2020–21 BIBL season

2020–21 BIBL
2020–21 BIBL
League	Balkan International Basketball League
Season	2020–21
Dates	13 October 2020 – 29 April 2021
Games played	72
Teams	18
TV partner(s)	sportmedia.tv ; YouTube ; RTSH
Finals
Champions	Hapoel Holon (1st title)
Runners-up	Academic Plovdiv
Semifinalists	Hapoel Gilboa Galil; Beroe
Seasons
	← 2019–20 2021-22 →
	All statistics correct as of 22 November 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

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

First round

Group A

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

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group A results

Group B

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

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group B results

Group C

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

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group C results

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	MRL	JER	HBS
1	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	4	3	1	360	346	+14	7	Advance to Second round playoff game	—	96–103	89–85
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	4	2	2	339	328	+11	6		73–79	—	90–77
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4	1	3	323	348	−25	5		85–96	76–73	—

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group D results

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	APL	KUM	BER	TFT	TEO	IBR
1	Academic Plovdiv	10	8	2	818	800	+18	18	Advance to Second round	—	79–96	89–88	80–75	77–65	72–59
2	Kumanovo 2009	10	6	4	824	814	+10	16		86–71	—	93–80	90–83	78–83	79–81
3	Beroe	10	5	5	878	803	+75	15		85–86	105–76	—	108–73	99–77	74–67
4	TFT Skopje	10	4	6	853	866	−13	14		102–104	83–54	80–75	—	104–86	91–75
5	Teodo Tivat	10	4	6	807	841	−34	14		80–86	83–90	74–70	98–83	—	85–72
6	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

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:

win–loss record
game points difference
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	77–66	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	78–85	Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Second round

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

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

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	HGG	BER	TFT
1	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	4	3	1	369	282	+87	7	Advance to Final Four	—	88–53	94–68
2	Beroe	4	3	1	321	343	−22	7	Advance to Final Four	90–82	—	91–90
3	TFT Skopje	4	0	4	312	377	−65	4		71–105	83–87	—

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group F results

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	HOL	APL	KUM
1	Hapoel Holon	4	4	0	373	333	+40	8	Advance to Final Four	—	95–93	98–96
2	Academic Plovdiv	4	2	2	346	330	+16	6	Advance to Final Four	70–97	—	96–68
3	Kumanovo 2009	4	0	4	308	364	−56	4		74–83	70–87	—

Source: 2020–21 BIBL Group G results

Final Four

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]

Semifinals		Final

27 Apr

Hapoel Holon	81
		29 Apr
Hapoel Gilboa Galil	77
		Hapoel Holon	91
27 Apr
		Academic Plovdiv	75
Beroe	62

Academic Plovdiv	66
		Third place

		29 Apr

		Hapoel Gilboa Galil	84

		Beroe	67

Semifinals

27 April 2021	Beroe	62–66	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	81–77	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

29 April 2021	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	84–67	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

29 April 2021	Hapoel Holon	91–75	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
Hapoel Holon 1st Title

References

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

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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.

[Regulations-5] "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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