2019–20 BCL Americas

Basketball Champions League Americas
The Antel Arena in Montevideo hosted the final
Season2019–20
Dates28 October 2019 – 30 October 2020
Games played40
Teams12
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Brandon Robinson (Quimsa)
Finals
ChampionsArgentina Quimsa (1st title)
  Runners-upBrazil Flamengo
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]

Group phase
Argentina San LorenzoLDA (1st) Brazil Flamengo (1st) Uruguay Aguada (1st) Mexico Capitanes (2nd)
Argentina Instituto (2nd) Brazil Franca (2nd) Uruguay Biguá (WC) Chile Valdivia (1st)
Argentina Quimsa (CW) Brazil Mogi das Cruzes (3rd) Mexico Fuerza Regia (1st) Nicaragua Real Estelí (WC)

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
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
1 Argentina San Lorenzo 4 4 0 390 335 +55 8 Advance to quarterfinals — 107–78 104–88
2 Brazil Mogi das Cruzes 4 2 2 339 355 −16 6 78–82 — 91–76
3 Uruguay Biguá 4 0 4 345 384 −39 4 91–97 90–92 —
Source: BCL Americas

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification QUI FRA AGU
1 Argentina Quimsa 4 3 1 367 330 +37 7 Advance to quarterfinals — 98–92 87–61
2 Brazil Franca 4 2 2 349 324 +25 6 74–82 — 95–94
3 Uruguay Aguada 4 1 3 308 370 −62 5 103–100 50–88 —
Source: BCL Americas

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FLA INS VAL
1 Brazil Flamengo 4 4 0 338 301 +37 8 Advance to quarterfinals — 81–76 82–71
2 Argentina Instituto 4 2 2 325 308 +17 6 75–83 — 92–67
3 Chile Valdivia 4 0 4 294 348 −54 4 79–92 77–82 —
Source: BCL Americas

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification RES FUE CAP
1 Nicaragua Real Estelí 4 4 0 381 331 +50 8 Advance to quarterfinals — 90–65 99–85
2 Mexico Fuerza Regia 4 1 3 327 348 −21 5[a] 92–97 — 77–64
3 Mexico Capitanes 4 1 3 335 364 −29 5[a] 89–95 97–93 —
Source: BCL Americas
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points scored: Fuerza Regia 170–161 Capitanes.

Playoffs

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Argentina Quimsa9096
 
 
 
Brazil Mogi das Cruzes8483
 
Argentina Quimsa9187110
 
 
 
Argentina San Lorenzo8410097
 
Argentina San Lorenzo599175
 
 
 
Brazil Franca757673
 
Argentina Quimsa92
 
 
 
Brazil Flamengo86
 
Brazil Flamengo90103
 
 
 
Mexico Fuerza Regia6776
 
Brazil Flamengo6366
 
 
 
Argentina Instituto5464
 
Nicaragua Real Estelí808785
 
 
Argentina Instituto888590
 

Team 1 hosts games 2 and 3.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
San Lorenzo Argentina 2–1 Brazil Franca 59–75 91–76 75–73
Quimsa Argentina 2–0 Brazil Mogi das Cruzes 90–84 96–83
Flamengo Brazil 2–0 Mexico Fuerza Regia 90–67 103–76
Real Estelí Nicaragua 1–2 Argentina Instituto 80–88 87–85 85–90

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Quimsa Argentina 2–1 Argentina San Lorenzo 91–84 87–100 110–97 (OT)
Flamengo Brazil 2–0 Argentina Instituto 63–54 66–64

Final

Main article: 2020 BCL Americas Final
30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)[note 1] Quimsa Argentina 92–86 Brazil Flamengo Montevideo
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]

Notes

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ The remainder of the competition, held in October 2020, was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

References

  1. ^ "FIBA competitions suspended". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "BCL Americas Final will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Basketball Champions League Americas Best Individual Games - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 March 2022.