2020 Basketball Champions League Final Eight
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| Season | 2019–20 season |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Athens, Greece |
| Dates | 30 September – 4 October 2020 |
| Awards and statistics | |
| Attendance | 0 |
The 2020 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight was the 4th concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the fourth season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following suspension of the league,[1] the usual format of an Final Four was changed to a Final Eight.[2]
The tournament was played behind closed doors due to worries about COVID-19.
Venue
The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall was the stage of the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the 2018.[3][4] AEK Athens, which won the championship that year, would serve as host again. The arena was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is located in the Athens suburb of Marousi. It is considered to be one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in all of Europe.
| Athens | 2020 Basketball Champions League Final Eight (Europe) |
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| O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall | |
| Capacity: 18,989 | |
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Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 October | ||||||||||
 Casademont Zaragoza | 87 | |||||||||
| 2 October | ||||||||||
| Iberostar Tenerife | 81 | |||||||||
| Casademont Zaragoza | 75 | |||||||||
| 1 October | ||||||||||
 AEK | 99 | |||||||||
 ERA Nymburk | 82 | |||||||||
| 4 October | ||||||||||
| AEK | 94 | |||||||||
| AEK | ||||||||||
| 30 September | ||||||||||
| San Pablo Burgos | ||||||||||
 Türk Telekom | 82 | |||||||||
| 2 October | ||||||||||
 JDA Dijon | 83 | |||||||||
| JDA Dijon | 69 | |||||||||
| 30 September | ||||||||||
| San Pablo Burgos | 81 | Third place game | ||||||||
 Hapoel Jerusalem | 65 | |||||||||
| 4 October | ||||||||||
| San Pablo Burgos | 92 | |||||||||
| Casademont Zaragoza | ||||||||||
| JDA Dijon | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 30 September 2020 | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
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65–92 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 17–26, 16–28, 17–15 | ||||
| Pts: Mitrovic, Pappas 13 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Blatt 5 Eff: Thomas 15 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kravic, McFadden 18 Rebs: Kravic 10 Asts: Cook 7 Eff: Kravic 28 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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| 30 September 2020 | Türk Telekom
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82–83 | JDA Dijon
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–28, 13–19, 20–18 | ||||
| Pts: Wiltjer 19 Rebs: Dekker 9 Asts: Enins 11 Eff: Ennis 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Julien 19 Rebs: Alingue, Chassang 7 Asts: Holston 6 Eff: Julien 20 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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| 1 October 2020 | ERA Nymburk
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82–94 | AEK
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 16–23, 19–25, 24–25 | ||||
| Pts: Harding, Hruban 16 Rebs: Dalton 9 Asts: Rupnik 5 Eff: Hruban 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Langford 18 Rebs: Moreira 8 Asts: Rice 5 Eff: Gkikas 16 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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| 1 October 2020 | Casademont Zaragoza
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87–81 | Iberostar Tenerife
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 19–23, 24–16, 24–25 | ||||
| Pts: Benzing 17 Rebs: Hlinason, Thompson 7 Asts: Enins 6 Eff: Brussino 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shermadini 22 Rebs: Shermadini, Doornekamp 8 Asts: Huertas 8 Eff: Shermadini 24 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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Semifinals
| 2 October 2020 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos
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81–67 | JDA Dijon
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 20–17, 16–20, 22–17 | ||||
| Pts: Benite 25 Rebs: Horton 10 Asts: Kravic, Renfroe 6 Eff: Horton 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Julien 17 Rebs: Chassang 11 Asts: Holston, Julien 5 Eff: Julien 18 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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| 2 October 2020 | AEK
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99–75 | Casademont Zaragoza
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Athens |
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| Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 27–17, 30–25, 16–18 | ||||
| Pts: Rice, Langford 18 Rebs: Maciulis 9 Asts: Gkikas 8 Eff: Rice 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Seeley 18 Rebs: Brussino 9 Asts: San Miguel 6 Eff: Brussino 21 |
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 |
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Third place game
Final
| 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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Notes
References
- ^ "FIBA suspends all competitions indefinitely over health concerns - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ 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
External links
- Basketball Champions League (official website)