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. On 25 May, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Final Four would have been played in 22–24 May 2020 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. 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.
Format changes 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.
Team allocation A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroLeague.
Distribution The following was the access list for this season. +Access list for 2019–20 EuroLeagueTeams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRegular season(18 teams)11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence 5 associated clubs with an annual licence 4 league spots for Adriatic, Germany, VTB United League and Spain EuroCup champion 2 two-year wild cardsPlayoffs(8 teams)8 highest-placed teams from the regular seasonFinal 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: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: EuroCup champion WC: Wild card
+Qualified teams for 2019–20 EuroLeagueLicensed clubs Barcelona Olympiacos Anadolu Efes Žalgiris Kirolbet Baskonia Panathinaikos OPAP Fenerbahçe Beko CSKA MoscowTH Real Madrid Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv AX Armani Exchange Milan +Associated clubs ALBA Berlin Khimki Valencia Basket Crvena zvezda mts Bayern Munich Zenit Saint Petersburg LDLC ASVEL
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Teams Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz ArenaWorldstadiums.com basketball capacity 14,500. Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem DomeTurkey2010.FIBA.com Mayor of Istanbul gives Turkish Basketball Federation and media tour of World Championship Final venue. AX Armani Exchange MilanMilan Mediolanum Forum Allianz Cloud Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome Crvena zvezda mtsBelgrade Štark Arena Aleksandar Nikolić Hall CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event HallVenue Review: Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Arena. Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim ArenaAttendance: 10,383. Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos OPAP Marousi O.A.K.A. Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor ALBA Berlin Aíto García Reneses Niels Giffey Adidas ALBA SE Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş Balbay S by Sportive Anadolu Efes AX Armani Exchange Milan Ettore Messina Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange Barcelona Svetislav Pešić Ante Tomić Nike Assistència Sanitària Bayern Munich Oliver Kostić Danilo Barthel Adidas BayWa Crvena zvezda mts Dragan Šakota Branko Lazić Nike mts CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Kyle Hines Nike Rostelecom Fenerbahçe Beko Željko Obradović Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Beko Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group Kirolbet Baskonia Duško Ivanović Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet LDLC ASVEL Zvezdan Mitrović Charles Lombahe-Kahudi Peak LDLC Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX Olympiacos Georgios Bartzokas Vassilis Spanoulis Nike bwin Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Palladium Hotel Group Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas ŽalgirisShop Zenit Saint Petersburg Xavi Pascual Evgeny Voronov Nike Nipigas
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo () is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment AX Armani Exchange Milan Simone Pianigiani Sacked 11 June 2019 Pre-season Ettore Messina 11 June 2019 Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Resigned 21 June 2019 Argyris Pedoulakis 21 June 2019 Olympiacos David Blatt Mutual consent 6 October 2019 16th (0–1) Kęstutis Kemzūra 20 October 2019 Crvena zvezda mts Milan Tomić Resigned 22 October 2019 9th (1–2) Andrija Gavrilović (interim) 22 October 2019 Panathinaikos OPAP Argyris Pedoulakis Sacked 15 November 2019 9th (4–4) Georgios Vovoras (interim) 15 November 2019 Crvena zvezda mts Andrija Gavrilović End of caretaker spell 23 November 2019 15th (3–7) Dragan Šakota 23 November 2019 Panathinaikos OPAP Georgios Vovoras 26 November 2019 7th (6–4) Rick Pitino 26 November 2019 Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Mutual consent 20 December 2019 13th (6–9) Duško Ivanović Bayern Munich Dejan Radonjić Sacked 7 January 2020 15th (6–11) Oliver Kostić 7 January 2020 Olympiacos Kęstutis Kemzūra 12 January 2020 13th (7–11) Georgios Bartzokas 12 January 2020 Zenit Saint Petersburg Joan Plaza 12 February 2020 17th (7–17) Xavi Pascual 15 February 2020
Regular season
League table
Results
Attendances Average home attendances
Top 10 Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance 1Regular Season 12 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 17,396 2Regular Season 2 Crvena zvezda mts Fenerbahçe Beko 16,879 3Regular Season 17 Crvena zvezda mts Bayern Munich 16,824 4Regular Season 6 Crvena zvezda mts Real Madrid 16,457 5Regular Season 19 Crvena zvezda mts Žalgiris 15,874 6Regular Season 7 Žalgiris Barcelona 15,342 7Regular Season 15 Anadolu Efes CSKA Moscow 15,173 8Regular Season 4 Anadolu Efes Real Madrid 15,167 9Regular Season 1 Žalgiris Kirolbet Baskonia 15,151 10Regular Season 3 Žalgiris Real Madrid 15,109
Awards All official awards of the 2019–20 EuroLeague.
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1 Mike James CSKA Moscow 28 2 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 32 3 Nando de Colo Fenerbahçe 44 4 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 25 5 Vasilije Micić (2) Anadolu Efes 29 6 Tornike Shengelia (2) Kirolbet Baskonia 28 7 Cory Higgins Barcelona 33 8 Mike James (2) CSKA Moscow 38 9 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 32 Luke Sikma ALBA Berlin 10 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona35 11 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 53 12 Kostas Sloukas Fenerbahçe 39 13 Devin Booker Khimki 36 14 Mike James (3) CSKA Moscow 32 15 Mike James (4) CSKA Moscow 36 16 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 42 17 Nick Calathes (2) Panathinaikos OPAP 40 18 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes 35 19 Shane Larkin (3) Anadolu Efes 30 20 Shane Larkin (4) Anadolu Efes 45 21 Shane Larkin (5) Anadolu Efes 36 22 Bojan Dubljević (2) Valencia Basket 26 23 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barcelona 32 24 Malcolm Delaney Barcelona 37 25 Martin Hermannsson ALBA Berlin 27 26 Alexey Shved Khimki 37 27 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 29 28 Shane Larkin (6) Anadolu Efes 44
MVP of the Month
MonthRoundPlayerTeam 2019October 1–6 Sergio Rodríguez AX Armani Exchange Milan November 7–11 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes December 12–16 Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 2020January 17–22 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes February 23–26 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barcelona
Statistics Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 2564425.762. Nikola Mirotić Barcelona 2862922.463. Mike James CSKA Moscow 2858420.86 Source: EuroLeague
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 2555522.202. Alexey Shved Khimki2655721.423. Mike James CSKA Moscow 2859021.07 Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 241978.212. Tonye Jekiri LDLC ASVEL 272027.483. Edy Tavares Real Madrid281997.11 Source: EuroLeague
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 282559.112. Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid 281997.113. Alexey Shved Khimki261626.23 Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics CategoryPlayerTeamGamesAverage Steals Pierriá Henry Kirolbet Baskonia 25 1.60 Blocks Edy Tavares Real Madrid 28 2.18 Turnovers Alexey Shved Khimki 26 3.92 Fouls drawn Mike James CSKA Moscow 28 5.93 Minutes Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 28 32:11 FT % Tyler Cavanaugh ALBA Berlin 19 96.97% 2-Point % Artūras Milaknis Žalgiris 28 70.59% 3-Point % Stefan Jović Khimki 23 53.19%
Individual game highs CategoryPlayerTeamStatistic 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 CategoryTeamAverage Rating Anadolu Efes 103.82 Points Anadolu Efes 87.25 Points Allowed Crvena zvezda mts 76.75 Rebounds CSKA Moscow 37.79 Assists Real Madrid 19.82 Steals Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 7.75 Blocks Real Madrid 4.04 Turnovers Bayern Munich 15.00 FT % Anadolu Efes 86.04% 2-Point % Anadolu Efes 57.10% 3-Point % Anadolu Efes 42.10%
See also 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball 2019–20 Basketball Champions League 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website