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. On 12 March 2020, the competition was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
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Season | 2019–20 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 48 (total) 32 (regular season) | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17 September 2019 – 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||||
Final positions | |||||||||||||
Champions | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Third place | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Final Eight MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
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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 pandemics
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 is to be held in a single venue and will be a single-elimination tournament. Two games which were still not played in the Round of 16 will be played 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).[6]
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Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg |
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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]
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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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Inter Bratislava ![]() |
132–156 | ![]() |
82–67 | 50–89 |
Karhu ![]() |
160–154 | ![]() |
93–86 | 67–68 |
Södertälje Kings ![]() |
153–146 | ![]() |
79–64 | 74–82 |
Kapfenberg Bulls ![]() |
129–139 | ![]() |
66–66 | 63–73 |
Falco Szombathely ![]() |
161–158 | ![]() |
71–62 | 90–96 |
Sigal Prishtina ![]() |
162–166 | ![]() |
79–81 | 83–85 |
Benfica ![]() |
161–141 | ![]() |
95–65 | 66–76 |
Keravnos ![]() |
180–164 | ![]() |
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Keravnos ![]() |
137–148 | ![]() |
55–71 | 82–77 |
Benfica ![]() |
150–167 | ![]() |
68–96 | 82–71 |
Karhu ![]() |
151–152 | ![]() |
93–82 | 58–70 |
Falco Szombathely ![]() |
148–124 | ![]() |
75–69 | 73–55 |
Södertälje Kings ![]() |
133–150 | ![]() |
60–82 | 73–68 |
Kyiv Basket ![]() |
145–182 | ![]() |
83–86 | 62–96 |
Legia ![]() |
124–152 | ![]() |
61–74 | 63–78 |
Fribourg Olympic ![]() |
138–160 | ![]() |
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.
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Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TTE | DIN | OOS | LIE | MAN | HOL | SIG | TOR | |
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1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
14 | 11 | 3 | 1181 | 1088 | +93 | 25 | 92–89 | — | 90–71 | 79–78 | 73–74 | 83–73 | 90–67 | 91–71 | ||
3 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1059 | 1085 | −26 | 22 | 67–85 | 88–82 | — | 80–66 | 85–72 | 101–86 | 64–71 | 105–103 | ||
4 | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1079 | 1077 | +2 | 21 | 77–91 | 82–86 | 68–76 | — | 77–61 | 78–72 | 82–69 | 98–83 | ||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1095 | 1069 | +26 | 21 | 80–75 | 61–64 | 85–58 | 76–70 | — | 65–67 | 92–68 | 85–81 | ||
6 | ![]() |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1164 | 1170 | −6 | 20 | 79–82 | 92–94 | 58–59 | 68–69 | 90–88 | — | 101–94 | 99–86 | ||
7 | ![]() |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1082 | 1155 | −73 | 18 | 89–90 | 83–88 | 77–64 | 63–66 | 81–63 | 81–86 | — | 75–97 | ||
8 | ![]() |
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 | HAP | AEK | SPB | BAN | VEC | ANW | PAU | TGA | |
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1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1093 | 1039 | +54 | 23 | 91–78 | — | 74–66 | 84–96 | 75–79 | 83–72 | 102–82 | 62–51 | ||
3 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1203 | 1132 | +71 | 22 | 91–84 | 93–76 | — | 92–84 | 87–71 | 110–78 | 78–82 | 90–76 | ||
4 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1149 | 1111 | +38 | 22 | 69–73 | 50–68 | 84–81 | — | 82–70 | 86–87 | 81–66 | 89–81 | ||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1135 | 1166 | −31 | 20 | 74–83 | 70–81 | 87–93 | 73–81 | — | 89–76 | 93–86 | 79–72 | ||
6 | ![]() |
14 | 5 | 9 | 1212 | 1279 | −67 | 19 | 102–107 | 77–79 | 100–90 | 84–89 | 103–92 | — | 95–87 | 80–71 | ||
7 | ![]() |
14 | 5 | 9 | 1087 | 1171 | −84 | 19 | 81–75 | 67–79 | 80–76 | 76–96 | 75–90 | 85–77 | — | 75–57 | ||
8 | ![]() |
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 | |
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1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
14 | 11 | 3 | 1134 | 973 | +161 | 25 | 84–89 | — | 81–67 | 72–68 | 82–64 | 69–67 | 91–61 | 92–59 | ||
3 | ![]() |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1073 | 1042 | +31 | 23 | 73–82 | 75–72 | — | 82–76 | 76–75 | 89–64 | 89–69 | 80–78 | ||
4 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1027 | 1026 | +1 | 22 | 75–65 | 54–80 | 71–74 | — | 78–75 | 87–79 | 72–67 | 91–83 | ||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1076 | 1057 | +19 | 21 | 80–84 | 98–96 | 58–73 | 72–69 | — | 86–81 | 81–76 | 91–53 | ||
6 | ![]() |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1040 | 1117 | −77 | 18 | 69–79 | 65–88 | 79–76 | 64–70 | 66–76 | — | 86–79 | 86–79 | ||
7 | ![]() |
14 | 4 | 10 | 1059 | 1157 | −98 | 18 | 66–98 | 74–81 | 87–66 | 65–73 | 77–73 | 84–77 | — | 106–99 | ||
8 | ![]() |
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 | |
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1 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
14 | 9 | 5 | 1159 | 1069 | +90 | 23 | 73–105 | — | 66–78 | 88–47 | 87–68 | 92–71 | 81–76 | 95–79 | ||
3 | ![]() |
14 | 8 | 6 | 1143 | 1146 | −3 | 22 | 85–71 | 83–72 | — | 86–82 | 91–77 | 97–85 | 83–85 | 101–93 | ||
4 | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 7 | 1068 | 1079 | −11 | 21 | 73–74 | 65–98 | 80–76 | — | 74–49 | 76–69 | 98–83 | 96–67 | ||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1115 | 1109 | +6 | 20 | 70–77 | 82–81 | 91–59 | 79–83 | — | 97–73 | 76–66 | 93–83 | ||
6 | ![]() |
14 | 6 | 8 | 1137 | 1166 | −29 | 20 | 91–73 | 75–89 | 93–68 | 86–80 | 87–83 | — | 80–86 | 81–71 | ||
7 | ![]() |
14 | 5 | 9 | 1143 | 1186 | −43 | 19 | 93–78 | 77–84 | 103–84 | 60–69 | 80–89 | 72–94 | — | 95–91 | ||
8 | ![]() |
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
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
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30 September | ||||||||||||||
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2 October | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 69 | |||||||||||||
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30 September | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 65 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 92 | |||||||||||||
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4 October | ||||||||||||||
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1 October | ||||||||||||||
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2 October | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | 99 | Third place game | ||||||||||||
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1 October | 4 October | |||||||||||||
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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 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
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Hapoel Jerusalem ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
91–78 | 79–73 | — |
Casademont Zaragoza ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
76–67 | 90–88 | — |
ERA Nymburk ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
92–70 | 86–72 | — |
Türk Telekom ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
89–78 | 84–66 | — |
Iberostar Tenerife ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
85–75 | 69–75 | 62–54 |
Dinamo Sassari ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
81–84 | 80–95 | — |
JDA Dijon ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
88–73 | 79–88 | 75–67 |
AEK ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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 |
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Hereda San Pablo Burgos ![]() |
92–65 | ![]() |
Türk Telekom ![]() |
82–83 | ![]() |
Casademont Zaragoza ![]() |
87–81 | ![]() |
ERA Nymburk ![]() |
82–94 | ![]() |
Semifinals
The semifinals were played on 2 October 2020.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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JDA Dijon ![]() |
69–81 | ![]() |
Casademont Zaragoza ![]() |
75–99 | ![]() |
Third place game
The third place game was played on 4 October 2020.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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JDA Dijon ![]() |
70–65 | ![]() |
Awards
Season awards
The annual season awards were announced on 28 and 29 September.[11]
Award | Player | Club |
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Most Valuable Player | ![]() | ![]() |
Final Eight MVP | ![]() | ![]() |
Best Young Player | ![]() | ![]() |
Best Coach | ![]() | ![]() |
Star Lineup
First Team | Second Team | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team |
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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. |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 35 | [12] |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 34 | [13] |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 27 | [14] |
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | [15] |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 33 | [16] |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | [17] |
7 | ![]() | ![]() | 26 | [18] |
8 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | [19] |
9 | ![]() | ![]() | 25 | [20] |
10 | ![]() | ![]() | 32 | [21] |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | 31 | [22] |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | 30 | [23] |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | 38 | [24] |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | [25] |
References
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- "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- "Coast To Coast Podcast Episode 29: Basketball Champions League CEO Patrick Comninos and Star Lineup Picks". Basketball Champions League. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- "Basketball Champions League draw explained". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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- League, Basketball Champions (24 June 2019). ".@SLBenfica are entering QR1 & @MornarBar are upgraded to QR2, replacing Openjobmetis Varese! #BasketballCL". Twitter. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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- http://www.championsleague.basketball/en/19-20/news/bcl-to-schedule-a-final-eight-in-late-september
- http://www.championsleague.basketball/19-20/news/athens-to-host-basketball-champions-league-final-eight
- "Star Lineup revealed, Alocen Best Young Player". Basketball Champions League. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "Dyshawn Pierre claims MVP of the Week honor". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "Adrian Banks named MVP of the Week". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "James Feldeine claims MVP of the Week honor". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- "Nicolas De Jong named MVP of the Week". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- "Kyle Wiltjer claims MVP of the week honor". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Adam Smith named MVP of the week". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Zoltan Perl first Hungarian-born player to claim MVP of the week honor". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "Brandon Brown named MVP of the week". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "Howard Sant-Roos claims MVP of the week honor". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- "TaShawn Thomas claims MVP of the Week accolade". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- "J'Covan Brown claims MVP of the Week honors". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Benzing claims MVP of the Week honors". ChampionsLeague.Basketball. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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External links
- Basketball Champions League (official website)
- FIBA (official website)