2020–21 BIBL season#Group C

{{Short description|Basketball season}}

{{Infobox basketball league season

| title = 2020–21 BIBL

| league = Balkan International Basketball League

| season = 2020–21

| teams = 18

| games = 72

| dates = 13 October 2020 – 29 April 2021

| champions = {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon (1st title)

| runners_up = {{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv

| semifinalists = {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil
{{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe

| TV = [http://www.sportmedia.tv sportmedia.tv]
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClqXBMQxcHey50d_DgF2b_Q YouTube]
[https://www.rtsh.al RTSH]

| prevseason_link = 2019–20 BIBL season

| prevseason_year = 2019–20

| nextseason_link = 2021–22 BIBL season

| nextseason_year = 2021–22

| updated = 29 April 2021

}}

The 2020–21 BIBL season is the 12th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL).{{Cite web|title=New competition system and improved financial conditions for BIBL 2020-21 participants|url=http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=20204|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.balkanleague.net}} Besides 6 teams from Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, 12 teams from Israel joined the competition,{{Cite web|title=12 teams from Israel registered for the Balkan League|url=http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=20213|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.balkanleague.net}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Israel Basketball Federation approved the 12 teams registration|url=http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=20216|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.balkanleague.net}}{{Cite web|title=The 12 Israeli teams were divided in four groups - the result of the draw|url=http://www.balkanleague.net/en/news.php?id=20218|access-date=2020-10-09|website=www.balkanleague.net}}{{cite web |title=BIBL Official Regulations 2020/2021 |url=https://balkanleague.net/files/regulations/Update_Regulations_2020-21_18_teams_Without_PlayOffs.pdf |website=balkanleague.net |accessdate=23 October 2020}}

Teams

class="wikitable" style="white-space: nowrap;"
colspan=4 | Regular season
width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Bnei Herzliya

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Maccabi Haifa

| width=210 | {{flagicon|MNE}} Teodo Tivat

width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Jerusalem

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Maccabi Rishon LeZion

| width=210 | {{flagicon|MKD}} Kumanovo 2009

width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Eilat

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv

| width=210 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv

| width=210 | {{flagicon|MKD}} TFT Skopje

width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ironi Nahariya

| width=210 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe

! width=210 rowspan=2 |

width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Haifa

| width=210 | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ironi Nes Ziona

| width=210 | {{flagicon|MNE}} Ibar Rožaje

First round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?season_id=24&champ_id=89 2020–21 BIBL Group A results]

|team1=HTA|team2=HER|team3=HHA

|update=complete

|win_HTA=3 |loss_HTA=1 |pf_HTA=333 |pa_HTA=312

|win_HER=2 |loss_HER=2 |pf_HER=327 |pa_HER=311

|win_HHA=1 |loss_HHA=3 |pf_HHA=314 |pa_HHA=351

|matches_style=BSR

|match_HHA_HTA= 73—79

|match_HHA_HER= 71—90

|match_HTA_HHA= 90—94

|match_HTA_HER= 77—67

|match_HER_HHA= 92—76

|match_HER_HTA= 78—87

|name_HHA={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Haifa |short_HHA=HHA

|name_HTA={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv |short_HTA=HTA

|name_HER={{flagicon|ISR}} Bnei Herzliya |short_HER=HER

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2P

|col_R2P=green1 |text_R2P=Advance to Second round playoff game

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?parentmenu=24&submenu=90 2020–21 BIBL Group B results]

|team1=HGG|team2=NAH|team3=MHA

|update=complete

|win_HGG=4 |loss_HGG=0 |pf_HGG=358 |pa_HGG=324

|win_NAH=2 |loss_NAH=2 |pf_NAH=334 |pa_NAH=341

|win_MHA=0 |loss_MHA=4 |pf_MHA=324 |pa_MHA=351

|matches_style=BSR

|match_NAH_HGG= 89—103

|match_NAH_MHA= 87—81

|match_HGG_NAH= 77—72

|match_HGG_MHA= 92—81

|match_MHA_NAH= 80—86

|match_MHA_HGG= 86—82

|name_HGG={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil |short_HGG=HGG

|name_NAH={{flagicon|ISR}} Ironi Nahariya |short_NAH=NAH

|name_MHA={{flagicon|ISR}} Maccabi Haifa |short_MHA=MHA

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2P

|col_R2P=green1 |text_R2P=Advance to Second round playoff game

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?parentmenu=24&submenu=91 2020–21 BIBL Group C results]

|team1=HOL|team2=EIL|team3=INZ

|update=complete

|win_INZ=0 |loss_INZ=4 |pf_INZ=326 |pa_INZ=374

|win_EIL=2 |loss_EIL=2 |pf_EIL=358 |pa_EIL=373

|win_HOL=4 |loss_HOL=0 |pf_HOL=393 |pa_HOL=330

|matches_style=BSR

|match_INZ_HOL= 73—94

|match_INZ_EIL= 84—87

|match_HOL_INZ= 100—79

|match_HOL_EIL= 105—102

|match_EIL_INZ= 93—90

|match_EIL_HOL= 76—94

|name_HOL={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon |short_HOL=HOL

|name_EIL={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Eilat |short_EIL=EIL

|name_INZ={{flagicon|ISR}} Ironi Nes Ziona |short_INZ=INZ

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2P

|col_R2P=green1 |text_R2P=Advance to Second round playoff game

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?parentmenu=24&submenu=92 2020–21 BIBL Group D results]

|team1=MRL|team2=JER|team3=HBS

|update=complete

|win_HBS=1 |loss_HBS=3 |pf_HBS=323 |pa_HBS=348

|win_JER=2 |loss_JER=2 |pf_JER=339 |pa_JER=328

|win_MRL=3 |loss_MRL=1 |pf_MRL=360 |pa_MRL=346

|matches_style=BSR

|match_HBS_JER= 76—73

|match_HBS_MRL= 85—96

|match_JER_HBS= 90—77

|match_JER_MRL= 73—79

|match_MRL_HBS= 89—85

|match_MRL_JER= 96—103

|name_HBS={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Be'er Sheva |short_HBS=HBS

|name_MRL={{flagicon|ISR}} Maccabi Rishon LeZion |short_MRL=MRL

|name_JER={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Jerusalem |short_JER=JER

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2P

|col_R2P=green1 |text_R2P=Advance to Second round playoff game

}}

=Group E=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source= [http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?parentmenu=24&submenu=93 2020–21 BIBL Group E results]

|team1=APL|team2=KUM|team3=BER|team4=TFT|team5=TEO|team6=IBR

|update=complete

|win_APL=8 |loss_APL=2 |pf_APL=818 |pa_APL=800

|win_BER=5 |loss_BER=5 |pf_BER=878 |pa_BER=803

|win_IBR=3 |loss_IBR=7 |pf_IBR=750 |pa_IBR=806

|win_TEO=4 |loss_TEO=6 |pf_TEO=807 |pa_TEO=841

|win_KUM=6 |loss_KUM=4 |pf_KUM=824 |pa_KUM=814

|win_TFT=4 |loss_TFT=6 |pf_TFT=853 |pa_TFT=866

|matches_style=BSR

|match_APL_KUM= 79—96

|match_APL_TFT= 80—75

|match_APL_IBR= 72—59

|match_APL_BER= 89—88

|match_APL_TEO= 77—65

|match_BER_KUM= 105—76

|match_BER_TFT= 108—73

|match_BER_IBR= 74—67

|match_BER_APL= 85—86

|match_BER_TEO= 99—77

|match_IBR_KUM= 66—82

|match_IBR_TFT= 96—76

|match_IBR_APL= 64—74

|match_IBR_BER= 88—94

|match_IBR_TEO= 82—76

|match_KUM_IBR= 79—81

|match_KUM_TFT= 90—83

|match_KUM_APL= 86—71

|match_KUM_BER= 93—80

|match_KUM_TEO= 78—83

|match_TFT_IBR= 91—75

|match_TFT_KUM= 83—54

|match_TFT_APL= 102—104

|match_TFT_BER= 80—75

|match_TFT_TEO= 104—86

|match_TEO_IBR= 85—72

|match_TEO_KUM= 83—90

|match_TEO_APL= 80—86

|match_TEO_BER= 74—70

|match_TEO_TFT= 98—83

|name_APL={{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv | short_APL=APL

|name_BER={{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe | short_BER=BER

|name_IBR={{flagicon|MNE}} Ibar Rožaje | short_IBR=IBR

|name_TEO={{flagicon|MNE}} Teodo Tivat | short_TEO=TEO

|name_TFT={{flagicon|MKD}} TFT Skopje | short_TFT=TFT

|name_KUM={{flagicon|MKD}} Kumanovo 2009 | short_KUM=KUM

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2 | |result2=R2 | |result3=R2 | |result4=R2

|col_R2=green1 |text_R2=Advance to Second round

}}

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:

  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.{{cite web |title=The dates for the postponed games in Israel have been set |url=https://balkanleague.net/news.php?id=20406 |website=balkanleague.net |date=7 January 2021 |accessdate=8 January 2021}}

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Hapoel Holon|ISR|77–66|Hapoel Tel Aviv|ISR|}}

{{OneLegResult|Maccabi Rishon LeZion|ISR|78–85|Hapoel Gilboa Galil|ISR|}}

{{end}}

Second round

The draw of this second round conducted on Friday February 5, at 11:00 EET, at Delasport Bulgaria offices in Sofia.{{cite web |title=Here are the 6 teams in the Second Stage, the draw will take place on Friday |url=https://balkanleague.net/news.php?id=20477 |website=Balkan International Basketball League |access-date=3 February 2021 |date=2 February 2021}}

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.

= Draw =

class="wikitable sortable"
PotTeamCityVenueCapacity
style="border-top: 2px solid #333333;"

! rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ISR}} Pot 1

| Hapoel Gilboa Galil

Gan NerGan Ner Sports Hall2,700
Hapoel HolonHolonHolon Toto Hall5,000
style="border-top: 2px solid #333333;"

! rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BUL}} Pot 2

| Academic Plovdiv

PlovdivArena Sila1,000
BeroeStara ZagoraMunicipal Hall800
style="border-top: 2px solid #333333;"

! rowspan=2| {{flagicon|MKD}} Pot 3

| KK Kumanovo

KumanovoSports Hall Kumanovo6,500
TFT SkopjeSkopjeSRC Kale4,000

=Group F=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?season_id=24&champ_id=111 2020–21 BIBL Group F results]

|team1=HGG|team2=BER|team3=TFT

|update=complete

|win_HGG=3 |loss_HGG=1 |pf_HGG=369 |pa_HGG=282

|win_BER=3 |loss_BER=1 |pf_BER=321 |pa_BER=343

|win_TFT=0 |loss_TFT=4 |pf_TFT=312 |pa_TFT=377

|matches_style=BSR

|match_HGG_BER= 88—53

|match_HGG_TFT= 94—68

|match_BER_HGG= 90—82

|match_BER_TFT= 91—90

|match_TFT_HGG= 71—105

|match_TFT_BER= 83—87

|name_HGG={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil |short_HGG=HGG

|name_BER={{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe | short_BER=BER

|name_TFT={{flagicon|MKD}} TFT Skopje | short_TFT=TFT

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2F | |result2=R2F

|col_R2F=green1 |text_R2F=Advance to Final Four

}}

=Group G=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|show_matches=yes

|source=[http://www.balkanleague.net/en/schedule.php?season_id=24&champ_id=112 2020–21 BIBL Group G results]

|team1=HOL|team2=APL|team3=KUM

|update=complete

|win_HOL=4 |loss_HOL=0 |pf_HOL=373 |pa_HOL=333

|win_APL=2 |loss_APL=2 |pf_APL=346 |pa_APL=330

|win_KUM=0 |loss_KUM=4 |pf_KUM=308 |pa_KUM=364

|matches_style=BSR

|match_HOL_APL= 95—93

|match_HOL_KUM= 98—96

|match_APL_HOL= 70—97

|match_APL_KUM= 96—68

|match_KUM_HOL= 74—83

|match_KUM_APL= 70—87

|name_HOL={{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon |short_HOL=HOL

|name_APL={{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv | short_APL=APL

|name_KUM={{flagicon|MKD}} Kumanovo 2009 | short_KUM=KUM

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=R2F | |result2=R2F

|col_R2F=green1 |text_R2F=Advance to Final Four

}}

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. The Final Four will take place at Holon Toto Hall.{{cite web |title=Delasport Balkan League Final Four 2021 goes to Holon |url=https://balkanleague.net/news.php?id=20562 |publisher=Balkan International Basketball League |access-date=13 April 2021}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=2|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals | RD2=Final | score-width=25

|27 Apr|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon|81|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil|77

|27 Apr|{{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe|62|{{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv|66

|29 Apr|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon|91|{{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv|75

|29 Apr|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil|84|{{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe|67

}}

=Semifinals=

{{Basketballbox collapsible |class = "expanded"

| date = 27 April 2021 | time = 17:30

| report = [https://balkanleague.net/stats.php?id=1674 Boxscore]

| teamA = Beroe {{flagicon|BUL}} | scoreA = 62

| teamB = {{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv | scoreB = 66

| Q1 = 20-15 | Q2 = 13-23 | Q3 = 13-9 | Q4 = 16-19 | OT =

| points1 = Gavin 19

| rebounds1 = Bishop 12

| assist1 = Gavin 6

| rating1 = Gavin 28

| points2 = Tomić 16

| rebounds2 = Tomić 15

| assist2 = Bachev 5

| rating2 = Tomić 29

| arena = Holon Toto Hall | place = Holon | attendance =

| referee = Milosav Kaludjerovic (MNE), Aleksandar Pavlov (MKD), Ofer Manheim (ISR)

| TV =

}}

{{Basketballbox collapsible |class = "expanded"

| date = 27 April 2021 | time = 20:00

| report = [https://balkanleague.net/stats.php?id=1675 Boxscore]

| teamA = Hapoel Holon {{flagicon|ISR}} | scoreA = 81

| teamB = {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Gilboa Galil | scoreB = 77

| Q1 = 27-18 | Q2 = 25-25 | Q3 = 8-21 | Q4 = 21-13 | OT =

| points1 = Miles 18

| rebounds1 = Miles 9

| assist1 = Harris5

| rating1 = Miles 25

| points2 = Ziv 22

| rebounds2 = Floyd 10

| assist2 = Thomasson 6

| rating2 = Ziv 29

| arena = Holon Toto Hall | place = Holon | attendance =

| referee =Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), Ognjen Jokic (MNE), Stylianos Symeonidis (GRE)

| TV =

}}

=Third place=

{{Basketballbox collapsible |class = "expanded" | bg = Tan

| date = 29 April 2021 | time = 17:30

| report = [https://balkanleague.net/stats.php?id=1676 Boxscore]

| teamA = Hapoel Gilboa Galil {{flagicon|ISR}} | scoreA = 84

| teamB = {{flagicon|BUL}} Beroe | scoreB = 67

| Q1 = 14-18 | Q2 = 32-16 | Q3 = 22-14 | Q4 = 16-19 | OT =

| points1 = Blackshear 14

| rebounds1 = Blackshear 7

| assist1 = Beni 6

| rating1 = Blackshear 24

| points2 = Bishop & Gavin 15

| rebounds2 = Bishop 13

| assist2 = Georgiev 4

| rating2 = Bishop 19

| arena = Holon Toto Hall | place = Holon | attendance =

| referee = Milosav Kaludjerovic (MNE), Stylianos Symeonidis (GRE), Aleksandar Pavlov (MKD)

| TV =

}}

=Final=

{{Basketballbox collapsible |class = "expanded" | bg = #ffffd0

| date = 29 April 2021 | time = 20:00

| report = [https://balkanleague.net/stats.php?id=1677 Boxscore]

| teamA = Hapoel Holon {{flagicon|ISR}} | scoreA = 91

| teamB = {{flagicon|BUL}} Academic Plovdiv | scoreB = 75

| Q1 = 23-26 | Q2 = 17-20 | Q3 = 24-20 | Q4 = 27-9 | OT =

| points1 = McGee 20

| rebounds1 = Miles 8

| assist1 = Pnini 6

| rating1 = Pnini 26

| points2 = Tomić 18

| rebounds2 = Gugino 7

| assist2 = Carson 11

| rating2 = Vucica 19

| arena = Holon Toto Hall | place = Holon | attendance =

| referee = Aleksandar Milojevik (MKD), Ognjen Jokic (MNE), Ofer Manheim (ISR)

| TV =

}}

{{winners||2020–21 Balkan League Champions|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Holon|1st}}

References

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