2019–20 BCL Americas

Basketball Champions League Americas
Basketball Champions League Americas
	The Antel Arena in Montevideo hosted the final
Season	2019–20
Dates	28 October 2019 – 30 October 2020
Games played	40
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Brandon Robinson (Quimsa)
Finals
Champions	Quimsa (1st title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
	← 2019 LDLA 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
San Lorenzo^LDA (1st)	Flamengo (1st)	Aguada (1st)	Capitanes (2nd)
Instituto (2nd)	Franca (2nd)	Biguá (WC)	Valdivia (1st)
Quimsa (CW)	Mogi das Cruzes (3rd)	Fuerza Regia (1st)	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	San Lorenzo	4	4	0	390	335	+55	8	Advance to quarterfinals	—	107–78	104–88
2	Mogi das Cruzes	4	2	2	339	355	−16	6	Advance to quarterfinals	78–82	—	91–76
3	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	Quimsa	4	3	1	367	330	+37	7	Advance to quarterfinals	—	98–92	87–61
2	Franca	4	2	2	349	324	+25	6	Advance to quarterfinals	74–82	—	95–94
3	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	Flamengo	4	4	0	338	301	+37	8	Advance to quarterfinals	—	81–76	82–71
2	Instituto	4	2	2	325	308	+17	6	Advance to quarterfinals	75–83	—	92–67
3	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	Real Estelí	4	4	0	381	331	+50	8	Advance to quarterfinals	—	90–65	99–85
2	Fuerza Regia	4	1	3	327	348	−21	5^[a]	Advance to quarterfinals	92–97	—	77–64
3	Capitanes	4	1	3	335	364	−29	5^[a]		89–95	97–93	—

Source: BCL Americas
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points scored: Fuerza Regia 170–161 Capitanes.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final



Quimsa		90	96

Mogi das Cruzes		84	83
				Quimsa	91	87	110

				San Lorenzo	84	100	97
San Lorenzo	59	91	75

Franca	75	76	73
								Quimsa	92

								Flamengo	86
Flamengo		90	103

Fuerza Regia		67	76
				Flamengo		63	66

				Instituto		54	64
Real Estelí	80	87	85

Instituto	88	85	90

Team 1 hosts games 2 and 3.

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)^{[note 1]}	Quimsa	92–86	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]

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Efficiency per game	Danilo Fuzaro	Mogi das Cruzes	22.0
Points per game	Dwayne Davis	Instituto ACC	23.0
Rebounds per game	Alexandre De Sousa	Mogi das Cruzes	8.8
Assists per game	Franco Balbi	Flamengo	6.4
Steals per game	Juan Brussino	Quimsa	2.0
Blocks per game	Bartel Lopez	Real Estelí	1.9
Turnovers per game	Brandon Robinson	Quimsa	3.1
Minutes per game	Danilo Fuzaro	Mogi das Cruzes	35.1
FG%	Ismael Romero	Quimsa	65.2%
3P%	David Jackson	Franca	57.6%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Efficiency	Dar Tucker	San Lorenzo	37
Points	Omar de Haro	Fuerza Regia	38
Rebounds	Josh Ibarra	Fuerza Regia	14
Rebounds	Storm Warren	Biguá	14
Assists	Franco Balbi	Flamengo	12
Steals	Michael Lizárraga	Fuerza Regia	6
Blocks	Justin Williams	San Lorenzo	4
Blocks	Sam Clancy	Instituto ACC	4
Three pointers	Omar de Haro	Fuerza Regia	8

Notes

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

References

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

External links

[table_hth_FUE0.022091178233778-5] Head-to-head points scored: Fuerza Regia 170–161 Capitanes.

[Final-4] 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]

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

[1] "FIBA competitions suspended". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[Resumption-2] "BCL Americas Final will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[Teams-3] "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[7] "Basketball Champions League Americas Best Individual Games - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[8] "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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