# 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia

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. Crvena zvezda mts is the defending champion.
The First League began on 25 September 2020. The SuperLeague will start in May 2021.

## Teams

A total of 21 teams participated in the 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia.

### Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for the 2020–21 Serbian League :
| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
| First League (16 teams) | 13 teams from the last season 3 highest-placed teams from the Second League | |
| Playoffs (8 teams) | 5 Adriatic League teams (Borac, Crvena zvezda mts, FMP, Mega Soccerbet, Partizan NIS) | 3 highest-placed teams from the First League |

### Promotion and relegation
#### Teams promoted from the Second League

* Radnički Kragujevac
* Sloga
* Pirot

#### Teams relegated to the Second League

* None

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| 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

## Regular season

The 2020–21 regular season began on 25 September 2020.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 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 | — |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Vojvodina | Filip Socek | June 2020 | Off-season | Miroslav Nikolić | June 2020 |
| OKK Beograd | Branko Milisavljević | 5 June 2020 | Off-season | Branislav Ratkovica | 5 June 2020 |
| Novi Pazar | Oliver Popović | June 2020 | Off-season | Darko Kostić | 16 June 2020 |
| Kolubara LA 2003 | Dušan Radović | August 2020 | Off-season | Marko Dimitrijević | August 2020 |
| Sloboda | Vladimir Lučić | 1 November 2020 | 15th (1–5) | Oliver Popović | 1 November 2020 |
| Vršac | Zoran Todorović | 2 November 2020 | 16th (1–5) | Vladimir Lučić | 2 November 2020 |
| Sloga | Saša Pavlović | 9 November 2020 | 14th (2–5) | Zoran Petrović | 9 November 2020 |
| Pirot | Marko Spasić | 15 November 2020 | 12th (2–6) | Filip Socek | 16 November 2020 |
| Sloga | Zoran Petrović | 15 January 2021 | 12th (6–10) | Dragan Kostić | 15 January 2021 |
| 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 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Miro Alilović | 12 February 2021 | 6th (9–11) | Saša Nikitović | 12 February 2021 |
| Tamiš | Bojan Jovičić | 10 March 2021 | 7th (11–12) | Nebojša Vidić | 10 March 2021 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification to Super League and ABA 2 |
| 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 | Relegation to Second League |

## Super League

The Super League was canceled and the qualified teams were played in the Playoffs.

### Qualified teams

| First ABA League | Regular season |
| 1 Crvena zvezda mts 2 Mega Soccerbet 3 Partizan NIS 4 FMP 5 Borac | 1 Mladost MaxBet 2 Vojvodina 3 Zlatibor |

#### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac Čačak | Marko Marinović | Uroš Čarapić | — | P.S. Fashion |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Dejan Radonjić | Branko Lazić | Adidas | mts |
| FMP | Vanja Guša | Radoš Šešlija | Adidas | FMP |
| Mega Soccerbet | Vlada Jovanović | Milenko Tepić | Adidas | 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 | — |

#### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Mega Soccerbet | Dejan Milojević | 1 June 2020 | Off-season | Vlada Jovanović | 1 June 2020 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Dragan Šakota | 8 June 2020 | Off-season | Saša Obradović | 10 June 2020 |
| Partizan NIS | Andrea Trinchieri | 2 July 2020 | Off-season | Vlado Šćepanović | 9 July 2020 |
| Partizan NIS | Vlado Šćepanović | 30 October 2020 | Off-season | Milivoje Lazić (interim) | 30 October 2020 |
| Partizan NIS | Milivoje Lazić (interim) | 5 November 2020 | Off-season | Sašo Filipovski | 5 November 2020 |
| FMP | Vladimir Jovanović | 14 December 2020 | Off-season | Bojan Đerić (interim) | 14 December 2020 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Saša Obradović | 24 December 2020 | Off-season | Dejan Radonjić | 25 December 2020 |
| FMP | Bojan Đerić (interim) | 13 February 2021 | Off-season | Vanja Guša | 13 February 2021 |
| Partizan NIS | Sašo Filipovski | 9 March 2021 | Off-season | Aleksandar Matović | 9 March 2021 |

## Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to start on May 27, 2021, and end on June 13, 2021.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 31 May–1 June | 31 May–1 June | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | 4–6 June | 4–6 June | | |
| Zlatibor | 0 | 4–6 June | 4–6 June | |
| Zlatibor | 0 | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | Borac | 0 | |
| FMP | 0 | Borac | 0 | |
| FMP | 0 | | | | 9–13 June | 9–13 June |
| Borac | 2 | | | | 9–13 June | 9–13 June |
| Borac | 2 | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | | | | Mega Soccerbet | 1 |
| Mega Soccerbet | 2 | | | | Mega Soccerbet | 1 |
| Mega Soccerbet | 2 | 1–5 June | 1–5 June | | | |
| Vojvodina | 0 | 1–5 June | 1–5 June | | | |
| Vojvodina | 0 | Mega Soccerbet | 2 | | | |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | | Mega Soccerbet | 2 | | | |
| 27–29 May | 27–29 May | Partizan NIS | 1 | |
| Partizan NIS | 2 | Partizan NIS | 1 | |
| Mladost MaxBet | 0 | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| 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 | — |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Borac | 101–70 | 80–57 | — |
| Mega Soccerbet | 2–1 | Partizan NIS | 94–86 | 77–81 | 82–68 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2–1 | Mega Soccerbet | 98–69 | 79–86 | 77–65 |
* 2020–21 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
* Crvena zvezda mts 21st title

## Serbian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Crvena zvezda mts | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Partizan NIS | EuroCup | Top 16 |