2019–20 Basketball Champions League

The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League is the fourth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2019, with the qualifying rounds, and was supposed to conclude in May 2020. It featured 16 domestic champion teams. On 12 March 2020, the competition was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Basketball Champions League
Season2019–20
Dates17 September 2019 – 4 October 2020
Number of teams48 (total)
32 (regular season)
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Keith Langford
Finals
ChampionsSpain San Pablo Burgos (1st title)
  Runners-upGreece AEK
Third placeFrance JDA Dijon
Fourth placeSpain Casademont Zaragoza
Awards
Final Eight MVPGeorgia (country) Thad McFadden
Statistical leaders
Points United States Justin Dentmon 20.9
Rebounds Jamaica Shevon Thompson 10.1
Assists Brazil Marcelinho Huertas 8.1
Index Rating United States TaShawn Thomas 20.9

San Pablo Burgos won its first Champions League title after defeating AEK.[2]

Format changes

For this season, eight teams will come from two qualifying rounds.[3] The round of 16 and quarter-finals changed to best-of-three playoff series instead of two legs.[4] From this season no teams were sent from the regular season to the FIBA Europe Cup, which was the case in each previous BCL season.

Changes due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

On 12 March 2020, FIBA suspended all its competitions, including the BCL, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 31 March, the BCL decided the season will have to be finished with a "Final Eight" tournament planned for 30 September until 4 October.[5] The tournament was to be held in a single venue and would be a single-elimination tournament. Two games which were still not played in the Round of 16 took place beforehand.

Eligibility of players

In 2017, FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got fewer players.

Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.[6] On June 24, 2019, Benfica entered in the first qualifying round and Mornar were upgraded to the second qualifying round after the Openjobmetis Varese's withdrawal.[7]

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders. WC: Wild card).[6]

Qualified teams for 2019–20 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Turkey Gaziantep (5th) France SIG Strasbourg (6th) Spain Iberostar Tenerife (9th) Italy Happy Casa Brindisi (5th)
Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta (6th) Greece AEK (3rd) Germany Rasta Vechta (4th) Belgium Filou Oostende (1st)
Turkey Türk Telekom (7th)WC Greece Peristeri Winmasters (4th) Germany Brose Bamberg (5th) Czech Republic ERA Nymburk (1st)
Turkey Teksüt Bandırma (8th)WC Greece PAOK (5th)WC Israel Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd) Latvia VEF Rīga (1st)
France JDA Dijon (3rd) Spain Casademont Zaragoza (4th) Israel Hapoel Holon (5th)WC Lithuania Neptūnas (3rd)
France Pau-Lacq-Orthez (5th) Spain Baxi Manresa (8th) Italy Dinamo SassariFEC (2nd) Poland Anwil Włocławek (1st)
Second qualifying round
Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (7th) Lithuania Lietkabelis (4th) Poland Polski Cukier Toruń (2nd)
Spain San Pablo Burgos (11th) Latvia Ventspils (2nd) Montenegro Mornar (2nd) Russia Nizhny Novgorod (8th)
First qualifying round
Austria Kapfenberg Bulls (1st) Denmark Bakken Bears (1st) Netherlands Donar (2nd) Slovakia Inter Bratislava (1st)
Belarus Tsmoki Minsk (1st) Finland Karhu (1st) Poland Legia (8th) Sweden Södertälje Kings (1st)
Bulgaria Balkan (1st) Hungary Falco Szombathely (1st) Portugal Benfica (2nd) Switzerland Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Cyprus Keravnos (1st) Kosovo Sigal Prishtina (1st) Romania Oradea (1st) Ukraine Kyiv Basket (2nd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 4 July 2019 17 September 2019 20 September 2019 -
Second qualifying round 26 September 2019 29 September 2019
Regular season Matchday 1 15–16 October 2019
Matchday 2 22–23 October 2019
Matchday 3 29–30 October 2019
Matchday 4 5–6 November 2019
Matchday 5 12–13 November 2019
Matchday 6 19–20 November 2019
Matchday 7 3–4 December 2019
Matchday 8 10–11 December 2019
Matchday 9 17–18 December 2019
Matchday 10 7–8 January 2020
Matchday 11 14–15 January 2020
Matchday 12 21–22 January 2020
Matchday 13 28–29 January 2020
Matchday 14 4–5 February 2020
Play-offs Round of 16 18 February 2020 3–4 March 2020 10–11 March 2020 17–18 March 2020
Quarter-finals 30 September–1 October
Final Four Semi-finals 2 October 2020
Final 4 October 2020

Qualifying rounds

Draw

The 16 teams that entered in the first round were divided into two pots. Seeded teams would play the second leg at home.[8]

Seeded teams
Denmark Bakken Bears
Bulgaria Balkan
Netherlands Donar
Switzerland Fribourg Olympic
Ukraine Kyiv Basket
Poland Legia
Romania Oradea
Belarus Tsmoki Minsk
Non-seeded teams
Portugal Benfica
Austria Kapfenberg Bulls
Hungary Falco Szombathely
Slovakia Inter Bratislava
Finland Karhu
Cyprus Keravnos
Sweden Södertälje Kings
Kosovo Sigal Prishtina

First qualifying round

A total of 16 teams will play in the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 17 September, while the second legs on 20 September 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Inter Bratislava Slovakia 132–156 Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 82–67 50–89
Karhu Finland 160–154 Belarus Tsmoki Minsk 93–86 67–68
Södertälje Kings Sweden 153–146 Bulgaria Balkan 79–64 74–82
Kapfenberg Bulls Austria 129–139 Ukraine Kyiv Basket 66–66 63–73
Falco Szombathely Hungary 161–158 Romania Oradea 71–62 90–96
Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 162–166 Poland Legia 79–81 83–85
Benfica Portugal 161–141 Netherlands Donar 95–65 66–76
Keravnos Cyprus 180–164 Denmark Bakken Bears 86–95 94–69

Second qualifying round

A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round: eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 26 September, while the second legs on 29 September 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos Cyprus 137–148 Lithuania Lietkabelis 55–71 82–77
Benfica Portugal 150–167 Montenegro Mornar 68–96 82–71
Karhu Finland 151–152 Poland Polski Cukier Toruń 93–82 58–70
Falco Szombathely Hungary 148–124 Latvia Ventspils 75–69 73–55
Södertälje Kings Sweden 133–150 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 60–82 73–68
Kyiv Basket Ukraine 145–182 Spain San Pablo Burgos 83–86 62–96
Legia Poland 124–152 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 61–74 63–78
Fribourg Olympic Switzerland 138–160 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 66–80 72–80

Regular season

The 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams, advance to the round of 16, while the remaining four teams in each group of the Regular Season will be eliminated.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 24 teams which enter in this stage, and the eight winners of the second qualifying round. The regular season will start on 8 October 2019 and end on 5 February 2020.

Draw

Teams were divided into two pots according to the club ranking published by the organization. Twelve teams were named seeded teams while the rest would be unseeded teams.[8] The seeded teams will be split, allocating three per group.

Firstly, the eight teams from qualifying round will be split in the four groups, with a maximum of two teams per group.

Seeded teams
Greece AEK Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta Spain Iberostar Tenerife
Germany Brose Bamberg Lithuania Neptūnas
Czech Republic ERA Nymburk Greece PAOK
Italy Dinamo Sassari France SIG Strasbourg
Belgium Filou Oostende Turkey Teksüt Bandırma

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TTE DIN OOS LIE MAN HOL SIG TOR
1 Turkey Türk Telekom 14 11 3 1173 1075 +98 25 Advance to round of 16 64–56 72–66 92–83 78–72 85–71 75–83 100–87
2 Italy Dinamo Sassari 14 11 3 1181 1088 +93 25 92–89 90–71 79–78 73–74 83–73 90–67 91–71
3 Belgium Filou Oostende 14 8 6 1059 1085 26 22 67–85 88–82 80–66 85–72 101–86 64–71 105–103
4 Lithuania Lietkabelis 14 7 7 1079 1077 +2 21 77–91 82–86 68–76 77–61 78–72 82–69 98–83
5 Spain Baxi Manresa 14 7 7 1095 1069 +26 21 80–75 61–64 85–58 76–70 65–67 92–68 85–81
6 Israel Hapoel Holon 14 6 8 1164 1170 6 20 79–82 92–94 58–59 68–69 90–88 101–94 99–86
7 France SIG Strasbourg 14 4 10 1082 1155 73 18 89–90 83–88 77–64 63–66 81–63 81–86 75–97
8 Poland Polski Cukier Toruń 14 2 12 1231 1345 114 16 73–95 95–113 70–75 81–85 102–121 105–122 97–81

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JER AEK SPB BAN VEC ANW PAU TGA
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 14 11 3 1254 1151 +103 25 Advance to round of 16 85–78 96–91 83–72 98–87 112–94 98–76 94–72
2 Greece AEK 14 9 5 1093 1039 +54 23 91–78 74–66 84–96 75–79 83–72 102–82 62–51
3 Spain San Pablo Burgos 14 8 6 1203 1132 +71 22 91–84 93–76 92–84 87–71 110–78 78–82 90–76
4 Turkey Teksüt Bandırma 14 8 6 1149 1111 +38 22 69–73 50–68 84–81 82–70 86–87 81–66 89–81
5 Germany Rasta Vechta 14 6 8 1135 1166 31 20 74–83 70–81 87–93 73–81 89–76 93–86 79–72
6 Poland Anwil Włocławek 14 5 9 1212 1279 67 19 102–107 77–79 100–90 84–89 103–92 95–87 80–71
7 France Pau-Lacq-Orthez 14 5 9 1087 1171 84 19 81–75 67–79 80–76 76–96 75–90 85–77 75–57
8 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 4 10 1026 1110 84 18 73–88 73–61 60–65 93–90 74–81 99–87 74–69

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NYM TFE NIZ PER BRO GAZ MOR VEF
1 Czech Republic ERA Nymburk 14 12 2 1147 1014 +133 26 Advance to round of 16 68–78 76–72 84–72 91–71 74–72 91–74 75–56
2 Spain Iberostar Tenerife 14 11 3 1134 973 +161 25 84–89 81–67 72–68 82–64 69–67 91–61 92–59
3 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 14 9 5 1073 1042 +31 23 73–82 75–72 82–76 76–75 89–64 89–69 80–78
4 Greece Peristeri Winmasters 14 8 6 1027 1026 +1 22 75–65 54–80 71–74 78–75 87–79 72–67 91–83
5 Germany Brose Bamberg 14 7 7 1076 1057 +19 21 80–84 98–96 58–73 72–69 86–81 81–76 91–53
6 Turkey Gaziantep 14 4 10 1040 1117 77 18 69–79 65–88 79–76 64–70 66–76 86–79 86–79
7 Montenegro Mornar 14 4 10 1059 1157 98 18 66–98 74–81 87–66 65–73 77–73 84–77 106–99
8 Latvia VEF Rīga 14 1 13 997 1167 170 15 72–91 64–68 74–81 64–71 55–76 81–85 80–74

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ZAR JDA BON BJK FAL NEP PAOK BRI
1 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 14 10 4 1136 1094 +42 24 Advance to round of 16 75–60 72–77 80–73 70–69 86–70 86–76 96–93
2 France JDA Dijon 14 9 5 1159 1069 +90 23 73–105 66–78 88–47 87–68 92–71 81–76 95–79
3 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 8 6 1143 1146 3 22 85–71 83–72 86–82 91–77 97–85 83–85 101–93
4 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta 14 7 7 1068 1079 11 21 73–74 65–98 80–76 74–49 76–69 98–83 96–67
5 Hungary Falco Szombathely 14 6 8 1115 1109 +6 20 70–77 82–81 91–59 79–83 97–73 76–66 93–83
6 Lithuania Neptūnas 14 6 8 1137 1166 29 20 91–73 75–89 93–68 86–80 87–83 80–86 81–71
7 Greece PAOK 14 5 9 1143 1186 43 19 93–78 77–84 103–84 60–69 80–89 72–94 95–91
8 Italy Happy Casa Brindisi 14 5 9 1203 1255 52 19 91–93 88–93 76–75 84–72 98–92 96–82 93–91

Playoffs

The playoffs started on 3 March 2020.

In the playoffs, teams play against each other over two legs on a best-of-three basis, except for the Final Four. In the playoffs draw, the group winners and the runners-up are seeded, and the third-placed teams and the fourth-placed teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.

Bracket

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Turkey Türk Telekom2
 
30 September
 
Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta0
 
Turkey Türk Telekom82
 
 
 
France JDA Dijon 83
 
France JDA Dijon2
 
2 October
 
Russia Nizhny Novgorod1
 
France JDA Dijon 69
 
 
 
Spain San Pablo Burgos 81
 
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem2
 
30 September
 
Greece Peristeri Winmasters0
 
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 65
 
 
 
Spain San Pablo Burgos92
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari0
 
4 October
 
Spain San Pablo Burgos2
 
Spain San Pablo Burgos 85
 
 
 
Greece AEK 74
 
Spain Casademont Zaragoza2
 
1 October
 
Lithuania Lietkabelis0
 
Spain Casademont Zaragoza87
 
 
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife81
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife2
 
2 October
 
Belgium Filou Oostende1
 
Spain Casademont Zaragoza 75
 
 
 
Greece AEK 99 Third place game
 
Czech Republic ERA Nymburk2
 
1 October4 October
 
Turkey Teksüt Bandırma0
 
Czech Republic ERA Nymburk82 France JDA Dijon 70
 
 
 
Greece AEK 94 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 65
 
Greece AEK2
 
 
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn0
 

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 3–4 March, the second legs on 10–11 March. Third legs will be played on 16 September 2020.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 2–0 Greece Peristeri Winmasters 91–78 79–73
Casademont Zaragoza Spain 2–0 Lithuania Lietkabelis 76–67 90–88
ERA Nymburk Czech Republic 2–0 Turkey Teksüt Bandırma 92–70 86–72
Türk Telekom Turkey 2–0 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta 89–78 84–66
Iberostar Tenerife Spain 2–1 Belgium Filou Oostende 85–75 69–75 62–54
Dinamo Sassari Italy 0–2 Spain San Pablo Burgos 81–84 80–95
JDA Dijon France 2–1 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 88–73 79–88 75–67
AEK Greece 2–0 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 92–85 90–86

Final Eight

The concluding Final Eight tournament will be played in Athens, Greece, between 30 September and 4 October 2020.[9][10]

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played on 30 September and 1 October 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain 92–65 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Türk Telekom Turkey 82–83 France JDA Dijon
Casademont Zaragoza Spain 87–81 Spain Iberostar Tenerife
ERA Nymburk Czech Republic 82–94 Greece AEK

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 2 October 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
JDA Dijon France 69–81 Spain Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Casademont Zaragoza Spain 75–99 Greece AEK

Third place game

The third place game was played on 4 October 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
JDA Dijon France 70–65 Spain Casademont Zaragoza

Final

The final was played on 4 October 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain 85–74 Greece AEK

Awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 28 and 29 September.[11]

Award Player Club
Most Valuable PlayerUnited States Keith LangfordGreece AEK
Final Eight MVPGeorgia (country) Thad McFaddenSpain San Pablo Burgos
Best Young PlayerSpain Carlos AlocénSpain Casademont Zaragoza
Best CoachIsrael Oren AmielCzech Republic ERA Nymburk

Star Lineup

First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Brazil Marcelo Huertas Spain Canarias Jamaica Dylan Ennis Spain Zaragoza
United States Keith Langford Greece AEK Athens Brazil Vítor Benite Spain Burgos
Czech Republic Vojtěch Hruban Czech Republic Nymburk United States Dyshawn Pierre Italy Dinamo Sassari
United States TaShawn Thomas Israel Hapoel Jerusalem United States Kyle Wiltjer Turkey Türk Telekom
Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini Spain Canarias France Moustapha Fall Turkey Türk Telekom

All Defensive Team

Player Team
United States Lamonte Ulmer France Dijon [12]
France Lahaou Konaté Spain Canarias
Cuba Yorman Polas Bartolo Turkey Türk Telekom
United States Marcus Slaughter Greece AEK
France Moustapha Fall Turkey Türk Telekom

Game Day MVP

After each gameday a selection of five players with the highest efficiency ratings is made by the Basketball Champions League. Afterwards, the official website decides which player is crowned Game Day MVP.

Regular season

Gameday Player Team EFF Ref.
1Canada Dyshawn PierreItaly Dinamo Sassari35[13]
2United States Adrian BanksItaly Happy Casa Brindisi34[14]
3Dominican Republic James FeldeineIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem27[15]
4Netherlands Nicolas de JongFrance Pau-Lacq-Orthez30[16]
5Canada Kyle WiltjerTurkey Türk Telekom33[17]
6United States Adam SmithGreece PAOK28[18]
7Hungary Zoltán PerlHungary Falco Szombathely26[19]
8United States Brandon BrownRussia Nizhny Novgorod28[20]
9Cuba Howard Sant-RoosGreece AEK25[21]
10United States TaShawn ThomasIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem32[22]
11United States J'Covan BrownIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem31[23]
12Germany Robin BenzingSpain Casademont Zaragoza30[24]
13United States TaShawn ThomasIsrael Hapoel Jerusalem38[25]
14United States Earl ClarkSpain San Pablo Burgos28[26]

See also

References

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