The 2020 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2019–20 BCL Americas, the 1st season of the league under its new entity and the 13rd of the pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Antel Arena in Montevideo on 30 October 2020. The game was played between Argentine club Quimsa and Brazilian club Flamengo.
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| Event | 2019–20 BCL Americas | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 October 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Antel Arena, Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Andrés Bartel (URU), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 0[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
Quimsa won the final 92–86 and captured its first pan-American championship, thus also qualifying for the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[1]
Teams edit
In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Flamengo
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1 (2014) |
 Quimsa
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None |
Road to the final edit
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Round | Flamengo
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| Opponent | Result | Group phase | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Aguada
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87–61 (H) | Gameday 1 | Instituto
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83–75 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aguada
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100–103 (A) | Gameday 2 |  Valdivia
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82–71 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franca
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98–92 (H) | Gameday 3 | Valdivia
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92–79 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franca
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82–74 (A) | Gameday 4 | Instituto
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81–76 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group B first place
Source: BCL Americas
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Group phase | Group A first place
Source: BCL Americas
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| Opponent | First leg | Second leg | Third leg | Playoffs | Opponent | First leg | Second leg | Third leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mogi das Cruzes
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90–84 (A) | 96–83 (H) | — | Quarterfinals |  Fuerza Regia
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90–67 (A) | 103–76 (H) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Lorenzo
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91–84 (A) | 87–100 (H) | 110–97 OT (H) | Semifinals | Instituto
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63–54 (A) | 66–64 (H) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- (H): Home game
- (A): Away game
Game details edit
| 30 October 2020[a] | Quimsa
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92–86 | Flamengo
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Montevideo |
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| 20:00 UTC−3 | Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 23–24, 13–25, 29–18 | |||
| Pts: Robinson 26 Rebs: Ramírez 8 Asts: Copello, Ramírez 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Marquinhos 20 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Balbi 5 |
Arena: Antel Arena Attendance: 0[a] Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Gonzalo Salgueiro (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU) |
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Notes edit
- ^ a b c On 14 March 2020, FIBA suspended all of its competitions until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The competition resumed on 27 October 2020 with an altered format, including a single-match final in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 October 2020.[3]
References edit
- ^ "QUIMSA v FLAMENGO boxscore - Basketball Champions League Americas 2020 - 30 octubre". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "FIBA competitions suspended". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "BCL Americas Final will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 October 2020.