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
Season	2019–20
Dates	25 September – 2 October 2019 (qualifying) 16 October 2019 – 11 March 2020 (competition proper)
Teams	16 (competition proper) 19 (total)
Regular season
Season MVP	Alina Iagupova (Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)
Finals
Champions	Null and void
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

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

Teams

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

Schedule

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

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

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

UMMC Ekaterinburg

USK Praha

Bourges Basket

Nadezhda Orenburg

TTT Riga

Castors Braine

Çukurova Basketbol

Dynamo Kursk

Fenerbahçe

Sopron Basket

Girona

Reyer Venezia

LDLC ASVEL

BLMA

Arka Gdynia

Schio

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

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

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

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

Cancelled	UMMC Ekaterinburg	vs.	BLMA	Verkhnyaya Pyshma
		Boxscore		Arena: UMMC Sports Palace

UMMC Ekaterinburg v BLMA

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)

Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo v Tango Bourges Basket

Cancelled	ZVVZ USK Praha	vs.	Famila Schio	Prague
		Boxscore		Arena: Královka Arena

ZVVZ USK Praha v Famila Schio

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)

LDLC ASVEL Féminin v Nadezhda Orenburg

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

• Alina Iagupova ( Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)^[5]

All-EuroLeague Teams

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

• Víctor Lapeña ( Fenerbahçe Öznur Kablo)^[8]

Defensive Player of the Year

• Alyssa Thomas ( ZVVZ USK Praha)^[9]

Young Player of the Year

• Iliana Rupert ( Tango Bourges Basket)^[10]

MVP of the Week

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

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. "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.

External links

• Official website