Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, FC Bayern Munich and Zenit St Petersburg all boosted their preseason preparations by picking up wins on Saturday. Reigning EuroLeague champ Efes continued where it left off by starting its Italian training camp with a 71-97 thrashing of Germani Brescia. Tibor Pleiss led the scoring with 17 points and Vasilije Micic scored 11, while Chris Singleton and Yigitcan Saybir both netted 10.
Baskonia won the City of Cagliari tournament, downing Dinamo Sassari 84-72 in the final on Saturday. Alec Peters top scored with 15 points and was named tournament MVP. Wade Baldwin added 14 points, Rokas Giedraitis and Landry Nnoko both netted 13, Vanja Marinkovic had 11 while Simone Fontecchio scored 10. FC Bayern Munich finished third in the tournament by beating Napoli Basket 67-54; Darrun Hilliard and Ognjen Jaramaz top scored with 11 points apiece. And Zenit overcame fellow Russian team Parma Basket 98-74. Billy Baron led the way with 22 points, new signing Napier Shabazz scored 14 and Alex Poythress and Mateusz Ponitka both contributed 11.
| AUGUST | ||||
| Date | Game | Result | Trophy | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | MoraBanc Andorra vs. FC Barcelona | 72-81 | Friendly game | Encamp, Andorra |
| 27 | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Basket Napoli | 75-70 | 11 City of Cagliari Tournament, semis | Cagliari, Italy |
| 27 | FC Bayern Munich vs. Dinamo Sassari | 85-86 | 11 City of Cagliari Tournament, semis | Cagliari, Italy |
| 28 | Napoli vs. FC Bayern Munich | 54-69 | 11 City of Cagliari Tournament, 3rd place | Cagliari, Italy |
| 28 | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Dinamo Sassari | 84-72 | 11 City of Cagliari Tournament, finals | Cagliari, Italy |
| 28 | Zenit St Petersburg vs. Parma Basket | 98-74 | Friendly Game | Russia |
| 28 | Germani Brescia vs. Anadolu Efes | 71-97 | Friendly Game | Italy |
| 29 | Germani Brescia vs. Anadolu Efes | – | Friendly Game | Italy |
| 30 | FC Barcelona vs. Limoges | – | Friendly game | Encamp, Andorra |
| 31 | FC Bayern Munich vs. Basket Verona | – | Friendly game | Bozen, Italy |
| SEPTEMBER | ||||
| Date | Game | Result | Trophy | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBA vs. CSKA Moscow | – | Friendly game | Moscow, Russia |
| 1 | Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar | – | Friendly game | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 1 | Real Madrid vs. UCAM Murcia | – | V Torneo Ciudad de Albacete | Albacete, Spain |
| 2 | LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. JDA Dijon | – | Ain Star Game 2021 | Lons-le-Saunier, France |
| 3 | CSKA, Zenit, Nizhny Novgorod and Parma | – | Kondrashin and Belov Cup | St Petersburg, Russia |
| 3 | Unicaja Malaga vs. Real Madrid | – | Torneo Costa del Sol | Malaga, Spain |
| 3 | Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Lietkabelis Panevezys | – | Friendly game | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 3 | Metropolitans 92 vs. LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne | – | Ain Star Game 2021 | Bourgoin-Jallieu, France |
| 3 | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Lenovo Tenerife | – | Torneo Ciudad de Getafe | Getafe, Spain |
| 4 | CSKA, Zenit, Nizhny Novgorod and Parma | – | Kondrashin and Belov Cup | St Petersburg, Russia |
| 4 | Olympiacos, Maccabi, Monaco and Lavrio | – | bwin Tournament against Covid-19 | Piraeus, Greece |
| 4 | Joventut Badalona vs. FC Barcelona | – | Lliga Catalana, semis | Manresa, Spain |
| 4 | Real Madrid vs. UCAM Murcia | – | Torneo Costa del Sol | Malaga, Spain |
| 4 | ASVEL, JL Bourg, Metropolitans 92 | – | Ain Star Game 2021, Finals | Bourg en Bresse, France |
| 4 | Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Semt77 Yalovaspor | – | Friendly game | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 4 | Urbas Fuenlabrada vs. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | – | Torneo Ciudad de Getafe | Getafe, Spain |
| 5 | Andorra, Barcelona, Joventut and Manresa | – | Lliga Catalana, finals | Manresa, Spain |
| 5 | Olympiacos, Maccabi, Monaco and Lavrio | – | bwin Tournament against Covid-19 | Piraeus, Greece |
| 5 | ALBA Berlin vs. Bakken Bears | – | Friendly game | Oranienburg, Germany |
| 6 | Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana vs. FC Bayern Munich | – | Friendly game | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 8 | Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar | – | Gloria Cup 2021 II | Belek – Antalya, Turkey |
| 8 | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Pau-Orthez | – | Friendly game | Vitoria, Spain |
| 9-12 | CSKA, Zenit, Olympiacos, Maccabi | – | International tournament | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 9 | Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Tofas Bursa | – | Gloria Cup 2021 II | Belek – Antalya, Turkey |
| 10 | Tofas Bursa vs. Zalgiris Kaunas | – | Gloria Cup 2021 II | Belek – Antalya, Turkey |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul | – | Gloria Cup 2021 II | Belek – Antalya, Turkey |
| 11 | FC Barcelona vs. Valencia Basket | – | Spanish SuperCup, Semifinals | Tenerife, Spain |
| 11 | Lenovo Tenerife vs. Real Madrid | – | Spanish SuperCup, Semifinals | Tenerife, Spain |
| 11 | Panathinaikos OPAP Athens vs. Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade | – | MagentaSport Cup, semis | Munich, Germany |
| 11 | FC Bayern Munich Bayern vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna | – | MagentaSport Cup, semis | Munich, Germany |
| 11 | LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. ALBA Berlin | – | Paris European Games | Paris, France |
| 11 | Paris Basketball vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan | – | Paris European Games | Paris, France |
| 11 | Partizan NIS Belgrade vs. AS Monaco | – | Istanball Cup, semis | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 11 | Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. UNICS Kazan | – | Istanball Cup, semis | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 12 | Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Tenerife | – | Spanish SuperCup, final | Tenerife, Spain |
| 12 | Bayern, Panathinaikos, Zvezda and Virtus | – | MagentaSport Cup, finals | Munich, Germany |
| 12 | LDLC ASVEL vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan | – | Paris European Games | Paris, France |
| 12 | Anadolu Efes Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas | – | Gloria Cup 2021 II | Belek – Antalya, Turkey |
| 12 | Paris Basketball vs. ALBA Berlin | – | Paris European Games | Paris, France |
| 12 | Fenerbahce, Monaco, Partizan and UNICS | – | Istanball Cup, finals | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 12 | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz vs. Bilbao Basket | – | Euskalkopa | Santurtzi, Spain |
| 15 | CSKA Moscow | – | Friendly game | Moscow, Russia |
| 15-18 | ALBA Berlin, Bursaport, Darussafaka, Izmir, Belediyesi and Yalovaspor | – | Frutti Extra Cup | Bursa, Turkey |
| 16 | Partizan NIS Belgrade vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul | – | Friendly game | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 16 | Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Turk Telekom Ankara | – | 21 Cevat Soydas Tournament | Bursa, Turkey |
| 17 | Bahcesehir vs. Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | – | 21 Cevat Soydas Tournament | Bursa, Turkey |
| 17 | LDLC ASVEL vs. Roanne | – | Friendly game | Lyonso, France |
| 18 | Fenerbahce, Turk Telekom | – | 21 Cevat Soydas Tournament, finals | Bursa, Turkey |
| 18-19 | CSKA, Zenit, UNICS, Lokomotiv | – | VTB United League Super Cup | Moscow, Russia |
| 18-19 | Efes, Maccabi Panathinaikos and Partizan | – | Giannakopoulos Cup | Athens, Greece |
| 18 | FC Bayern Munich vs. SIG Strasbourg | – | Expert Jakob Cup | Bayreuth, Germany |
| 18 | AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. winner Group C | – | LBA Supercoppa 2021, QF | Casalecchio di Reno, Italy |
| 20 | Hamburg Towers vs. AS Monaco | – | Friendly game | – |
| 24 | LDLC ASVEL vs. Fos-Sur-Mer | – | Friendly game | Feurs, France |
Seen at: Euroleague.net
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!