EuroLeague season
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The2019–20 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 20th season of the modern era of theEuroLeague and the 10th under the titlesponsorship of theTurkish Airlines . Including the competition's previous incarnation as theFIBA 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic .
On 12 March 2020,Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 1] On 25 May, Euroleague Basketball cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ 2]
The Final Four would have been played in 22–24 May 2020 at theLanxess Arena inCologne , Germany.[ 3] 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.
On 5 July 2018,Euroleague Basketball agreed expand the competition to 18 teams, with the allocation of two-yearwild cards to GermanBayern Munich and FrenchLDLC ASVEL .[ 4]
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The following was the access list for this season.[ 5]
Access list for 2019–20 EuroLeague Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Regular season (18 teams) 11 licensed clubs with a long-term licence 5 associated clubs with an annual licence 2 two-yearwild cards Playoffs (8 teams) 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season Final Four (4 teams) 4 series winners from the playoffs
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC:EuroCup champion WC:Wild card Notes Venues and locations [ edit ] Location of teams in
2019–20 EuroLeague Team Home city Arena Capacity ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 14,500 [ 7] Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16,000 [ 8] AX Armani Exchange Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700 [ 9] Allianz Cloud 5,420 Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585 [ 10] Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 6,500 [ 11] Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386 [ 12] Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000 [ 13] CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344 [ 14] Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,059 [ 15] Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena 7,280 Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504 [ 16] LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556 [ 17] Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383 [ 18] Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,640 [ 19] Panathinaikos OPAP Marousi O.A.K.A. 18,989 [ 20] Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109 [ 21] Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500 [ 22] Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415 [ 23] Zenit Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Sibur Arena 7,120 [ 24]
Personnel and sponsorship [ edit ] Notes 1.^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort" ) is the motto of the club. Source:
EuroLeague Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
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EuroLeague Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Average home attendances [ edit ] Pos Team Total High Low Average Change 1 Žalgiris 199,088 15,342 9,405 14,221 −4.0% † 2 Anadolu Efes 170,472 15,173 6,478 13,113 +59.0% † 3 Crvena zvezda mts 176,163 16,879 5,432 11,744 +134.4% 1,5 4 Kirolbet Baskonia 149,252 13,628 8,725 10,661 −4.3% † 5 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 140,528 10,722 3,330 10,038 −4.6% † 6 ALBA Berlin 129,092 13,212 8,076 9,930 +23.4% 1 7 Fenerbahçe Beko 138,079 12,705 7,315 9,863 −8.1% † 8 Panathinaikos OPAP 138,016 17,396 6,713 9,858 −21.3% 4 9 Real Madrid 135,081 12,729 7,019 9,649 −1.5% † 10 AX Armani Exchange Milan 110,388 12,064 6,599 8,491 0.0%4 11 Valencia Basket 96,627 7,840 6,954 7,433 +9.5% 1,4 12 Olympiacos 102,015 10,877 5,516 7,287 −11.2% † 13 CSKA Moscow 98,693 11,355 4,852 7,050 −2.1% 2 14 Barcelona 77,701 7,173 3,585 5,977 +3.2% † 15 LDLC ASVEL 74,562 5,548 4,491 5,326 +0.8% 1 16 Khimki 72,650 6,781 2,917 5,189 −5.7% † 17 Bayern Munich 65,627 5,989 3,524 4,688 +7.8% † 18 Zenit Saint Petersburg 64,488 6,585 3,020 4,299 +37.9% 1,3 League total 2,138,522 17,396 2,917 8,520 +2.9% †
Pos. Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance 1 Regular Season 12 Panathinaikos Olympiacos 17,396 2 Regular Season 2 Crvena zvezda mts Fenerbahçe Beko 16,879 3 Regular Season 17 Crvena zvezda mts Bayern Munich 16,824 4 Regular Season 6 Crvena zvezda mts Real Madrid 16,457 5 Regular Season 19 Crvena zvezda mts Žalgiris 15,874 6 Regular Season 7 Žalgiris Barcelona 15,342 7 Regular Season 15 Anadolu Efes CSKA Moscow 15,173 8 Regular Season 4 Anadolu Efes Real Madrid 15,167 9 Regular Season 1 Žalgiris Kirolbet Baskonia 15,151 10 Regular Season 3 Žalgiris Real Madrid 15,109
All official awards of the2019–20 EuroLeague .[ 40]
Regular season Individual statistics [ edit ] Source:EuroLeague
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Individual game highs [ edit ] Category Player Team Statistic 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)
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