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.
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |
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Season | 2019–20 |
Duration | 3 October 2019 – 11 March 2020 |
Games played | 252 |
Teams | 18 |
Records | |
Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 104–63 ASVEL (17 October 2019) |
Biggest away win | Panathinaikos 66–97 CSKA Moscow (05 March 2020) |
Highest scoring | Anadolu Efes 106–105 ALBA Berlin (11 October 2019) Panathinaikos 105–106 ALBA Berlin (14 November 2019) |
Winning streak | 13 games Real Madrid |
Losing streak | 9 games Žalgiris |
Highest attendance | 17,396 Panathinaikos 99–93 Olympiacos (6 December 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 2,917 Khimki 75–84 Valencia Basket (14 January 2020) |
Attendance | 2,138,522 (8,520 per match) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
On 12 March 2020, Euroleague Basketball temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-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 the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, 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.
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.[4]
Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries participated in the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[4][5][6]
Distribution
The following was the access list for this season.[5]
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (18 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Qualified teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4][5][6]
Barcelona | Olympiacos | Anadolu Efes | Žalgiris |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Panathinaikos OPAP | Fenerbahçe Beko | CSKA MoscowTH |
Real Madrid | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | AX Armani Exchange Milan |
ALBA Berlin (2nd) | Khimki (2nd)[Note VTB] | Valencia Basket (EC) | Crvena zvezda mts (1st)[Note ABA] |
Bayern Munich (WC) | Zenit Saint Petersburg (WC)[Note WC] | LDLC ASVEL (WC) |
- Notes
- ^ ABA League (ABA): Crvena zvezda mts qualified through the ABA League.
- ^ VTB United League (VTB): Khimki qualified through the VTB United League.
- ^ Wild card (WC): As Valencia Basket won the EuroCup, the spot reserved for the best team in the 2018–19 ACB season was converted in a wild card.
Teams
Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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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
- Notes
- 1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") 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 |
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AX Armani Exchange Milan | Simone Pianigiani | Sacked | 11 June 2019[25] | Pre-season | Ettore Messina | 11 June 2019[26] |
Panathinaikos OPAP | Rick Pitino | Resigned | 21 June 2019[27] | Argyris Pedoulakis | 21 June 2019[28] | |
Olympiacos | David Blatt | Mutual consent | 6 October 2019[29] | 16th (0–1) | Kęstutis Kemzūra | 20 October 2019[30] |
Crvena zvezda mts | Milan Tomić | Resigned | 22 October 2019[31] | 9th (1–2) | Andrija Gavrilović (interim) | 22 October 2019[31] |
Panathinaikos OPAP | Argyris Pedoulakis | Sacked | 15 November 2019[32] | 9th (4–4) | Georgios Vovoras (interim) | 15 November 2019[32] |
Crvena zvezda mts | Andrija Gavrilović | End of caretaker spell | 23 November 2019[33] | 15th (3–7) | Dragan Šakota | 23 November 2019[33] |
Panathinaikos OPAP | Georgios Vovoras | 26 November 2019[34] | 7th (6–4) | Rick Pitino | 26 November 2019[34] | |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Velimir Perasović | Mutual consent | 20 December 2019[35] | 13th (6–9) | Duško Ivanović | |
Bayern Munich | Dejan Radonjić | Sacked | 7 January 2020[36] | 15th (6–11) | Oliver Kostić | 7 January 2020 |
Olympiacos | Kęstutis Kemzūra | 12 January 2020[37] | 13th (7–11) | Georgios Bartzokas | 12 January 2020[37] | |
Zenit Saint Petersburg | Joan Plaza | 12 February 2020[38] | 17th (7–17) | Xavi Pascual | 15 February 2020[39] |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
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1 | Anadolu Efes | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2432 | 2166 | +266 |
2 | Real Madrid | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2371 | 2165 | +206 |
3 | Barcelona | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2357 | 2193 | +164 |
4 | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2305 | 2125 | +180 |
5 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2291 | 2164 | +127 |
6 | Panathinaikos OPAP | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2392 | 2394 | −2 |
7 | Khimki | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2393 | 2380 | +13 |
8 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2153 | 2188 | −35 |
9 | Žalgiris | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2213 | 2142 | +71 |
10 | Valencia Basket | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2252 | 2273 | −21 |
11 | Olympiacos | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2243 | 2282 | −39 |
12 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2163 | 2236 | −73 |
13 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2059 | 2155 | −96 |
14 | Crvena zvezda mts | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2079 | 2108 | −29 |
15 | LDLC ASVEL | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2073 | 2284 | −211 |
16 | ALBA Berlin | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2304 | 2423 | −119 |
17 | Bayern Munich | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2064 | 2281 | −217 |
18 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2055 | 2240 | −185 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
Attendances
Average home attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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% |
Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2018–19 season average applied to EuroCup games.
2: CSKA Moscow played one match at Universal Sports Hall CSKA and two at Yantarny Sports Palace, instead of Megasport Arena.
3: Zenit Saint Petersburg played two matches at Yubileyny Sports Palace and one at Basket-Hall Kazan, instead of Sibur Arena.
4: Panathinaikos OPAP, Valencia Basket and AX Armani Exchange Milan played one match behind closed doors, not included in the averages.
5: Crvena zvezda mts played three matches at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, instead of Štark Arena.
Top 10
Pos. | Round | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance |
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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 |
Awards
All official awards of the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[40]
MVP of the Round
- Regular season
MVP of the Month
Month | Round | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2019 | ||||
October | 1–6 | Sergio Rodríguez | AX Armani Exchange Milan | [69] |
November | 7–11 | Shane Larkin | Anadolu Efes | [70] |
December | 12–16 | Nikola Mirotić | Barcelona | [71] |
2020 | ||||
January | 17–22 | Shane Larkin (2) | Anadolu Efes | [72] |
February | 23–26 | Nikola Mirotić (2) | Barcelona | [73] |
Statistics
Individual statistics
Rating
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
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1. | Shane Larkin | Anadolu Efes | 25 | 644 | 25.76 |
2. | Nikola Mirotić | Barcelona | 28 | 629 | 22.46 |
3. | Mike James | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 584 | 20.86 |
Source: EuroLeague
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
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1. | Shane Larkin | Anadolu Efes | 25 | 555 | 22.20 |
2. | Alexey Shved | Khimki | 26 | 557 | 21.42 |
3. | Mike James | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 590 | 21.07 |
Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | Nikola Milutinov | Olympiacos | 24 | 197 | 8.21 |
2. | Tonye Jekiri | LDLC ASVEL | 27 | 202 | 7.48 |
3. | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid | 28 | 199 | 7.11 |
Source: EuroLeague
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
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1. | Nick Calathes | Panathinaikos OPAP | 28 | 255 | 9.11 |
2. | Facundo Campazzo | Real Madrid | 28 | 199 | 7.11 |
3. | Alexey Shved | Khimki | 26 | 162 | 6.23 |
Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics
Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
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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
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | Opponent |
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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
Category | Team | Average |
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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
References
External links
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