2020–21 EuroLeague Women

The 2020–21 EuroLeague Women was the 63rd edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 25th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Season2020–21
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 18
DatesQualifying:
28 October 2020
Competition proper:
1 December 2020 – 18 April 2021
Final positions
Champions UMMC Ekaterinburg
(6th title)
Runners-up Perfumerías Avenida
Third place Fenerbahçe
Fourth place Sopron Basket
Awards
MVP Alina Iagupova
(Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)
Final Four MVP Breanna Stewart
(UMMC Ekaterinburg)

Team allocation

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

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses:

  • Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic as determined by the leagues
Regular season
ZVVZ USK Praha (Abd-1st)[1] VBW Arka Gdynia (Abd-1st)[2]
LDLC ASVEL Féminin (Abd)[3] UMMC Ekaterinburg (Abd-1st)
Tango Bourges Basket (Abd) Dynamo Kursk (Abd-2nd)
Basket Landes (Abd) Nadezhda Orenburg (Abd-3rd)
Sopron Basket (Abd-1st)[4] Perfumerías Avenida (Abd)
Famila Schio (Abd)[5] Fenerbahçe (Abd)[6]
TTT Riga (Abd-1st)[7] Galatasaray (Abd)
Qualifying round
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (Abd-2st) Spar Girona (Abd)
ACS Sepsi SIC (Abd) İzmit Belediyespor (Abd)

Referees

Round and draw dates

Schedule
PhaseRoundRound date
Qualifying round28 October 2020
Regular seasonMatchday 11 December 2020
Matchday 22–3 December 2020
Matchday 34 December 2020
Matchday 419 January 2021
Matchday 521 January 2021
Matchday 622 January 2021
QuarterfinalsFirst leg17 March 2021
Second leg19 March 2021
Final FourSemifinals16 April 2021
Final18 April 2021

Draw

The draw was held on 17 August 2020 in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.[8][9]

The format of the competition was changed on 17 September 2020.[10]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dynamo Kursk		 Sopron Basket
ZVVZ USK Praha		 Fenerbahçe
Tango Bourges Basket		 Famila Schio
Nadezhda Orenburg
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
Perfumerías Avenida
TTT Riga		 Galatasaray
LDLC ASVEL Féminin		 Basket Landes
VBW Arka Gdynia		 Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2

Qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc 68–85 İzmit Belediyespor
Spar Girona 76–54 ACS Sepsi SIC

Regular season
Location of teams of the 2020–21 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The two top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AVE KUR NAD IZM
1 Perfumerías Avenida 6 6 0 530 376 +154 12 Quarterfinals 79–70 93–38 98–72
2 Dynamo Kursk 6 3 3 453 414 +39 9 74–89 74–77 84–46
3 Nadezhda Orenburg 6 3 3 379 441 −62 9 42–70 62–86 80–40
4 İzmit Belediyespor 6 0 6 377 508 −131 6 80–101 61–65 78–80
Source: FIBA

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN ASV USK GDY
1 Fenerbahçe 6 5 1 481 416 +65 11 Quarterfinals 70–84 77–70 88–57
2 LDLC ASVEL Féminin 6 4 2 481 424 +57 10 65–67 85–74 89–57
3 ZVVZ USK Praha 6 3 3 459 483 −24 9 70–99 80–79 80–67
4 VBW Arka Gdynia 6 0 6 403 501 −98 6 70–80 76–79 76–85
Source: FIBA

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA GIR FAM TTT
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 6 6 0 445 298 +147 12 Quarterfinals 90–83 83–61 104–71
2 Spar Girona 6 3 3 389 383 +6 9 67–94 85–81 82–52
3 Beretta Famila Schio 6 3 3 431 456 −25 9 58–74 77–74 76–72
4 TTT Riga 6 0 6 383 511 −128 6 41–90 79–81 68–78
Source: FIBA

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SOP GAL BOU LAN
1 Sopron Basket 6 6 0 437 364 +73 12 Quarterfinals 69–66 74–67 84–54
2 Galatasaray 6 3 3 446 413 +33 9 58–70 75–65 89–63
3 Tango Bourges Basket 6 2 4 437 430 +7 8 60–70 87–80 92–62
4 Basket Landes 6 1 5 366 479 −113 7 59–70 59–78 69–66
Source: FIBA

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spar Girona 131–145 Perfumerías Avenida 66–74 65–71
Galatasaray 145–152 Fenerbahçe 74–91 71–61
Dynamo Kursk 126–174 UMMC Ekaterinburg 67–80 59–94
LDLC ASVEL Féminin 141–156 Sopron Basket 66–94 75–62

First leg
17 March 2021 Dynamo Kursk 67–80 UMMC Ekaterinburg Sopron
15:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 15–35, 21–17, 16–18, 15–10
Pts: Frolkina 18
Rebs: Musina 8
Asts: Ogunbowale 5		 Boxscore Pts: Griner 28
Rebs: Stewart 12
Asts: Meesseman 6		 Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Veronika Vávrová (CZE)
17 March 2021 Galatasaray 74–91 Fenerbahçe Salamanca
17:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 26–25, 12–20, 21–27
Pts: Prince 20
Rebs: Šteinberga 12
Asts: three players 3		 Boxscore Pts: Iagupova 32
Rebs: Stokes 8
Asts: Iagupova 7		 Arena: Pabellón Municipal Würzburg
Referees: Gizella Viola Gyorgyi (NOR), Thomas Bissuel (FRA), José Pedroso (POR)
17 March 2021 LDLC ASVEL Féminin 66–94 Sopron Basket Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 12–25, 14–23, 20–26
Pts: Crvendakić, Plouffe 14
Rebs: Ciak 6
Asts: Crvendakić 3		 Boxscore Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Krajišnik 7
Asts: Fegyverneky, January 6		 Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Marko Vučkovič (SLO), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB), Jan Baloun (CZE)
17 March 2021 Spar Girona 66–74 Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 15–19, 14–16, 25–19
Pts: Reisingerová 16
Rebs: Reisingerová 6
Asts: Palau 3		 Boxscore Pts: Milić 13
Rebs: Hof 10
Asts: three players 3		 Arena: Pabellón Municipal Würzburg
Referees: Sonia Teixeira (POR), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Rune Ressel Larsen (DEN)

Second leg
19 March 2021 Fenerbahçe 61–71
(152–145 agg.)		 Galatasaray Salamanca
16:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 16–20, 14–9, 4–21
Pts: Iagupova 18
Rebs: Stokes 13
Asts: Iagupova 4		 Boxscore Pts: Russell 24
Rebs: Russell 14
Asts: Bilgiç 5		 Arena: Pabellón Municipal Würzburg
Referees: Sonia Teixeira (POR), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Amel Dahra (FRA)
19 March 2021 UMMC Ekaterinburg 94–59
(174–126 agg.)		 Dynamo Kursk Sopron
17:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 23–19, 21–20, 18–11
Pts: Stewart, Vadeeva 16
Rebs: Jones 12
Asts: Torrens 4		 Boxscore Pts: Ogunbowale 14
Rebs: Lisec 5
Asts: Frolkina 3		 Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Marko Vučkovič (SLO), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB), Ali Şakacı (TUR)
19 March 2021 Perfumerías Avenida 71–65
(145–131 agg.)		 Spar Girona Salamanca
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 14–19, 22–18, 17–13
Pts: Hayes 16
Rebs: Hof 5
Asts: Hayes 3		 Boxscore Pts: Eldebrink 16
Rebs: Araújo 6
Asts: Gray, Palau 3		 Arena: Pabellón Municipal Würzburg
Referees: Gizella Viola Györgyi (NOR), Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Nikola Perlić (CRO)
19 March 2021 Sopron Basket 62–75
(156–141 agg.)		 LDLC ASVEL Féminin Sopron
20:05 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 21–30, 15–14, 12–12
Pts: Walker 14
Rebs: Brooks 12
Asts: Williams 4		 Boxscore Pts: Johannès 16
Rebs: Plouffe 8
Asts: Crvendakić, Johannès 4		 Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)

Final Four

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 April
 
 
 Perfumerías Avenida72
 
18 April
 
 Sopron Basket61
 
 Perfumerías Avenida68
 
16 April
 
 UMMC Ekaterinburg78
 
 Fenerbahçe84
 
 
 UMMC Ekaterinburg88
 
Third place
 
 
18 April
 
 
 Sopron Basket58
 
 
 Fenerbahçe64

Semifinals
16 April 2021 Fenerbahçe 84–88 UMMC Ekaterinburg Istanbul
16:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 27–33, 13–13, 23–20
Pts: Iagupova 26
Rebs: Stokes 7
Asts: Iagupova 8		 Boxscore Pts: Quigley 27
Rebs: Griner, Stewart 8
Asts: Vandersloot 6		 Arena: Volkswagen Arena
Referees: Carsten Straube (GER), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
16 April 2021 Perfumerías Avenida 72–61 Sopron Basket Istanbul
21:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–22, 20–10, 22–19
Pts: Hayes 25
Rebs: Kar. Samuelson 6
Asts: Domínguez 7		 Boxscore Pts: January 15
Rebs: Krajišnik 11
Asts: January 4		 Arena: Volkswagen Arena
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Martin Vulić (CRO)

Third place game
18 April 2021 Sopron Basket 58–64 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
15:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 22–14, 15–11, 12–17
Pts: Brooks 21
Rebs: Krajišnik 17
Asts: Fegyverneky 7		 Boxscore Pts: McBride 15
Rebs: McBride 10
Asts: Çakır, Iagupova 4		 Arena: Volkswagen Arena
Referees: Andrada Csender (ROU), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Amel Dahra (FRA)

Final
18 April 2021 Perfumerías Avenida 68–78 UMMC Ekaterinburg Istanbul
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 9–23, 23–20, 15–19
Pts: Hayes 29
Rebs: Kat. Samuelson 6
Asts: Rodríguez 5		 Boxscore Pts: Meesseman 19
Rebs: Jones 11
Asts: Vandersloot 12		 Arena: Volkswagen Arena
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Martin Vulić (CRO)

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams
First Team Second Team
Courtney Vandersloot UMMC Ekaterinburg Marine Johannès LDLC ASVEL Féminin
Alina Iagupova Fenerbahçe Alba Torrens UMMC Ekaterinburg
Gabby Williams Sopron Basket Breanna Stewart UMMC Ekaterinburg
Katie Lou Samuelson Perfumerías Avenida Jelena Brooks Sopron Basket
Emma Meesseman UMMC Ekaterinburg Satou Sabally Fenerbahçe

Defensive Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year

Gameday MVP
Regular season
Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Satou Sabally Fenerbahçe33[13]
2 Marine Johannès LDLC ASVEL Féminin33[14]
3 Sandrine Gruda Beretta Famila Schio37[15]
4 María Araújo Spar Girona30[16]
5 Katie Lou Samuelson Perfumerías Avenida28[17]
6 Natalie Achonwa Beretta Famila Schio36[18]
Quarterfinals
Game Player Team EFF Ref.
1 Alina Iagupova Fenerbahçe39[19]
2 Mercedes Russell Galatasaray40[20]

See also

References
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