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2020 Basketball Champions League Final

Event	2019–20 Basketball Champions League
San Pablo Burgos AEK 85 74
Date	4 October 2020
Venue	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens, Greece
Coaches	Joan Peñarroya Ilias Papatheodorou
MVP	Thaddus McFadden (Final Eight MVP)
Referees	Manuel Mazzoni (Italy) Yohan Rosso (France) Eddie Viator (France)
Attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
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2020 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season, the 4th season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Eight were played in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.

San Pablo Burgos won its first Champions League title after defeating AEK.

Background

San Pablo Burgos

Five years before, in August 2015, the professional section of CB Miraflores had been established. In 2017, Burgos made its debut in the Liga ACB, the highest Spanish league. In the 2019–20 ACB season, which was played out earlier that year, Burgos reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.

AEK

For AEK, this was the second time it appeared in a final of the Basketball Champions League, having won the 2018 title. It was also the second time AEK hosted the Final Four/Eight tournament at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall.

Keith Langford, the team's leading scorer, was named Most Valuable Player of the competition. AEK also had Tyrese Rice, the MVP of the previous 2018–19 season, on its roster.

Venue

The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall was the stage of the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the 2018.

Athens	Athens2020 Basketball Champions League Final (Europe)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Road to the final

San Pablo Burgos				Round	AEK
Opponent	Result				Opponent	Result
Group B third place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Hapoel Jerusalem 14 25 2 AEK 14 23 3 San Pablo Burgos 14 22 4 Teksüt Bandırma 14 22 5 Rasta Vechta 14 20 6 Anwil Włocławek 14 19 7 Pau-Lacq-Orthez 14 19 8 Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League				Regular season	Group B second place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Hapoel Jerusalem 14 25 2 AEK 14 23 3 San Pablo Burgos 14 22 4 Teksüt Bandırma 14 22 5 Rasta Vechta 14 20 6 Anwil Włocławek 14 19 7 Pau-Lacq-Orthez 14 19 8 Telenet Giants Antwerp 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoffs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Sassari	2–0	84–81 (A)	95–80 (H)	Round of 16	Bonn	2–0	92–85 (H)	90–86 (A)
Hapoel Jerusalem	92–65			Quarter-finals	Nymburk	94–82
JDA Dijon	81–67			Semi-finals	Zaragoza	99–75

Game details

Giannis Antetokounmpo, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, was in attendance for the final.

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)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 32 Alex Renfroe 11 4 4 SG 8 Vítor Benite 11 1 3 SF 1 Xavi Rabaseda 5 0 1 PF 14 Jasiel Rivero 2 4 0 C 2 Dejan Kravić 1 11 0 Reserves: G 0 Kareem Queeley DNP G 9 Álex Barrera DNP G 12 Thad McFadden 18 6 5 C 18 Jordan Sakho 2 3 1 G 20 Omar Cook 15 2 4 F 30 Ken Horton 8 3 0 Head coach: Joan Peñarroya

Burgos AEK 0 Burgos Statistics AEK 31/61 (50.8%) 2-pt field goals 28/66 (42.4%) 17/35 (48.6%) 3-pt field goals 10/29 (34.5%) 6/11 (54.5%) Free throws 8/11 (72.7%) 11 Offensive rebounds 6 30 Defensive rebounds 21 41 Total rebounds 27 17 Assists 13 16 Turnovers 8 6 Steals 9 1 Blocks 1 17 Fouls 18 2019–20 Basketball Champions League champions Burgos 1st title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Nikos Gkikas 5 2 5 SG 1 Keith Langford 11 4 1 SF 9 Vlado Janković 1 1 2 PF 21 Linos Chrysikopoulos 8 2 0 C 2 Yanick Moreira 5 7 7 Reserves: G 4 Tyrese Rice 17 0 4 F 8 Jonas Mačiulis 6 3 0 G 10 Nikos Zisis 4 0 0 G 24 Matt Lojeski 9 0 0 G/F 27 Nikos Rogkavopoulos 0 2 0 F/C 42 Darion Atkins DNP C 44 Marcus Slaughter 8 2 1 Head coach: Ilias Papatheodorou

References

1. "BCL Final Eight will be played behind closed doors in Athens". Eurohoops. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
3. "Benavente tiende la mano al Miraflores" [Benavente gives Miraflores a hand] (in Spanish). El Correo de Burgos. 2 September 2015.
4. "Langford named MVP of the season". Basketball Champions League. October 2, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
5. "Rice named MVP of the Season". championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
6. "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season".
7. "Athens to host Basketball Champions League Final 8".
8. "Giannis Antetokounmpo takes in Basketball Champions League final in Greece". Fansided. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

• 2019–20 Basketball Champions League
• International basketball competitions hosted by Greece
• CB Miraflores
• AEK B.C.
• 2020s in Athens