2020 Basketball Champions League Final Eight

The 2020 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight was the 4th Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the following suspension of the league,^[1] the usual format of Final Four was changed to Final Eight.^[2] The tournament was played behind closed doors.

Venue

The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the 2018.^[3][4]

Athens	Athens 2020 Basketball Champions League Final Eight (Europe)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 September
	Türk Telekom	82
					2 October
	JDA Dijon	83
					San Pablo Burgos	81
	San Pablo Burgos	92
				San Pablo Burgos	85
	1 October
					AEK	74
	Iberostar Tenerife	81
					Casademont Zaragoza	75
	1 October
						AEK	99			Third place game
	ERA Nymburk	82
										4 October
	AEK	94
									JDA Dijon	70
									Casademont Zaragoza	65

Quarterfinals

Hereda San Pablo Burgos

30 September 2020	Hapoel Jerusalem	65–92	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	Athens
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 17–26, 16–28, 17–15
	Pts: Mitrović, Pappas 13 Rebs: Thomas 7 Asts: Blatt 5 Eff: Thomas 15	Boxscore	Pts: McFadden 18 Rebs: Kravić 10 Asts: Cook 7 Eff: Kravić 28	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

JDA Dijon

30 September 2020	Türk Telekom	82–83	JDA Dijon	Athens
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–28, 13–19, 20–18
	Pts: Wiltjer 19 Rebs: Dekker 9 Asts: Enins 11 Eff: Ennis 21	Boxscore	Pts: Julien 19 Rebs: Alingue, Chassang 7 Asts: Holston 6 Eff: Julien 20	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

ERA Nymburk v AEK

1 October 2020	ERA Nymburk	82–94	AEK	Athens
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 16–23, 19–25, 24–25
	Pts: Harding, Hruban 16 Rebs: Dalton 9 Asts: Rupnik 5 Eff: Hruban 17	Boxscore	Pts: Langford 18 Rebs: Moreira 8 Asts: Rice 5 Eff: Gkikas 16	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Iberostar Tenerife

1 October 2020	Casademont Zaragoza	87–81	Iberostar Tenerife	Athens
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 19–23, 24–16, 24–25
	Brussino 17	Boxscore	Pts: Huertas 8 Eff: Shermadini 24	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA)

Semifinals

JDA Dijon

2 October 2020	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	81–67	JDA Dijon	Athens
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 20–17, 16–20, 22–17
	Benite 25 Rebs: Horton 10 Asts: Kravić, Renfroe 6 Eff: Horton 24	Boxscore	Pts: Julien 17 Rebs: Chassang 11 Asts: Holston, Julien 5 Eff: Julien 18	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)

AEK v Casademont Zaragoza

2 October 2020	AEK	99–75	Casademont Zaragoza	Athens
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 27–17, 30–25, 16–18
	Pts: Rice, Langford 18 Rebs: Mačiulis 9 Asts: Gkikas 8 Eff: Rice 22	Boxscore	Pts: Brussino 21	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Third place game

JDA Dijon v Casademont Zaragoza

4 October 2020	JDA Dijon	70–65	Casademont Zaragoza	Athens
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 14–11, 22–14, 13–21
	Pts: Holston 20 Rebs: Vanwijn 9 Asts: Holston 6 Eff: Holston 21	Boxscore	Pts: Thompson 16 Rebs: Thompson 8 Asts: San Miguel 5 Eff: Thompson 21	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 0 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Final

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Hereda San Pablo Burgos v AEK

4 October 2020	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	85–74	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 v t e	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)

Notes

References

1. ^ "FIBA suspends all competitions indefinitely over health concerns - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. ^ "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
3. ^ "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season".
4. ^ "Athens to host Basketball Champions League Final 8".

External links

• Basketball Champions League (official website)