2019–20 BCLA season

The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Americas season is 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. The competition began in October 2019, with the group stage, and would have been concluded in April 2020. On 14 March 2020, FIBA suspended all its competition until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Basketball Champions League Americas
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 12
Dates 28 October 2019 – TBD
2020–21 →

San Lorenzo won the last FIBA Americas League tournament.

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.[2]

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.[2]

Group stage
San LorenzoLDA (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.[2]

Phase Round Dates
Group stage 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 9–14 March 2020
Finals April 2020

Group stage

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 stage 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 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 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 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[lower-alpha 1] 92–97 — 77–64
3 Capitanes 4 1 3 335 364 −29 5[lower-alpha 1] 89–95 97–93 —
Source: BCL Americas
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points scored: Fuerza Regia 170–161 Capitanes.

Playoffs
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Flamengo90103
 
 
 
 Fuerza Regia6776
 
 Flamengo6366
 
 
 
 Instituto5464
 
 Real Estelí808785
 
 
 
 Instituto888590
 
 Flamengo000
 
 
 
 000
 
 Quimsa9096
 
 
 
 Mogi das Cruzes8483
 
 Quimsa91870
 
 
 
 San Lorenzo841000
 
 San Lorenzo599175
 
 
 Franca757673
 

Team 1 hosts games 2 and 3.

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
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 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Quimsa 1–1 San Lorenzo 91–84 87–100 TBD
Flamengo 2–0 Instituto 63–54 66–64
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References
  1. "FIBA competitions suspended". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. "Basketball Champions League Americas groups and schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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