This is the first-ever meeting between these two Belgrade rivals in the EuroLeague.
Last season Crvena Zvezda beat Partizan 3-2 in the best-of-five ABA League finals.
Zvezda center Miroslav Raduljica played for Partizan during the 2011-12 season.
Partizan guard Kevin Punter spent the second part of the 2019-20 season with Crvena Zvezda. He was a teammate there of Branko Lazic and Ognjen Dobric.
Partizan center Mathias Lessort played for Crvena Zvezda during the 2017-18 season. He was a teammate then of Lazic and Dobric.
Zvezda guard Nemanja Nedovic and Partizan forward Ioannis Papapetrou were teammates at Panathinaikos Athens for the last two seasons.
