2020 Italian Basketball Supercup

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2020 Eurosport Supercoppa
Supercoppa LBA 2020.png
Tournament details
Arena Segafredo Arena [lower-alpha 1]
Bologna, Italy
Dates27 August–20 September 2020
Final positions
Champions AX Armani Exchange Milano
(4th title)
Runners-up Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Awards and statistics
MVP Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm Delaney
2019
2021

The 2020 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian : Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2020), also known as Eurosport Supercoppa 2020 for sponsorship reasons, [1] was the 26th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Contents

For the first time in history, all the teams of LBA took part in the Supercup, due to the early conclusion of the 2019–20 season caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

Participant teams

Segafredo Arena during the cup's final in September 2020 Virtus Segafredo Arena 2020.jpg
Segafredo Arena during the cup's final in September 2020
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste Trieste Allianz Dome 6,943 [2]
AX Armani Exchange Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700 [3]
Allianz Cloud 5,420 [4]
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari PalaSerradimigni 5,000 [5]
Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 10,323 [6]
De' Longhi Treviso Treviso PalaVerde 5,134 [7]
Dolomiti Energia Trento Trento BLM Group Arena 4,360 [8]
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaLeonessa 5,200 [9]
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Unipol Arena 11,000 [10]
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 3,534 [11]
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Enerxenia Arena 5,100 [12]
Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna Bologna Unipol Arena 11,000 [13]
S.Bernardo Cantù Cantù PalaBancoDesio [14] 6,700 [15]
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna PalaDozza 5,570 [16]
Virtus Arena 8,970 [17]
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 3,506 [18]
Vanoli Cremona Cremona PalaRadi 3,511 [19]
Virtus Roma Rome PalaLottomatica 11,200 [20]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 660576433+143Advance to Final Four
2 Germani Basket Brescia 63349951516
3 Openjobmetis Varese 62450054848
4 S.Bernardo Cantù 61544452379
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 651490428+62Advance to Final Four
2 UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 633479477+2
3 Lavoropiù Fortitudo Bologna 633506496+10
4 Vanoli Cremona 61540848274
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Umana Reyer Venezia 642462434+28Advance to Final Four
2 De' Longhi Treviso 633475459+16
3 Allianz Pallacanestro Trieste 63342846739
4 Dolomiti Energia Trento 6244674725
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 642563484+79Advance to Final Four
2 Happy Casa Brindisi 642528470+58
3 Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro 642498435+63
4 Virtus Roma 606394594200
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Final Four

Semifinals
18 September
Final
20 September
      
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 76
2 Umana Reyer Venezia 67
1 AX Armani Exchange Milano 75
2 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 68
3 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 76
4 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 88

Semifinals

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

18 September 2019 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano 7667 Umana Reyer Venezia Bologna
18:00 (CEST)Scoring by quarter:26–15, 17–8, 14–23, 19–21
Eurosport Pts: Delaney 19
Rebs: Tarczewski 6
Asts: Delaney 6
PIR: Delaney 32
Boxscore Pts: Watt 19
Rebs: Daye 7
Asts: De Nicolao 8
PIR: Watt 26
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Mark Bartoli, Guido Federico Di Francesco

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

18 September 2019 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 7688 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna
20:45 (CEST)Scoring by quarter:24–19, 18–21, 17–22, 17–26
Eurosport Pts: Bilan 24
Rebs: Bilan 13
Asts: Spissu 6
PIR: Bilan 37
Boxscore Pts: Abass, Teodosić 13
Rebs: Gamble 8
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Abass 16
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Valerio Grigioni, Denis Quarta

Final

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

20 September 2019 AX Armani Exchange Milano 7568 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna
18:00 (CEST)Scoring by quarter:21–16, 24–17, 8–18, 22–17
Nove, Eurosport Pts: Datome 17
Rebs: Datome 6
Asts: Rodríguez 4
PIR: Datome 19
Boxscore Pts: Alibegović 13
Rebs: Alibegović, Gamble 8
Asts: Teodosić 8
PIR: Gamble 21
Arena: Segafredo Arena
Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Manuel Mazzoni, Andrea Bongiorni


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 23 Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm Delaney 1121
SG 0 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Punter 1432
SF 5 Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Micov 220
PF 32 Flag of Italy.svg Jeff Brooks 031
C 42 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Hines 931
Reserves:
SG 3 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Moretti 000
SF 9 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Moraschini 522
PG 13 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Rodríguez 934
PF 15 Flag of the United States.svg Kaleb Tarczewski 640
C 19 Flag of Italy.svg Paul Biligha 000
PG 20 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cinciarini 220
PF 70 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Datome 1761
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Ettore Messina


MilanoStatisticsBologna
16/35 (45.7%)2 point field goals 21/35 (60.0%)
9/25 (36.0%)3 point field goals 4/24 (16.7%)
16/24 (66.7%) Free throws 14/17 (82.4%)
35Rebounds38
12Assists20
13Steals4
10Turnovers16
3Blocks1
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 44 Flag of Serbia.svg Miloš Teodosić 618
SG 9 Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Marković 314
SF 34 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Weems 534
PF 11 Flag of Italy.svg Giampaolo Ricci 411
C 45 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Gamble 1280
Reserves:
C 0 Flag of Italy.svg Amedeo Tessitori DNP
SF 3 Flag of Italy.svg Awudu Abass 1210
PG 6 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pajola 212
PF 7 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Amar Alibegović 1380
SG 14 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Adams 211
C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Vince Hunter 950
SF 35 Flag of Serbia.svg Stefan Nikolić DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Đorđević
2020 Italian Supercup champions
Supercoppa di pallacanestro.svg
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano
4th title

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