2019–20 BCL Americas
Basketball Champions League Americas | |
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![]() The Antel Arena in Montevideo hosted the final | |
Season | 2019–20 |
Dates | 28 October 2019 – 30 October 2020 |
Number of games | 40 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Finals | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
← 2019 LDLA 2021 → |
The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 13th edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and first of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) since launched by FIBA in September 2019. It was also the 21st season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 58th season of South American top-level competition.
The competition began on 28 October 2019, with the group phase, and would have been concluded in April 2020. On 14 March 2020, FIBA suspended all of its competitions until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The competition resumed on 27 October 2020 with an altered format, including a single-match final in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 October 2020.[2]
San Lorenzo won the last FIBA Americas League tournament. They were eliminated in the semifinals by eventual winners Quimsa, who went onto beat Flamengo 92–86 in the final to be crowned as the inaugural champions of the Basketball Champions League Americas. As champions, Quimsa qualified for the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Team allocation
A total of 12 teams from 7 countries will participate in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Americas. The participating teams were announced on 1 October 2019.[3]
Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[3]
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- LDA: FIBA Americas League title holders
- CW: Preseason tournament winners
- WC: Qualified through Wild Card
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3]
Phase | Round | Dates |
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Group phase | Gameday 1 | 28 October – 1 November 2019 |
Gameday 2 | 24–29 November 2019 | |
Gameday 3 | 16–20 December 2019 | |
Playoffs | Quarterfinals | 14–21 January 2020 |
Semifinals | 9 March – 27 October 2020 (originally 9–14 March 2020) | |
Final | 30 October 2020 (originally April 2020)[note 1] |
Group phase
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three, while taking into account geographic location. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the remaining team in each group is eliminated. The Group phase started on 28 October and will end on 20 December 2019.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SLR | MDC | BIG | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 390 | 335 | +55 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 107–78 | 104–88 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 339 | 355 | −16 | 6 | 78–82 | — | 91–76 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 345 | 384 | −39 | 4 | 91–97 | 90–92 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | QUI | FRA | AGU | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 367 | 330 | +37 | 7 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 98–92 | 87–61 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 349 | 324 | +25 | 6 | 74–82 | — | 95–94 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 308 | 370 | −62 | 5 | 103–100 | 50–88 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FLA | INS | VAL | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 338 | 301 | +37 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 81–76 | 82–71 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 325 | 308 | +17 | 6 | 75–83 | — | 92–67 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 294 | 348 | −54 | 4 | 79–92 | 77–82 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | RES | FUE | CAP | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 381 | 331 | +50 | 8 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 90–65 | 99–85 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 327 | 348 | −21 | 5[a] | 92–97 | — | 77–64 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 335 | 364 | −29 | 5[a] | 89–95 | 97–93 | — |
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head points scored: Fuerza Regia 170–161 Capitanes.
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 90 | 96 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 84 | 83 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 91 | 87 | 110 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 84 | 100 | 97 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 59 | 91 | 75 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 75 | 76 | 73 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 92 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 86 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | 90 | 103 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 67 | 76 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 63 | 66 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 54 | 64 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 80 | 87 | 85 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 88 | 85 | 90 | |||||||||||||
Team 1 hosts games 2 and 3.
Quarterfinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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San Lorenzo ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 59–75 | 91–76 | 75–73 |
Quimsa ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 90–84 | 96–83 | |
Flamengo ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 90–67 | 103–76 | |
Real Estelí ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 80–88 | 87–85 | 85–90 |
Semifinals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Quimsa ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 91–84 | 87–100 | 110–97 (OT) |
Flamengo ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 63–54 | 66–64 |
Final
![Argentina](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png)
![Brazil](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png)
30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)[note 1] | Quimsa ![]() | 92–86 | ![]() | Montevideo | |
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20:00 UTC−3 | Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 23–24, 13–25, 29–18 | ||||
Pts: Robinson 26 Rebs: Ramírez 8 Asts: Copello, Ramírez 3 | Boxscore | Pts: Marquinhos 20 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Balbi 5 | Arena: Antel Arena Attendance: 0[note 2] Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU) |
Statistics
The following were the statistical leaders in the 2019–20 BCL Americas season.[4][5]
Individual statistic leaders
| Individual game highs
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Notes
- ^ a b The final originally consisted of a best-of-three series, but it was changed to a single game in a neutral venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
- ^ The remainder of the competition, held in October 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
References
- ^ "FIBA competitions suspended". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "BCL Americas Final will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Basketball Champions League Americas Best Individual Games - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 March 2022.