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Energa Basket Liga
Season2020–21
Dates27 August 2020 – 6 May 2021
Teams16
TV partner(s)Polsat Sport
Regular season
Top seedZastal Zielona Góra
Season MVPUnited States Geoffrey Groselle
RelegatedPolpharma Starogard Gdański
Finals
ChampionsArged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(1st title)
  Runners-upEnea Zastal BC Zielona Góra
Third placeWKS Śląsk Wrocław
Fourth placeLegia Warszawa
Finals MVPPoland Jakub Garbacz
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jabarie Hinds 21.7
Rebounds Croatia Ivica Radić 9.1
Assists United States Corey Sanders 7.4
Index Rating United States Geoffrey Groselle 22.3
All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2020–21 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 87th season of the Polish Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Poland. Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra were the defending champions.[1]

Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski won its first ever national championship.

Teams

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16 teams were scheduled to participate this season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were no relegation or promotion.[1]

Locations and venues

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Location of teams in the 2020–21 PLK season
Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Asseco Arka Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Sports Arena 5,500
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Hala Sportowa Stal 1,200
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz Artego Arena 1,470
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice Arena 13,752
Mała Arena 1,092
HydroTruck Radom Radom ZSE Radom 1,200
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
Polpharma Starogard Gdański Starogard Gdański Argo-Kociewie 2,500
Polski Cukier Toruń Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Hala Orbita 3,000
Spójnia Stargard Stargard Hala Miejska 2,500
TBV Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin Azoty Arena 7,403
Zastal Zielona Góra Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zastal Zielona Góra 30 27 3 2853 2357 +496 57 Advance to playoffs
2 Legia Warszawa 30 21 9 2540 2306 +234 51
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (C) 30 20 10 2547 2384 +163 50
4 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 30 20 10 2513 2377 +136 50
5 Trefl Sopot 30 19 11 2531 2379 +152 49
6 Start Lublin 30 17 13 2433 2414 +19 47
7 King Szczecin 30 17 13 2354 2415 −61 47
8 Spójnia Stargard 30 16 14 2505 2472 +33 46
9 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 30 14 16 2470 2539 −69 44
10 Polski Cukier Toruń 30 12 18 2579 2623 −44 42
11 Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 30 12 18 2572 2677 −105 42
12 GTK Gliwice 30 11 19 2455 2550 −95 41
13 Anwil Włocławek 30 10 20 2481 2580 −99 40
14 HydroTruck Radom 30 10 20 2333 2485 −152 40
15 Asseco Arka Gdynia 30 8 22 2233 2584 −351 38
16 Polpharma Starogard Gdański 30 6 24 2558 2815 −257 36 Relegation to I Liga
Source: PLK
(C) Champions


Results

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Home \ Away ANW GDY WRO STA GTK RAD LEG BYD MKS POL TOR SPO LUB SOP SZC ZIE
Anwil Włocławek — 86–78 93–78 90–71 98–82 97–86 86–78 90–71 98–101 89–96 77–75 84–96 78–94 74–89 75–78 67–90
Arka Gdynia 80–84 — 63–102 74–64 94–84 76–70 83–92 75–78 85–76 92–90 72–88 82–92 68–79 71–100 95–74 76–104
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 107–77 110–76 — 98–97 80–72 75–97 73–68 90–66 71–82 107–75 82–70 95–94 91–77 82–85 91–73 58–78
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 88–79 87–54 76–72 — 83–61 94–89 89–81 78–86 83–70 81–75 85–80 98–105 79–74 95–73 91–59 90–80
GTK Gliwice 81–87 97–89 85–91 81–102 — 75–83 80–89 91–83 77–84 91–77 88–74 84–78 85–80 95–82 81–72 86–92
HydroTruck Radom 70–64 84–73 67–87 73–83 87–80 — 71–70 72–85 81–74 77–85 99–80 73–75 65–76 60–80 83–73 70–93
Legia Warsaw 85–76 76–69 67–69 89–73 95–85 79–57 — 98–81 93–70 104–93 84–64 77–73 74–72 78–72 137–43 78–85
Enea Astoria Bydgoszcz 99–96 103–73 91–83 88–109 68–88 92–97 85–75 — 90–78 94–89 98–92 84–88 89–92 77–82 73–83 87–101
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 87–84 78–80 82–88 93–100 86–74 87–84 89–79 89–86 — 102–90 81–74 99–90 81–78 72–81 89–93 69–97
Polpharma Starogard Gdański 102–95 102–67 87–103 67–72 92–81 93–85 90–97 77–98 91–99 — 87–94 93–106 91–100 92–117 80–88 77–103
Polski Cukier Toruń 94–85 94–79 91–96 83–96 78–65 81–67 94–102 112–102 94–99 99–90 — 108–95 104–98 88–83 102–83 94–88
Spójnia Stargard 77–67 80–64 73–74 84–83 84–78 84–71 73–79 86–95 82–67 71–60 86–79 — 70–65 83–63 64–72 80–97
Start Lublin 78–74 76–61 79–76 62–82 70–75 86–78 79–82 107–101 76–74 82–78 82–73 87–86 — 80–91 94–85 90–103
Trefl Sopot 96–83 73–78 79–60 82–66 80–110 80–70 74–81 107–78 72–66 110–76 96–67 91–81 70–76 — 77–82 71–76
King Szczecin 80–71 82–50 79–65 77–67 100–70 97–87 60–70 75–68 73–67 101–74 74–71 105–80 70–78 81–83 — 80–99
Zastal Zielona Góra 93–77 104–58 80–84 105–85 92–73 101–80 98–83 104–76 95–79 110–89 94–82 98–89 90–75 101–82 92–72 —
Source: PLK
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2–2–1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2–2–1–1–1).

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Zastal Zielona Góra 3
8 Spójnia Stargard 1
1 Zastal Zielona Góra 3
4 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 0
4 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3
5 Trefl Sopot 1
1 Zastal Zielona Góra 2
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 4
2 Legia Warszawa 3
7 King Szczecin 1
2 Legia Warszawa 0 Third place
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3
3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3 2 Legia Warszawa 1
6 Start Lublin 1 4 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 2

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zastal Zielona Góra 3–1 Spójnia Stargard 90–70 89–74 77–82 91–80 —
Legia Warszawa 3–1 King Szczecin 99–91 90–67 81–88 79–72 —
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3–1 Start Lublin 106–81 94–100 87–83 109–101 —
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3–1 Trefl Sopot 76–71 91–72 90–92 83–81 —

Semifinals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zastal Zielona Góra 3–0 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 97–90 87–76 80–75 — —
Legia Warszawa 0–3 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 80–85 67–80 87–95 — —

Third place series

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Legia Warszawa 1–2 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 84–72 73–84 85–86

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Zastal Zielona Góra 2–4 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 89–75 71–87 81–90 80–95 105–101 85–92 —

Awards

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All official awards of the 2020–21 PLK season.

Season awards

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Award Player Team Ref.
PLK Most Valuable Player United States Geoffrey Groselle Zastal Zielona Góra [2]
PLK Finals MVP Poland Jakub Garbacz BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [3]
PLK Best Defender Croatia Ivan Ramljak Śląsk Wrocław [2]
PLK Best Polish Player Poland Jakub Garbacz BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [2]
PLK Best Coach Croatia Žan Tabak Zastal Zielona Góra [4]
All-PLK Team Denmark Gabriel Lundberg Zastal Zielona Góra [4]
United States Lee Moore MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Poland Jakub Garbacz BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Latvia Rolands Freimanis Zastal Zielona Góra
United States Geoffrey Groselle Zastal Zielona Góra

MVP of the Round

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Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1 United States Deishuan Booker Anwil Włocławek 24 [5]
2 Poland Mateusz Zębski Wilki Morskie Szczecin 27 [6]
3 Poland Kacper Borowski Start Lublin 23 [7]
4 Poland Krzysztof Szubarga Arka Gdynia 18 [8]
5 United States Nick Neal HydroTruck Radom 35 [9]
6 Poland Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz Asseco Arka Gdynia 28 & 14 [10]
7 Poland Damian Kulig Polski Cukier Toruń 27 [11]
8 Poland Aaron Cel Polski Cukier Toruń 31 & 23 [12]
9 Poland Jakub Karolak Legia Warszawa 31 [13]
10 United States Lee Moore MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 42 & 15 [14]
11 Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław 26 & 22 [15]
12 Poland Filip Matczak PGE Spójnia Stargard 36 [16]
13 United States McKenzie Moore Anwil Włocławek 39 [17]
14 Poland Przemysław Żołnierewicz (2) Arka Gdynia 24 & 17 [18]
15 United States Geoffrey Groselle Zastal Zielona Góra 41 [19]
16 Latvia Martins Laksa Start Lublin 32 [20]
17 Poland Jakub Garbacz Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów 22 [21]
18 Poland Jakub Garbacz (2) Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów 15 & 23 [22]
19 Poland Mateusz Zębski (2) Wilki Morskie Szczecin 27 [23]
20 Poland Andrzej Mazurczak MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 34 [24]
21 United States Lester Medford Legia Warszawa 38 [25]
22 Poland Łukasz Kolenda Trefl Sopot 22 [26]
23 United States Jabarie Hinds HydroTruck Radom 39 [27]
24 Poland Aleksander Dziewa (2) WKS Śląsk Wrocław 25 [28]
25 Poland Andrzej Mazurczak (2) MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 26 [29]
26 Poland Aleksander Dziewa (3) WKS Śląsk Wrocław 25 [30]
27 Poland Paweł Leończyk Trefl Sopot 28 & 25 [31]

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team EFF Ref.
2020
October Poland Damian Kulig Polski Cukier Toruń 20.7 [32]
November Poland Aleksander Dziewa WKS Śląsk Wrocław 20.6 [33]
December Poland Jakub Garbacz Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów 17.8 [34]
2021
January Poland Jakub Garbacz Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów 19.3 [35]
February Not awarded
March United States Chris Smith Arged BM Slam Stal Ostrów 21.2 [36]

Polish clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Start Lublin Champions League Regular season
Anwil Włocławek Qualifying rounds
FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Finalist

Polish clubs in Regional competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Zastal Zielona Góra VTB United League Quarterfinalist
Śląsk Wroclaw Alpe Adria Cup Cancelled
Legia Warsaw Cancelled

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2020/21". plk.pl. 2021-03-23.
  3. ^ "Jakub Garbacz MVP finałów EBL". plk.pl. 2021-05-06.
  4. ^ a b "Najlepsza piątka sezonu zasadniczego EBL 2020/21". plk.pl. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  5. ^ "Deishuan Booker MVP 1. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mateusz Zębski MVP 2. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Kacper Borowski MVP 3. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Krzysztof Szubarga MVP 4. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nickolas Neal MVP 5. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Przemysław Żołnierewicz MVP 6. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  11. ^ "Damian Kulig MVP 7. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  12. ^ "Aaron Cel MVP 8. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jakub Karolak MVP 9. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "Lee Moore MVP 10. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "Aleksander Dziewa MVP 11. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  16. ^ "Filip Matczak MVP 12. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  17. ^ "McKenzie Moore MVP 13. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  18. ^ "Przemysław Żołnierewicz MVP 14. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  19. ^ "Geoffrey Groselle MVP 15. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  20. ^ "Martins Laksa MVP 16. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  21. ^ "Jakub Garbacz MVP 17. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  22. ^ "Jakub Garbacz MVP 18. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  23. ^ "Mateusz Zębski MVP 19. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  24. ^ "Andrzej Mazurczak MVP 20. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  25. ^ "Lester Medford MVP 21. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  26. ^ "Łukasz Kolenda MVP 22. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  27. ^ "Jabarie Hinds MVP 23. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  28. ^ "Aleksander Dziewa MVP 24. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  29. ^ "Andrzej Mazurczak MVP 25. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  30. ^ "Aleksander Dziewa MVP 26. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  31. ^ "Paweł Leończyk MVP 27. tygodnia EBL". plk.pl. March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  32. ^ "Damian Kulig MVP października". plk.pl. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  33. ^ "Aleksander Dziewa MVP listopada". plk.pl. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  34. ^ "Jakub Garbacz MVP grudnia". plk.pl. January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  35. ^ "Jakub Garbacz MVP stycznia". plk.pl. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  36. ^ "Chris Smith MVP lutego i marca". plk.pl. April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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