2020–21 EuroLeague

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

As the season was 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 would stay in the league. Anadolu Efes won the championship after defeating Barcelona in the championship game.

Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2020–21 EuroLeague.

Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.

Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
 * EL: Played in curtailed 2019–20 EuroLeague

Personnel and sponsorship

 * Notes
 * 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo  is the motto of the club.

Referees
A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the 2020–21 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup: • 🇦🇱 Gentian Cici

• 🇧🇪 Nick Van den Broeck

• Denis Hadžić

•  Josip Radojković

•  Luka Kardum

•  Sreten Radović

•  Tomislav Hordov

• 🇨🇿 Robert Vyklický

• 🇪🇪 Aare Halliko

• 🇪🇪 Rain Peerandi

• 🇫🇮 Petri Mäntylä

• 🇫🇷 Hugues Thépénier

• 🇫🇷 Joseph Bissang

• 🇫🇷 Mehdi Difallah

• 🇩🇪 Anne Panther

• 🇩🇪 Benjamin Barth

• 🇩🇪 Robert Lottermoser

• 🇬🇧 Eduard Udyanskyy

•  Christos Christodoulou

•  Elias Koromilas

•  Ioannis Foufis

•  Spiros Gkontas

•  Vasiliki Tsaroucha

• 🇮🇱 Amit Balak

• 🇮🇱 Seffi Shemmesh

• 🇮🇹 Carmelo Paternicò

• 🇮🇹 Luigi Lamonica

• 🇮🇹 Michele Rossi

•  Ingus Baumanis

•  Kristaps Konstantinovs

•  Oļegs Latiševs

• 🇱🇹 Artūras Šukys

• 🇱🇹 Gytis Vilius

• 🇱🇹 Jurgis Laurinavičius

• 🇲🇪 Igor Dragojević

• 🇲🇪 Miloš Koljenšić

• 🇵🇱 Jakub Zamojski

• 🇵🇱 Marcin Kowalski

• 🇵🇱 Piotr Pastusiak

• 🇵🇱 Tomasz Trawicki

•  Fernando Rocha

•  Sérgio Silva

• 🇷🇺 Artem Lavrukhin

• 🇷🇺 Stanislav Valeev

• 🇷🇸 Ilija Belošević

• 🇷🇸 Marko Juras

• 🇷🇸 Milivoje Jovčić

• 🇷🇸 Uroš Nikolić

• 🇷🇸 Uroš Obrknežević

•  Damir Javor

•  Mario Majkić

•  Matej Boltauzer

•  Milan Nedović

•  Saša Pukl

•  Sašo Petek

• 🇪🇸 Benjamín Jiménez

• 🇪🇸 Carlos Cortés Rey

• 🇪🇸 Carlos Peruga

• 🇪🇸 Daniel Hierrezuelo

• 🇪🇸 Emilio Pérez Pizarro

• 🇪🇸 Jordi Aliaga

• 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos García González

• 🇪🇸 Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez

• 🇸🇪 Saulius Račys

•  Sébastien Clivaz

• 🇹🇷 Emin Moğulkoç

• 🇹🇷 Hüseyin Çelik

• 🇹🇷 Sinan Isguder

• 🇺🇦 Borys Ryzhyk

• 🇺🇦 Mykola Ambrosov

Results
1 The match, originally scheduled for 13 October, was postponed to 8 December after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests. 2 The match, originally scheduled for 15 October, was postponed to 23 November after positive COVID-19 tests on Zenit following decision on 19 October by Euroleague on rescheduling games affected by positive tests.

Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four winning teams advance to the Final Four.

Final Four


The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, on 28–30 May 2021.

Attendances
To start the season only seven teams played with spectators. Between 100 and 7,500 socially-distanced fans, depending on the venue and country, were allowed into the arenas of CSKA, Zenit, Fenerbahçe, Khimki, Maccabi, Žalgiris, Valencia, Milan, Baskonia, ASVEL, ALBA and Crvena zvezda.

Source: EuroLeague

Awards
All official awards of the 2020–21 EuroLeague.

EuroLeague MVP

 * 🇷🇸 Vasilije Micić (🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes)

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

 * 🇷🇸 Vasilije Micić (🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes)

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved (🇷🇺 Khimki)

Best Defender

 * 🇨🇻 Edy Tavares (🇪🇸 Real Madrid)

Rising Star

 * 🇪🇸 Usman Garuba (🇪🇸 Real Madrid)

Coach of the Year

 * 🇹🇷 Ergin Ataman (🇹🇷 Anadolu Efes)

MVP of the Round

 * Regular season
 * Playoffs

Rating
Source: EuroLeague

Points
Source: EuroLeague

Rebounds
Source: EuroLeague

Assists
Source: EuroLeague

Blocks
Source: EuroLeague