2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2019–20
Dates2–9 October 2019 (qualifying round)
22 October 2019 – 29 April 2020 (competition proper)
Teams32 (regular season)
42 (overall)
Finals
ChampionsNull and void
Statistical leaders
Points United States Trae Golden 19.9
Rebounds Australia Mangok Mathiang 11.2
Assists United States Trae Golden 8.5
Index Rating United States Jeff Withey 23.7
Records
Biggest home winVentspils 105–57 APOEL
(20 November 2019)
Biggest away winSigal Prishtina 72-122 Ventspils
(27 November 2019)
Highest scoringKataja 112–105 Legia
(13 November 2019)
Seasons

The 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup was the fifth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA.

On 12 March 2020, FIBA suspended all its competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic[1][2] and terminated the FIBA Europe Cup. However, Pınar Karşıyaka requested to finish the competition with a Final Four format as in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.[3]

On 16 June 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season was declared void and would not be finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Team allocation

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Teams from around Europe can sign up to play in the FIBA Europe Cup. Spots are granted based on results in domestic championships.[5]

Teams registered were officially published on 23 July 2019.[6]

Regular season
Belgium Spirou (3rd) Israel Ironi Nes Ziona (6th) Latvia Ventspils (CL QR2) Belarus Tsmoki Minsk (CL QR1)
Belgium Phoenix Brussels (4th) Netherlands Landstede Hammers (1st) Poland Legia (CL QR2) Bulgaria Balkan (CL QR1)
Hungary Egis Körmend (2nd) Romania Sibiu (2nd) Portugal Benfica (CL QR2) Denmark Bakken Bears (CL QR1)
Hungary Pécs Veolia (3rd) Russia Enisey (9th) Sweden Södertälje Kings (CL QR2) Kosovo Sigal Prishtina (CL QR1)
Bulgaria Levski Lukoil (2nd) Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji (9th) Switzerland Fribourg Olympic (CL QR2) Netherlands Donar (CL QR1)
Cyprus APOEL (3rd) Cyprus Keravnos (CL QR2) Ukraine Kyiv Basket (CL QR2) Romania Oradea (CL QR1)
Germany medi Bayreuth (12th) Finland Karhu (CL QR2) Austria Kapfenberg Bulls (CL QR1) Slovakia Inter Bratislava (CL QR1)
Qualification round
Belarus Borisfen (2nd) Finland Kataja (6th) Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca (3rd) Ukraine Dnipro (4th)
Bulgaria Beroe (3rd) Kosovo Rahoveci (2nd) Sweden Borås (2nd)
Estonia Tartu Ülikool (5th) Netherlands ZZ Leiden (3rd) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (11th)

Applicants

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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:[7]

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds Qualifying round 24 July 2019 1–2 October 2019 9 October 2019
Regular season Matchday 1 22–23 October 2019
Matchday 2 29–30 October 2019
Matchday 3 5–6 November 2019
Matchday 4 12–13 November 2019
Matchday 5 19–20 November 2019
Matchday 6 27 November 2019
Second round Matchday 1 11 December 2019
Matchday 2 18 December 2019
Matchday 3 7–8 January 2020
Matchday 4 20–22 January 2020
Matchday 5 29 January 2020
Matchday 6 4–5 February 2020
Play-offs Quarter-finals 4 March 2020 11 March 2020
Semi-finals 25 March 2020 1 April 2020
Finals 22 April 2020 29 April 2020

Qualifying round

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The draw for the qualifying round will be held on 24 July 2019 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

Teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties, being the second leg played at the home of the seeded team.[6]

Seeds

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Seeded teams
Ukraine Dnipro
Finland Kataja
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
Netherlands ZZ Leiden
Non-seeded teams
Bulgaria Beroe
Belarus Borisfen
Sweden Borås
Kosovo Rahoveci
Estonia Tartu Ülikool

Qualifying round

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A total of 10 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 2 October, and the second legs were played on 9 October 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tartu Ülikool Estonia 165–171 Finland Kataja 78–72 87–99
Beroe Bulgaria 172–179 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 86–71 86–108
Borisfen Belarus 147–182 Ukraine Dnipro 76–101 71–81
Borås Sweden 128–155 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 70–77 58–78
Rahoveci Kosovo 120–189 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 73–98 47–91

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D; Purple: Group E. Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.

The draw for the regular season was held on 24 July 2019 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, a maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

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:

Notes:
  • Strikethrough teams were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and refused to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup.
  • Teams marked in italics advanced to the Basketball Champions League regular season.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the 12 teams directly qualified, the 5 winners of the qualifying round, the 15 of 16 losers of the 2019–20 Champions League qualifying rounds.

Depending on the number of teams mentioned above that were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and with the aim to complete the 32 places in the regular season, the number of the defeated teams in the qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup that advanced to the regular season were determined by the point difference recorded at the end of their pairings. In their draw, the first qualifying round was used for tie-breaking. In the draw persists, the next criterion was the performance of clubs in the last three seasons at the European competitions.

The match-days are on 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November and 27 November 2019.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BEN LEI INT PEC
1 Portugal Benfica 6 5 1 517 489 +28 11 Advance to second round 103–99 77–68 85–66
2 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 4 2 533 503 +30 10 84–68 80–67 105–100
3 Slovakia Inter Bratislava 6 2 4 486 520 −34 8 91–95 78–88 88–87
4 Hungary Pécs Veolia 6 1 5 514 538 −24 7 81–89 87–77 93–94

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification INZ LAN KER KAP
1 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 6 6 0 460 405 +55 12 Advance to second round 96–90 87–78 20–0
2 Netherlands Landstede Hammers 6 3 3 530 477 +53 9 88–94 78–72 89–64
3 Cyprus Keravnos 6 2 4 464 491 −27 8 74–85 88–85 76–70
4 Austria Kapfenberg Bulls 6 1 5 362 443 −81 7 75–82 67–100 86–76

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VEN BAY PRI APO
1 Latvia Ventspils 6 6 0 602 439 +163 12 Advance to second round 95–77 104–84 105–57
2 Germany medi Bayreuth 6 4 2 542 472 +70 10 80–84 97–89 112–68
3 Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 6 2 4 513 570 −57 8 72–122 68–93 93–74
4 Cyprus APOEL 6 0 6 416 592 −176 6 69–92 68–83 80–107

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH ORA FRI SIB
1 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 5 1 472 430 +42 11 Advance to second round 66–71 79–70 80–71
2 Romania Oradea 6 4 2 461 456 +5 10 77–88 67–87 92–86
3 Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 6 2 4 428 466 −38 8 60–76 60–79 69–91
4 Romania Sibiu 6 1 5 472 481 −9 7 81–83 69–75 74–82

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KSK SPI DON BRU
1 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 5 1 496 410 +86 11 Advance to second round 92–54 77–57 93–90
2 Belgium Spirou 6 3 3 473 467 +6 9 81–76 87–56 72–75
3 Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 386 454 −68 8 62–79 64–78 75–63
4 Belgium Phoenix Brussels 6 2 4 468 492 −24 8 66–79 104–101 70–72

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KYI TSM LEV DNI
1 Ukraine Kyiv Basket 6 4 2 506 492 +14 10 Advance to second round 74–99 86–66 95–88
2 Belarus Tsmoki Minsk 6 3 3 511 500 +11 9 84–92 81–68 108–101
3 Bulgaria Levski Lukoil 6 3 3 453 453 0 9 76–83 75–64 85–78
4 Ukraine Dnipro 6 2 4 497 522 −25 8 79–76 90–75 61–83

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CLU ENI BAL SOD
1 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 6 5 1 533 490 +43 11 Advance to second round 97–83 92–80 85–74
2 Russia Enisey 6 4 2 535 478 +57 10 97–87 84–69 99–78
3 Bulgaria Balkan 6 2 4 480 524 −44 8 76–86 82–80 90–89
4 Sweden Södertälje Kings 6 1 5 479 535 −56 7 80–86 65–92 93–83

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAK KOR KAT LEG
1 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 5 1 502 476 +26 11 Advance to second round 81–87 89–70 77–74
2 Hungary Egis Körmend 6 4 2 491 465 +26 10 80–86 81–75 74–60
3 Finland Kataja 6 2 4 489 537 −48 8 82–85 95–91 112–105
4 Poland Legia 6 1 5 476 480 −4 7 83–84 68–78 86–55

Second round

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In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

A total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 11 December, 18 December 2019, 7–8 January, 20–22 January, 29 January and 4–5 February 2020.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAY BAK BEN SPI
1 Germany medi Bayreuth 6 5 1 581 526 +55 11 Advance to quarterfinals 105–82 96–78 100–89
2 Denmark Bakken Bears 6 4 2 542 527 +15 10 110–92 88–75 101–87
3 Portugal Benfica 6 3 3 494 494 0 9 77–91 90–79 89–62
4 Belgium Spirou 6 0 6 484 554 −70 6 90–97 78–82 78–85

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TSM CLU INZ ORA
1 Belarus Tsmoki Minsk 6 4 2 481 446 +35 10 Advance to quarterfinals 78–76 97–75 68–62
2 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 6 4 2 474 460 +14 10 76–74 82–71 81–76
3 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 6 2 4 476 501 −25 8 84–75 81–84 85–77
4 Romania Oradea 6 2 4 454 478 −24 8 73–89 80–75 86–80

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VEN KYI KOR LAN
1 Latvia Ventspils 6 5 1 558 479 +79 11 Advance to quarterfinals 78–81 96–81 111–74
2 Ukraine Kyiv Basket 6 4 2 481 484 −3 10 80–88 80–78 89–76
3 Hungary Egis Körmend 6 3 3 512 516 −4 9 76–96 96–74 87–80
4 Netherlands Landstede Hammers 6 0 6 475 547 −72 6 87–89 68–77 90–94

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KSK BAH ENI LEI
1 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 6 0 594 421 +173 12 Advance to quarterfinals 96–65 85–74 112–76
2 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 3 3 508 554 −46 9 68–100 103–95 93–71
3 Russia Enisey 6 2 4 526 547 −21 8 73–96 105–90 96–84
4 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 1 5 472 578 −106 7 65–105 87–89 89–83

Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
(Cancelled)
Final
(Cancelled)
 
                
 
 
 
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji78112190
 
Cancelled
 
Latvia Ventspils7790 167
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
 
 
 
Denmark Bakken Bears
 
Denmark Bakken Bears7993172
 
Cancelled
 
Belarus Tsmoki Minsk6687 153
 
 
 
 
 
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca8387170
 
Cancelled
 
Germany medi Bayreuth82100 182
 
Germany medi Bayreuth
 
 
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
 
Ukraine Kyiv Basket7167138
 
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka8988 177
 

Quarterfinals

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The first legs were played on 4 March, and the second legs on 11 March 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romania 170–182 Germany medi Bayreuth 83–82 87–100
Bakken Bears Denmark 172–153 Belarus Tsmoki Minsk 79–66 93–87
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey 190–167 Latvia Ventspils 78–77 112–90
Kyiv Basket Ukraine 138–177 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 71–89 67–88

Semifinals

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The first legs were to be played on 25 March, and the second legs on 1 April 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Medi Bayreuth Germany Cancelled Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka Cancelled Cancelled
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey Cancelled Denmark Bakken Bears Cancelled Cancelled

Finals

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The first leg were to be played on 22 April, and the second leg on 29 April 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
N/A Cancelled N/A Cancelled Cancelled

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "FIBA Europe confirms suspension of EuroLeague and EuroCup Women, FIBA Europe Cup until the end of the club season". FIBA. 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "5 Soru 5 Cevap Haftanın Finali | Turgay Büyükkarcı & Ufuk Sarıca & Selim Çınar | 31.05.2020" (in Turkish). Karşıyaka Basket on YouTube. 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "FIBA Europe 2019-20 club competitions will not resume, Board sets plan for 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "CSU Sibiu va juca în faza grupelor în FIBA Europe Cup, U-BT Cluj va evolua în turul preliminar". csu sibiu u bt cluj fiba europe cup. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  6. ^ a b "22 clubs register for 2019-20 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA Europe. 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Nesėkmės Čempionų lygos atrankoje atveju, "Lietkabelis" sezono Europoje netęs". krepsinis.net (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2019-07-13.
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