2020 Italian Basketball Cup

2020 Italian Basketball Cup
The Adriatic Arena hosted the 2020 Cup
Tournament details
CountryItaly
CityPesaro
Venue(s)Adriatic Arena
Dates13–16 February 2020[1]
Teams8
Defending championsVanoli Cremona
Final positions
ChampionsUmana Reyer Venezia (1st title)
Runner-upHappy Casa Brindisi
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Austin Daye (Venezia)
← 2019
2021 →

All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2020 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2020 Zurich Connect Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[2] was the 44th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 13 to 16 February 2020 in Pesaro, at the end of the first half of the 2019–20 LBA season.[3]

Vanoli Cremona were the defending champions.[4][5]

Umana Reyer Venezia went to win its first Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals.[6] Austin Daye was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.[7]

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualification

Qualified for the tournament are selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2019–20 LBA regular season.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 16 14 2 1343 1212 +131 Qualified as seeded teams
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 16 13 3 1334 1164 +170
3 Germani Basket Brescia 16 11 5 1328 1178 +150
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 16 10 6 1285 1195 +90
5 Vanoli Cremona 16 9 7 1261 1271 −10 Qualified as non-seeded teams
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 16 9 7 1237 1264 −27
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 16 9 7 1332 1287 +45
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 16 8 8 1250 1203 +47
Source: LBA

Bracket

Quarterfinals
13–14 February 		Semifinals
15 February 		Final
16 February
         
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 81
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 82
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 67
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 63
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 86
5 Vanoli Cremona 62
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 73
6 Happy Casa Brindisi 67
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 91
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 78
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 53
3 Germani Basket Brescia 73
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 76

Quarterfinals

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona

13 February 2020 AX Armani Exchange Milano 86–62 Vanoli Cremona Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–19, 16–20, 26–11
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Tarczewski 14
Rebs: Tarczewski 9
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Tarczewski 23 		Boxscore Pts: Mathews 16
Rebs: Happ 10
Asts: Diener 4
PIR: Happ 24 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Michele Rossi, Massimiliano Filippini, Andrea Bongiorni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 9 5 8
SG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 9 7 3
SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 13 2 2
PF 40 Argentina Luis Scola 9 3 0
C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 14 9 1
Reserves:
SG 00 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 13 1 0
C 6 Italy Paul Biligha 1 1 0
SG 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 16 Serbia Nemanja Nedović 10 2 2
PF 23 Italy Christian Burns 0 3 1
PG 28 United States Keifer Sykes 3 0 0
PF 32 Italy Jeff Brooks 2 5 1
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Italy Michele Ruzzier 2 0 0
SG 1 United States Wesley Saunders 8 4 2
SF 2 United States Jordan Mathews 16 2 1
PF 45 Italy Nicola Akele 4 7 1
C 22 United States Ethan Happ 12 10 3
Reserves:
SF 3 Italy Giacomo Zanotti DNP
PG 5 Italy Giacomo Sanguinetti DNP
PG 7 Italy Travis Diener 2 0 4
C 13 Croatia Josip Sobin 3 6 1
SF 21 Italy Niccolò De Vico 8 0 0
PF 23 Serbia Vojislav Stojanović 4 7 1
SG 31 Finland Topias Palmi 3 3 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

13 February 2020 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 81–82(OT) Umana Reyer Venezia Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 21-16, 15-13, 21-18, Overtime: 13-14
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Marković 18
Rebs: Hunter 10
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Weems 20 		Boxscore Pts: Tonut 16
Rebs: Vidmar 11
Asts: De Nicolao 3
PIR: Vidmar 17 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Beniamino Manuel Attard, Fabrizio Paglialunga


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Serbia Stefan Marković 18 2 3
SG 44 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 15 4 6
SF 34 United States Kyle Weems 15 7 4
PF 11 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 12 5 3
C 45 United States Julian Gamble 10 6 1
Reserves:
PG 1 Italy Lorenzo Deri DNP
SF 2 United States Devyn Marble 1 2 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 2 0 1
PF 8 Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi 2 1 0
SG 25 Italy David Cournooh 0 0 0
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 6 10 1
SF 35 Serbia Stefan Nikolić DNP
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Italy Andrea De Nicolao 11 2 3
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 16 2 2
SF 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 14 7 2
PF 22 Italy Valerio Mazzola 3 1 0
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 4 7 1
Reserves:
PG 3 Italy Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5 United States Julyan Stone 3 9 1
SF 6 Greece Michael Bramos 9 5 0
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 15 4 2
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 0 0 0
C 14 Slovenia Gašper Vidmar 7 11 1
SF 30 Argentina Bruno Cerella 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Happy Casa Brindisi

14 February 2020 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86–91 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–13, 23–25, 25–27
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Pierre 21
Rebs: Pierre 9
Asts: Evans 5
PIR: Pierre 31 		Boxscore Pts: Banks 37
Rebs: Banks 8
Asts: John Brown 4
PIR: Banks 41 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Mark Bartoli


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Italy Marco Spissu 15 4 4
SG 31 Italy Michele Vitali 2 3 0
SF 21 Canada Dyshawn Pierre 21 9 4
PF 11 United States Dwayne Evans 12 6 5
C 2 Croatia Miro Bilan 8 5 1
Reserves:
SF 7 Italy Lorenzo Bucarelli 1 0 1
SF 8 Italy Giacomo Devecchi DNP
C 15 Italy Daniele Magro DNP
SG 22 Italy Stefano Gentile 6 5 1
C 23 The Bahamas Dwight Coleby 2 3 1
PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 20 2 2
Head coach:
Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15 United States Darius Thompson 10 1 2
SG 0 United States Adrian Banks 37 8 3
SF 1 United States Kelvin Martin 14 6 0
PF 33 United States Tyler Stone 9 4 1
C 00 United States John Brown 2 4 4
Reserves:
SF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 10 5 1
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 3 4 2
G 8 Italy Alessandro Guido DNP
PF 10 Italy Raphael Gaspardo 6 4 2
SG 12 Italy Luca Campogrande 0 1 1
C 18 Italy Riccardo Cattapan DNP
SF 35 Italy Iris Ikangi DNP
Head coach:
Italy Francesco Vitucci

Germani Basket Brescia vs. Pompea Fortitudo Bologna

14 February 2020 Germani Basket Brescia 73–76 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–16, 22–20, 17–23
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Lansdowne 15
Rebs: Moss, Horton 7
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Moss 11 		Boxscore Pts: Sims 17
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Aradori 20 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denny Borgioni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7 Italy Luca Vitali 14 1 4
SG 34 United States David Moss 7 7 1
SF 5 Italy Awudu Abass 10 2 1
PF 30 United States Ken Horton 6 7 1
C 6 United States Tyler Cain 4 5 2
Reserves:
C 0 Italy Andrea Zerini 3 4 1
PG 2 United States Travis Trice 0 0 0
PG 8 Italy Tommaso Laquintana 6 0 0
SG 9 United States DeAndre Lansdowne 15 1 0
C 18 Italy Tommaso Guariglia DNP
PF 41 Italy Brian Sacchetti 8 3 2
Head coach:
Italy Vincenzo Esposito
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 Italy Matteo Fantinelli 11 2 2
SG 3 Canada Kassius Robertson 2 2 2
SF 4 Italy Pietro Aradori 16 5 2
PF 10 United States Maarty Leunen 7 5 1
C 14 United States Henry Sims 17 8 0
Reserves:
SG 5 Italy Daniele Cinciarini 14 3 1
PF 6 Italy Stefano Mancinelli 9 3 1
SF 9 Italy Nicolò Dellosto DNP
C 22 United States Ed Daniel 0 0 1
PG 24 Croatia Rok Stipčević 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Antimo Martino

Semifinals

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

15 February 2020 AX Armani Exchange Milano 63–67 Umana Reyer Venezia Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 9–14, 13–25, 19–13
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Rodríguez 15
Rebs: Scola, Tarczewski 9
Asts: Rodríguez 3
PIR: Scola 19 		Boxscore Pts: Watt 16
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: three players 3
PIR: Watt 15 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Manuel Mazzoni, Guido Giovannetti


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 15 2 3
SG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 3 1 2
SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 9 3 1
PF 40 Argentina Luis Scola 14 9 0
C 15 United States Kaleb Tarczewski 9 9 1
Reserves:
SG 00 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 0 0 1
C 6 Italy Paul Biligha 3 1 0
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 10 Tunisia Michael Roll 1 1 0
SG 16 Serbia Nemanja Nedović 8 8 0
PF 23 Italy Christian Burns DNP
PF 32 Italy Jeff Brooks 1 7 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Italy Andrea De Nicolao 12 3 3
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 6 2 1
SF 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 4 3 3
PF 22 Italy Valerio Mazzola 3 2 0
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 16 10 1
Reserves:
PG 3 Italy Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5 United States Julyan Stone 0 7 2
SF 6 Greece Michael Bramos 10 4 1
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 13 1 3
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 3 1 0
C 14 Slovenia Gašper Vidmar 0 3 0
SF 30 Argentina Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Pompea Fortitudo Bologna

15 February 2020 Happy Casa Brindisi 78–53 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–12, 19–13, 14–16
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Banks 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Brown 26 		Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini, Sims 10
Rebs: Daniel, Sims 9
Asts: Sims 2
PIR: Sims 11 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15 United States Darius Thompson 10 4 7
SG 0 United States Adrian Banks 11 7 2
SF 1 United States Kelvin Martin 8 4 2
PF 33 United States Tyler Stone 6 3 0
C 00 United States John Brown 18 6 3
Reserves:
SF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 6 1 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 7 1 2
G 8 Italy Alessandro Guido 0 0 0
PF 10 Italy Raphael Gaspardo 9 6 1
SG 12 Italy Luca Campogrande 3 4 0
C 18 Italy Riccardo Cattapan 0 0 0
SF 35 Italy Iris Ikangi 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Francesco Vitucci
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 Italy Matteo Fantinelli 6 4 1
SG 3 Canada Kassius Robertson 4 1 0
SF 4 Italy Pietro Aradori 4 7 1
PF 10 United States Maarty Leunen 4 5 1
C 14 United States Henry Sims 10 9 2
Reserves:
SG 5 Italy Daniele Cinciarini 10 2 1
PF 6 Italy Stefano Mancinelli 4 2 1
SF 9 Italy Nicolò Dellosto 0 5 1
C 22 United States Ed Daniel 7 9 0
PG 24 Croatia Rok Stipčević 4 4 1
Head coach:
Italy Antimo Martino

Final

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Happy Casa Brindisi

16 February 2020 Umana Reyer Venezia 73–67 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 16–22, 16–13, 23–24
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Watt 17
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: Tonut 4
PIR: Watt 19 		Boxscore Pts: Banks 27
Rebs: Brown 12
Asts: Thompson 4
PIR: Banks 26 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10 Italy Andrea De Nicolao 5 4 1
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 13 1 4
SF 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 7 8 0
PF 22 Italy Valerio Mazzola 6 4 1
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 17 10 2
Reserves:
PG 3 Italy Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5 United States Julyan Stone 0 3 3
SF 6 Greece Michael Bramos 12 4 1
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 13 2 2
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 0 1 1
C 14 Slovenia Gašper Vidmar 0 0 0
SF 30 Argentina Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele


Venezia Statistics Brindisi
14/41 (34.1%) 2 point field goals 9/27 (33.3%)
11/32 (34.4%) 3 point field goals 9/32 (28.1%)
12/14 (85.7%) Free throws 22/32 (68.8%)
45 Rebounds 55
15 Assists 11
9 Steals 2
9 Turnovers 15
1 Blocks 2
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15 United States Darius Thompson 6 3 4
SG 0 United States Adrian Banks 27 6 1
SF 1 United States Kelvin Martin 5 9 1
PF 33 United States Tyler Stone 0 9 1
C 00 United States John Brown 3 12 2
Reserves:
SF 2 United States Dominique Sutton 5 2 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 7 1 2
G 8 Italy Alessandro Guido DNP
PF 10 Italy Raphael Gaspardo 8 2 0
SG 12 Italy Luca Campogrande 6 1 0
C 18 Italy Riccardo Cattapan DNP
SF 35 Italy Iris Ikangi DNP
Head coach:
Italy Francesco Vitucci
2020 Italian Cup champions
Umana Reyer Venezia
1st title

Sponsors

  • Zurich (title sponsor)
  • Panasonic (main sponsor)
  • Fastweb (technology partner)
  • SNAIPay (platinum sponsor)
  • StarCasinò (platinum sponsor)
  • Anthea (official broker)
  • Erreà (technical sponsor)
  • Contadi Castaldi (wine partner)
  • Giorgio Tesi Group (green partner)
  • Vivaticket (ticketing provider)
  • Sixtus Italia (official supplier)
  • Acqua S.Bernardo (official water)
  • Bottega Portici (official catering)
  • Eurosport (official broadcaster)
  • Rai Sport (official broadcaster)

Source:[8]

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