India-based giant in off-highway tires to sponsor EuroLeague and EuroCup for through 2023
The group of industry leaders who trust in Euroleague Basketball's ability to boost their brands just got bigger.

BKT, one of the world's leading manufacturers of off-highway tires, is the newest Euroleague Basketball Premium Partner whose presence will be felt immediately in the two most prestigious club competitions on the continent, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup.

BKT becomes Euroleague Basketball Premium Partner

### India-based giant in off-highway tires to sponsor EuroLeague and EuroCup for through 2023

The group of industry leaders who trust in Euroleague Basketball's ability to boost their brands just got bigger.

BKT, one of the world's leading manufacturers of off-highway tires, is the newest Euroleague Basketball Premium Partner whose presence will be felt immediately in the two most prestigious club competitions on the continent, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup.

The agreement between Euroleague Basketball and BKT, whose negotiation was assisted by DAO SpA, a leading sport marketing consultancy, will cover the next three years until the end of the 2022-23 season. The BKT brand will be visible from the first games of the 2020-21 season in both competitions.

The EuroLeague and the EuroCup become BKT's first investments in basketball, expanding on the Indian company's experience with premium team sports leagues in order to widen its brand awareness and connect to the positive values and emotions that Euroleague Basketball offers.

"We welcome BKT to our family and wholeheartedly share their motto, Growing Together, because that's exactly what we strive to do with all of our partners," Jordi Bertomeu, Euroleague Basketball President and CEO, said. "BKT's tires are famous for durability, reliability, precision and high performance, qualities that we see our players and clubs demonstrate every week on the basketball court."

The Premium Partnership will enable BKT to promote its brand through various touchpoints inside all arenas where EuroLeague and EuroCup games are played. BKT brand will be visible through LED systems, Jumbotrons and onsite activations, as well as on television with TV graphics, headers and pre- and post-game interview backdrops. BKT will also be present on EuroLeague and EuroCup digital and social media.

"The common values between BKT and sports are the main drivers of our investments: passion, challenge, fair play and the support to young talents," Lucia Salmaso, CEO of BKT Europe, said. "Basketball fans are extremely loyal and passionate. We are proud to join the basketball world with such a prestigious partnership."

With sustained growth across all industry indicators – including a broadcast and digital audience of 3 billion viewers worldwide and a year-on-year average increase of 15% in fan interest in all its markets, according to Nielsen Sports – Euroleague Basketball competitions are seen by global and regional brands as a powerful engagement platform for existing consumers and a springboard toward new ones. Such growth combined with enhanced services and engagement through bespoke account management explains why Euroleague Basketball partners, whose ranks increase in size and diversity each season, renew their agreements consistently and now average now eight years of tenure as a group. With its global reach into 160 countries, BKT fits perfectly with the pan-European spectrum of Euroleague Basketball, whose general growth has been highlighted by strong performances in strategic Western and Central European markets like Spain, France, Germany and Italy.”

Following the work conducted by Euroleague Basketball in consultation with team doctors, medical experts, club executives, and other leading sports properties, and following discussions held among EuroCup and ECA Board representatives, new Health & Safety Protocols and Special Regulations for the 2020-21 season in both the 7DAYS EuroCup and the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague have been approved.

Health & Safety Protocols and Special Regulations for 2020-21 season announced

Following the work conducted by Euroleague Basketball in consultation with team doctors, medical experts, club executives, and other leading sports properties, and following discussions held among EuroCup and ECA Board representatives, new Health & Safety Protocols and Special Regulations for the 2020-21 season in both the 7DAYS EuroCup and the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague have been approved.

The Health & Safety Protocols, which aim at providing competition participants and all other stakeholders with minimum standards to be applied in every EuroLeague and EuroCup game, establishes conditions to protect every individual’s health as well as that of their families’ under the current COVID-19 environment. The protocols have been developed in coordination with league and club doctors, consulted with all 42 clubs, the EuroLeague Players Association, the EuroLeague Head Coaches Board, the Union of Euroleague Basketball Officials, Domestic Leagues and ULEB. They have been constructed to reflect the experience gained by other major international and domestic sports competition organizers. The details, among others, include:

- Basic hygiene rules of conduct: hands washing, social distancing, face mask usage and ventilation.

- Arena and practice facility guidelines establishing a maximum number of individuals in the playing court and locker room areas.

- Appointment of a COVID-19 manager in each club, educational sessions, recommended daily health monitoring, medical assessment forms.

- Players, coaching staff and referees to perform a PCR test three days ahead of every game, with protocols to follow in the case of a positive PCR test result.- Guidelines for hotels, transportation, referees, TV production, media and spectators.

The Health & Safety Protocols document is fluid and will be regularly reviewed and adapted to any potential evolution of the current situation. The document can be accessed here.

The Special Regulations are set to maintain the regularity of the competitions as much as possible in order to deliver on the commitments to fans and commercial partners, and to protect all clubs by establishing a clear and equal framework to be applied to all of them in the special circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their content is the result of continuous communication and alignment of standards with other major European sports competition organizers. The Special Regulations, to be included in the 2020-21 competition bylaws, include, among others:

. Games that are precluded from taking place as scheduled due to new or existing restrictions being imposed on home or visiting clubs by their domestic authorities will be suspended and rescheduled. In such cases, the game may be relocated to an alternative venue, if necessary.

. Any particular game may be suspended a maximum of three times.

. All Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season games must have been played by 13 April 2021 and all Playoff games must be played by 5 May 2021

. All 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season games must have been played by 22 December 2020, and all Top16 games must be played by 23 February 2021

. Euroleague Basketball will cooperate with the home club to relocate any games to a suitable alternative arena that has been previously approved for the EuroLeague or EuroCup competition.

. In the event that no dates are available to reschedule a game, or that the maximum number of reschedules has been reached, the team whose national or local restrictions originated the relocation/rescheduling of the game will forfeit the game by the result of zero to twenty (0-20). Repeated 0-20 losses due to this situation would not lead to the disqualification of the team.

. In the event that any team has less than eight players fit to play due to COVID-19, said team will lose the game 0-20. Repeated 0-20 losses due to this situation would not entail the disqualification of the team.

. Any club refusing to play without any official national or local restrictions being in place (without any justified cause) will register a 0-20 loss on the first occasion, and the disqualification from the competition on the second, as per existing competition regulations. A 0-20 loss occurring during the EuroCup Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals, or during the EuroLeague Playoffs would entail the loss of the series by the relevant team.

. In the event of a season suspension, the provisional standings in place when the suspension occurred may be considered final either to resume the competition or for teams to progress to a potential next phase. If necessary, teams will play any remaining/postponed games to ensure number of games played is balanced among all teams in the same group

The Company will keep an updated list of existing authorities’ restrictions and approved available arenas at the disposal of all clubs, based on the information provided by these.

• Clubs discussed special regulations for potential exceptional situations
• New Euroleague Basketball Health & Safety Protocols to be applied in both competitions
The EuroCup Board and the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board met remotely on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, to review and discuss key regulations and protocols that will be in place across the 2020-21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup competitions as they start on 1 October and 29 September, respectively. The agenda for both meetings included two central topics, the Euroleague Basketball Health & Safety Protocols as well as Special Regulations Due to COVID-19.

ECA and EuroCup Boards meet to plan for the 2020-21 season

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### • New Euroleague Basketball Health & Safety Protocols to be applied in both competitions

The EuroCup Board and the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders Executive Board met remotely on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, to review and discuss key regulations and protocols that will be in place across the 2020-21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup competitions as they start on 1 October and 29 September, respectively. The agenda for both meetings included two central topics, the Euroleague Basketball Health & Safety Protocols as well as Special Regulations Due to COVID-19.

The Health & Safety Protocols, which aim at providing competition participants and all other stakeholders with minimum standards to be applied in every EuroLeague and EuroCup game, establishes conditions to protect every individual’s health as well as that of their families’ under the current COVID-19 environment. The protocols, developed in coordination with league & club doctors, consulted with all 42 clubs, the EuroLeague Players Association, the EuroLeague Head Coaches Board, the Union of Euroleague Basketball Officials, Domestic Leagues and ULEB, has been constructed including the experience gained by other major international and domestic sports competition organizers, and details among other topics:

- Basic hygiene rules of conduct: hands washing, social distancing, face mask usage and ventilation

- Arena and practice facility guidelines establishing a maximum number of individuals in the playing court and locker room areas

- Appointment of a COVID-19 manager in each club, educational sessions, recommended daily health monitoring, medical assessment forms

- Players, coaching staff and referees to perform a PCR test three days ahead of every game, with protocols to follow in case of a positive PCR test result

- Guidelines for hotels, transportation, referees, TV production, media, spectators

The Protocols, once approved, are a vivid and fluid document and will be regularly reviewed and adapted to any potential evolution of the current situation.

The Special Regulations are set to maintain the regularity of the competitions as much as possible to deliver on the commitments with fans and commercial partners, and to protect all clubs in competition, establishing a clear and equal framework to be applied to all clubs in special circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their content is the result of continuous communication and alignment of standards with other major European sports competitions organizers including UEFA. The Special Regulations include, amongst others:

- Rules around potential suspension, relocation and rescheduling of games in the event of restrictions being imposed by domestic authorities that prevent any games from being played

- Definition of roles and responsibilities in the event that games are being relocated

- Establishing end dates by which all games of the different phases of each competition must have been played

Euroleague Basketball is continuously monitoring border and quarantine restrictions in place and updating all clubs regularly.

Updated versions of the Health & Safety Protocols and Special Regulations including the agreed modifications will be circulated to the ECA Shareholders Executive Board members for approval.

Euroleague Basketball and Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT are pleased to announce that Lithuania's premiere open TV network has acquired the rights to air Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup games for the next three seasons. The deal with LRT means the games move from a pay-only tv model to a mixed public and pay-tv model, thus growing the potential audience for Europe's top basketball competitions in the country.

LRT becomes Euroleague Basketball's new home in Lithuania

Euroleague Basketball and Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT are pleased to announce that Lithuania's premiere open TV network has acquired the rights to air Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup games for the next three seasons. The deal with LRT means the games move from a pay-only tv model to a mixed public and pay-tv model, thus growing the potential audience for Europe's top basketball competitions in the country.

LRT will broadcast every Zalgiris Kaunas game in the EuroLeague and each Lietkabelis Panevezys game in the EuroCup. Moreover, the deal allows LRT to show one additional game per playoff round as well as all games from the EuroLeague Final Four. Likewise, LRT will have the rights to show an additional game from both the EuroCup Quarterfinals and EuroCup Semifinals.

"I would like to thank LRT for their support. We are extremely satisfied with this new agreement, which will bring both of our competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, to all Lithuanian citizens," Mr. Jordi Bertomeu, Euroleague Basketball President and CEO, stated. "LRT bringing the best basketball on the continent to an open TV network in such a devoted market is key to making our popularity in Lithuania grow even more."

"LRT TELEVISION is broadcasted in all Lithuania’s territory, therefore all basketball fans in Lithuania will have the opportunity to watch games of BC Zalgiris and Lietkabelis Panevezys live and free of charge. Two decades ago LRT had exclusive rights to broadcast Zalgiris games in various European basketball tournaments, so we are all very pleased that the most popular sport in Lithuania will be again on LRT with the two top pan- European competitions, the EuroLeague and the EuroCup", – comments LRT Deputy Director General Gytis Oganauskas.

LRT's television network was launched back in 1957. LRT media group is owned by the public and its operations are funded by taxpayers. Therefore, its fundamental mission is to serve the public interest, which in such a passionate, basketball-loving country makes the decision to broadcast EuroLeague and EuroCup games a slam dunk!

Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the upcoming 2020-21 season this weekend with their own virtual training camp, a comprehensive, four-day agenda of activities designed to offer the best game experience possible to both fans and participants of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup.

29th Clinic for Euroleague Basketball Officials sets sights on new season

Euroleague Basketball officials set to work on the upcoming 2020-21 season this weekend with their own virtual training camp, a comprehensive, four-day agenda of activities designed to offer the best game experience possible to both fans and participants of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup.

The 29th Clinic for Euroleague Basketball Officials covered, through on-line meetings, discussions and seminars, everything that in-person preparation events for new seasons have included in the past – and more.

A total of 70 referees and 16 referee coaches attended the clinic, which lasted from mid-afternoon Thursday until Sunday night. Six new referees were welcomed to the Euroleague Basketball refereeing collective during the weekend. They are: Benjamin Barth, Gentian Cici, Huseyin Celik, Luka Kardum, Kristaps Konstantinovs and Stanislav Valeev.

"As always, the focus was clearly on enhancing the application of the rules and our understanding of them with the coaches and players in order to make our game better for fans," said Richard Stokes, Euroleague Basketball Senior Director, Officiating. "We missed being in the same place to reacquaint ourselves and introduce our new referees in person, but our work agenda was as full as ever to ensure that, even at a distance, we have all angles covered for the new season."

Among the special guests was Ioannis Sfairopoulos of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, who gave the referees the all-important perspective of head coaches on Euroleague Basketball officiating for the new season.

"It was nice to be able to share the view of officiating through the coaches' eyes," Coach Sfairopoulos said. "I believe that we have the best group of referees possible, just as we have the best players and coaches in Europe. For us to exchange views and ideas, and to work together to find the right way to work, will only help the development of officiating and the working relationship that is required. These meetings set a solid foundation for the season ahead."

A review of officiating statistics and feedback from the 2019-20 season gave way to a number of points of emphasis that the referees will be applying in the season ahead, focusing on the shift to the perimeter game, accuracy of play-calling and on-court communication. Interspersed in the agenda throughout the weekend were discussions of specific plays and scenarios, as well as instant replay protocols coming from the previous season. Sports sciences experts addressed the referees on the subjects of their physical preparation and nutrition. In addition, sports psychologist Mar Rovira spoke over two days about dealing with feedback and mental mapping in the dynamic setting of a live basketball game for both referees and referee coaches.

"We focused on learning strategies to deliver and receive powerful feedback, working with referee coaches one day and with the refereeing crew the next," Rovira said. "The other big content we worked on was dealing with pressure and giving strategies to stay focused during the game. It is remarkable the importance that the officiating department is giving to the referees' mental preparation. Working on their mental side will definitely help increase the level of the game."

As every year, the clinic ultimately served to propel the continual learning among referees that contributes fundamentally to the constant improvement of the basketball experience for fans of Euroleague Basketball competitions.

"We had a very productive few days to get ready for next season," veteran referee Olegs Latisevs said. "The level of communication and the interaction between the participants during the clinic was on a highly professional level, and this was a key to the success and value of our work. Mar Rovira's sessions were amazing, giving us the theory behind what we had been doing intuitively before. Now we know that we are working on the right track about communication and education. Learning about the coaches' expectations concerning the referees, gave us a very good perspective with which to understand each other and communicate in the future. Now, we hope to get on the court as soon as possible to return to the job we love."

Sadness shook the basketball world on Friday as news spread that Michael Ojo, who debuted in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague last season with Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, had died after collapsing during a morning workout in the Serbia capital. He was rushed to a hospital but was not revived there. He was 27 years old.

Euroleague Basketball mourns Michael Ojo

Sadness shook the basketball world on Friday as news spread that Michael Ojo, who debuted in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague last season with Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, had died after collapsing during a morning workout in the Serbia capital. He was rushed to a hospital but was not revived there. He was 27 years old.

Mr. Ojo, originally from Lagos, Nigeria, was a free agent since his contract with Zvezda ended on June 30.

Mr. Ojo was reported to have started an individual workout with his personal coach on the track at Partizan football stadium in Belgrade on Friday morning when, an estimated 15 minutes into his exercises, he collapsed and lost consciousness. An ambulance arrived and its crew attempted resuscitation measures, but without success. He was rushed to a hospital but never regained consciousness. He had no relationship with Partizan, whose stadium is used for individual workouts by athletes in many sports, some of whom witnessed Mr. Ojo's collapse on Friday.

Mr. Ojo had played in the Serbian capital with Zvezda the last two seasons, one in the 7DAYS EuroCup and last one in the EuroLeague. He played a total of 38 games in Euroleague Basketball competitions between 2018 and 2020 with totals of 195 points and 138 rebounds. Ojo also played for Florida State University from 2012 to 2017.

In a recent vlog for EuroLeague.net, Mr. Ojo explained that he had waited out suspension of the basketball season in Belgrade and eventually resumed workouts with Zvezda before the end of his contract.

Euroleague Basketball offers its condolences to Mr. Ojo's family, friends, teammates, coaches and the many fans who enjoyed his performances.

May he rest in peace.

You've been waiting a long time and it hasn't been easy, but now we've got some great news for you. The wait for the best basketball in Europe just got shorter. Get ready for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague WE'RE BACK PRESEASON TOUR.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague WE'RE BACK PRESEASON TOUR

You've been waiting a long time and it hasn't been easy, but now we've got some great news for you. The wait for the best basketball in Europe just got shorter. Get ready for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague WE'RE BACK PRESEASON TOUR.

Euroleague Basketball will welcome elite basketball back to the continent by organizing a pair of preseason tournaments featuring some of the best EuroLeague clubs as the coaches and players fine-tune their games ahead of the regular season tip-off on October 1.

The first event will be at Zalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on September 12-13, 2020, featuring AX Armani Exchange Milan, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, Anadolu Efes Istanbul and host Zalgiris Kaunas. Then the attention moves to La Fonteta in Valencia, Spain, where on September 15-16, 2020, FC Bayern Munich, Olympiacos Piraeus, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne and Valencia Basket will contend for a preseason title.

"We know how much our devoted fans have missed the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. I can assure everyone that the EuroLeague has missed the fans, too," Euroleague Basketball President and CEO Jordi Bertomeu said. "The WE'RE BACK PRESEASON TOUR not only shortens everyone's wait for top-level game, but will also give players, staff, teams and us as a league a chance to prepare as necessary for the official games in October. Everybody wins with these two tournaments."

Both tournaments will feature two days of two games with the semifinals on the first day followed by the third-place and championship games the next day. Mark your calendars, because we're coming back sooner than expected!

Euroleague Basketball and its clubs have agreed on a unified set of guidelines in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic that are aimed at welcoming fans to arenas in the most comfortable way as soon as they are permitted to see games in person again.

Euroleague Basketball clubs set pandemic response guidelines

Euroleague Basketball and its clubs have agreed on a unified set of guidelines in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic that are aimed at welcoming fans to arenas in the most comfortable way as soon as they are permitted to see games in person again.

Because Euroleague clubs operate in 15 different countries with varying regulations from national health authorities, the guidelines are a collection of ideas, recommendations and principles that all Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup clubs can implement at their arenas in the coming season.

Specifically, the clubs have looked at various aspects of regaining the public's trust in attending live events and making it more convenient to attend in light of the developing situation on the continent. With that in mind, the clubs and league have recommended the following, steps amongst others:

* **Arena access scheduling**: Stagger arena entries over a period of time and spreading out physical access points to the venue.


* **Testing and circulation management:** Provide for individual temperature checks at access points and manage external and internal circulation to enhance social distancing for the whole duration of the event.


* **Dedicated arena sanitation protocols:** Enhance overall cleanliness, introduce sanitation protocols, and provide protective garments to working staff and spectators on game days


* **Epidemiology expertise:** Consult with certified epidemiology experts to support and endorse the implementation of safety protocols.


* **Flexible, socially distanced seating:** Create seating manifests for a variety of different social distancing measures when needed to allow ticket holders to enjoy the game from their reserved seats in the safest environment and according to the international and/or local regulations.


* **Hands-free technology:** Accelerate adoption of such measures as paperless ticketing or cashless payment solutions to limit crowded areas, long queues and touch points.


* **Customizable ticket payment methods:** Give fans the flexibility needed in unpredictable times by offering creative payment terms.


* **Ask for input from fans**: Accelerate the adoption of innovative fan-engagement measures, asking their opinions on the measures above and taking into account their insight when designing new ones.


* **Transparent and consistent communication:** Keep fans informed of all measures undertaken to ensure their comfort and safety once arenas doors open. Making sure that they know all protocols in advance will be key to a successful return of live games.

At league-wide meetings in the last week, clubs expressed their commitment to implementing the pandemic response guidelines in unison with regulations and advice from their respective governments and public health authorities. The clubs hold no higher priority than assuring fans of when and how it will be safe to return to arenas to enjoy Euroleague Basketball in person.



In a remote meeting held on July 9, 2020, the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders reviewed and discussed the strategies needed to resume the Euroleague Basketball competitions and business heading into the 2020-21 season.

ECA Shareholders Meeting: 2020-21 decisions

In a remote meeting held on July 9, 2020, the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) Shareholders reviewed and discussed the strategies needed to resume the Euroleague Basketball competitions and business heading into the 2020-21 season.

Jordi Bertomeu, Euroleague Basketball (EB) President & CEO welcomed the attendees and reported on the 2019-20 season. He included highlights of agreements made by the ECA Shareholders Executive Board since the season was suspended on March 12, and subsequently cancelled on May 25, including the decisions not to define any final standings, not to recognise a season champion and not to declare individual awards, as well as the exceptional club licensing system for the 2020-21 season.

The meeting continued with EB executives presenting evolution metrics of the unfinished 2019-20 season compared with the 2018-19 season, which due to the shortened nature of 2019-20 make them even more encouraging:

- 15% average growth* in fan interest across EuroLeague markets, 9% higher than interest in basketball, which also grew at a 6% pace. The growth was led by France, Israel, Turkey, Spain and Germany (source: Nielsen Sports)

- 15% growth in television audiences*, led by France, Italy, Israel and Germany (source: Nielsen Sports)

- Social media growth across all platforms**, averaging 11% in followers, 21% in reach, 25% in video views and 46% in engagement (source: Blinkfire Analytics)

- Euroleague.net growth of 9% in unique users, 13% in sessions and 22% in pageviews

- 94% growth in value delivered to commercial partners in digital channels

- 12% higher in-arena attendance, registering all-time records in average attendance per game (8,676 spectators) and in average venue fill rate (75%).

The meeting resulted in the ECA Shareholders taking the following decisions:

- Approved the 2020-21 exceptional temporary measures proposed to support the clubs in increasing revenues and reducing uncertainty to speed up recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, namely:

o An alternative clubs’ economic distribution model based on giving additional weight to market pool distribution (from 54% to 79%) in order to increase economic certainty for all clubs and mitigate uncertainty

o Introduction of 'Pandemic Response Guidelines', a group of health, security and commercial recommendations for teams to alleviate customers’ fears of attending live events, provide fans with customizable payment plans, and create transparent and exhaustive communication channels to increase trust by fans when deciding to attend EuroLeague or EuroCup games

o Additional commercial platforms to be accessible for clubs to increase their revenue opportunities, which include court and arena assets as well as additional audiovisual rights, as well as new aggregated commercial models

o Modified EuroLeague training camp dates, which may begin a maximum of eight weeks prior to EuroLeague Regular Season Round 1, or a maximum of five weeks prior to the first official game of the 2020-21 domestic league competitions (earlier date of the two)

- Approved the Euroleague Basketball 2019-20 financial closing and 2020-21 budget, as well as the clubs’ economic distribution

- Approved the proposed modifications of competitions bylaws

- Approved the proposed 2020-21 team lists for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup

Additionally, ECA shareholders were updated on the following topics by Euroleague Basketball executives:

- The state of negotiations with the EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) and EuroLeague Head Coaches Board (EHCB) around potential European Framework Agreements with the aim to implement these from 2021-22 onwards

- The officiating department report, including 2019-20 performance, agreement with the Union of Euroleague Basketball Referees, Instant Replay System, 2020-21 referees release and recruitment, new measures to improve performance, communications with clubs

- Business performance rankings, to be shared with participating clubs as part of the EuroLeague Business Operations & Clubs Services activity (BOCS), with the objective of recognizing best performing clubs, incentivizing sharing, and fostering positive competition between them.

*The data, sourced from Nielsen Sports, Blinkfire Analytics and EuroLeague clubs, in order to be comparable audits covers the October-to-March period of each of the last two seasons and therefore excludes the end of the regular season, the playoffs and the Final Four, which traditionally bring further percentage increases in all metrics. In some cases, data from the unfinished 2019-20 season surpasses that of the entire 2018-19 season.