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2019–20 EuroLeague Women

The 2019–20 EuroLeague Women was the 62nd edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 24th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. The season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

EuroLeague Women
Season2019–20
Dates25 September – 2 October 2019
(qualifying)
16 October 2019 – 11 March 2020
(competition proper)
Teams16 (competition proper)
19 (total)
Regular season
Season MVPUkraine Alina Iagupova
(Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)
Finals
ChampionsNull and void

On 16 June 2020, FIBA Europe announced the season was declared void and would not be finished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Team allocation

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A total of 19 teams from 11 countries will participate in the 2019–20 EuroLeague Women.

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):

Regular season
  Castors Braine (1st)   Famila Schio (1st)   Spar Citylift Girona (1st)
  USK Praha (1st)   TTT Riga (1st)   Fenerbahçe (1st)
  LDLC ASVEL Féminin (1st)   UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st)   Çukurova Basketbol (2nd)
  Tango Bourges Basket (3rd)   Dynamo Kursk (2nd)
  Sopron Basket (1st)   Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd)
Qualifying round
  BLMA (2nd)   Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc (2nd)   Arka Gdynia (3rd)
  Olympiacos (1st)   Reyer Venezia (3rd)   Botaş SK (3rd)

Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Round Draw date Round date
Qualifying round First leg 23 July 2019 25 September 2019
Second leg 2 October 2019
Regular season Matchday 1 16–17 October 2019
Matchday 2 23–24 October 2019
Matchday 3 30–31 October 2019
Matchday 4 6–7 November 2019
Matchday 5 27–28 November 2019
Matchday 6 4–5 December 2019
Matchday 7 11–12 December 2019
Matchday 8 18–19 December 2019
Matchday 9 8–9 January 2020
Matchday 10 15–16 January 2020
Matchday 11 22–23 January 2020
Matchday 12 28 January 2020
Matchday 13 19–20 February 2020
Matchday 14 26 February 2020
Quarterfinals First leg 11 March 2020
Second leg 18 March 2020
Third leg 25 March 2020
Final Four Semifinals 17 April 2020
Final 19 April 2020

Draw

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The draw was held on 23 July 2019 in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.[2][3]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
  UMMC Ekaterinburg
  Dynamo Kursk 		  ZVVZ USK Praha
  Fenerbahçe 		  Sopron Basket
  Tango Bourges Basket 		  Famila Schio
  Nadezhda Orenburg
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
  TTT Riga
  Spar Citylift Girona 		  Castors Braine
  Lyon ASVEL Féminin 		  Çukurova Basketbol
Qualifier 1 		Qualifier 2
Qualifier 3

Qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botaş SK   147–172   Arka Gdynia 72–88 75–84
Olympiacos   130–152   BLMA 63–66 67–86
Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc   153–156   Reyer Venezia 85–75 68–81

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2019–20 Euroleague Women regular season.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B.

The four 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

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA USK NAD BOU VEN CAS CUK TTT
1   UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 13 1 1258 853 +405 27 Advance to quarterfinals 88–65 89–67 86–47 97–44 101–73 112–37 87–67
2   ZVVZ USK Praha 14 12 2 1199 846 +353 26 67–74 87–63 82–64 89–57 102–62 82–28 98–48
3   Nadezhda Orenburg 14 9 5 938 911 +27 23 50–71 67–86 74–65 78–51 62–55 74–64 69–61
4   Tango Bourges Basket 14 8 6 969 961 +8 22 51–87 64–93 66–57 68–45 80–59 92–62 79–75
5   Reyer Venezia 14 5 9 800 961 −161 19 Transfer to EuroCup Women 61–86 50–77 61–63 73–63 58–75 70–61 20–0
6   Castors Braine 14 3 11 924 1073 −149 17 79–87 65–89 47–80 63–72 58–61 90–59 76–71
7   Gelecek Koleji Çukurova 14 3 11 787 1177 −390 17 56–112 50–109 53–69 50–88 86–81 70–60 60–55
8   TTT Riga 14 3 11 866 959 −93 16[a] 89–81 66–73 55–65 55–70 60–68 81–62 83–51
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to cancelled match, TTT Riga lost by 20–0 and did not receive any points in the standings.[4]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN ASV FAM BLM KUR GIR SOP GDY
1   Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 14 11 3 1003 838 +165 25 Advance to quarterfinals 82–67 58–43 74–58 76–55 86–82 70–52 68–48
2   LDLC ASVEL Féminin 14 8 6 1020 984 +36 22 78–65 85–48 78–77 84–59 89–67 62–59 71–87
3   Famila Schio 14 8 6 794 793 +1 22 54–75 69–59 65–60 70–53 58–55 20–0 51–47
4   BLMA 14 7 7 969 980 −11 21 76–74 80–73 60–73 76–64 45–57 53–66 85–79
5   Dynamo Kursk 14 7 7 957 993 −36 21 Transfer to EuroCup Women 54–73 79–64 70–65 78–90 76–64 78–47 64–58
6   Spar Citylift Girona 14 6 8 904 913 −9 20 57–62 63–65 65–53 56–55 79–61 64–58 70–68
7   Sopron Basket 14 6 8 803 846 −43 19[a] 62–60 67–53 59–51 70–77 61–74 66–56 59–61
8   Arka Gdynia 14 3 11 926 1029 −103 17 52–80 82–92 47–74 73–77 86–92 71–69 67–77
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to cancelled match, Sopron Basket lost by 20–0 and did not receive any points in the standings.[4]

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
UMMC Ekaterinburg   Cancelled   BLMA
LDLC ASVEL   Cancelled   Nadezhda Orenburg 78–80
ZVVZ USK Praha   Cancelled   Famila Schio
Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo   Cancelled   Tango Bourges Basket 84–75

First leg

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Cancelled UMMC Ekaterinburg   vs.   BLMA Verkhnyaya Pyshma
Boxscore Arena: UMMC Sports Palace
11 March 2020 Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo   84–75
(Series: 1–0) 		  Tango Bourges Basket Istanbul
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 17–15, 20–19, 16–22
Pts: Williams 30
Rebs: Williams 14
Asts: Iagupova 8 		Boxscore Pts: Dabović 20
Rebs: Coleman 10
Asts: Eldebrink 5 		Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall
Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Esperanza Mendoza (ESP), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)
11 March 2020 LDLC ASVEL Féminin   78–80
(Series: 0–1) 		  Nadezhda Orenburg Lyon
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 17–25, 16–15, 32–25
Pts: Johannès 24
Rebs: Clark 8
Asts: Allemand 4 		Boxscore Pts: Raincock-Ekunwe, Shilova 19
Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 11
Asts: Verameyenka, Wheeler 7 		Arena: Gymnase Mado Bonnet
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Nikolaos Somos (GRE), Alexandra Stan (ROU)

Awards

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EuroLeague MVP

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All-EuroLeague Teams

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First Team[6] Second Team[7]
  Alina Iagupova   Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo   Courtney Vandersloot   UMMC Ekaterinburg
  Cecilia Zandalasini   Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo   Marine Johannès   LDLC ASVEL Féminin
  Alyssa Thomas   ZVVZ USK Praha   Gabby Williams   BLMA
  Emma Meesseman   UMMC Ekaterinburg   Brionna Jones   ZVVZ USK Praha
  Sandrine Gruda   Famila Schio   Brittney Griner   UMMC Ekaterinburg

Coach of the Year

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Defensive Player of the Year

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Young Player of the Year

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MVP of the Week

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Regular season
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
1   Alina Iagupova   Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 29 [11]
2   Maria Vadeeva   UMMC Ekaterinburg 39 [12]
3   Stephanie Mavunga   BLMA 40 [13]
4   Alina Iagupova (2)   Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo 41 [14]
5   Romane Bernies   BLMA 28 [15]
  Cristina Ouviña   ZVVZ USK Praha
6   Celeste Trahan-Davis   Castors Braine 36 [16]
7   Alyssa Thomas   ZVVZ USK Praha 45 [17]
8   Alyssa Thomas (2)   ZVVZ USK Praha 40 [18]
9   Stephanie Mavunga (2)   BLMA 30 [19]
10   Marissa Coleman   Tango Bourges Basket 32 [20]
  Gabby Williams   BLMA
11   Sandrine Gruda   Famila Schio 32 [21]
12   Epiphanny Prince   Dynamo Kursk 32 [22]
13   Brionna Jones   ZVVZ USK Praha 33 [23]
14   Brionna Jones (2)   ZVVZ USK Praha 27 [24]

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Europe 2019-20 club competitions will not resume, Board sets plan for 2020-21". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Seedings announced for EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women draws". FIBA. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Qualifiers pairings and Regular Season groups confirmed for 2019-20 EuroLeague Women season". FIBA. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Sopron Basket, TTT Riga forfeit cancelled fixtures". FIBA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Iagupova crowned EuroLeague Women MVP". FIBA. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "All-EuroLeague Women First Team announced". FIBA. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "All-EuroLeague Women Second Team revealed". FIBA. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Lapena lands EuroLeague Women Coach of the Year award". FIBA. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Thomas takes EuroLeague Women Defensive Player of the Year honor". FIBA. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Rupert crowned EuroLeague Women Young Player of the Year". FIBA. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Iagupova takes Top Performer honor for opening week of Regular Season". FIBA. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Vadeeva continues rich vein of form to take Top Performer award for Week 2". FIBA. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Mavunga makes it a double celebration after being named Top Performer". FIBA. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Another Top Performer award for the red hot Iagupova". FIBA. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Bernies and Ouvina share Top Performer honor". FIBA. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Trahan-Davis takes Week 6 Top Performer honors". FIBA. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Top Performer honor for Thomas after a stellar season-best showing". FIBA. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Deja vu as Thomas lands Top Performer honor again". FIBA. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Mavunga snaps up Top Performer status". FIBA. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Coleman and Williams share weekly Top Performer honors". FIBA. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Gruda grabs Top Performer award". FIBA. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Prince picks up Top Performer award". FIBA. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Top Performer award goes to Jones". FIBA. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  24. ^ "Deja vu as Top Performer Jones does it again". FIBA. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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