2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Season	2020
Dates	7–9 February 2020
Number of games	4
Number of teams	4
Regular season
Season MVP	Marcelo Huertas (Iberostar Tenerife)[1]
Finals
Champions	Iberostar Tenerife (2nd title)
Runners-up	Virtus Segafredo Bologna
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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

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

Teams

San Lorenzo

Rio Grande Valley

Virtus

Tenerife

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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)
San Lorenzo de Almagro	Winners of the 2019 FIBA Americas League	31 March 2019	1 (2019)
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Winners of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League	5 May 2019	Debut
Rio Grande Valley Vipers	Winners of the 2018–19 NBA G League	12 April 2019	Debut
Iberostar Tenerife	Host team	12 December 2019	1 (2017)

Venue

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

Results

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	7 February
	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	75
					9 February
	San Lorenzo de Almagro	57
					Virtus Segafredo Bologna	72
	7 February
					Iberostar Tenerife	80
	Iberostar Tenerife	110
	Rio Grande Valley Vipers	89
					Third place game
					9 February
					San Lorenzo de Almagro	96
					Rio Grande Valley Vipers	90

Semifinals

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v San Lorenzo de Almagro

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	75–57	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)

Iberostar Tenerife v Rio Grande Valley Vipers

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)	Iberostar Tenerife	110–89	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

San Lorenzo de Almagro v Rio Grande Valley Vipers

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)	San Lorenzo de Almagro	96–90	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

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v Iberostar Tenerife

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)	Virtus Segafredo Bologna	72–80	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

External links

• Official website
• FIBA official website
• 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup