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. The competition resumed on 27 October 2020 with an altered format, including a single-match final in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 October 2020.
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.
Teams League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.
+Group phase San LorenzoLDA Flamengo Aguada Capitanes Instituto Franca Biguá Valdivia Quimsa Mogi das Cruzes Fuerza Regia Real Estelí
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.
PhaseRoundDatesGroup phaseGameday 128 October – 1 November 2019Gameday 224–29 November 2019Gameday 316–20 December 2019PlayoffsQuarterfinals14–21 January 2020Semifinals9 March – 27 October 2020(originally 9–14 March 2020)Final30 October 2020(originally April 2020)
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Playoffs Bracket
Team 1 hosts games 2 and 3.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics The following were the statistical leaders in the 2019–20 BCL Americas season.
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 Storm Warren Biguá Assists Franco Balbi Flamengo 12 Steals Michael Lizárraga Fuerza Regia 6 Blocks Justin Williams San Lorenzo 4 Sam Clancy Instituto ACC Three pointers Omar de Haro Fuerza Regia 8
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