The following are the basketball events of the year 2020 throughout the world.
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The following are basketball events that are expected to take place in 2020 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club), and amateur and collegiate levels.
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International tournaments
National senior team tournaments
The IOC postponed basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021.
FIBA postponed the following tournaments to 2021:
3X3 championships
Tournament | Host | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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2020 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final | Jeddah | Riga | Liman | Utena Uniclub | Single-game final |
Other international championships
The following tournaments were postponed to 2021:
The following tournaments were cancelled outright:
- 2020 William Jones Cup
FIBA youth championships
FIBA postponed the following tournaments to 2021:
FIBA canceled the following tournaments outright:
Professional club seasons
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Host | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
---|---|---|---|---|
San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Iberostar Tenerife | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 80–72 | One-game playoff |
Continental seasons
Men
Organizer | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Euroleague Basketball | 2019–20 EuroLeague | All canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe. | |||
2019–20 EuroCup Basketball | |||||
FIBA | 2020 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in Asia. | |||
2019–20 Basketball Champions League | San Pablo Burgos | AEK | 85–74 | Single-game final | |
2019–20 BCLA season | Quimsa | Flamengo | 92–86 | Single-game final | |
2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe. | ||||
NBA/FIBA | 2020 BAL season | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Africa. |
Women
Organizer | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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FIBA | 2019–20 EuroLeague Women | All canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe. | |||
2019–20 EuroCup Women |
Regional seasons
Men
Region | League | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Former Yugoslavia | 2019–20 ABA League | All canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe. | |||
2019–20 ABA 2nd League | |||||
Southeast Asia | 2019–20 ABL season | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Asia. | |||
Alpe-Adria | 2019–20 Alpe Adria Cup | JIP Pardubice | Armex Děčín | 185–176 | Two-legged playoff |
Estonia and Latvia | 2019–20 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League | All canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe. | |||
Balkans | 2019–20 BIBL |
Women
Region | League | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Southeast Europe | 2019–20 WABA League | Budućnost Bemax | Cinkarna Celje | Final Four canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Europe; final positions determined via regular season standings. |
Domestic league seasons
Men
- ^ Includes one team from New Zealand.
- ^ Includes one team from Monaco.
- ^ Panathinaikos named champion after the premature ending of the league due to the coronavirus pandemic in Greece
- ^ Basketball on the island of Ireland, including the league system, is organised on an All-Ireland basis. As such, the national league includes one team from Northern Ireland, which is politically part of the United Kingdom.
- ^ Žalgiris named champion after the premature ending of the league due to the coronavirus pandemic in Lithuania
- ^ Includes one team each from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, and Latvia. The highest-ranked team from Russia is also named as Russian Champions.
- ^ Includes one team from Andorra.
- ^ Borås named champion after the premature ending of the league due to the coronavirus pandemic in Sweden
- ^ The NBA and the G League each include one team from Canada.
Women
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Australia | 2019–20 WNBL season | Canberra Capitals | Southside Flyers | 2–0 | Best-of-three series |
France | 2019–20 Ligue Féminine de Basketball | ||||
2019–20 Women's French Basketball Cup | |||||
Iceland | 2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Iceland. | |||
2019–20 Icelandic Basketball Cup | Skallagrímur | KR | 66–49 | Single-game final | |
Romania | 2019–20 Liga Națională | ||||
Serbia | 2019–20 First Women's League | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Serbia. | |||
2019–20 Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup | Kraljevo | Radivoj Korać | 76–73 | Single-game final | |
Spain | 2019–20 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto | Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Spain. | |||
United States | 2020 WNBA season | Seattle Storm | Las Vegas Aces | 3–0 | Best-of-5 series |
College seasons
Men's
Nation | League / Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Canada | 2020 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship | Carleton Ravens | Dalhousie Tigers | 74–65 | Single-game final |
Philippines | 2019 PCCL National Collegiate Championship | Ateneo Blue Eagles | San Beda Red Lions | 57–46 | Single-game final |
United States | NCAA Division I | All cancelled due to coronavirus disease pandemic in the U.S. | |||
National Invitation Tournament | |||||
NCAA Division II | |||||
NCAA Division III | |||||
NAIA Division I | |||||
NAIA Division II |
Women's
Nation | League / Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Result | Playoff format |
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Canada | 2020 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship | Saskatchewan Huskies | Brock Badgers | 82–61 | Single-game final |
Philippines | UAAP Season 83 | Cancelled due to coronavirus disease in the Philippines | |||
United States | NCAA Division I | All cancelled due to coronavirus disease pandemic in the U.S. | |||
Women's National Invitation Tournament | |||||
NCAA Division II | |||||
NCAA Division III | |||||
NAIA Division I | |||||
NAIA Division II |
Deaths
- January 1—Roland Minson, 90, All-American college player (BYU).[1]
- January 1—David Stern, 77, American NBA commissioner (1984–2014).[2]
- January 2—Gale McArthur, 90, All-American college player (Oklahoma State).[3]
- January 4—James Ratiff, 61, American college player (Howard).[4]
- January 6—Ivan Salaj, 58, Serbian player (Crvena zvezda).[5]
- January 12—Dick Schnittker, 91, American two-time NBA champion (Minneapolis Lakers) and college All-American (Ohio State).[6]
- January 14—Carl McNulty, 89, American NBA player (Milwaukee Hawks).[7]
- January 15—Milovan Stepandić, 65, Serbian coach (OKK Šabac, KK Borac Čačak, KK Metalac Valjevo).[8]
- January 16—Gene Schwinger, 87, All-American college player (Rice).[9]
- January 17—Leo Byrd, 82, All-American college player (Marshall) and gold medal winner at the 1959 Pan American Games.[10]
- January 21—Morgan Wootten, 88, American Hall of Fame high school coach (DeMatha).[11]
- January 23—Robert Archibald, 39, Scottish NBA player (Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors).[12]
- January 23—Kalevi Tuominen, 92, Finnish player (Tampereen Pyrintö) and coach (Finland national team).[13]
- January 26—Kobe Bryant, 41, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers), five-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2012).[14]
- January 29—Blagoja Georgievski, 69, Macedonian player (Rabotnički), Olympic silver medalist (1976).[15]
- January 30—Terry Fair, American player (Georgia Bulldogs, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Tel Aviv).[16]
- February 2—Peter Aluma, 46, Nigerian NBA player (Sacramento Kings).[17]
- February 2—Ryszard Olszewski, 87, Polish Olympic player (1960).[18]
- February 5—Bill Oates, 80, American college coach (Saint Mary's, Menlo, The Master's).[19][20]
- February 6—Dick Atha, 88, American NBA player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).[21]
- February 8—Maurice Girardot, 98, French Olympic silver medalist (1948).[22]
- February 8—Bill Robinson, 71, Canadian Olympic player (1976).[23]
- February 9—Don Coleman, 87, American high school coach.[24]
- February 16—Henry Akin, 75, American NBA and ABA player (New York Knicks, Seattle SuperSonics, Kentucky Colonels).[25]
- February 16—Ed Murphy, 78, American college coach (Ole Miss, West Georgia).[26]
- February 26—Carl Slone, 83, American college coach (George Washington, Richmond)[27]
- March—Jeff Taylor, 60, American NBA player (Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons).[28]
- March 5—Levan Moseshvili, 79, Georgian player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
- March 12—Juha Harjula, 77 Finnish Olympic player (1964).[29]
- March 18—John Erickson, 92, American college coach (Lake Forest, Wisconsin) and NBA general manager (Milwaukee Bucks).[30]
- March 20—Borislav Stanković, 94, Hall of Fame Serbian player and coach, Secretary General of FIBA.[31]
- March 21—Leroy Wright, 82, American ABA player (Pittsburgh Pipers).[32]
- March 22—Gene Brown, 84, All-American college player and two-time national champion (San Francisco).[33]
- March 22—Jack Krumpe, 84, American NBA executive (New York Knicks).
- March 24—David Edwards, 48, American player (Texas A&M, BC Šilutė, KR).[34]
- March 25—Aric del Rosario, 80, Filipino coach (UST Growling Tigers, Pampanga Dragons, Perpetual Altas).[35]
- March 26—Curly Neal, 77, American player (Harlem Globetrotters).[36]
- March 26—Mekia Valentine, 32, American player.[37]
- March 27—Les Hunter, 77, American NBA and ABA player, college national champion at Loyola (1963).[38]
- April 2—Carl Tacy, 87, American college coach (Marshall, Wake Forest).[39]
- April 7—Harv Schmidt, 83, American college player and coach (Illinois).[40]
- April 12—Sascha Hupmann, 49, German player (Evansville, Alba Berlin, Panathinaikos).[41]
- April 12—Rubén Menini, 96, Argentine Olympic player (1948, 1952).[42]
- April 13—Charlie Harrison, 70, American college coach (New Mexico, East Carolina).[43]
- April 15—Alfonso Marquez, 82, Filipino Olympic player (1960, 1968).[44]
- April 22—Dan Mazzulla, 61, American high school coach.[45]
- April 23—Chris Marcus, 40, American college player (Western Kentucky).[46]
- April 26—Abolfazl Salabi, 95, Iranian Olympic player (1948).[47]
- April 27—Mark McNamara, 60, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers, Kansas City Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic).[48]
- April 29—Gerson Victalino, 60, Brazilian Olympic player (1984, 1988, 1992).[49]
- May 1—Lajos Engler, 91, Serbian player (KK Proleter Zrenjanin, KK Partizan)[50]
- May 1—Reuben Perach, 87, Israeli Olympic player (1952).[51]
- May 2—Maret-Mai Otsa, 89, Estonian player, FIBA World champion (1959).[52]
- May 3—Rick Roberson, 72, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Jazz, Kansas City Kings).[53]
- May 4—Marvin Hershkowitz, 89, American player.[54]
- May 4—Álvaro Teherán, 54, Colombian player (Baloncesto Málaga, Fort Wayne Fury, KK Olimpija).[55]
- May 5—Sonny Cox, 82, American high school coach (King College Prep).[56]
- May 5—Connie Rea, 89, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets).[57]
- May 7—Mike Storen, 84, American professional league commissioner (ABA, CBA, GBA) and ABA/NBA executive (Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, Atlanta Hawks).[58]
- May 9—Johnny McCarthy, 86, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics) and coach (Buffalo Braves, Canisius).[59]
- May 14—Jim Tucker, 87, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and college All-American (Duquesne).[60]
- May 16—Tony Yates, 82, American college All-American player and coach (Cincinnati), two-time NCAA champion (1961, 1962).[61]
- May 19—Ken Burmeister, 72, American college coach (UTSA, Loyola, Incarnate Word).[62]
- May 22—Jerry Sloan, 78, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets, Chicago Bulls) and Hall of Fame coach (Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz).[63]
- May 23—Eddie Sutton, 84, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State).[64]
- June 1—Daniel Levy, 89, Israeli Olympic player (1952).[65]
- June 2—Wes Unseld, 74, American Hall of Fame NBA player, coach and executive (Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets) and college All-American (Louisville).[66]
- June 3—Marc de Hond, 42, Dutch wheelchair basketball player.[67]
- June 9—Noel Johnson, 47, American college coach (Midwestern State).[68]
- June 10—Harry Glickman, 96, American NBA executive and co-founder of the Portland Trail Blazers.[69]
- June 11—Earnie Killum, 72, American NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers).[70]
- June 11—Cy Strulovitch, 94, Canadian Olympic player (1948).[71]
- June 13—Dick Garmaker, 87, American NBA player (Minneapolis Lakers, New York Knicks) and college All-American (Minnesota).[72]
- June 13—Nic Jorge, 78, Filipino coach and administrator.[73]
- June 23—Justin Love, 41, American player (BK Ventspils, Beijing Olympians, BC Odesa).[74]
- June 25—Juan Ostoic, 89, Chilean Olympic player (1952, 1956).[75]
- July 3—Charlie Slack, 89, American college player (Marshall).[76]
- July 3—Bill Stricker, 72, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers).[77]
- July 6—Zdzisław Myrda, 69, Polish Olympic player (1980).[78]
- July 10—Panagiotis Manias, 87, Greek player (Panellinios).[79]
- July 10—Ed Wild, 85, Canadian Olympic player (1956).[80]
- July 14—Bea Gorton, 73, American college coach (Indiana).[81]
- July 14—Juan Uder, 93, Argentine Olympic player (1948, 1952).[82]
- July 16—Vladimir Obuchov, 84, Soviet/Russian coach (Soviet national team).[83]
- July 18—Lenzie Howell, 52, American player (Arkansas, Tofaş, Cholet).[84]
- July 21—Stanley Robinson, 32, American player (UConn, Iowa Energy, Moncton Miracles).[85]
- July 22—Paul Van Roy, 88, Belgian player.[86]
- July 25—Lou Henson, 88, American college coach (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois).[87]
- July 29—Kittie Blakemore, 91, American college coach (West Virginia).[88]
- July 29—Bob McCurdy, 68, All-American college player (Richmond).[89]
- July 31—Mike Gale, 70, American ABA (Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets) and NBA (San Antonio Spurs, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors) player.[90]
- August 1—Harley Redin, 100, American Hall of Fame college coach (Wayland Baptist).[91]
- August 4—Andre Spencer, 56, American NBA (Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings) and Israeli League (Maccabi Rishon LeZion, Ironi Ramat Gan) player.[92]
- August 5—Stefan Majer, 90, Polish player (Legia Warszawa).[93]
- August 7—Michael Ojo, 27, Nigerian-American player (FMP, Crvena zvezda).[94]
- August 17—Boyd Grant, 87, American college coach (College of Southern Idaho, Fresno State, Colorado State).[95]
- August 18—Bob Bigelow, 66, American NBA player (Kansas City Kings, Boston Celtics, San Diego Clippers).[96]
- August 23—Luigi Serafini, 69, Italian Olympic player (1972, 1976).[97]
- August 27—Lute Olsen, 85, American Hall of Fame college coach (Long Beach State, Iowa, Arizona).[98]
- August 29—Clifford Robinson, 53, American NBA player (Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors).[99]
- August 30—John Thompson, 78, American NBA player (Boston Celtics) and Hall of Fame college coach (Georgetown).[100]
- September 2—Dave Zeller, 81, American NBA player (Cincinnati Royals).[101]
- September 5—Dwight Anderson, 59, American NBA player (Denver Nuggets).[102]
- September 5—Orlando Bauzon, 75, Filipino Olympic player (1968).[103]
- September 5—Smokey Gaines, 80, American player (Kentucky Colonels, Harlem Globetrotters) and college coach (Detroit, San Diego State).[104]
- September 6—Tom Jernstedt, 75, American Hall of Fame administrator (NCAA, USA Basketball).[105]
- September 11—Sonny Allen, 84, American college (Old Dominion, SMU, Nevada) and WNBA coach (Sacramento Monarchs).[106]
- September 17—Joe Ruklick, 82, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors) and college All-American (Northwestern).[107]
- September 18—Don Feeley, 82, American college coach (Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson).[108]
- September 19—Dick Nemelka, 76, American ABA player (Utah Stars) and college All-American (BYU).[109]
- September 20—Garland F. Pinholster, 92, American college (Oglethorpe) and USA national team (1963 Pan American Games) coach.[110]
- September 21—Amos Lin, 87, Israeli Olympic player (1952).[111]
- September 25—Jerry Oliver, 89, American coach (George Washington, Indiana, Indiana Pacers).[112]
- October 14—Armando Herrera, 89, Mexican Olympic player (1960, 1964).[113]
- October 15—Warren Mitchell, 87, American college coach (William & Mary).[114]
- October 18—Tomás Herrera Martínez, 69, Cuban Olympic bronze medalist (1972).[115]
- October 21—Jesse Arnelle, 86, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons).[116]
- October 26—Jim Iverson, 90, American college player (Kansas State) and coach (South Dakota State). National college division champion (1963).[117]
- October 26—Eddie Johnson, 65, American NBA player (Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics).[118]
- October 27—Bob Lochmueller, 93, American NBA player (Syracuse Nationals) and high school coach.[119]
- October 30—Žarko Knežević, 73, Montenegrin basketball player (OKK Beograd, Fenerbahçe, Yugoslavia national team).[120]
- October 30—Nélson Lisboa, 90, Brazilian Olympic player (1956).[121]
- November 1—Yalçın Granit, Turkish Olympic player (1952).[122]
- November 1—Billy Tubbs, 85, American college coach (Lamar, Oklahoma, TCU).[123]
- November 2—Nancy Darsch, 68, American college (Ohio State) and WNBA (New York Liberty, Washington Mystics) coach.[124]
- November 4—Shakey Rodriguez, 67, American high school and college (FIU) coach.[125]
- November 8—Chuck Mrazovich, 96, American NBA player (Indianapolis Olympians).[126]
- November 9—Tom Heinsohn, 86, Hall of Fame American NBA player and coach (Boston Celtics), 8-time NBA champion.[127]
- November 11—Mileta Lisica, 54, Serbian-Slovene basketball player (Sloboda Tuzla, Crvena zvezda, Pivovarna Laško, Novi Sad).[128]
- November 13—Terry Duerod, 64, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors).[129]
- November 14—Norman Taylor, 55, American player (Illawarra Hawks).[130]
- November 15—Anthony Stewart, 50, American college coach (UT Martin).[131]
- November 17—Walt Davis, 89, American NBA player (Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks).[132]
- November 18—George Carter, 76, American NBA (Detroit Pistons) and ABA (Virginia Squires, Pittsburgh Condors, New York Nets) player.[133]
- November 22—Paul Covington, 86, American college coach (Jackson State).[134]
- November 22—Billy Evans, 88, American player, Olympic gold medalist (1956).[135]
- November 23—John Oldham, 97, American NBA player (Fort Wayne Pistons) and college coach (Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky).[136]
- November 24—Rose Marie Battaglia, 91, American Hall of Fame high school and college (Bergen Community College, Iona) basketball coach.
- November 29—Jack Foley, 81, American NBA player (Boston Celtics, New York Knicks) and college All-American (Holy Cross).[137]
- December 1—Kelvin Scarborough, 56, American player.[138]
- December 1—Sol Tolchinsky, 91, Canadian Olympic player (1948).[139]
- December 8—Goo Kennedy, 71, American NBA and ABA player (San Antonio Spurs, Spirits of St. Louis, Utah Stars, Houston Rockets).[140]
- December 10—Nemanja Miljković, 30, Serbian player.[141]
- December 11—Jim Burns, 75, American NBA (Chicago Bulls) and ABA (Dallas Chaparrals) player.[142]
- December 12—Bird Averitt, 68, American NBA (Buffalo Braves, New Jersey Nets) and ABA (San Antonio Spurs, Kentucky Colonels) player.[143]
- December 13—Jimmy Collins, 74, American NBA player (Chicago Bulls) and college coach (UIC).[144]
- December 15—Bruce Seals, 67, American ABA (Utah Stars) and NBA (Seattle SuperSonics) player.[145]
- December 17—Tom Hanneman, 68, American NBA television announcer (Minnesota Timberwolves).[146]
- December 18—Pete Cassidy, 86, American college coach (Cal State Northridge).[147]
- December 19—Marjan Lazovski, 58, Macedonian coach (MZT Skopje, Macedonian National team).[148]
- December 23—Ron Widby, 75, American ABA player (New Orleans Buccaneers).[149]
- December 25—Rich Herrin, 87, American college coach (Southern Illinois).[150]
- December 25—K. C. Jones, 88, American Hall of Fame player and coach (Boston Celtics), 8-time NBA champion (1959–1966), Olympic gold medalist (1956), two-time NCAA champion (1955, 1956).[151]
- December 28—Cy McClairen, 89, American college coach (Bethune–Cookman).[152]
- December 29—James Hardy, 64, American NBA player (Utah Jazz).[153]
- December 30—Bob Bessoir, 88, American college coach (Scranton).[154]
See also
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