# 2020 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2020 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2020 Zurich Connect Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Vanoli Cremona were the defending champions.
Umana Reyer Venezia went to win its first Cup ever by beating Happy Casa Brindisi 73–67 in the Finals. Austin Daye was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.
All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

## Qualification

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 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 3 | Germani Basket Brescia | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1328 | 1178 | +150 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 4 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1285 | 1195 | +90 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 5 | Vanoli Cremona | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1261 | 1271 | −10 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 6 | Pompea Fortitudo Bologna | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1237 | 1264 | −27 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 7 | Happy Casa Brindisi | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1332 | 1287 | +45 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 8 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1250 | 1203 | +47 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |

## Bracket

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

## Quarterfinals
### AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | DNP | DNP | 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 ||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Vanoli Cremona 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 3 | Giacomo Zanotti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 5 | Giacomo Sanguinetti | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Lorenzo Deri | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Umana Reyer Venezia 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Davide Casarin | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 7 | Lorenzo Bucarelli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 8 | Giacomo Devecchi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 15 | Daniele Magro | DNP | DNP | 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 ||||||
| Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Happy Casa Brindisi 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Zanelli | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| G | 8 | Alessandro Guido | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 10 | Raphael Gaspardo | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 12 | Luca Campogrande | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 18 | Riccardo Cattapan | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 35 | Iris Ikangi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Francesco Vitucci ||||||

### Germani Basket Brescia vs. Pompea Fortitudo Bologna

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 41 | Brian Sacchetti | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Vincenzo Esposito ||||||
| Germani Basket Brescia | Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Daniele Cinciarini | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 6 | Stefano Mancinelli | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Nicolò Dellosto | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 22 | Ed Daniel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 24 | Rok Stipčević | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Antimo Martino ||||||

## Semifinals
### AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 00 | Amedeo Della Valle | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 6 | Paul Biligha | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Riccardo Moraschini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 10 | Michael Roll | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 16 | Nemanja Nedović | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| PF | 23 | Christian Burns | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 32 | Jeff Brooks | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||
| AX Armani Exchange Milano | Umana Reyer Venezia 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Davide Casarin | DNP | DNP | 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

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 ||||||
| Happy Casa Brindisi | Pompea Fortitudo Bologna 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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
### Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Happy Casa Brindisi

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Davide Casarin | DNP | DNP | 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 ||||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Happy Casa Brindisi 0 |
| 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 2 | Dominique Sutton | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Zanelli | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| G | 8 | Alessandro Guido | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 10 | Raphael Gaspardo | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 12 | Luca Campogrande | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 18 | Riccardo Cattapan | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 35 | Iris Ikangi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Francesco Vitucci ||||||
* 2020 Italian Cup champions
* Umana Reyer Venezia 1st title

## Sponsors

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