2020–21 EuroLeague

The 2020–21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague will be the 21st season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 11th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this will be the 64th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season will start 1 October 2020.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Competition details
Season 2020–21
Teams 18
Games played 252
Dates 1 October 2020 – TBA
2021–22 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

As the season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EuroLeague board ruled that the 18 teams from the previous season will stay in the league.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2020–21 EuroLeague
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(18 teams)
  • 11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence
  • 7 associated clubs with an annual licence
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 series winners from the playoffs

Qualified teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1]

Teams

Venues and locations
Location of teams in 2020-21 EuroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity
ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 14,500[2]
Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16,000[3]
A|X Armani Exchange Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[4]
Allianz Cloud 5,420
Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[5]
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 6,700[6]
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386[7]
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[8]
CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344[9]
Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,059[10]
Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena 7,280
Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504[11]
LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556[12]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383[13]
Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,640[14]
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens O.A.K.A. 18,989[15]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[16]
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 9,000[17]
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415[18]
Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 7,120[19]

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ALBA Berlin Aíto García Reneses Niels GiffeyAdidasALBA SE
Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş BalbayAdidasAnadolu Efes
A|X Armani Exchange Milan Ettore Messina Andrea CinciariniArmaniArmani Exchange
Barcelona Svetislav Pešić Ante TomićNikeAssistència Sanitària
Bayern Munich Oliver Kostić Danilo BarthelAdidasBayWa
Crvena zvezda mts Saša Obradović Branko LazićNikemts
CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis VacantNikeRostelecom
Fenerbahçe BekoVacant Melih MahmutoğluNikeBeko
Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergei MoniaAdidasKhimki Group
Kirolbet Baskonia Duško Ivanović Tornike ShengeliaKelmeKirolbet
LDLC ASVEL T. J. Parker Charles Lombahe-KahudiPeakLDLC
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeoNikeFOX
Olympiacos Georgios Bartzokas Vassilis SpanoulisNikebwin
Panathinaikos OPAP Georgios Vovoras Ioannis PapapetrouAdidasPame Stoixima
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe ReyesAdidasPalladium Hotel Group
Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Bojan DubljevićLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo1
Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius JankūnasŽalgirisShop
Zenit Saint Petersburg Xavi Pascual Evgeny VoronovNikeNipigas
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Panathinaikos OPAP Rick PitinoMutual consent20 March 2020[20]Pre-season Georgios Vovoras17 June 2020[21]
ASVEL Zvezdan MitrovićSacked21 May 2020[22] T. J. Parker17 June 2020[23]
Crvena zvezda mts Dragan ŠakotaMutual consent8 June 2020[24] Saša Obradović10 June 2020[25]
Fenerbahçe Beko Željko ObradovićMutual consent23 June 2020[26]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 ALBA Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Anadolu Efes 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A|X Armani Exchange Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bayern Munich 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Crvena zvezda mts 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Fenerbahçe Beko 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kirolbet Baskonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 LDLC ASVEL 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Olympiacos 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Panathinaikos OPAP 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Valencia Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Žalgiris 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 1 October 2020. Source: EuroLeague

Results
Home \ Away BER EFS AXM FCB BAY CZV CSK FNB KHI KBA ASV MTA OLY PAO RMB VBC ZAL ZEN
ALBA Berlin —
Anadolu Efes —
A|X Armani Exchange Milan —
Barcelona —
Bayern Munich —
Crvena zvezda mts —
CSKA Moscow —
Fenerbahçe Beko —
Khimki —
Kirolbet Baskonia —
LDLC ASVEL —
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv —
Olympiacos —
Panathinaikos OPAP —
Real Madrid —
Valencia Basket —
Žalgiris —
Zenit Saint Petersburg —
First match(es) will be played on 1 October 2020. Source: EuroLeague
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with background in a lighter colour were decided after overtime.

See also

References
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