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2020 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2020 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2020 Zurich Connect Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[2] was the 44th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 13 to 16 February 2020 in Pesaro, at the end of the first half of the 2019–20 LBA season.[3]

2020 Italian Basketball Cup
The Adriatic Arena hosted the 2020 Cup
Tournament details
CountryItaly
CityPesaro
Venue(s)Adriatic Arena
Dates13–16 February 2020[1]
Teams8
Defending championsVanoli Cremona
Final positions
ChampionsUmana Reyer Venezia (1st title)
Runner-upHappy Casa Brindisi
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Austin Daye (Venezia)
All statistics correct as of complete.
← 2019
2021 →

Vanoli Cremona were the defending champions.[4][5]

Umana Reyer Venezia went to win its first Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals.[6] Austin Daye was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.[7]

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualification edit

Qualified for the tournament are selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2019–20 LBA regular season.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 16 14 2 1343 1212 +131 Qualified as seeded teams
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 16 13 3 1334 1164 +170
3 Germani Basket Brescia 16 11 5 1328 1178 +150
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 16 10 6 1285 1195 +90
5 Vanoli Cremona 16 9 7 1261 1271 −10 Qualified as non-seeded teams
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 16 9 7 1237 1264 −27
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 16 9 7 1332 1287 +45
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 16 8 8 1250 1203 +47
Source: LBA

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals
13–14 February 		Semifinals
15 February 		Final
16 February
         
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 81
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 82
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 67
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 63
4 AX Armani Exchange Milano 86
5 Vanoli Cremona 62
8 Umana Reyer Venezia 73
6 Happy Casa Brindisi 67
2 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 91
7 Happy Casa Brindisi 78
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 53
3 Germani Basket Brescia 73
6 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 76

Quarterfinals edit

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona edit

13 February 2020 AX Armani Exchange Milano 86–62 Vanoli Cremona Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 16–19, 16–20, 26–11
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Tarczewski 14
Rebs: Tarczewski 9
Asts: Rodríguez 8
PIR: Tarczewski 23 		Boxscore Pts: Mathews 16
Rebs: Happ 10
Asts: Diener 4
PIR: Happ 24 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Michele Rossi, Massimiliano Filippini, Andrea Bongiorni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Sergio Rodríguez 9 5 8
SG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 9 7 3
SF 5   Vladimir Micov 13 2 2
PF 40   Luis Scola 9 3 0
C 15   Kaleb Tarczewski 14 9 1
Reserves:
SG 00   Amedeo Della Valle 13 1 0
C 6   Paul Biligha 1 1 0
SG 9   Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 16   Nemanja Nedović 10 2 2
PF 23   Christian Burns 0 3 1
PG 28   Keifer Sykes 3 0 0
PF 32   Jeff Brooks 2 5 1
Head coach:
  Ettore Messina
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Michele Ruzzier 2 0 0
SG 1   Wesley Saunders 8 4 2
SF 2   Jordan Mathews 16 2 1
PF 45   Nicola Akele 4 7 1
C 22   Ethan Happ 12 10 3
Reserves:
SF 3   Giacomo Zanotti DNP
PG 5   Giacomo Sanguinetti DNP
PG 7   Travis Diener 2 0 4
C 13   Josip Sobin 3 6 1
SF 21   Niccolò De Vico 8 0 0
PF 23   Vojislav Stojanović 4 7 1
SG 31   Topias Palmi 3 3 1
Head coach:
  Romeo Sacchetti

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs. Umana Reyer Venezia edit

13 February 2020 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 81–820(OT) Umana Reyer Venezia Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 11-21, 21-16, 15-13, 21-18, Overtime: 13-14
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Marković 18
Rebs: Hunter 10
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Weems 20 		Boxscore Pts: Tonut 16
Rebs: Vidmar 11
Asts: De Nicolao 3
PIR: Vidmar 17 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Beniamino Manuel Attard, Fabrizio Paglialunga


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9   Stefan Marković 18 2 3
SG 44   Miloš Teodosić 15 4 6
SF 34   Kyle Weems 15 7 4
PF 11   Giampaolo Ricci 12 5 3
C 45   Julian Gamble 10 6 1
Reserves:
PG 1   Lorenzo Deri DNP
SF 2   Devyn Marble 1 2 0
PG 6   Alessandro Pajola 2 0 1
PF 8   Filippo Baldi Rossi 2 1 0
SG 25   David Cournooh 0 0 0
C 32   Vince Hunter 6 10 1
SF 35   Stefan Nikolić DNP
Head coach:
  Aleksandar Đorđević
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Andrea De Nicolao 11 2 3
SG 7   Stefano Tonut 16 2 2
SF 21   Jeremy Chappell 14 7 2
PF 22   Valerio Mazzola 3 1 0
C 50   Mitchell Watt 4 7 1
Reserves:
PG 3   Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5   Julyan Stone 3 9 1
SF 6   Michael Bramos 9 5 0
PF 9   Austin Daye 15 4 2
PG 12   Ariel Filloy 0 0 0
C 14   Gašper Vidmar 7 11 1
SF 30   Bruno Cerella 0 0 0
Head coach:
  Walter De Raffaele

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Happy Casa Brindisi edit

14 February 2020 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 86–91 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–13, 23–25, 25–27
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Pierre 21
Rebs: Pierre 9
Asts: Evans 5
PIR: Pierre 31 		Boxscore Pts: Banks 37
Rebs: Banks 8
Asts: John Brown 4
PIR: Banks 41 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Alessandro Vicino, Mark Bartoli


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Marco Spissu 15 4 4
SG 31   Michele Vitali 2 3 0
SF 21   Dyshawn Pierre 21 9 4
PF 11   Dwayne Evans 12 6 5
C 2   Miro Bilan 8 5 1
Reserves:
SF 7   Lorenzo Bucarelli 1 0 1
SF 8   Giacomo Devecchi DNP
C 15   Daniele Magro DNP
SG 22   Stefano Gentile 6 5 1
C 23   Dwight Coleby 2 3 1
PG 55   Curtis Jerrells 20 2 2
Head coach:
  Gianmarco Pozzecco
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15   Darius Thompson 10 1 2
SG 0   Adrian Banks 37 8 3
SF 1   Kelvin Martin 14 6 0
PF 33   Tyler Stone 9 4 1
C 00   John Brown 2 4 4
Reserves:
SF 2   Dominique Sutton 10 5 1
PG 6   Alessandro Zanelli 3 4 2
G 8   Alessandro Guido DNP
PF 10   Raphael Gaspardo 6 4 2
SG 12   Luca Campogrande 0 1 1
C 18   Riccardo Cattapan DNP
SF 35   Iris Ikangi DNP
Head coach:
  Francesco Vitucci

Germani Basket Brescia vs. Pompea Fortitudo Bologna edit

14 February 2020 Germani Basket Brescia 73–76 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–16, 22–20, 17–23
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Lansdowne 15
Rebs: Moss, Horton 7
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Moss 11 		Boxscore Pts: Sims 17
Rebs: Sims 8
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Aradori 20 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Denny Borgioni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7   Luca Vitali 14 1 4
SG 34   David Moss 7 7 1
SF 5   Awudu Abass 10 2 1
PF 30   Ken Horton 6 7 1
C 6   Tyler Cain 4 5 2
Reserves:
C 0   Andrea Zerini 3 4 1
PG 2   Travis Trice 0 0 0
PG 8   Tommaso Laquintana 6 0 0
SG 9   DeAndre Lansdowne 15 1 0
C 18   Tommaso Guariglia DNP
PF 41   Brian Sacchetti 8 3 2
Head coach:
  Vincenzo Esposito
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21   Matteo Fantinelli 11 2 2
SG 3   Kassius Robertson 2 2 2
SF 4   Pietro Aradori 16 5 2
PF 10   Maarty Leunen 7 5 1
C 14   Henry Sims 17 8 0
Reserves:
SG 5   Daniele Cinciarini 14 3 1
PF 6   Stefano Mancinelli 9 3 1
SF 9   Nicolò Dellosto DNP
C 22   Ed Daniel 0 0 1
PG 24   Rok Stipčević 0 1 0
Head coach:
  Antimo Martino

Semifinals edit

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia edit

15 February 2020 AX Armani Exchange Milano 63–67 Umana Reyer Venezia Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 9–14, 13–25, 19–13
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Rodríguez 15
Rebs: Scola, Tarczewski 9
Asts: Rodríguez 3
PIR: Scola 19 		Boxscore Pts: Watt 16
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: three players 3
PIR: Watt 15 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Manuel Mazzoni, Guido Giovannetti


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Sergio Rodríguez 15 2 3
SG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 3 1 2
SF 5   Vladimir Micov 9 3 1
PF 40   Luis Scola 14 9 0
C 15   Kaleb Tarczewski 9 9 1
Reserves:
SG 00   Amedeo Della Valle 0 0 1
C 6   Paul Biligha 3 1 0
SF 9   Riccardo Moraschini DNP
SG 10   Michael Roll 1 1 0
SG 16   Nemanja Nedović 8 8 0
PF 23   Christian Burns DNP
PF 32   Jeff Brooks 1 7 0
Head coach:
  Ettore Messina
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Andrea De Nicolao 12 3 3
SG 7   Stefano Tonut 6 2 1
SF 21   Jeremy Chappell 4 3 3
PF 22   Valerio Mazzola 3 2 0
C 50   Mitchell Watt 16 10 1
Reserves:
PG 3   Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5   Julyan Stone 0 7 2
SF 6   Michael Bramos 10 4 1
PF 9   Austin Daye 13 1 3
PG 12   Ariel Filloy 3 1 0
C 14   Gašper Vidmar 0 3 0
SF 30   Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
  Walter De Raffaele

Happy Casa Brindisi vs. Pompea Fortitudo Bologna edit

15 February 2020 Happy Casa Brindisi 78–53 Pompea Fortitudo Bologna Pesaro
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–12, 19–13, 14–16
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Brown 18
Rebs: Banks 7
Asts: Thompson 7
PIR: Brown 26 		Boxscore Pts: Cinciarini, Sims 10
Rebs: Daniel, Sims 9
Asts: Sims 2
PIR: Sims 11 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15   Darius Thompson 10 4 7
SG 0   Adrian Banks 11 7 2
SF 1   Kelvin Martin 8 4 2
PF 33   Tyler Stone 6 3 0
C 00   John Brown 18 6 3
Reserves:
SF 2   Dominique Sutton 6 1 0
PG 6   Alessandro Zanelli 7 1 2
G 8   Alessandro Guido 0 0 0
PF 10   Raphael Gaspardo 9 6 1
SG 12   Luca Campogrande 3 4 0
C 18   Riccardo Cattapan 0 0 0
SF 35   Iris Ikangi 0 0 0
Head coach:
  Francesco Vitucci
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21   Matteo Fantinelli 6 4 1
SG 3   Kassius Robertson 4 1 0
SF 4   Pietro Aradori 4 7 1
PF 10   Maarty Leunen 4 5 1
C 14   Henry Sims 10 9 2
Reserves:
SG 5   Daniele Cinciarini 10 2 1
PF 6   Stefano Mancinelli 4 2 1
SF 9   Nicolò Dellosto 0 5 1
C 22   Ed Daniel 7 9 0
PG 24   Rok Stipčević 4 4 1
Head coach:
  Antimo Martino

Final edit

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Happy Casa Brindisi edit

16 February 2020 Umana Reyer Venezia 73–67 Happy Casa Brindisi Pesaro
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 16–22, 16–13, 23–24
Eurosport, Rai Sport Pts: Watt 17
Rebs: Watt 10
Asts: Tonut 4
PIR: Watt 19 		Boxscore Pts: Banks 27
Rebs: Brown 12
Asts: Thompson 4
PIR: Banks 26 		Arena: Adriatic Arena
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Saverio Lanzarini, Manuel Mazzoni


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 10   Andrea De Nicolao 5 4 1
SG 7   Stefano Tonut 13 1 4
SF 21   Jeremy Chappell 7 8 0
PF 22   Valerio Mazzola 6 4 1
C 50   Mitchell Watt 17 10 2
Reserves:
PG 3   Davide Casarin DNP
SF 5   Julyan Stone 0 3 3
SF 6   Michael Bramos 12 4 1
PF 9   Austin Daye 13 2 2
PG 12   Ariel Filloy 0 1 1
C 14   Gašper Vidmar 0 0 0
SF 30   Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
  Walter De Raffaele
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Venezia Statistics Brindisi
14/41 (34.1%) 2 point field goals 9/27 (33.3%)
11/32 (34.4%) 3 point field goals 9/32 (28.1%)
12/14 (85.7%) Free throws 22/32 (68.8%)
45 Rebounds 55
15 Assists 11
9 Steals 2
9 Turnovers 15
1 Blocks 2
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15   Darius Thompson 6 3 4
SG 0   Adrian Banks 27 6 1
SF 1   Kelvin Martin 5 9 1
PF 33   Tyler Stone 0 9 1
C 00   John Brown 3 12 2
Reserves:
SF 2   Dominique Sutton 5 2 0
PG 6   Alessandro Zanelli 7 1 2
G 8   Alessandro Guido DNP
PF 10   Raphael Gaspardo 8 2 0
SG 12   Luca Campogrande 6 1 0
C 18   Riccardo Cattapan DNP
SF 35   Iris Ikangi DNP
Head coach:
  Francesco Vitucci
2020 Italian Cup champions
Umana Reyer Venezia
1st title

Sponsors edit

  • Zurich (title sponsor)
  • Panasonic (main sponsor)
  • Fastweb (technology partner)
  • SNAIPay (platinum sponsor)
  • StarCasinò (platinum sponsor)
  • Anthea (official broker)
  • Erreà (technical sponsor)
  • Contadi Castaldi (wine partner)
  • Giorgio Tesi Group (green partner)
  • Vivaticket (ticketing provider)
  • Sixtus Italia (official supplier)
  • Acqua S.Bernardo (official water)
  • Bottega Portici (official catering)
  • Eurosport (official broadcaster)
  • Rai Sport (official broadcaster)

Source:[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Serie A: approvato il planning della prossima stagione che inizierà mercoledì 25 settembre" [Serie A: planning of the next season, which will start on Wednesday September 25, has been approved]. sportando.basketball (in Italian). 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Final Eight: Zurich Connect sponsor per la stagione 2019/20" [Final Eight: Zurich Connect new sponsor for the 2019/20 season]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Ufficiale, Pesaro ospiterà la Final Four di Coppa Italia 2020" [Official, Pesaro will host the Final Four of the 2020 Italian Cup]. tuttobasket.net (in Italian). 9 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ "National cups roundup: February 17, 2019". euroleague.net. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. ^ "PosteMobile Final Eight: per la Vanoli Cremona storico trionfo" [PosteMobile Final Eight: Historical first time for Vanoli Cremona]. legabasket.it (in Italian). 17 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ "National cups roundup: February 16, 2020". euroleague.net. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Austin Daye è l'MVP della Zurich Connect Final Eight 2020; Tonut votato come miglior giocatore della Finale" [Austin Daye named MVP of the Zurich Connect Final Eight 2020; Tonut is voted the best player of the Finals]. legabasket.it (in Italian). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Legabasket Serie A – Final Eight 2020, Partners". web.legabasket.it. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links edit

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