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2020-21 EuroLeague and EuroCup Teams

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The last season was not able to be completed and the dates for the upcoming season are not set in stone yet, but the teams who applied for continental competition were revealed on Monday.  4 teams will be in the EuroLeague qualifiers to join the 14 teams that have already advanced to the regular season.  6 teams will contest EuroCup qualifiers to join the 30 teams directly playing in the regular season and 2 teams that lose EuroLeague qualifiers.  Draws will be conducted on August 17th, but the final format will likely not be decided until next month.

Announcement

EuroLeague:

Since there are four qualifiers, the matchups were already drawn to fit the regional groups format of EuroCup.  Izmit of Turkey will face DVTK of Hungary with the loser joining EuroCup’s Eastern Conference.  Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe looks to provide Romanian representation to the competition, but will face a tough task in avoiding EuroCup’s Western Conference against Girona of Spain.

There are plenty of familiar names in the regular season already.  Russian powerhouses Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and Nadezhda Orenburg are back.  France was also able to secure three direct places with Bourges, Lyon, and Landes.  Turkey will need qualifiers to join those two countries with three teams, but Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce and Galatasaray will be there.  Avenida of Spain is back in the picture as they and Sopron of Hungary will wait to see if their domestic rivals will join them.  Arka Gdynia of Poland, USK Praha of the Czech Republic, Schio of Italy, and Riga of Latvia will be the sole representatives from their countries.

EuroCup:

There will be no need for qualifiers in the Eastern Conference with 15 direct spots awarded and the last place reserved for the team dropping from EuroLeague qualification.  There will definitely be a group with multiple Turkish teams as Orman, Kayseri, Elazig, Adana, and Hatay will be participating.  There will also be plenty of Hungarian representation with Szekszard, Gyor, and Cegled.  Moscow based Spartak and MBA will be the Russian contingent, meaning that teams will not need to plan for some of the long journeys to the east of past seasons.  Gorzow of Poland, KP Brno of the Czech Republic, Umea of Sweden, and Elitzur Ramla of Israel will return to the competition and be the only teams from their countries.  Prometey joins to give Ukraine a representative.

All the necessary qualifying series will be in the Western Conference and the teams have already been split for draw purposes.  Hainaut of France, Clarinos of Spain, and Namur of Belgium will be in a pot while the other will consist Mechelen of Belgium, Winterthur of Switzerland, and Grengewald Hueschtert, which will try to give the competition a representative from Luxembourg.

Reyer Venezia of Italy and Fribourg of Switzerland have direct spots while most of the others will be claimed by the same three countries.  Landerneau, Carolo, Roche, and Villeneuve give France the lead in teams in this half right now.  Gernika, Valencia, and Sedis are the teams from Spain while Braine, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, and Boom are from Belgium.

WSBL Playoffs June 19th-20th

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Finals:

The playoffs started on Friday as conditions in Taiwan continued to allow the end portion of the season to be held in an arena instead of the gymnasium that hosted the early portion of the season and increasing numbers of fans were able to attend.  There was no suspense in Game 1 as Lin Yu-Tin led Cathay Life Insurance past Taiyuan Textile 87-44.  The series concluded on Saturday with Taiyuan Textile keeping it respectable, but losing to Cathay Life Insurance 82-62.  Chen Yu-Chun paced the champions on her way to the Finals MVP award.

June 19, 2020

Cathay Life Insurance Insurance vs. Taiyuan Textile 87-44 CLI Lin 20 Chen 13/7r Huang 11 Lo 10 TYT Lin 12 Peng 10

June 20, 2020

Taiyuan Textile vs. Cathay Life Insurance 62-82 TYT Tsai 14/12r Lin 14/6r Zhuo 13 Peng 10 CLI Chen 19/7r Huang 11

3rd Place:

The consolation series was also played over the weekend as the first game of each day.  On Friday, Chunghwa Telecom took care of business with a 52-43 win over Taiwan Power.  On Saturday, Taiwan Power looked set to extend the series, but Chunghwa Telecom used a strong second half to win 71-67 and avoid a deciding game.

June 19, 2020

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 52-43 CHT Huang 16/11r Pan 11 TWP Yang 15/13r

June 20, 2020

Taiwan Power vs. Chunghwa Telecom 67-71 TWP Yang 18/8r Su 14/7r Liu 11/6a CHT Pan 18/8r Hsu 18/8r Huang 16/10r

Game 1s Video:

Game 2s Video:

WSBL Week 4 June 11th-16th

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June 11, 2020

After a long break, the final week of the regular season started on Thursday.  Cheng I-Hsiu led Cathay Life Insurance to another win as they breezed past Taiyuan Textile 93-58.  Su Yi-Rou and Taiwan Power continued to challenge the teams in the middle, but Huang Hsiang-Ting helped Chunghwa Telecom win 68-62.

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Taiyuan Textile 93-58 CLI Cheng 24/6r Lin 14 Chen 12/6r TYT Hsieh 11 Chen 11 Lin 11 Shen 10

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 68-62 CHT Huang 23/8r Pan 12/8a Hsieh 10/7r TWP Su 23 Liu 12/7a

June 12, 2020

On Friday, Cathay Life Insurance rolled again, this time past Chunghwa Telecom 101-51.  Peng Hsiao-Tong and Taiyuan Textile used a big second half to beat Taiwan Power 80-62.

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Chunghwa Telecom 101-51 CLI Lin 19 Lo 18 Cheng 12/8r Chen 12 Huang 10 CHT Liu 13

Taiwan Power vs. Taiyuan Textile 62-80 TWP Su 10 Liu 10 TYT Peng 23 Lin 19 Zhuo 17

June 13, 2020

On Saturday, Lin Yu-Ting nearly scored enough points on her own to win as Cathay Life Insurance breezed past Taiwan Power 98-36.  Lin Wen-Yu and Taiyuan Textile have the advantage heading into the playoffs after beating Chunghwa Telecom 73-56.

Taiwan Power vs. Cathay Life Insurance 36-98 TWP Lin 10 CLI Lin 30/7r/7a Chen Y-C 18/12r Cheng 11/8r Lan 11 Lo 10/6r Chen W-A 10

Taiyuan Textile vs. Chunghwa Telecom 73-56 TYT Lin Wen-Yu 23/8r Lin Wan-Yu 18 Peng 11 CHT Pan 15 Huang 11/6r

June 16, 2020

The last day of the regular season was Tuesday and neither game was going to have any impact on the final standings.  That showed in the first game as Chunghwa Telecom capitulated in a 74-47 loss to Taiwan Power.  Cathay Life Insurance completed another undefeated regular season with a 104-60 win over Taiyuan Textile.  The playoffs will start this weekend.

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 47-74 CHT Huang 11/10r TWP Yang 16/12r Liu 14/6s Kuo 13/7a

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Taiyuan Textile 104-60 CLI Lin 16/7a Lo 15 Huang 12/10r Wang 10 Chen Y-C 10 Chen W-A 10 Lan 10 TYT Hsieh 14 Peng 11 Lin 10

Standings: Cathay Life Insurance 15-0, Taiyuan Textile 7-8, Chunghwa Telecom 5-10, Taiwan Power 3-12

WSBL Week 3 May 25th-28th

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May 25, 2020

After a week of rest, play resumed on Monday.  Liu Hsi-Yeh had a strong game for Taiwan Power, but they lost to Cathay Life Insurance 91-60.  Taiyuan Textile beat Chunghwa Telecom 73-50 as both teams continue their battle for the other spot in the finals.

Taiwan Power vs. Cathay Life Insurance 60-91 TWP Liu 22 Yang 11 CLI Lin 15/8a Huang 13 Wu 11 Chen Y-C 11 Chen W-A 10

Taiyuan Textile vs. Chunghwa Telecom 73-50 TYT Lin 19/8r Zhuo 16 Tsai 10 CHT Huang 13/8r

May 27, 2020

After a day off, the next pair of games was on Wednesday.  Cheng I-Hsiu fired Cathay Life Insurance past Chunghwa Telecom 94-69.  Liu Hsi-Yeh led Taiwan Power again, this time helping them complete a comeback to upset Taiyuan Textile 64-59 and prove that they are ready to at least compete with the middle two teams and not just roll over every game.

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Chunghwa Telecom 94-69 CLI Cheng 33/14r/8a Lin 14 Chen 11/6r Lo 11 CHT Lin 15/7r Liu 13/6a

Taiyuan Textile vs. Taiwan Power 59-64 TYT Lin 16/10r Tsai 15/9r Chang 14 TWP Liu 21/7r Kuo 13/7r Yang 10

May 28, 2020

This week of games finished on Thursday with Cathay Life Insurance rolling again, this time past Taiwan Power 93-53.  Chunghwa Telecom fell behind early, but Huang Hsiang-Ting and Lin Yu-Shu helped them send an impressive message to Taiyuan Textile with an 87-58 win.  The teams now get two weeks off before the last week of the regular season.

Taiwan Power vs. Cathay Life Insurance 53-93 TWP Chuang 10 CLI Cheng 18/9r Huang 12 Chen 11/7r Wang 10/6r

Taiyuan Textile vs. Chunghwa Telecom 58-87 TYT Zhuo 11 Lin 10 CHT Huang 26/13r Lin 20 Liu 13 Yang 10/6r

Standings: Cathay Life Insurance 11-0, Taiyuan Textile 5-6, Chunghwa Telecom 4-7, Taiwan Power 2-9

WSBL Week 2 May 13th-17th

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May 13, 2020

Another week of play started with a pair of games on Wednesday.  Chen Wei-An led Cathay Life Insurance past Taiwan Power 97-35.  Lin Wen-Yu helped Taiyuan Textile get the advantage over Chunghwa Telecom with an 83-68 win.

Taiwan Power vs. Cathay Life Insurance 35-97 TWP Liu 14 CLI Chen 21 Wang 17/6r Ou 14/6r

Taiyuan Textile vs. Chunghwa Telecom 83-68 TYT Lin 20/8r Peng 16 Tsai 13/14r Zhuo 12 CHT Huang 17 Hsu 16/9r Pan 15/7r Hsieh 13

May 14, 2020

Thursday started with a monumental upset as Taiwan Power kept it close in the first half and then exploded out of the break to best Pan Tzu-Yin and Chunghwa Telecom 78-61.  Lin Yu-Ting and Cathay Life Insurance made sure that there would be no other surprises as they nearly doubled up Taiyuan Textile in a 114-58 win.

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 61-78 CHT Pan 23/6r/7a Huang 16/8r TWP Liu 19/7 Lin 18 Su 13/8r Yang 11

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Taiyuan Textile 114-58 CLI Lin 23/6a Huang 13/6r/11a Chen Y-C 13 Chen W-A 13 Lo 12 Ou 10 TYT Lin 14

May 16, 2020

On Saturday, Taiwan Power could not continue the momentum, losing to Peng Hsiao-Tong and Taiyuan Textile 82-67.  Cathay Life Insurance continued to roll, beating Chunghwa Telecom 96-49.

Taiwan Power vs. Taiyuan Textile 67-82 TWP Liu 15/7a Su 13/8r Chen 12 TYT Peng 28 Zhuo 19 Lin 18

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Chunghwa Telecom 96-49 CLI Lo 17 Chen W-A 14 Cheng 10/9r Chen Y-C 10 CHT Yang 11

May 17, 2020

On Sunday, Cathay Life Insurance breezed past Taiyuan Textile 117-47.  Chunghwa Telecom was wary of being upset again and started well, but still ended up sweating it out late before beating Taiwan Power 66-61.  After the frenetic start to the season with more than half of the games played, the teams will now get more than a week of rest before the next set of games.

Taiyuan Textile vs. Cathay Life Insurance 47-117 TYT Zhuo 9 CLI Lin 18/6r Cheng 16/10r Huang 15 Han 14/7r/6a Lo 12 Chen W-A 12/6a Chen Y-C 10

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 66-61 CHT Liu 19 Hsieh 17/7r Pan 12 Yang 10 TWP Kuo 14 Lai 12 Liu 10

Standings: Cathay Life Insurance 8-0, Taiyuan Textile 4-4, Chunghwa Telecom 3-5, Taiwan Power 1-7

WSBL Week 1 May 6th-May 10th

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Basketball leagues around the world are in limbo at this time, but play did start in Taiwan this week.  The Women’s Super Basketball League has four corporate-sponsored teams and their regular season will have a fifteen game season with games played at a neutral site with no fans.  Starting later this year might have created the opportunity to bring in some of the best national team players who usually play on the mainland while their home league is playing, but that did not end up being the case.  Eleven Sports Taiwan is planning on streaming games, which are usually played on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 5pm and 7pm local time or 5am and 7am Eastern Daylight Time, via their YouTube channel.

May 6, 2020

The first game of the season saw Taiyuan Textile start strong in an 80-58 win over Taiwan Power.  Wednesday’s other game saw Lin Yu-Ting and presumptive favorites Cathay Life Insurance beat Chunghwa Telecom 90-72.

Taiwan Power vs. Taiyuan Textile 58-80 TWP Kuo 11 Liu 10 TYT Lin 17 Lin 11

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Chunghwa Telecom 90-72 CLI Lin 26/7a Lo 11 Huang 11 Han 10 CHT Huang 18 Pan 13 Hsieh 10

May 7, 2020

On Thursday, Cathay Life Insurance continued to show that they are the team to beat with a 92-54 win over Taiyuan Textile.  Lin Yu-Shu led Chunghwa Telecom past Taiwan Power 86-49.

Taiyuan Textile vs. Cathay Life Insurance 54-92 TYT Chen 13 Lin 10 CLI Lo 15 Lin 13/7r/6a Chen 12 Han 10/9r Cheng 10

Chunghwa Telecom vs. Taiwan Power 86-49 CHT Lin 21 Hsieh 12/8r Hsu 11 TWP Liu 15

May 9, 2020

The teams got a day off before resuming play on Saturday.  Liu Hsi-Yeh had a strong game for Taiwan Power, but Cathay Life Insurance had no trouble winning 93-65.  The first game in the likely battle for second and third place saw Huang Hsiang-Ting and Yang Shih-Hui lead Chunghwa Telecom past Taiyuan Textile 80-69.

Taiwan Power vs. Cathay Life Insurance 65-93 TWP Liu 24 Lin 11 CLI Chen 17/6r Lan 14 Cheng 10 Wang 10

Taiyuan Textile vs. Chunghwa Telecom 69-80 TYT Peng 13 Zhuo 13 Lin 10/6r CHT Huang 26 Yang 23 Pan 10/9r

May 10, 2020

The week ended with Sunday games as Cathay Life Insurance rolled past Chunghwa Telecom 88-61.  Liu Hsi-Yeh led Taiwan Power again as they chased an elusive win, but Taiyuan Textile rallied late to win 91-87.

Cathay Life Insurance vs. Chunghwa Telecom 88-61 CLI Chen 19 Lin 17/6r Huang 13/8r/7a Lan 13 Cheng 10/6r CHT Huang 17/10r Lin 19

Taiyuan Textile vs. Taiwan Power 91-87 TYT Peng 19 Lin 17/9r Zhuo 16 TWP Liu 20/8r Yu 19 Lin 14 Yang 11 Su 10/6r

Standings: Cathay Life Insurance 4-0, Chunghwa Telecom 2-2, Taiyuan Textile 2-2, Taiwan Power 0-4

2019-2020 Attendance Project

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Leagues around the world have now been interrupted in these uncertain times.  Over the course of the season, we have been doing our best to compile attendance statistics from Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and Turkey for comparison purposes.  With games being played without spectators and ultimately postponed, these figures are not quite complete.  Australia and the Czech Republic did finish their regular seasons, so their data can be used for accurate evaluation.  All figures used are as reported by the league with no further verification.

Australia:

We have complete data for every team except for Southside, which averaged 958 spectators in the 9 out of 11 games that provided figures.  Adelaide, Bendigo, and Melbourne also hosted 11 games and the other four teams hosted 10 games.

Team Attendance
Melbourne 1773
Townsville 1644
Canberra 1392
Adelaide 1014
Perth 886
Bendigo 470
Sydney 412

Melbourne ended up as the league leaders in attendance despite a slow start at the gate.  Townsville finished behind them, impressively drawing their two biggest crowds at the end of the season despite being completely out of the playoff picture and working to avoid last place instead.  Adelaide had a promising season at the gate after changing team ownership and Southside’s numbers that were available looked solid.  Perth will be the team to watch in the future as their ownership situation will need to be resolved.

As might be expected, crowds increased for the playoffs.  Adelaide drew 1806 fans in the game where they were eliminated.  Melbourne drew 3,116 fans in their lone home game.  Southside brought in 1,269 in the first game of the semifinals and then opened the finals in front of 1,956.  Canberra had 2,492 and 2,201 in their two semifinals games before winning the title in front of 4,481 fans.

Czech Republic:

Strakonice was omitted because there were only attendance figures for two of their games, 65 and 78 for their final two home games.  Each team hosted 9 games and there is data for all of the games of KP Brno, USK Prague, Ostrava, and Slovanka with one game missing for the other teams.

Team Attendance
Chomutov 515
KP Brno 355
Lokomotiva Trutnov 214
Hradec Kralove 189
Brno 119
USK Prague 100
Slavia Prague 99
Ostrava 80
Slovanka 78

The attendance story here is certainly Chomutov, the newcomers to the division.  Their opening game attendance was the only game to reach four figures and attendance settled in at around 500 until a dip at the end of the season.  That opening attendance was larger than the cumulative attendance of USK Prague for all nine games, which highlights the difference in business model in play in most of Europe as the league powerhouse boasts two WNBA players, a number of high level players from other European countries, and some of the top Czech players while averaging 100 fans in league play, even though they do bring in hundreds more fans for EuroLeague play.

Russian League 2nd Stage Round 6 March 14th-15th

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Upper Group:

The last round of this stage started on Saturday and the game was a close one with Natalia Anoikina and Dynamo Kursk edging Spartak Moscow 75-71.  The other game was played on Sunday and Emma Messeeman helped Ekaterinburg finish perfect with a 102-68 win over Enisey.

March 14, 2020

Dynamo Kursk vs. Spartak Moscow 75-71 DYK Anoikina 20 Bonner 14/9r Prince 12/7a Breland 4 McCoughtry 4 Baric 3 SPM Levchenko 17 Kea 15 Repnikova 10 Bertsch 6

March 15, 2020

Ekaterinburg vs. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 102-68 EKA Meesseman 21/8r Torrens 18/7r/7a Griner 15 Belyakova 15 Vandersloot 10/7a Musina 6 ENI McCray 13/6r Kolosovskaya 10 Koizar 4

Standings:

  1. Ekaterinburg 20-0
  2. Dynamo Kursk 17-3
  3. Nadezhda Orenburg 11-9
  4. Spartak Moscow 9-11
  5. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 9-11

Lower Group:

Both of the final games in this group were on Sunday.  Jamie Scott had an impressive game for Dynamo Novosibirsk, but Elizaveta Komarova and Anastasia Logunova helped MBA stay above them in the standings with an 89-68 win.  Dynamo Moscow looked like they were about to finally record their first win, but Spartak Noginsk had a stronger second half to prevail 62-60.

March 15, 2020

MBA Moscow vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 89-68 MBA Komarova 24 Logunova 20/6r Glonti 15 DYN Scott 27/8r Hamblin 14/8r

Dynamo Moscow vs. Spartak Noginsk 60-62 DYM Chistyakova 13/12r Tohtash 10 SPN Dorosheva 15 Karpunina 14 Sumets 12/7r

Standings:

  1. MBA Moscow 12-10
  2. Dynamo Novosibirsk 10-12
  3. Spartak Noginsk 6-16
  4. Dynamo Moscow 0-22

Turkish League Round 21 March 11th-14th

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The game that was postponed by earthquake in Round 16 was played on Wednesday with Avery Warley leading Cankaya University past Elazig 67-54.  That ended up being the last game with fans as this round was played on Saturday.  Bria Hartley and Galatasaray were able to surprise Alina Iagupova and their fierce rivals Fenerbahce 80-77.  Hatay was able to debut their new look roster in a 76-69 win over Riquna Williams and Elazig.  Katsiaryna Snytsina was brilliant for Besiktas and got some help from Yvonne Anderson to offset a similarly great game from Danielle Adams and a triple-double from Alexis Prince to edge Adana 97-93.  Brittney Sykes and Alex Bentley led Cukurova past Kaela Davis and Kayseri 94-70.  Tan White and Cankaya University won 86-60 as it looks like it was too late for Botas to add a player to make a difference.  Samsun is still winless after losing to Izmit 83-54.

March 11, 2020

Elazig vs. Cankaya Universitesi 54-67 ELA Vaughn 15/9r Newlin 13/14r Erat 12/10r CAU Warley 21/12r White 17 Turner 14 Putnina 12 Zellous 2/6r

March 14, 2020

Galatasaray vs. Fenerbahce 80-77 GAL Hartley 29 Macaulay 16 Senyurek 12/8r Stankovic 11/9r FEN Iagupova 26 Williams 17/11r Zandalasini 11 Stokes 9/9r Cakir 4 Canitez 3/6r Gray 2/6a

Elazig vs. Hatay 69-76 ELA Williams 23 Vaughn 18 Newlin 10/14r Young 4 HAT Ben Abdelkader 16 Zahui B 12/10r Yavas 12/6a Billings 10 Coates 9/6r

Besiktas vs. Adana 97-93 BES Snytsina 38/9a Anderson 24/8r Caglar 19 ADA Adams 35/15r Prince 22/10r/10a Dikaioulaku 17 Topuz 11 Ozelci 8

Kayseri vs. Cukurova 70-94 KAY Davis 21 Burke 18/9r CUK Sykes 30/7a Bentley 20 Guner 14/8r Fitik 12 Sanders 9/8r/6s

Cankaya Universitesi vs. Botas 86-60 CAU White 27 Zellous 17/10r Warley 16/14r Turner 9/7a Putnina 2 BOT Pelin 14 Abdi 12 Hollingsworth 11 Eldebrink 10 Gardner 4 Bas 3

Izmit vs. Samsun 83-54 IZM Sigirci 14/12r Grigalauskyte 14/7r Takmaz 14 Kavumacioglu 11/9r Anigwe 6 Williams 0 SAM Madden 19/12r Keskin 16/6a

Standings:

  1. Fenerbahce 18-2
  2. Galatasaray 16-3
  3. Cankaya Universitesi 13-6
  4. Orman 13-6
  5. Izmit 11-9
  6. Besiktas 9-10
  7. Cukurova 8-12
  8. Kayseri 9-10
  9. Adana 8-11
  10. Elazig 8-11
  11. Hatay 8-11
  12. Botas 5-15
  13. Samsun 0-20