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]

Basketball Champions League
Season2019–20
Teams48 (total)
32 (regular season)
Dates17 September 2019 – 4 October 2020
Final positions
Champions San Pablo Burgos (1st title)
Runners-up AEK
Third place JDA Dijon
Fourth place Casademont Zaragoza
Awards
MVP Keith Langford
Final Eight MVP Thad McFadden
Statistical leaders
Index Rating TaShawn Thomas 20.9
Points Justin Dentmon 20.9
Rebounds Shevon Thompson 10.1
Assists Marcelinho Huertas 8.1

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]

Qualified teams for 2019–20 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Gaziantep (5th) SIG Strasbourg (6th) Iberostar Tenerife (9th) Happy Casa Brindisi (5th)
Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta (6th) AEK (3rd) Rasta Vechta (4th) Filou Oostende (1st)
Türk Telekom (7th) Peristeri Winmasters (4th) Brose Bamberg (5th) ERA Nymburk (1st)
Teksüt Bandırma (8th) PAOK (5th) Hapoel Jerusalem (3rd) VEF Rīga (1st)
JDA Dijon (3rd) Casademont Zaragoza (4th) Hapoel Holon (5th) Neptūnas (3rd)
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (5th) Baxi Manresa (8th) Dinamo SassariFEC (2nd) Anwil Włocławek (1st)
Second qualifying round
Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd) Telekom Baskets Bonn (7th) Lietkabelis (4th) Polski Cukier Toruń (2nd)
San Pablo Burgos (11th) Ventspils (2nd) Mornar (2nd) Nizhny Novgorod (8th)
First qualifying round
Kapfenberg Bulls (1st) Bakken Bears (1st) Donar (2nd) Inter Bratislava (1st)
Tsmoki Minsk (1st) Karhu (1st) Legia (8th) Södertälje Kings (1st)
Balkan (1st) Falco Szombathely (1st) Benfica (2nd) Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Keravnos (1st) Sigal Prishtina (1st) Oradea (1st) 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
Bakken Bears
Balkan
Donar
Fribourg Olympic
Kyiv Basket
Legia
Oradea
Tsmoki Minsk
Non-seeded teams
Benfica
Kapfenberg Bulls
Falco Szombathely
Inter Bratislava
Karhu
Keravnos
Södertälje Kings
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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Inter Bratislava 132–156 Fribourg Olympic 82–67 50–89
Karhu 160–154 Tsmoki Minsk 93–86 67–68
Södertälje Kings 153–146 Balkan 79–64 74–82
Kapfenberg Bulls 129–139 Kyiv Basket 66–66 63–73
Falco Szombathely 161–158 Oradea 71–62 90–96
Sigal Prishtina 162–166 Legia 79–81 83–85
Benfica 161–141 Donar 95–65 66–76
Keravnos 180–164 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Keravnos 137–148 Lietkabelis 55–71 82–77
Benfica 150–167 Mornar 68–96 82–71
Karhu 151–152 Polski Cukier Toruń 93–82 58–70
Falco Szombathely 148–124 Ventspils 75–69 73–55
Södertälje Kings 133–150 Telenet Giants Antwerp 60–82 73–68
Kyiv Basket 145–182 San Pablo Burgos 83–86 62–96
Legia 124–152 Nizhny Novgorod 61–74 63–78
Fribourg Olympic 138–160 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
AEK Hapoel Jerusalem
Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta Iberostar Tenerife
Brose Bamberg Neptūnas
ERA Nymburk PAOK
Dinamo Sassari SIG Strasbourg
Filou Oostende Teksüt Bandırma

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TTE DIN OOS LIE MAN HOL SIG TOR
1 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 Dinamo Sassari 14 11 3 1181 1088 +93 25 92–89 — 90–71 79–78 73–74 83–73 90–67 91–71
3 Filou Oostende 14 8 6 1059 1085 −26 22 67–85 88–82 — 80–66 85–72 101–86 64–71 105–103
4 Lietkabelis 14 7 7 1079 1077 +2 21 77–91 82–86 68–76 — 77–61 78–72 82–69 98–83
5 Baxi Manresa 14 7 7 1095 1069 +26 21 80–75 61–64 85–58 76–70 — 65–67 92–68 85–81
6 Hapoel Holon 14 6 8 1164 1170 −6 20 79–82 92–94 58–59 68–69 90–88 — 101–94 99–86
7 SIG Strasbourg 14 4 10 1082 1155 −73 18 89–90 83–88 77–64 63–66 81–63 81–86 — 75–97
8 Polski Cukier Toruń 14 2 12 1231 1345 −114 16 73–95 95–113 70–75 81–85 102–121 105–122 97–81 —
Source: Basketball Champions League

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification HAP AEK SPB BAN VEC ANW PAU TGA
1 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 AEK 14 9 5 1093 1039 +54 23 91–78 — 74–66 84–96 75–79 83–72 102–82 62–51
3 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 Teksüt Bandırma 14 8 6 1149 1111 +38 22 69–73 50–68 84–81 — 82–70 86–87 81–66 89–81
5 Rasta Vechta 14 6 8 1135 1166 −31 20 74–83 70–81 87–93 73–81 — 89–76 93–86 79–72
6 Anwil Włocławek 14 5 9 1212 1279 −67 19 102–107 77–79 100–90 84–89 103–92 — 95–87 80–71
7 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 Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 4 10 1026 1110 −84 18 73–88 73–61 60–65 93–90 74–81 99–87 74–69 —
Source: Basketball Champions League

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NYM TFE NIZ PER BRO GAZ MOR VEF
1 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 Iberostar Tenerife 14 11 3 1134 973 +161 25 84–89 — 81–67 72–68 82–64 69–67 91–61 92–59
3 Nizhny Novgorod 14 9 5 1073 1042 +31 23 73–82 75–72 — 82–76 76–75 89–64 89–69 80–78
4 Peristeri Winmasters 14 8 6 1027 1026 +1 22 75–65 54–80 71–74 — 78–75 87–79 72–67 91–83
5 Brose Bamberg 14 7 7 1076 1057 +19 21 80–84 98–96 58–73 72–69 — 86–81 81–76 91–53
6 Gaziantep 14 4 10 1040 1117 −77 18 69–79 65–88 79–76 64–70 66–76 — 86–79 86–79
7 Mornar 14 4 10 1059 1157 −98 18 66–98 74–81 87–66 65–73 77–73 84–77 — 106–99
8 VEF Rīga 14 1 13 997 1167 −170 15 72–91 64–68 74–81 64–71 55–76 81–85 80–74 —
Source: Basketball Champions League

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ZAR JDA BON BJK FAL NEP PAOK BRI
1 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 JDA Dijon 14 9 5 1159 1069 +90 23 73–105 — 66–78 88–47 87–68 92–71 81–76 95–79
3 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 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 Falco Szombathely 14 6 8 1115 1109 +6 20 70–77 82–81 91–59 79–83 — 97–73 76–66 93–83
6 Neptūnas 14 6 8 1137 1166 −29 20 91–73 75–89 93–68 86–80 87–83 — 80–86 81–71
7 PAOK 14 5 9 1143 1186 −43 19 93–78 77–84 103–84 60–69 80–89 72–94 — 95–91
8 Happy Casa Brindisi 14 5 9 1203 1255 −52 19 91–93 88–93 76–75 84–72 98–92 96–82 93–91 —
Source: Basketball Champions League

Playoffs
Main article: 2019–20 Basketball Champions League 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
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Türk Telekom2
 
30 September
 
 Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta0
 
 Türk Telekom82
 
 
 
 JDA Dijon 83
 
 JDA Dijon2
 
2 October
 
 Nizhny Novgorod1
 
 JDA Dijon 69
 
 
 
 San Pablo Burgos 81
 
 Hapoel Jerusalem2
 
30 September
 
 Peristeri Winmasters0
 
 Hapoel Jerusalem 65
 
 
 
 San Pablo Burgos92
 
 Dinamo Sassari0
 
4 October
 
 San Pablo Burgos2
 
 San Pablo Burgos 85
 
 
 
 AEK 74
 
 Casademont Zaragoza2
 
1 October
 
 Lietkabelis0
 
 Casademont Zaragoza87
 
 
 
 Iberostar Tenerife81
 
 Iberostar Tenerife2
 
2 October
 
 Filou Oostende1
 
 Casademont Zaragoza 75
 
 
 
 AEK 99 Third place game
 
 ERA Nymburk2
 
1 October4 October
 
 Teksüt Bandırma0
 
 ERA Nymburk82 JDA Dijon 70
 
 
 
 AEK 94 Casademont Zaragoza 65
 
 AEK2
 
 
 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 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Hapoel Jerusalem 2–0 Peristeri Winmasters 91–78 79–73 —
Casademont Zaragoza 2–0 Lietkabelis 76–67 90–88 —
ERA Nymburk 2–0 Teksüt Bandırma 92–70 86–72 —
Türk Telekom 2–0 Beşiktaş Sompo Sigorta 89–78 84–66 —
Iberostar Tenerife 2–1 Filou Oostende 85–75 69–75 62–54
Dinamo Sassari 0–2 San Pablo Burgos 81–84 80–95 —
JDA Dijon 2–1 Nizhny Novgorod 88–73 79–88 75–67
AEK 2–0 Telekom Baskets Bonn 92–85 90–86 —

Final Eight
Main article: 2020 Basketball Champions League 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 92–65 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Türk Telekom 82–83 JDA Dijon
Casademont Zaragoza 87–81 Iberostar Tenerife
ERA Nymburk 82–94 AEK

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 2 October 2020.

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

Third place game

The third place game was played on 4 October 2020.

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

Final
Main article: 2020 Basketball Champions League Final

The final was played on 4 October 2020.

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

Awards

Season awards

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

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Keith Langford AEK
Final Eight MVP Thad McFadden San Pablo Burgos
Best Young Player Carlos Alocén Casademont Zaragoza
Best Coach Oren Amiel ERA Nymburk

Star Lineup
First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Marcelo Huertas Canarias Dylan Ennis Zaragoza
Keith Langford AEK Athens Vítor Benite Burgos
Vojtěch Hruban Nymburk Dyshawn Pierre Dinamo Sassari
TaShawn Thomas Hapoel Jerusalem Kyle Wiltjer Türk Telekom
Giorgi Shermadini Canarias Moustapha Fall Türk Telekom

Game Day MVP
Main article: Basketball Champions League 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.
1 Dyshawn Pierre Dinamo Sassari35[12]
2 Adrian Banks Happy Casa Brindisi34[13]
3 James Feldeine Hapoel Jerusalem27[14]
4 Nicolas de Jong Pau-Lacq-Orthez30[15]
5 Kyle Wiltjer Türk Telekom33[16]
6 Adam Smith PAOK28[17]
7 Zoltán Perl Falco Szombathely26[18]
8 Brandon Brown Nizhny Novgorod28[19]
9 Howard Sant-Roos AEK25[20]
10 TaShawn Thomas Hapoel Jerusalem32[21]
11 J'Covan Brown Hapoel Jerusalem31[22]
12 Robin Benzing Casademont Zaragoza30[23]
13 TaShawn Thomas Hapoel Jerusalem38[24]
14 Earl Clark San Pablo Burgos28[25]

See also

References
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