2019–20 EuroLeague
EuroLeague season
Basketball league season
The 2019–20 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 20th season of the modern era of the EuroLeague and the 10th under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines . Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 63rd season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season started on 3 October 2019 and played its last games on 6 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
On 12 March 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 1] On 25 May, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 2]
The Final Four would have been played in 22–24 May 2020 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne , Germany.[ 3] CSKA Moscow was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Euroleague Basketball decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season. The Lanxess Arena was compensated by hosting the next Final Four.
On 5 July 2018, Euroleague Basketball agreed expand the competition to 18 teams, with the allocation of two-year wild cards to German Bayern Munich and French LDLC ASVEL .[ 4]
Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Distribution
The following was the access list for this season.[ 5]
Access list for 2019–20 EuroLeague
Teams entering in this round
Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (18 teams)
11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence
5 associated clubs with an annual licence
2 two-year wild cards
Playoffs (8 teams)
8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four (4 teams)
4 series winners from the playoffs
Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
EC: EuroCup champion
WC: Wild card
Notes
Teams
Venues and locations
Location of teams in
2019–20 EuroLeague
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
ALBA Berlin
Berlin
Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500 [ 7]
Anadolu Efes
Istanbul
Sinan Erdem Dome
16,000 [ 8]
AX Armani Exchange Milan
Milan
Mediolanum Forum
12,700 [ 9]
Allianz Cloud
5,420
Barcelona
Barcelona
Palau Blaugrana
7,585 [ 10]
Bayern Munich
Munich
Audi Dome
6,500 [ 11]
Crvena zvezda mts
Belgrade
Štark Arena
18,386 [ 12]
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
8,000 [ 13]
CSKA Moscow
Moscow
Megasport Arena
13,344 [ 14]
Fenerbahçe Beko
Istanbul
Ülker Sports and Event Hall
13,059 [ 15]
Khimki
Khimki
Mytishchi Arena
7,280
Kirolbet Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Buesa Arena
15,504 [ 16]
LDLC ASVEL
Villeurbanne
Astroballe
5,556 [ 17]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Menora Mivtachim Arena
10,383 [ 18]
Olympiacos
Piraeus
Peace and Friendship Stadium
11,640 [ 19]
Panathinaikos OPAP
Marousi
O.A.K.A.
18,989 [ 20]
Real Madrid
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 21]
Valencia Basket
Valencia
La Fonteta
8,500 [ 22]
Žalgiris
Kaunas
Žalgirio Arena
15,415 [ 23]
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Sibur Arena
7,120 [ 24]
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort" ) is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Source:
EuroLeague Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
Source:
EuroLeague Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Žalgiris
199,088
15,342
9,405
14,221
−4.0% †
2
Anadolu Efes
170,472
15,173
6,478
13,113
+59.0% †
3
Crvena zvezda mts
176,163
16,879
5,432
11,744
+134.4% 1,5
4
Kirolbet Baskonia
149,252
13,628
8,725
10,661
−4.3% †
5
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
140,528
10,722
3,330
10,038
−4.6% †
6
ALBA Berlin
129,092
13,212
8,076
9,930
+23.4% 1
7
Fenerbahçe Beko
138,079
12,705
7,315
9,863
−8.1% †
8
Panathinaikos OPAP
138,016
17,396
6,713
9,858
−21.3% 4
9
Real Madrid
135,081
12,729
7,019
9,649
−1.5% †
10
AX Armani Exchange Milan
110,388
12,064
6,599
8,491
0.0%4
11
Valencia Basket
96,627
7,840
6,954
7,433
+9.5% 1,4
12
Olympiacos
102,015
10,877
5,516
7,287
−11.2% †
13
CSKA Moscow
98,693
11,355
4,852
7,050
−2.1% 2
14
Barcelona
77,701
7,173
3,585
5,977
+3.2% †
15
LDLC ASVEL
74,562
5,548
4,491
5,326
+0.8% 1
16
Khimki
72,650
6,781
2,917
5,189
−5.7% †
17
Bayern Munich
65,627
5,989
3,524
4,688
+7.8% †
18
Zenit Saint Petersburg
64,488
6,585
3,020
4,299
+37.9% 1,3
League total
2,138,522
17,396
2,917
8,520
+2.9% †
Top 10
Round
Game
Home team
Visitor
Attendance
1
Regular Season
12
Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
17,396
2
Regular Season
2
Crvena zvezda mts
Fenerbahçe Beko
16,879
3
Regular Season
17
Crvena zvezda mts
Bayern Munich
16,824
4
Regular Season
6
Crvena zvezda mts
Real Madrid
16,457
5
Regular Season
19
Crvena zvezda mts
Žalgiris
15,874
6
Regular Season
7
Žalgiris
Barcelona
15,342
7
Regular Season
15
Anadolu Efes
CSKA Moscow
15,173
8
Regular Season
4
Anadolu Efes
Real Madrid
15,167
9
Regular Season
1
Žalgiris
Kirolbet Baskonia
15,151
10
Regular Season
3
Žalgiris
Real Madrid
15,109
Awards
All official awards of the 2019–20 EuroLeague .[ 40]
MVP of the Round
Regular season
MVP of the Month
Statistics
Individual statistics
Rating
Source: EuroLeague
Points
Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds
Source: EuroLeague
Assists
Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics
Individual game highs
Category
Player
Team
Statistic
Opponent
Rating
Shane Larkin
Anadolu Efes
53
Bayern Munich (Nov 29, 2019)
Points
Shane Larkin
Anadolu Efes
49
Bayern Munich (Nov 29, 2019)
Rebounds
Tonye Jekiri
LDLC ASVEL
19
Crvena zvezda mts (Nov 15, 2019)
Assists
Facundo Campazzo
Real Madrid
19
ALBA Berlin (Feb 6, 2020)
Steals
Pierriá Henry
Kirolbet Baskonia
7
Fenerbahçe Beko (Jan 9, 2020)
Blocks
Youssoupha Fall
Kirolbet Baskonia
5
Žalgiris (Oct 4, 2019)
Edy Tavares
Real Madrid
Crvena zvezda mts (Nov 7, 2019)
Quincy Acy
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Panathinaikos OPAP (Dec 19, 2019)
Georgios Papagiannis
Panathinaikos OPAP
LDLC ASVEL (Jan 24, 2020)
Edy Tavares
Real Madrid
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (Jan 30, 2020)
Team statistics
See also
References
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^ "Round 2 MVP: Vasilije Micic, Efes" . EuroLeague. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019 .
^ "Round 3 MVP: Nando De Colo, Fenerbahce" . EuroLeague. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019 .
^ "Round 4 MVP: Tornike Shengelia, Baskonia" . EuroLeague. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019 .
^ "Round 5 MVP: Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019 .
^ "Round 6 MVP: Tornike Shengelia, Baskonia" . EuroLeague. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019 .
^ "Round 7 MVP: Cory Higgins, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019 .
^ "Round 8 MVP: Mike James, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019 .
^ "Round 9 co-MVPs: Nick Calathes, Luke Sikma" . EuroLeague. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019 .
^ "Round 10 MVP: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019 .
^ "Round 11 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019 .
^ "Round 12 MVP: Kostas Sloukas, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019 .
^ "Round 13 MVP: Devin Booker, Khimki Moscow Region" . EuroLeague. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
^ "Round 14 MVP: Mike James, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019 .
^ "Round 15 MVP: Mike James, CSKA Moscow" . EuroLeague. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019 .
^ "Round 16 MVP: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket" . EuroLeague. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019 .
^ "Round 17 MVP: Nick Calathes, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens" . EuroLeague. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020 .
^ "Round 18 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020 .
^ "Round 19 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020 .
^ "Round 20 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020 .
^ "Round 21 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020 .
^ "Round 22 MVP: Bojan Dubljevic, Valencia Basket" . EuroLeague. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020 .
^ "Round 23 MVP: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020 .
^ "Round 24 MVP: Malcolm Delaney, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020 .
^ "Round 25 MVP: Martin Hermannsson, ALBA Berlin" . EuroLeague. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020 .
^ "Round 26 MVP: Alexey Shved, Khimki Moscow Region" . EuroLeague. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020 .
^ "Round 27 MVP: Walter Tavares, Real Madrid" . EuroLeague. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020 .
^ "Round 28 MVP: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020 .
^ "MVP for October: Sergio Rodriguez, AX Armani Exchange Milan" . EuroLeague. 4 November 2019.
^ "MVP for November: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 2 December 2019.
^ "MVP for December: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 30 December 2019.
^ "MVP for January: Shane Larkin, Anadolu Efes Istanbul" . EuroLeague. 3 February 2020.
^ "MVP for February: Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona" . EuroLeague. 2 March 2020.
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