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EB Institute Annual Workshops point the way to 2020-21 season!

Preparations for the 2020-21 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup seasons will be the focus of club professionals in an array of specialties as the Euroleague Basketball Institute Annual Workshops return over the next two weeks and again in early September.

Vital building blocks for each new season, the EB Institute Annual Workshops take on even greater importance as clubs work to pivot from the incompleted 2019-20 campaign to redouble their efforts to reward EuroLeague and EuroCup fans with a brand of basketball that mirrors, more than ever, their unmatched passion for the game.

The workshops touch on every facet of season preparation from the court to the front offices, including for the first time this year meetings of EuroLeague business area directors and team doctors, bringing the total number of categories covered by top professionals from the clubs and their counterparts at Euroleague Basketball to 14.

For the first time, this season's July meetings will be held virtually by video-conference, continuing the discussions being held at a distance between Euroleague Basketball and member clubs since the 2019-20 season was postponed on March 12 and ultimately cancelled on May 25. Those efforts have included ongoing discussions with collectives representing the players and head coaches, both of whose members will be represented at the EB Institute Annual Workshops, too.

The EuroLeague and EuroCup head coaches will hold their workshops over three days starting on Monday, July 6, each devoting some of that time to meetings with the officiating department of Euroleague Basketball. The players meeting, meanwhile, has been moved to September 8 and coincides with the annual workshop devoted to One Team, the corporate social responsibility program of Euroleague Basketball. In September, the security managers from EuroLeague clubs will also meet together for the first time.

Here is the July schedule for the 2020-21 Euroleague Basketball Institute Annual Workshops:

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
EuroLeague Business Area Directors Meeting

Thursday, July 2, 2020
EuroLeague Ticketing Directors Meeting
EuroLeague Media Directors Meeting

Friday, July 3, 2020
EuroLeague Team Doctors Meeting

Monday, July 6, 2020
EuroLeague Head Coaches Institutional Meeting

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
EuroLeague Head Coaches & Officiating Department Meeting

Wednesday, July 8, 2020
EuroCup Head Coaches & Officiating Department Meeting

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages and organizes the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational programs. Its ground-breaking corporate social responsibility program One Team features all EB clubs that have already made a difference in the lives of over 19,000 participants. Its Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.