# 2020–21 BIBL season

The 2020–21 BIBL season is the 12th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). Besides 6 teams from Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia, 12 teams from Israel joined the competition, 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.

## 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 | 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 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | 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 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | 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 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | 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 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | 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 | Advance to Second round | 86–71 | — | 93–80 | 90–83 | 78–83 | 79–81 |
| 3 | Beroe | 10 | 5 | 5 | 878 | 803 | +75 | 15 | Advance to Second round | 85–86 | 105–76 | — | 108–73 | 99–77 | 74–67 |
| 4 | TFT Skopje | 10 | 4 | 6 | 853 | 866 | −13 | 14 | Advance to Second round | 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 | — |

## 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.
| 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.
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

| 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 | 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 | — |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | 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 | — |

## 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.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 27 Apr | 27 Apr |
| Hapoel Holon | 81 |
| Hapoel Holon | 81 | 29 Apr | 29 Apr |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 77 | 29 Apr | 29 Apr |
| Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 77 | Hapoel Holon | 91 |
| 27 Apr | 27 Apr | | Hapoel Holon | 91 |
| 27 Apr | 27 Apr | Academic Plovdiv | 75 |
| Beroe | 62 | Academic Plovdiv | 75 |
| Academic Plovdiv | 66 | | |
| Academic Plovdiv | 66 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 Apr | 29 Apr |
| | | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 84 |
| | | Beroe | 67 |

### Final

* 2020–21 Balkan League Champions
* Hapoel Holon 1st title