2020 Basketball Champions League Final

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2020 Basketball Champions League Final
Event2019–20 Basketball Champions League
San Pablo Burgos AEK
Spain Greece
85 74
Date4 October 2020
VenueO.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece
Coaches
MVPThaddus McFadden (Final Eight MVP)
Referees
  • Manuel Mazzoni (Italy)
  • Yohan Rosso (France)
  • Eddie Viator (France)
Attendance0 (behind closed doors)[1]
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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)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Road to the final[edit]

Spain San Pablo Burgos Round Greece AEK
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Group B third place
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 14 25
2 Greece AEK 14 23
3 Spain San Pablo Burgos 14 22
4 Turkey Teksüt Bandırma 14 22
5 Germany Rasta Vechta 14 20
6 Poland Anwil Włocławek 14 19
7 France Pau-Lacq-Orthez 14 19
8 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 18
Source: Basketball Champions League
 Regular season Group B second place
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 14 25
2 Greece AEK 14 23
3 Spain San Pablo Burgos 14 22
4 Turkey Teksüt Bandırma 14 22
5 Germany Rasta Vechta 14 20
6 Poland Anwil Włocławek 14 19
7 France Pau-Lacq-Orthez 14 19
8 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 18
Source: Basketball Champions League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Playoffs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Italy Dinamo Sassari 2–0 84–81 (A) 95–80 (H) Round of 16 Germany Bonn 2–0 92–85 (H) 90–86 (A)
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 92–65 Quarter-finals Czech Republic Nymburk 94–82
France JDA Dijon 81–67 Semi-finals Spain Zaragoza 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 Spain 85–74 Greece AEK Athens
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)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alex Renfroe 11 4 4
SG 8 Brazil Vítor Benite 11 1 3
SF 1 Spain Xavi Rabaseda 5 0 1
PF 14 Cuba Jasiel Rivero 2 4 0
C 2 Serbia Dejan Kravić 1 11 0
Reserves:
G 0 United Kingdom Kareem Queeley DNP
G 9 Spain Álex Barrera DNP
G 12 Georgia (country) Thad McFadden 18 6 5
C 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jordan Sakho 2 3 1
G 20 Montenegro Omar Cook 15 2 4
F 30 United States Ken Horton 8 3 0
Head coach:
Spain Joan Peñarroya
Burgos jersey
Team colours
Burgos
AEK jersey
Team colours
AEK

0

Burgos Statistics AEK
31/61 (50.8%) 2-pt field goals 28/66 (42.4%)
17/35 (48.6%) 3-pt field goals 10/29 (34.5%)
6/11 (54.5%) Free throws 8/11 (72.7%)
11 Offensive rebounds 6
30 Defensive rebounds 21
41 Total rebounds 27
17 Assists 13
16 Turnovers 8
6 Steals 9
1 Blocks 1
17 Fouls 18


2019–20 Basketball Champions League champions
Spain
Burgos
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20 Greece Nikos Gkikas 5 2 5
SG 1 United States Keith Langford 11 4 1
SF 9 Greece Vlado Janković 1 1 2
PF 21 Greece Linos Chrysikopoulos 8 2 0
C 2 Angola Yanick Moreira 5 7 7
Reserves:
G 4 Montenegro Tyrese Rice 17 0 4
F 8 Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis 6 3 0
G 10 Greece Nikos Zisis 4 0 0
G 24 Belgium Matt Lojeski 9 0 0
G/F 27 Greece Nikos Rogkavopoulos 0 2 0
F/C 42 United States Darion Atkins DNP
C 44 United States Marcus Slaughter 8 2 1
Head coach:
Greece Ilias Papatheodorou

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BCL Final Eight will be played behind closed doors in Athens". Eurohoops. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Benavente tiende la mano al Miraflores" [Benavente gives Miraflores a hand] (in Spanish). El Correo de Burgos. 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Langford named MVP of the season". Basketball Champions League. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "Rice named MVP of the Season". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season".
  7. ^ "Athens to host Basketball Champions League Final 8".
  8. ^ "Giannis Antetokounmpo takes in Basketball Champions League final in Greece". Fansided. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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