Liga Unike
Season2020–21
Dates6–14 April 2021
Number of games7
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)Artmotion, Kujtesa and RTSH
Finals
ChampionsYlli (1st title)
  Runners-upPeja
SemifinalistsRahoveci and Goga Basket
Finals MVPErjon Kastrati
Records
Biggest home winRahoveci 81–74 Goga Basket
(14 April 2021)
Biggest away winVllaznia 73–90 Peja
(6 April 2021)
Highest scoringVllaznia 73–90 Peja
(6 April 2021)
Winning streakYlli (3 matches)
Losing streakGoga Basket (2 matches)
Lowest attendance0[a]
All statistics correct as of 14 April 2021.

The 2020–21 Liga Unike was the inaugural season of the Liga Unike, a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. It started on 6 April 2021 with the quarter-finals and ended on 14 April 2021 with the finals.

Teams

Top four teams from 2019–20 Albanian Basketball Superleague and 2019–20 Kosovo Basketball Superleague respectively will participate in the competition.[1] On 5 April 2021, Teuta Durrës withdrew from the competition due to the inability to organize for a short time.[2]

Venues and locations

Locations of the 2020–21 Liga Unike teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Town Arena and capacity Qualified as
Albania Goga Basket Xhafzotaj (Shijak) Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace 700 Runner-up of ABSL
Kosovo Peja Peja Karagaq Sports Hall 2,500 Fourth place of KBSL
Kosovo Prishtina Prishtina Palace of Youth and Sports 3,000 Champion of KBSL
Kosovo Rahoveci Rahovec Mizahir Izma Sports Hall 1,800 Runner-up of KBSL
Albania Teuta Durrës Durrës Ramazan Njala Sports Palace 2,000 Champion of ABSL
Albania Tirana Tirana Farie Hoti Sports Palace 1,200 Fifth place of ABSL
Albania Vllaznia Shkodër Qazim Dervishi Sports Palace 1,200 Third place of ABSL
Kosovo Ylli Suva Reka 13 June Sports Hall 1,800 Third place of KBSL
Notes

Playoff

Bracket

The competition will take place in the Final Eight format with single elimination system and the first quarterfinal matches will be played in Rahovec on 6 and 7 April 2021, while the semifinal matches, the race for third place and the grand final of the Liga Unike will take place on 13 and 14 April in Durrës.[3]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
          
 
6 April – Kosovo Rahovec
 
 
Albania Vllaznia73
 
13 April – Albania Durrës
 
Kosovo Peja90
 
Kosovo Rahoveci71
 
6 April – Kosovo Rahovec
 
Kosovo Peja73
 
Kosovo Rahoveci20
 
14 April – Albania Durrës
 
Albania Teuta Durrës0
 
Kosovo Peja79
 
7 April – Kosovo Rahovec
 
Kosovo Ylli82
 
Kosovo Prishtina70
 
13 April – Albania Durrës
 
Kosovo Ylli87
 
Albania Goga Basket74
 
7 April – Kosovo Rahovec
 
Kosovo Ylli86 Third place
 
Albania Goga Basket76
 
14 April – Albania Durrës
 
Albania Tirana67
 
Kosovo Rahoveci81
 
 
Albania Goga Basket74
 

Season statistics

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points United States Darrell Davis Kosovo Rahoveci 48
Rebounds United States Brandon Walters Kosovo Peja 38
Assists Kosovo Valon Bunjaku Kosovo Prishtina 11
Steals United States Elyjah Clark Kosovo Ylli 7
Blocks United States Brandon Walters Kosovo Peja 4

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Albania and Kosovo, all this season matches are played behind closed doors.

References

  1. ↑ "Liga Unike në basketboll, Rama: Shtysë për nisma të tjera Shqipëri-Kosovë" [Unique League at basketball, Rama: Motivation for other initiatives Albania-Kosovo] (in Albanian). Top Channel. 10 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Teuta tërhiqet nga Final 8, Rahoveci në gjysmëfinale" [Teuta withdraws from Final 8, Rahovec in the semifinals] (in Albanian). Liga Unike. 5 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Njoftim për media" [Press release] (Press release) (in Albanian). Liga Unike. 2 April 2021.
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