2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

The 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball season was the 19th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 13th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fifth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Season	2020–21
Dates	29 September 2020 – 30 April 2021
Games played	182
Teams	24
Regular season
Season MVP	Jamar Smith
Finals
Champions	AS Monaco (1st title)
Runners-up	UNICS
Semifinalists	Herbalife Gran Canaria Virtus Segafredo Bologna
Finals MVP	Rob Gray
Awards
Rising Star	Aleksander Balcerowski
Records
Biggest home win	Bahçeşehir 108–74 Reyer Venezia (15 December 2020)
Biggest away win	Promitheas 69–105 Cedevita Olimpija (16 December 2020)
Highest scoring	Giants Antwerp 94–114 Lokomotiv (4 November 2020)
Winning streak	19 games Virtus Segafredo Bologna
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2021. 1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 10 leagues participate in the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball. In response to the premature ending of the previous season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the eight teams that qualified for the quarterfinals were awarded with guaranteed spots. The remaining spots were awarded to teams qualifying through their domestic league's final standings.^[1] On 15 June 2020, the preliminary team list for the season was approved.^[2] On 22 June 2020, the team list was approved by the ECA shareholders executive board, selecting Dolomiti Energia Trento to replace Fraport Skyliners who have withdrawn from the competition.^[3] On 17 September 2020, Mornar Bar replaced Maccabi Rishon LeZion which was forced to withdraw due to logistical difficulties and financial concerns complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• EC: EuroCup quarterfinalists
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions
• Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the leagues

Qualified teams for 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball (by entry round)

Regular season
AS Monaco (EC)[Note FRA]	Germani Brescia (Abd-3rd)	Partizan NIS (EC)	Frutti Extra Bursaspor (Abd-9th)
Metropolitans 92 (Abd-4th)	Dolomiti Energia Trento (Abd-9th)	Budućnost VOLI (Abd-2nd)[Note ABA]	Bahçeşehir Koleji (Abd-13th)
JL Bourg (Abd-5th)	Unicaja (EC)	Cedevita Olimpija (Abd-4th)[Note ABA]	Telenet Giants Antwerp (Abd-3rd)
Nanterre 92 (Abd-7th)	MoraBanc Andorra (9th)[Note ESP]	Mornar (Abd-5th)[Note ABA]	ratiopharm Ulm (3rd)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna (EC)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (11th)	UNICS (EC)	Promitheas (EC)
Umana Reyer Venezia (EC)	Joventut (12th)	Lokomotiv Kuban (Abd-3rd)	Lietkabelis (Abd-3rd)

Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija and Mornar 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).

Referees

A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball referees set to work on the 2020–21 season:

Referees of the 2020–21 season

Jordi Aliaga Mykola Ambrosov Amit Balak Benjamin Barth Ingus Baumanis Ilija Belošević Joseph Bissang Matej Boltauzer Huseyin Celik Christos Christodoulou Gentian Cici Sébastien Clivaz Carlos Cortés Mehdi Difallah Igor Dragojević Ioannis Foufis Juan Carlos García González Spiros Gkontas Denis Hadžić Aare Halliko Daniel Hierrezuelo Tomislav Hordov Sinan İşgüder Damir Javor

Benjamín Jiménez Milivoje Jovčić Marko Juras Luka Kardum Miloš Koljenšić Kristaps Konstantinovs Elias Koromilas Marcin Kowalski Luigi Lamonica Oļegs Latiševs Jurgis Laurinavičius Artem Lavrukhin Robert Lottermoser Mario Majkić Petri Mäntylä Emin Moğulkoç Milan Nedović Uroš Nikolić Uroš Obrknežević Anne Panther Piotr Pastusiak Carmelo Paternicò Rain Peerandi

Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez Emilio Pérez Pizarro Carlos Peruga Sašo Petek Saša Pukl Saulius Racys Josip Radojković Sreten Radović Fernando Rocha Michele Rossi Borys Ryzhyk Seffi Shemmesh Sérgio Silva Artūras Šukys Hugues Thépénier Tomasz Trawicki Vasiliki Tsaroucha Eduard Udyanskyy Stanislav Valeev Nick Van den Broeck Gytis Vilius Robert Vyklický Jakub Zamojski

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[2][5] On November 16, 2021, EuroCup Board adapt the competition calendar to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board agreed to delay the start of the Top 16 phase of the competition, which was set to start on December 30, 2020, with the new start date being set for January 13, 2021. The calendar modification provided an extended window for any remaining rescheduled games to be played ahead of the following phase, reducing risk of games being cancelled. Additionally, the deadlines to play any remaining rescheduled games ahead of the regular season and Top 16 were set on January 5, 2021 and March 16, 2021 respectively.^[6]

Schedule for 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Regular season	Round 1	10 July 2020	30 September 2020
	Round 2		7 October 2020
	Round 3		14 October 2020
	Round 4		21 October 2020
	Round 5		28 October 2020
	Round 6		4 November 2020
	Round 7		11 November 2020
	Round 8		18 November 2020
	Round 9		9 December 2020
	Round 10		16 December 2020
Top 16	Round 1		13 January 2021
	Round 2		20 January 2021
	Round 3		27 January 2021
	Round 4		3 February 2021
	Round 5		3 March 2021
	Round 6		10 March 2021
Playoffs	Quarterfinals		23 March 2021	26 March 2021	31 March 2021
	Semifinals		6 April 2021	9 April 2021	14 April 2021
	Finals		27 April 2021	30 April 2021	5 May 2021

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the adjustments caused by the pandemic, was as follows.

Original schedule for 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Regular season	Round 1	10 July 2020	30 September 2020
	Round 2		7 October 2020
	Round 3		14 October 2020
	Round 4		21 October 2020
	Round 5		28 October 2020
	Round 6		4 November 2020
	Round 7		11 November 2020
	Round 8		18 November 2020
	Round 9		9 December 2020
	Round 10		16 December 2020
Top 16	Round 1		30 December 2020
	Round 2		6 January 2021
	Round 3		13 January 2021
	Round 4		20 January 2021
	Round 5		27 January 2021
	Round 6		3 February 2021
Playoffs	Quarterfinals		2 March 2021	5 March 2021	10 March 2021
	Semifinals		16 March 2021	19 March 2021	24 March 2021
	Finals		6 April 2021	9 April 2021	14 April 2021

Draw

The draw was held on 10 July 2020 in Barcelona, Spain.^[5] Media and clubs representatives were allowed to attend the draw due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.^[7]

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.^[5]

Pot 1 Team Pts Promitheas 135† Unicaja 111 UNICS 106 Lokomotiv Kuban 99	Pot 2 Team Pts Budućnost VOLI 82 MoraBanc Andorra 78 Herbalife Gran Canaria 73† Joventut Badalona 73†	Pot 3 Team Pts Maccabi Rishon LeZion 70† Lietkabelis 69† Partizan NIS 67 Dolomiti Energia Trento 62
Pot 4 Team Pts Cedevita Olimpija 60 Virtus Segafredo Bologna 58† Umana Reyer Venezia 58† Germani Brescia 58†	Pot 5 Team Pts AS Monaco 57 Frutti Extra Bursaspor 53† Bahçeşehir Koleji 53† ratiopharm Ulm 49	Pot 6 Team Pts Nanterre 92 47† Metropolitans 92 47† JL Bourg 47† Telenet Giants Antwerp 0

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:^[5]

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 were 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).^[5]

Regular season

Antwerp

Bourg

Monaco

Paris

Paris teams
Metropolitans
Nanterre

Ulm

Promitheas

Bologna

Brescia

Trento

Venezia

Lietkabelis

Budućnost

Mornar

Lokomotiv

UNICS

Partizan

Olimpija

Andorra

Joventut

Unicaja

Gran Canaria
(not on map)

Bursaspor

Bahçeşehir

Location of teams of the 2020-21 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.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		CJB	UNK	JLB	PAR	BSK	URV
1	Joventut	10	8	2	849	783	+66	Advance to Top 16		—	84–77	90–75	85–82	77–88	92–78
2	UNICS	10	6	4	827	797	+30			91–93	—	76–71	93–70	89–88	90–87
3	JL Bourg	10	6	4	810	777	+33			77–84	74–86	—	73–71	79–77	87–59[a]
4	Partizan NIS	10	6	4	810	784	+26			78–75	89–86	76–89	—	88–75	95–73
5	Bahçeşehir Koleji	10	2	8	810	827	−17			72–91	67–70	82–99	76–82	—	108–74
6	Umana Reyer Venezia	10	2	8	744	882	−138			75–89	85–78	76–86	59–79	88–82	—

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		MET	UNI	MOR	BUD	ULM	BRE
1	Metropolitans 92	10	7	3	809	786	+23	Advance to Top 16		—	90–80	78–65	83–89	72–65	86–81
2	Unicaja	10	7	3	875	811	+64			96–88	—	98–72	91–87	90–94	86–69
3	Mornar	10	5	5	788	807	−19			89–78	90–80	—	85–82	66–82	95–76
4	Budućnost VOLI	10	5	5	785	785	0			71–73	66–90	78–84	—	73–68	93–81
5	ratiopharm Ulm	10	4	6	786	773	+13			80–86	76–81	84–76	73–77	—	88–76
6	Germani Brescia	10	2	8	751	832	−81			70–75	79–83	77–75	66–75	87–84	—

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		VIR	LOK	ASM	MBA	LIE	ANT
1	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	10	10	0	861	745	+116	Advance to Top 16		—	85–79	94–85	92–81	82–73	92–73
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	8	2	910	811	+99			83–89	—	76–72	76–61	94–90	89–72
3	AS Monaco	10	6	4	786	724	+62			68–74	72–88	—	66–64	82–57	96–64
4	MoraBanc Andorra	10	3	7	746	776	−30			66–82	100–106	76–82	—	76–66	82–69
5	Lietkabelis	10	2	8	721	831	−110			61–76	76–105	64–88	77–69	—	80–73
6	Telenet Giants Antwerp	10	1	9	734	871	−137			76–95	94–114	67–75	60–71	86–77	—

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		HGC	COL	TRE	NTR	BUR	PRO
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria	10	8	2	831	765	+66	Advance to Top 16		—	90–82	71–61	94–82	89–76	98–83
2	Cedevita Olimpija	10	7	3	838	737	+101			84–68	—	87–65	75–63	104–88[b]	77–73
3	Dolomiti Energia Trento	10	6	4	738	713	+25			56–67	61–51	—	102–104	89–80	78–51
4	Nanterre 92	10	4	6	791	806	−15			90–74	80–76	65–71	—	90–91[c]	91–70
5	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	10	3	7	853	907	−54			76–94	80–97	86–93	102–92	—	84–93
6	Promitheas	10	2	8	757	880	−123			75–86	69–105	80–89	88–72	75–100	—

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.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		ASM	CJB	NTR	UNI
1	AS Monaco	6	5	1	548	480	+68	Advance to quarterfinals		—	97–82	98–94	90–71
2	Joventut	6	4	2	523	523	0			79–72	—	95–90	77–90
3	Nanterre 92	6	2	4	509	538	−29			65–93	88–95	—	80–74
4	Unicaja	6	1	5	493	532	−39			89–98	86–95	83–92	—

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 F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		MET	LOK	TRE	PAR
1	Metropolitans 92	6	4	2	435	441	−6	Advance to quarterfinals		—	61–83	92–86	79–62
2	Lokomotiv Kuban	6	3	3	489	464	+25			79–83	—	100–86	74–67
3	Dolomiti Energia Trento	6	3	3	441	446	−5			67–57	96–84	—	69–54
4	Partizan NIS	6	2	4	395	409	−14			70–75[d]	71–69	71–43	—

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		VIR	BUD	COL	JLB
1	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	6	6	0	549	470	+79	Advance to quarterfinals		—	87–65	90–76	83–62
2	Budućnost VOLI	6	3	3	504	495	+9			89–99	—	79–66	108–80
3	Cedevita Olimpija	6	3	3	478	486	−8			98–108	74–71	—	94–91
4	JL Bourg	6	0	6	473	553	−80			87–99	89–92	64–77	—

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		UNK	HGC	MBA	MOR
1	UNICS	6	5	1	494	418	+76	Advance to quarterfinals		—	73–62	85–63	86–61
2	Herbalife Gran Canaria	6	3	3	485	486	−1			96–90	—	63–66	100–102
3	MoraBanc Andorra	6	3	3	432	432	0			66–73	74–79	—	89–61
4	Mornar	6	1	5	446	521	−75			70–87	81–85	71–74	—

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

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
	AS Monaco	76	74	90
	Budućnost VOLI	77	64	87
							AS Monaco		82	76
							Herbalife Gran Canaria		77	74
	Metropolitans 92		74	64
	Herbalife Gran Canaria		84	66
													AS Monaco		89	86
													UNICS		87	83
	Virtus Segafredo Bologna		80	84
	Joventut Badalona		75	78
							Virtus Segafredo Bologna	80	81	100
							UNICS	76	85	107
	UNICS	94	74	82
	Lokomotiv Kuban	88	86	78

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 23 March, the second legs on 26 March and the third legs on 31 March 2021, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
AS Monaco	2–1	Budućnost VOLI	76–77	74–64[e]	90–87
Metropolitans 92	0–2	Herbalife Gran Canaria	74–84	64–66	–
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	2–0	Joventut Badalona	80–75	84–78	–
UNICS	2–1	Lokomotiv Kuban	94–88	74–86	82–78

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 6 April, the second legs on 9 April and the third legs on 14 April 2021, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
AS Monaco	2–0	Herbalife Gran Canaria	82–77	76–74	–
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	1–2	UNICS	80–76	81–85	100–107

Finals

The first leg was played on 27 April, the second leg on 30 April.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UNICS	0–2	AS Monaco	87–89	83–86	–

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball.^[17]

EuroCup MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Jamar Smith	UNICS Kazan	[18]

Finals MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Rob Gray	AS Monaco	[19]

All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams

All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team		All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team		Ref
Player	Team	Player	Team
Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Mantas Kalnietis	Lokomotiv Kuban	[20][21]
Jamar Smith	UNICS Kazan	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija
Isaïa Cordinier	Nanterre 92	Anthony Brown	Metropolitans 92
Mathias Lessort	AS Monaco	John Brown	UNICS Kazan
Willie Reed	Budućnost VOLI	Vince Hunter	Virtus Segafredo Bologna

Coach of the Year

Player	Team	Ref.
Zvezdan Mitrović	Monaco	[22]

Rising Star

Player	Team	Ref.
Aleksander Balcerowski	Herbalife Gran Canaria	[23]

Regular Season MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	[24]

Top 16 MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Vince Hunter	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	[25]

Quarterfinals MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Mathias Lessort	AS Monaco	[26]

Semifinals MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Rob Gray	AS Monaco	[27]

MVP of the Week

Regular season

Week	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Troy Caupain	ratiopharm Ulm	34	[28]
2	Willie Reed	Budućnost VOLI	30	[29]
3	Alan Williams	Lokomotiv Kuban	33	[30]
4	Gytis Masiulis	Lietkabelis	38	[31]
5	Pierre Pelos	JL Bourg	33	[32]
6	Alan Williams (2)	Lokomotiv Kuban	36	[33]
7	Dylan Osetkowski	ratiopharm Ulm	41	[34]
8	Jamal Jones	Bahçeşehir Koleji	38	[35]
9	Isaiah Canaan	UNICS Kazan	39	[36]
10	Assem Marei	Metropolitans 92	37	[37]

Top 16

Week	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Isaiah Whitehead	Mornar	30	[38]
2	Luke Maye	Dolomiti Energia Trento	34	[39]
3	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija	41	[40]
4	Alpha Kaba	Nanterre 92	33	[41]
5	Jaime Fernández	Unicaja	33	[42]
6	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Lokomotiv Kuban	33	[43]

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1–2	Willie Reed (2)	Budućnost VOLI	35	[44]
3	Mathias Lessort	AS Monaco	29	[45]

Semifinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1–2	Miloš Teodosić	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	34	[46]
3	John Brown	UNICS Kazan	31	[47]

See also

• 2020–21 EuroLeague
• 2020–21 Basketball Champions League
• 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup

Notes

1. The rescheduled game was played in Venice instead of Bourg-en-Bresse by agreement between both teams.^[8][9]
2. The match, scheduled to be played on 7 October, was not played,^[10] and Cedevita Olimpija forfeited 0–20.^[11] But the decision was overturned.^[12] The rescheduled game was played in Bursa instead of Ljubljana by agreement between both teams.^[13]
3. The rescheduled game was played in Bursa instead of Nanterre by agreement between both teams.^[14]
4. The game was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, instead of Belgrade by Metropolitans 92 rellocation request due to French legislation imposing quarantine measures on the team after travelling outside the European Union.^[15]
5. The game was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, instead of Podgorica by Monaco rellocation request due to French legislation imposing quarantine measures on the team after travelling outside the European Union.^[16]