Basketball League of Serbia | |
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Season | 2020–21 |
Duration | September 25, 2020 – April 10, 2021 (First League) |
Number of games | 30 each (regular season) |
Number of teams | 16 (regular season) 21 (total) |
TV partner(s) | Arena Sport |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Đorđe Simeunović |
Relegated |
Napredak JKP Pirot |
Finals | |
Champions | Crvena zvezda mts |
Runners-up | Mega Soccerbet |
Semifinalists |
Partizan NIS Borac |
Finals MVP | Ognjen Dobrić |
Records | |
Biggest home win |
Dynamic 111–73
Sloga (3 October 2020) |
Biggest away win |
Dynamic 54–82
Vojvodina (7 February 2021) |
Highest scoring |
Mladost 116–114
Radnički (18 October 2020) |
Winning streak | 22 games Mladost |
Losing streak | 8 games Pirot |
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All statistics correct as of April 7, 2021. |
The 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia ( Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2020–21.) is the 15th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the top-tier professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 77th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of the nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.
The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The Basketball Federation of Serbia ruled that the 13 teams from the previous season will stay in the league and the three highest-placed clubs from Second League will be promoted. The first-placed team from the previous season, Borac, joins the ABA League. [1] [2] Crvena zvezda mts is the defending champion.
The First League began on 25 September 2020. [3] The SuperLeague will start in May 2021. [4]
A total of 21 teams participated in the 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia.
The following is the access list for this season.
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | |
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First League (16 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Team [7] | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Borac | Čačak | Borac Hall | 2,000 |
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 5,878 |
Dunav | Stari Banovci | Park Hall | — |
Dynamic VIP PAY | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Hall | 5,000 |
FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
Kolubara LA 2003 | Lazarevac | Kolubara Sport Center | 1,700 |
Mega Soccerbet | Belgrade | Mega Factory | 700 |
Metalac | Valjevo | Valjevo Sports Hall | 1,500 |
Mladost MaxBet | Zemun | Master Sport Center | 750 |
Napredak JKP | Aleksinac | Aleksinac Sports Hall | 1,400 |
Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar | Pendik Sports Hall | 1,600 |
OKK Beograd | Belgrade | Mega Factory | 700 |
Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386 |
Pirot | Pirot | Pirot Kej Hall | 835 |
Radnički | Kragujevac | Jezero Hall | 3,750 |
Sloboda | Užice | Veliki Park Hall | 2,200 |
Sloga | Kraljevo | Kraljevo Sports Hall | 3,350 |
Tamiš | Pančevo | Strelište Sports Hall | 1,100 |
Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SPC Vojvodina | 7,022 |
Vršac | Vršac | Millennium Center | 4,400 |
Zlatibor | Čajetina | Čajetina Sport Center | 1,000 |
Teams that play in the 2020–21 First Adriatic League | |
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Second Adriatic League |
The 2020–21 regular season began on 25 September 2020. [5]
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Dunav | Mitar Ašćerić | Aleksandar Miljković | Cvetex | — |
Dynamic VIP PAY | Saša Nikitović | Marko Čakarević | Champion | VIP PAY |
Kolubara LA 2003 | Marko Dimitrijević | Nikola Simić | — | EPS / Grad Lazarevac |
Metalac | Vladimir Đokić | Igor Đuković | — | — |
Mladost MaxBet | Dragan Jakovljević | Marko Milenković | Champion | — |
Napredak JKP | Dušan Jelić | Nikola Raičević | — | — |
Novi Pazar | Darko Kostić | Asmir Numanović | — | Admiral |
OKK Beograd | Branislav Ratkovica | Marko Boltić | Adidas | — |
Pirot | Filip Socek | Miodrag Stojanović | — | — |
Radnički Kragujevac | Ivica Vukotić | Raško Katić | Seven | City of Kragujevac |
Sloboda | Oliver Popović | Stefan Simić | Ardu Sport | mts |
Sloga | Dragan Kostić | Uroš Mirković | — | — |
Tamiš | Nebojša Vidić | Saša Radović | — | — |
Vojvodina | Miroslav Nikolić | Aleksa Zarić | Peak | — |
Vršac | Vladimir Lučić | Miloš Savović | Spirit | Villager / Element |
Zlatibor | Strajin Nedović | Bogdan Riznić | Ardu Sport | — |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Vojvodina | Filip Socek | June 2020 | Off-season | Miroslav Nikolić | June 2020 | |
OKK Beograd | Branko Milisavljević | 5 June 2020 | Branislav Ratkovica | 5 June 2020 | [8] [9] | |
Novi Pazar | Oliver Popović | June 2020 | Darko Kostić | 16 June 2020 | [10] [11] | |
Kolubara LA 2003 | Dušan Radović | August 2020 | Marko Dimitrijević | August 2020 | [12] | |
Sloboda | Vladimir Lučić | 1 November 2020 | 15th (1–5) | Oliver Popović | 1 November 2020 | [13] |
Vršac | Zoran Todorović | 2 November 2020 | 16th (1–5) | Vladimir Lučić | 2 November 2020 | [13] |
Sloga | Saša Pavlović | 9 November 2020 | 14th (2–5) | Zoran Petrović | 9 November 2020 | [14] |
Pirot | Marko Spasić | 15 November 2020 | 12th (2–6) | Filip Socek | 16 November 2020 | [15] |
Sloga | Zoran Petrović | 15 January 2021 | 12th (6–10) | Dragan Kostić | 15 January 2021 | [16] |
Radnički | Igor Todorović | 23 January 2021 | 16th (6–10) | Ivica Vukotić | 23 January 2021 | |
Napredak JKP | Nebojša Raičević | 8 February 2021 | 12th (7–13) | Dušan Jelić | 8 February 2021 | [17] [18] |
Dynamic VIP PAY | Miro Alilović | 12 February 2021 | 6th (9–11) | Saša Nikitović | 12 February 2021 | [19] |
Tamiš | Bojan Jovičić | 10 March 2021 | 7th (11–12) | Nebojša Vidić | 10 March 2021 | [20] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Mladost MaxBet | 30 | 28 | 2 | 2868 | 2583 | +285 | 58 | Qualification to
Super League and ABA 2 |
2 | Vojvodina | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2631 | 2266 | +365 | 56 | |
3 | Zlatibor | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2625 | 2476 | +149 | 49 | Qualification to Super League |
4 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2670 | 2600 | +70 | 46 | |
5 | Novi Pazar | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2491 | 2490 | +1 | 46 | |
6 | Vršac | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2617 | 2657 | −40 | 45 | |
7 | Sloboda | 30 | 15 | 15 | 2555 | 2463 | +92 | 45 | |
8 | Tamiš | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2560 | 2554 | +6 | 44 | |
9 | Kolubara LA 2003 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 2460 | 2588 | −128 | 43 | |
10 | OKK Beograd | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2525 | 2527 | −2 | 42 | |
11 | Radnički | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2660 | 2725 | −65 | 42 | |
12 | Metalac | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2296 | 2472 | −176 | 42 | |
13 | Sloga | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2431 | 2604 | −173 | 41 | |
14 | Dunav | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2516 | 2684 | −168 | 41 | |
15 | Napredak JKP | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2507 | 2561 | −54 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
16 | Pirot | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2385 | 2547 | −162 | 39 |
The Super League was canceled and the qualified teams were played in the Playoffs. [21]
First ABA League | Regular season |
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Crvena zvezda mts 2 Mega Soccerbet 3 Partizan NIS 4 FMP 5 Borac |
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Mladost MaxBet 2 Vojvodina 3 Zlatibor |
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Borac Čačak | Marko Marinović | Uroš Čarapić | — | P.S. Fashion |
Crvena zvezda mts | Dejan Radonjić | Branko Lazić | Adidas | mts |
FMP | Vanja Guša | Radoš Šešlija | FMP | |
Mega Soccerbet | Vlada Jovanović | Milenko Tepić | Soccerbet / Tehnomanija | |
Mladost MaxBet | Dragan Jakovljević | Marko Milenković | Champion | — |
Partizan NIS | Aleksandar Matović | Novica Veličković | Under Armour | NIS / mts |
Vojvodina | Miroslav Nikolić | Aleksa Zarić | Peak | — |
Zlatibor | Strajin Nedović | Bogdan Riznić | Ardu Sport | — |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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Mega Soccerbet | Dejan Milojević | 1 June 2020 | Off-season | Vlada Jovanović | 1 June 2020 | [22] |
Crvena zvezda mts | Dragan Šakota | 8 June 2020 | Saša Obradović | 10 June 2020 | [23] | |
Partizan NIS | Andrea Trinchieri | 2 July 2020 | Vlado Šćepanović | 9 July 2020 | [24] [25] | |
Vlado Šćepanović | 30 October 2020 | Milivoje Lazić (interim) | 30 October 2020 | [26] | ||
Milivoje Lazić (interim) | 5 November 2020 | Sašo Filipovski | 5 November 2020 | [27] | ||
FMP | Vladimir Jovanović | 14 December 2020 | Bojan Đerić (interim) | 14 December 2020 | [28] | |
Crvena zvezda mts | Saša Obradović | 24 December 2020 | Dejan Radonjić | 25 December 2020 | [29] [30] | |
FMP | Bojan Đerić (interim) | 13 February 2021 | Vanja Guša | 13 February 2021 | [31] [32] | |
Partizan NIS | Sašo Filipovski | 9 March 2021 | Aleksandar Matović | 9 March 2021 | [33] |
The playoffs are scheduled to start on May 27, 2021, and end on June 13, 2021. [34]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
31 May–1 June | ||||||||||
Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |||||||||
4–6 June | ||||||||||
Zlatibor | 0 | |||||||||
Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |||||||||
27–29 May | ||||||||||
Borac | 0 | |||||||||
FMP | 0 | |||||||||
9–13 June | ||||||||||
Borac | 2 | |||||||||
Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |||||||||
27–29 May | ||||||||||
Mega Soccerbet | 1 | |||||||||
Mega Soccerbet | 2 | |||||||||
1–5 June | ||||||||||
Vojvodina | 0 | |||||||||
Mega Soccerbet | 2 | |||||||||
27–29 May | ||||||||||
Partizan NIS | 1 | |||||||||
Partizan NIS | 2 | |||||||||
Mladost MaxBet | 0 | |||||||||
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Zlatibor | 74–56 | 91–68 | — |
FMP | 0–2 | Borac | 67–77 | 85–92 | — |
Mega Soccerbet | 2–0 | Vojvodina | 77–66 | 95–87 | — |
Partizan NIS | 2–0 | Mladost MaxBet | 70–50 | 94–84 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Borac | 101–70 | 80–57 | — |
Mega Soccerbet | 2–1 | Partizan NIS | 94–86 | 77–81 | 82–68 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Crvena zvezda mts | 2–1 | Mega Soccerbet | 98–69 | 79–86 | 77–65 |
2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia Champions |
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Crvena zvezda mts 21st title |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Crvena zvezda mts | EuroLeague | Regular season |
Partizan NIS | EuroCup | Top 16 |