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2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Season2020
Dates7–9 February 2020
Games played4
Teams4
Regular season
Season MVPBrazil Marcelo Huertas (Iberostar Tenerife)[1]
Finals
ChampionsSpain Iberostar Tenerife (2nd title)
  Runners-upItaly Virtus Segafredo Bologna
2019
2021

The 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 29th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held on 7 and 9 February 2020 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife.[2] It was the second time in three years the tournament is held in Tenerife after 2017.

Format

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Like other years, the tournament was held under a Final Four format, played by four teams, and included a third-place game.

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The tournament was contested by four teams. For the second time, the National Basketball Association (NBA) opted to send the NBA G League champions, rather than the NBA champions.

Team Qualification Qualified date Participations
(bold indicates winners)
Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro Winners of the 2019 FIBA Americas League 31 March 2019 1 (2019)
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna Winners of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League 5 May 2019 Debut
United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers Winners of the 2018–19 NBA G League 12 April 2019 Debut
Spain Iberostar Tenerife Host team 12 December 2019 1 (2017)

Venue

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2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Spain, Canary Islands)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santiago Martín
Capacity: 5,100

Results

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 February
 
 
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna75
 
9 February
 
Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro57
 
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna72
 
7 February
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife80
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife110
 
 
United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers89
 
Third place game
 
 
9 February
 
 
Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro96
 
 
United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers90

Semifinals

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7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) Virtus Segafredo Bologna Italy 75–57 Argentina San Lorenzo de Almagro San Cristóbal de La Laguna
18:30 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 23−10, 8−17, 21−15, 23−15
Pts: Hunter 16
Rebs: Ricci 10
Asts: Marble, Marković 4
Boxscore Pts: Tucker 16
Rebs: Batista, Fjellerup 5
Asts: Batista, González 3
Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)
7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) Iberostar Tenerife Spain 110–89 United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers San Cristóbal de La Laguna
21:00 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 26−24, 25−24, 19−20, 40−21
Pts: Yusta 31
Rebs: Shermadini 8
Asts: Huertas 9
Boxscore Pts: Brown 15
Rebs: Martin 6
Asts: Taylor, Thornwell 7
Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)

Third place game

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9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) San Lorenzo de Almagro Argentina 96–90 United States Rio Grande Valley Vipers San Cristóbal de La Laguna
16:30 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 27−19, 18−29, 21−20, 30−22
Pts: Tucker 21
Rebs: Mata 8
Asts: Aguirre 7
Boxscore Pts: Taylor 19
Rebs: Martin 10
Asts: Roach, Taylor 4
Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Final

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9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) Virtus Segafredo Bologna Italy 72–80 Spain Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna
19:00 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 11−16, 21−26, 22−25, 18−13
Pts: Teodosić 15
Rebs: Ricci 8
Asts: Teodosić 8
Boxscore Pts: Huertas 23
Rebs: Shermadini, White 7
Asts: three players 3
Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

References

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  1. ^ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2020 champions". FIBA. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Hosting Tenerife and Virtus Bologna set for 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup". Eurohoops. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
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