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2020–21 BIBL season

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2020–21 BIBL
LeagueBalkan International Basketball League
Season2020–21
Dates13 October 2020 – 29 April 2021
Games played72
Teams18
TV partner(s)sportmedia.tv
YouTube
RTSH
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Holon (1st title)
  Runners-upBulgaria Academic Plovdiv
SemifinalistsIsrael Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Bulgaria Beroe
Seasons
All statistics correct as of 3 December 2024.

The 2020–21 BIBL season is the 12th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL).[1] Besides 6 teams from Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, 12 teams from Israel joined the competition,[2] after temporary suspension of 2020-2021 Israeli Basketball League due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These 12 teams played inside of Israel in first round of regular season and the best two teams joined the other 4 Balkan teams, which qualified from the Balkan group.[3][4][5]

Teams

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Regular season
Israel Bnei Herzliya Israel Hapoel Holon Israel Maccabi Haifa Montenegro Teodo Tivat
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009
Israel Hapoel Eilat Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv North Macedonia TFT Skopje
Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel Ironi Nahariya Bulgaria Beroe
Israel Hapoel Haifa Israel Ironi Nes Ziona Montenegro Ibar Rožaje

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HTA HER HHA
1 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 3 1 333 312 +21 7 Advance to Second round playoff game — 77–67 90–94
2 Israel Bnei Herzliya 4 2 2 327 311 +16 6 78–87 — 92–76
3 Israel Hapoel Haifa 4 1 3 314 351 −37 5 73–79 71–90 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group A results

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGG NAH MHA
1 Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil 4 4 0 358 324 +34 8 Advance to Second round playoff game — 77–72 92–81
2 Israel Ironi Nahariya 4 2 2 334 341 −7 6 89–103 — 87–81
3 Israel Maccabi Haifa 4 0 4 324 351 −27 4 86–82 80–86 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group B results

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HOL EIL INZ
1 Israel Hapoel Holon 4 4 0 393 330 +63 8 Advance to Second round playoff game — 105–102 100–79
2 Israel Hapoel Eilat 4 2 2 358 373 −15 6 76–94 — 93–90
3 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 4 0 4 326 374 −48 4 73–94 84–87 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group C results

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MRL JER HBS
1 Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion 4 3 1 360 346 +14 7 Advance to Second round playoff game — 96–103 89–85
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 4 2 2 339 328 +11 6 73–79 — 90–77
3 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 4 1 3 323 348 −25 5 85–96 76–73 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group D results

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification APL KUM BER TFT TEO IBR
1 Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv 10 8 2 818 800 +18 18 Advance to Second round — 79–96 89–88 80–75 77–65 72–59
2 North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009 10 6 4 824 814 +10 16 86–71 — 93–80 90–83 78–83 79–81
3 Bulgaria Beroe 10 5 5 878 803 +75 15 85–86 105–76 — 108–73 99–77 74–67
4 North Macedonia TFT Skopje 10 4 6 853 866 −13 14 102–104 83–54 80–75 — 104–86 91–75
5 Montenegro Teodo Tivat 10 4 6 807 841 −34 14 80–86 83–90 74–70 98–83 — 85–72
6 Montenegro Ibar Rožaje 10 3 7 750 806 −56 13 64–74 66–82 88–94 96–76 82–76 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group E results

Second round playoff

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The winners from groups A, B, C and D will compete in a single match to qualify for the second round. The Group A winner will play against the Group C winner, and the Group B winner will play against the winner from Group D.

The hosting team will be decided based the following criteria in the Group stage:

  1. win–loss record
  2. game points difference
  3. game points scored.

If these criteria still cannot decide, a draw shall decide on the final classification.[5][6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hapoel Holon Israel 77–66 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Rishon LeZion Israel 78–85 Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Second round

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The draw of this second round conducted on Friday February 5, at 11:00 EET, at Delasport Bulgaria offices in Sofia.[7]

Qualified teams divided to two groups. Each group consist of two teams from the Balkan region and one team from Israel played in a round-robin-system. No teams from the same country can be drawn in one group.[5]

Draw

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Pot Team City Venue Capacity
Israel Pot 1 Hapoel Gilboa Galil Gan Ner Gan Ner Sports Hall 2,700
Hapoel Holon Holon Holon Toto Hall 5,000
Bulgaria Pot 2 Academic Plovdiv Plovdiv Arena Sila 1,000
Beroe Stara Zagora Municipal Hall 800
North Macedonia Pot 3 KK Kumanovo Kumanovo Sports Hall Kumanovo 6,500
TFT Skopje Skopje SRC Kale 4,000

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HGG BER TFT
1 Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil 4 3 1 369 282 +87 7 Advance to Final Four — 88–53 94–68
2 Bulgaria Beroe 4 3 1 321 343 −22 7 90–82 — 91–90
3 North Macedonia TFT Skopje 4 0 4 312 377 −65 4 71–105 83–87 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group F results

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HOL APL KUM
1 Israel Hapoel Holon 4 4 0 373 333 +40 8 Advance to Final Four — 95–93 98–96
2 Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv 4 2 2 346 330 +16 6 70–97 — 96–68
3 North Macedonia Kumanovo 2009 4 0 4 308 364 −56 4 74–83 70–87 —
Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group G results

Final Four

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By League's official regulations, section 3, if two teams from the same country qualify to the Final Four they shall play each other in the Semifinals game.[5] The Final Four will take place at Holon Toto Hall.[8]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Apr
 
 
Israel Hapoel Holon81
 
29 Apr
 
Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil77
 
Israel Hapoel Holon91
 
27 Apr
 
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv75
 
Bulgaria Beroe62
 
 
Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv66
 
Third place
 
 
29 Apr
 
 
Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil84
 
 
Bulgaria Beroe67

Semifinals

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27 April 2021 Beroe Bulgaria 62–66 Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv Holon
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 20-15, 13-23, 13-9, 16-19
Pts: Gavin 19
Rebs: Bishop 12
Asts: Gavin 6
PIR: Gavin 28 		Boxscore Pts: Tomić 16
Rebs: Tomić 15
Asts: Bachev 5
PIR: Tomić 29 		Arena: Holon Toto Hall
Referees: Milosav Kaludjerovic (MNE), Aleksandar Pavlov (MKD), Ofer Manheim (ISR)
27 April 2021 Hapoel Holon Israel 81–77 Israel Hapoel Gilboa Galil Holon
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 27-18, 25-25, 8-21, 21-13
Pts: Miles 18
Rebs: Miles 9
Asts: Harris5
PIR: Miles 25 		Boxscore Pts: Ziv 22
Rebs: Floyd 10
Asts: Thomasson 6
PIR: Ziv 29 		Arena: Holon Toto Hall
Referees: Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), Ognjen Jokic (MNE), Stylianos Symeonidis (GRE)

Third place

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29 April 2021 Hapoel Gilboa Galil Israel 84–67 Bulgaria Beroe Holon
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 32-16, 22-14, 16-19
Pts: Blackshear 14
Rebs: Blackshear 7
Asts: Beni 6
PIR: Blackshear 24 		Boxscore Pts: Bishop & Gavin 15
Rebs: Bishop 13
Asts: Georgiev 4
PIR: Bishop 19 		Arena: Holon Toto Hall
Referees: Milosav Kaludjerovic (MNE), Stylianos Symeonidis (GRE), Aleksandar Pavlov (MKD)

Final

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29 April 2021 Hapoel Holon Israel 91–75 Bulgaria Academic Plovdiv Holon
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23-26, 17-20, 24-20, 27-9
Pts: McGee 20
Rebs: Miles 8
Asts: Pnini 6
PIR: Pnini 26 		Boxscore Pts: Tomić 18
Rebs: Gugino 7
Asts: Carson 11
PIR: Vucica 19 		Arena: Holon Toto Hall
Referees: Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), Ognjen Jokic (MNE), Ofer Manheim (ISR)


2020–21 Balkan League Champions
Israel
Hapoel Holon
1st Title

References

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  1. ^ "New competition system and improved financial conditions for BIBL 2020-21 participants". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. ^ "12 teams from Israel registered for the Balkan League". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. ^ "Israel Basketball Federation approved the 12 teams registration". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. ^ "The 12 Israeli teams were divided in four groups - the result of the draw". www.balkanleague.net. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  5. ^ a b c d "BIBL Official Regulations 2020/2021" (PDF). balkanleague.net. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "The dates for the postponed games in Israel have been set". balkanleague.net. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Here are the 6 teams in the Second Stage, the draw will take place on Friday". Balkan International Basketball League. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Delasport Balkan League Final Four 2021 goes to Holon". Balkan International Basketball League. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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