2020 Basketball Champions League Final
| Event | 2019–20 Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||
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| Date | 4 October 2020 | ||||||||||
| Venue | O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece | ||||||||||
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| MVP | Thaddus McFadden (Final Eight MVP) | ||||||||||
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| Attendance | 0 (behind closed doors)[1] | ||||||||||
2020 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season, the 4th season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Eight were played in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.
San Pablo Burgos won its first Champions League title after defeating AEK.[2]
Background
[edit]San Pablo Burgos
[edit]Five years before, in August 2015, the professional section of CB Miraflores had been established.[3] In 2017, Burgos made its debut in the Liga ACB, the highest Spanish league. In the 2019–20 ACB season, which was played out earlier that year, Burgos reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.
AEK
[edit]For AEK, this was the second time it appeared in a final of the Basketball Champions League, having won the 2018 title. It was also the second time AEK hosted the Final Four/Eight tournament at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall.
Keith Langford, the team's leading scorer, was named Most Valuable Player of the competition.[4] AEK also had Tyrese Rice, the MVP of the previous 2018–19 season,[5] on its roster.
Venue
[edit]The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall was the stage of the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the 2018.[6][7]
| Athens | 2020 Basketball Champions League Final (Europe) |
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| O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall | |
| Capacity: 18,989 | |
Road to the final
[edit] San Pablo Burgos
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Round |  AEK
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| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B third place
Source: Basketball Champions League
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Regular season | Group B second place
Source: Basketball Champions League
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Playoffs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dinamo Sassari
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2–0 | 84–81 (A) | 95–80 (H) | Round of 16 |  Bonn
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2–0 | 92–85 (H) | 90–86 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hapoel Jerusalem
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92–65 | Quarter-finals |  Nymburk
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94–82 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 JDA Dijon
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81–67 | Semi-finals | Zaragoza
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99–75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game details
[edit]Giannis Antetokounmpo, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, was in attendance for the final.[8]
| 4 October 2020 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos
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85–74 | AEK
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Athens |
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| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 35–12, 19–13, 17–25 | |||
| Pts: McFadden 18 Rebs: Kravić 11 Asts: McFadden 5 Eff.: McFadden 22 |
Boxscore |
Pts: Rice 17 Rebs: Moreira 7 Asts: Gkikas 5 Eff.: Rice 17 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Eddie Viator (FRA) |
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References
[edit]- ^ "BCL Final Eight will be played behind closed doors in Athens". Eurohoops. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Benavente tiende la mano al Miraflores" [Benavente gives Miraflores a hand] (in Spanish). El Correo de Burgos. 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Langford named MVP of the season". Basketball Champions League. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- ^ "Rice named MVP of the Season". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season".
- ^ "Athens to host Basketball Champions League Final 8".
- ^ "Giannis Antetokounmpo takes in Basketball Champions League final in Greece". Fansided. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.