2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Basketball league season

2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Season| 2020
Dates| 7–9 February 2020
Games played| 4
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

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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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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)

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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

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San Cristóbal de La Laguna

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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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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Virtus Segafredo Bologna v  Iberostar Tenerife 9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) | Virtus Segafredo Bologna | 72-80 |  Iberostar Tenerife | San Cristóbal de La Laguna

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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.

## External links

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* Official website
* FIBA official website
* 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup[dead link‍]

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