma

80

24 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

Ironi Nes Ziona

81

Iraklis

86

26 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

Anwil Włocławek

81

Iraklis

80

24 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

Ironi Nes Ziona

105

Ironi Nes Ziona

90

25 April – Tel Aviv

Kyiv-Basket

76

Ironi Nes Ziona

82

23 March – Oradea

Arged BMSLAM Stal

74

CSU Sibiu

61

25 March – Oradea

UH Reggio Emilia

65

UH Reggio Emilia

64

23 March – Oradea

CSM Oradea

71

Dnipro

72

23 April – Tel Aviv

CSM Oradea

78

CSM Oradea

66

23 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

Arged BMSLAM Stal

77

Third place

Prometey

81

25 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

25 April – Tel Aviv

Belfius Mons-Hainaut

88

Belfius Mons-Hainaut

66

CSM Oradea

85

23 March – 's-Hertogenbosch

Arged BMSLAM Stal

73

Parma

76

Arged BMSLAM Stal

92

Heroes Den Bosch

83

2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup champions
Ironi Nes Ziona 1st title

Individual awards

FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Wayne Selden	Ironi Nes Ziona	[12]

Top Performer

Round	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Thomas van der Mars	Heroes Den Bosch	38	[13]
2	Alperen Şengün	Beşiktaş Icrypex	27	[14]
	Rashad Vaughn	Prometey
3	Alperen Şengün (2)	Beşiktaş Icrypex	31	[15]
Round of 16	Braian Angola	Ironi Nes Ziona	33	[16]
Quarter-finals	Patrick Miller	Ironi Nes Ziona	29	[17]
Semi-finals	Trey Kell	Arged BMSLAM Stal	24	[18]
Final Four	Wayne Selden Jr.	Ironi Nes Ziona	MVP	[19]

See also

• 2020–21 Basketball Champions League
• 2020–21 EuroLeague
• 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball