2019–20 EuroCup Basketball

The 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 12th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fourth season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 24
Games played 168
Final positions
Champions Null and void
Records
Biggest home win Unicaja 108–68 Oldenburg
(10 December 2019)
Biggest away win Rishon LeZion 55–88 Promitheas
(2 October 2019)
Highest scoring Darüşşafaka 96–106 Bologna
(5 March 2020)
Winning streak Umana Reyer Venezia
8 games
Losing streak Budućnost VOLI
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Asseco Arka Gdynia
Dolomiti Energia Trento
6 games
Highest attendance 17,205
Partizan 99–81 Virtus Bologna
(8 January 2020)
Lowest attendance 1,040
Rishon LeZion 96–92 Ulm
(18 December 2019)
1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

On March 12, 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On May 25, 2020, Euroleague Basketball cancelled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 13 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball.[3][4][5]

Distribution by league

The following was the access criteria for this season, based on domestic league standings after playoffs.[3]

Access list for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the Top 16
  • 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3][4][5]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Qualified teams for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball (by entry round)
Regular season
Umana Reyer Venezia (1st) Partizan NIS (4th)[Note ABA] Limoges CSP (WC) UNICS (3rd)
Dolomiti Energia Trento (6th) Unicaja (6th) Tofaş (3rd) Lokomotiv Kuban (5th)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna (WC) Joventut (7th) Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta (4th) Promitheas (2nd)
Germani Brescia Leonessa (WC) MoraBanc Andorra (10th)[Note ESP] Darüşşafaka Tekfen (WC) Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2nd)
Budućnost VOLI (2nd)[Note ABA] AS Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA] EWE Baskets Oldenburg (3rd) Rytas (2nd)
Cedevita Olimpija (3rd)[Note ABA] Nanterre 92 (4th) ratiopharm Ulm (6th) Asseco Arka Gdynia (3rd)


Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija and Partizan NIS 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).


Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3][6]

Schedule for 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 12 July 2019 1–2 October 2019
Round 2 8–9 October 2019
Round 3 15–16 October 2019
Round 4 22–23 October 2019
Round 5 29–30 October 2019
Round 6 5–6 November 2019
Round 7 12–13 November 2019
Round 8 19–20 November 2019
Round 9 10–11 December 2019
Round 10 17–18 December 2019
Top 16 Round 1 7–8 January 2020
Round 2 14–15 January 2020
Round 3 21–22 January 2020
Round 4 28–29 January 2020
Round 5 4–5 February 2020
Round 6 3–4 March 2020
Playoffs Quarterfinals 17 March 2020 20 March 2020 25 March 2020
Semifinals 31 March 2020 3 April 2020 8 April 2020
Finals 21 April 2020 24 April 2020 27 April 2020

Draw

The draw was held on 12 July 2019 at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.[6]

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.[6]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Promitheas 161†
Darüşşafaka Tekfen 139
Unicaja 121
Lokomotiv Kuban 118
Pot 2
Team Pts
UNICS 117
Maccabi Rishon LeZion 95†
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 80
Rytas 77
Pot 3
Team Pts
Budućnost VOLI 77
Cedevita Olimpija 70
Tofaş 70†
ratiopharm Ulm 58
Pot 4
Team Pts
MoraBanc Andorra 58†
Joventut 58†
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 56†
Limoges CSP 47
Pot 5
Team Pts
Partizan NIS 35
Dolomiti Energia Trento 35†
AS Monaco 35†
Germani Brescia Leonessa 35†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Nanterre 92 35†
Umana Reyer Venezia 35†
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 35†
Asseco Arka Gdynia 11
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:[6]

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 are 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).[6]

Regular season
Location of teams of the 2019–20 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. The rounds were 1–2 October, 8–9 October, 15–16 October, 22–23 October, 29–30 October, 5–6 November, 12–13 November, 19–20 November, 10–11 December, and 17–18 December 2019.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VIR MBA ASM PRO RLZ ULM
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 10 8 2 846 791 +55 Advance to Top 16 — 87–72 77–75 88–75 96–77 92–91
2 MoraBanc Andorra 10 7 3 853 766 +87 93–79 — 95–68 81–91 84–61 97–78
3 Monaco 10 6 4 763 732 +31 72–81 82–66 — 80–59 77–75 82–65
4 Promitheas 10 6 4 771 751 +20 78–69 66–80 74–77 — 88–77 82–77
5 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 10 2 8 740 862 −122 79–85 67–86 77–72 55–88 — 96–92
6 ratiopharm Ulm 10 1 9 793 864 −71 79–92 87–99 63–78 67–70 103–89 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification URV PAR TOF RYT LOK CSP
1 Umana Reyer Venezia 10 8 2 759 713 +46 Advance to Top 16 — 63–66 76–65 76–74 66–61 93–85
2 Partizan NIS 10 7 3 767 722 +45 69–83 — 93–80 86–81 80–71 77–58
3 Tofaş 10 5 5 804 822 −18 73–80 82–72 — 91–81 92–90 84–71
4 Rytas 10 4 6 800 811 −11 72–81 61–66 99–83 — 92–86 92–78
5 Lokomotiv Kuban 10 4 6 797 780 +17 77–63 83–76 69–72 82–87 — 86–75
6 Limoges CSP 10 2 8 748 827 −79 71–78 60–82 91–82 82–61 77–92 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNK BRE DTI CJB NTR OLI
1 UNICS 10 6 4 783 775 +8 Advance to Top 16 — 77–63 71–68 86–74 72–79 80–67
2 Germani Brescia Leonessa 10 6 4 705 725 −20 84–75 — 35–61 87–83 85–78 78–71
3 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 10 5 5 746 708 +38 77–79 61–70 — 92–86 72–65 72–76
4 Joventut 10 5 5 838 834 +4 90–73 81–68 85–82 — 79–77 101–81
5 Nanterre 92 10 4 6 792 809 −17 92–94 65–73 68–82 85–78 — 90–87
6 Cedevita Olimpija 10 4 6 799 812 −13 81–76 73–62 73–79 103–81 87–93 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNI GAL EWE TRE BUD ARK
1 Unicaja 10 7 3 845 774 +71 Advance to Top 16 — 88–83 108–68 93–74 83–70 91–69
2 Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 10 6 4 813 792 +21 91–80 — 92–79 76–81 84–83 92–73
3 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 10 6 4 840 850 −10 91–78 79–72 — 108–88 102–99 74–78
4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 10 5 5 797 817 −20 88–76 64–70 91–81 — 69–76 80–91
5 Budućnost VOLI 10 3 7 784 775 +9 81–82 94–78 83–85 68–77 — 59–62
6 Asseco Arka Gdynia 10 3 7 710 781 −71 59–66 78–83 61–73 78–85 61–78 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be 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. The rounds were 7–8 January, 14–15 January, 21–22 January, 28–29 January, 4–5 February and 3–5 March 2020.

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification PAR VIR DTI TRE
1 Partizan NIS 6 5 1 489 418 +71 Advance to quarterfinals — 99–81 69–57 91–75
2 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 6 4 2 519 488 +31 82–84 — 83–72 94–70
3 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 6 3 3 458 464 −6 65–63 96–106[lower-alpha 1] — 73–69
4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 6 0 6 413 509 −96 58–83 67–73 74–95 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Notes:
  1. Match was played at neutral court in Štark Arena, Belgrade, due to impossibility for the away team, Segafredo Virtus Bologna, to enter into Turkish territory, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification PRO URV EWE BRE
1 Promitheas 6 4 2 440 383 +57 Advance to quarterfinals — 68–70 81–70 67–56
2 Umana Reyer Venezia 6 4 2 452 462 −10 52–70 — 82–78 68–60
3 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 2 4 474 501 −27 72–97 98–87 — 89–84
4 Germani Brescia Leonessa 6 2 4 421 441 −20 63–57 88–93 70–67 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ASM UNK RYT GAL
1 Monaco 6 4 2 494 443 +51 Advance to quarterfinals — 85–60 86–61 73–85
2 UNICS 6 3 3 481 483 −2 78–84 — 82–69 94–69
3 Rytas 6 3 3 468 482 −14 80–75 86–91 — 83–75
4 Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 6 2 4 471 506 −35 79–91 90–76 73–89 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNI TOF CJB MBA
1 Unicaja 6 4 2 510 500 +10 Advance to quarterfinals — 76–68 90–84 84–75
2 Tofaş 6 4 2 493 479 +14 84–82 — 91–76 97–94
3 Joventut 6 3 3 528 528 0 101–86 88–84 — 90–87
4 MoraBanc Andorra 6 1 5 497 521 −24 88–92 63–69 90–89 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

It was planned, 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
SemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Partizan NIS
 
 
 
 UNICS
 
 
 
 
 
 Promitheas
 
 
 
 Tofaş
 
 
 
 
 
 Monaco
 
 
 
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna
 
 
 
 
 
 Unicaja
 
 
 Umana Reyer Venezia
 

Quarterfinals

The first legs were to be played on 17 March, the second legs on 20 March and the third legs on 25 March 2020, if necessary.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Partizan NIS Game A UNICS Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Promitheas Game B Tofaş Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Monaco Game C Segafredo Virtus Bologna Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Unicaja Game D Umana Reyer Venezia Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled

Semifinals

The first legs were to be played on 31 March, the second legs on 3 April and the third legs on 8 April 2020, if necessary.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Winner A or B Winner A or B Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Winner C or D Winner C or D Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled

Finals

The first leg were to be played on 21 April, the second leg on 24 April, and the third leg on 27 April 2020, if necessary.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled

Attendances
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Partizan NIS 71,230 17,205 4,530 8,904 +47.8%†
2 Unicaja 45,784 6,915 4,900 5,723 +4.7%†
3 Rytas 35,071 6,328 2,380 4,384 −14.6%†
4 Tofaş 34,123 6,204 1,815 4,265 +86.7%†
5 Limoges 18,862 4,287 3,466 3,772 −5.0%†
6 ratiopharm Ulm 17,076 3,820 3,104 3,415 +4.0%†
7 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 25,835 4,578 2,786 3,229 n/a†
8 Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta 25,755 4,826 1,935 3,219 +65.8%†
9 Umana Reyer Venezia 24,998 3,452 2,873 3,125 n/a†
10 UNICS 23,713 3,780 1,472 2,964 −19.4%†
11 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 23,019 5,750 1,757 2,877 n/a†
12 Germani Brescia Leonessa 19,148 3,312 2,324 2,735 +6.8%†
13 Lokomotiv Kuban 13,365 3,014 2,356 2,673 −11.5%†
14 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 18,084 3,781 1,335 2,583 −4.0%1
15 Budućnost VOLI 12,295 3,584 1,830 2,459 −48.7%1
16 MoraBanc Andorra 19,597 3,614 1,790 2,450 −14.9%†
17 Joventut 18,280 2,860 1,221 2,285 n/a†
18 Promitheas 18,080 3,084 1,649 2,260 n/a†
19 Maccabi Rishon LeZion 9,184 3,092 1,040 1,837 n/a†
20 Monaco 12,318 2,054 1,422 1,760 +1.7%†
21 Nanterre 92 8,399 2,005 1,482 1,680 n/a†
22 Dolomiti Energia Trento 13,418 2,102 1,185 1,677 −4.6%†
23 Cedevita Olimpija 8,192 2,400 1,114 1,638 n/a†
24 Asseco Arka Gdynia 8,074 1,893 1,402 1,615 +4.7%†
League total 523,900 17,205 1,040 3,118 −19.1%†

Source: EuroCup
Notes:
1: 2018–19 season average applied to EuroLeague games

Awards

All official awards of the 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball.[8]

Regular Season MVP
Player Team Ref.
Miloš Teodosić Segafredo Virtus Bologna[9]

Top 16 MVP
Player Team Ref.
Devin Williams Tofaş[10]

MVP of the Round
Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Chris Babb Promitheas29[11]
Kenny Chery Nanterre 92
Greg Whittington Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta
2 Rade Zagorac Partizan NIS35[12]
3 Alex Hamilton Maccabi Rishon LeZion38[13]
4 Errick McCollum UNICS41[14]
5 Zoran Dragić ratiopharm Ulm30[15]
Derek Willis
6 Mitchell Watt Umana Reyer Venezia37[16]
7 Hassan Martin Budućnost VOLI29[17]
Sammy Mejía Tofaş
8 Michael Bramos Umana Reyer Venezia28[18]
Tyler Larson EWE Baskets Oldenburg
9 Alessandro Gentile Dolomiti Energia Trento39[19]
10 James Kelly Maccabi Rishon LeZion40[20]
Top 16
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Rašid Mahalbašić EWE Baskets Oldenburg38[21]
2 Deon Thompson Unicaja27[22]
3 Klemen Prepelič Joventut45[23]
4 Loukas Mavrokefalidis Promitheas37[24]
5 Corey Walden Partizan NIS33[25]
6 Devin Williams Tofaş32[26]
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See also

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  19. "Round 9 MVP: Alessandro Gentile, Dolomiti Energia Trento". EuroCup Basketball. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  20. "Round 10 MVP: James Kelly, Maccabi Rishon LeZion". EuroCup Basketball. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  21. "Top 16 Round 1 MVP: Rasid Mahalbasic, EWE Baskets Oldenburg". EuroCup Basketball. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  22. "Top 16 Round 2 MVP: Deon Thompson, Unicaja Malaga". EuroCup Basketball. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  23. "Top 16 Round 3 MVP: Klemen Prepelic, Joventut". EuroCup Basketball. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  24. "Top 16 Round 4 MVP: Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Promitheas Patras". EuroCup Basketball. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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