2019–20 Virtus Bologna season – Wikipedia

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The 2019–20 season is Virtus Bologna’s 91st in existence and the club’s 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian basketball.

Overview[edit]

In the season 2019-20 Virtus Bologna aims to return to the highest level of the European Basketball. Despite having won the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Bologna decides to compete in the 2019–20 EuroCup. Followed a controversy that involved all together the club,[1] the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP)[2] and FIBA, in which the latter tried to convince Bologna to take part to the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League.

Bologna is aggressive also during the summer transfers, hiring top players like Miloš Teodosić and Stefan Marković and with the ambition of playing in the next year EuroLeague edition.

The season starts incredibly well, confirming the ambitious plans of the team, with a 10 games winning streak in the Serie A and the qualification to the Top 16 of the EuroCup Basketball. Bologna ends the first half of the season (16th round) on top of the standings, gaining the unofficial title of winter champions.

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Unfortunately, though, the 2019-20 season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic that compelled the federation to suspend and later cancel the competition without assigning the title to anyone.[3]Virtus Bologna ended the championship in 1st position. Followed also the early termination of the EuroCup season where Bologna had reached the quarter finals.

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Segafredo

Players[edit]

Roster[edit]

Segafredo Virtus Bologna roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 0 United States Gaines, Frank 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 32 – (1990-07-07)7 July 1990
PG 1 Italy Deri, Lorenzo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 21 – (2001-05-16)16 May 2001
G/F 2 United States Marble, Devyn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1992-09-21)21 September 1992
PG 6 Italy Pajola, Alessandro 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 23 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
F/C 8 Italy Baldi Rossi, Filippo (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
PG 9 Serbia Marković, Stefan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988
PF 11 Italy Ricci, Giampaolo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 31 – (1991-09-27)27 September 1991
F/C 12 Estonia Peterson, Mait 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002
C 16 Argentina Delía, Marcos 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 31 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992
G 25 Italy Cournooh, David 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1990-07-28)28 July 1990
F/C 32 United States Hunter, Vince 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994
SF 34 United States Weems, Kyle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989
SF 35 Serbia Nikolić, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997
PG 44 Serbia Teodosić, Miloš 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 36 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
C 45 United States Gamble, Julian 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 33 – (1989-09-15)15 September 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 5 March 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart[edit]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Julian Gamble Vince Hunter Marcos Delía
PF Giampaolo Ricci Filippo Baldi Rossi Mait Peterson
SF Kyle Weems Devyn Marble Stefan Nikolić
SG Miloš Teodosić Frank Gaines Manuele Solaroli
PG Stefan Marković David Cournooh Alessandro Pajola Lorenzo Deri

6+6 format (colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

Squad changes[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

Confirmed[edit]

Coach[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Serie A[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2020. Source: LBA

EuroCup[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16[edit]

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

FIBA Intercontinental Cup[edit]

As the winner of the 2018-19 edition of the Basketball Champions League, Virtus Bologna qualified to the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. They won in the semifinal against the Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro, winner of the 2019 edition of the FIBA Americas League and lost the final against the hosting team Iberostar Tenerife.

9 February 2019

Final

 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy 72–80 Spain Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
19:00 (UTC) Scoring by quarter: 11-16, 21-26, 22-25, 18-13
YouTube Pts: Teodosić 15
Rebs: Ricci 8
Asts: Teodosić 8
PIR: Teodosić 19 		Boxscore Pts: Huertas 23
Rebs: Shermadini, White 7
Asts: Lundberg, Huertas, Salin 3
PIR: Huertas, White 16 		Arena: Santiago Martín Arena
Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Aleksandar Glisić (SRB), Matthew Leigh Kallio (CAN)

Italian Cup[edit]

Bologna qualified to the 2020 Italian Basketball Cup having ended the first half of the season in 1st place. They lost the first match in the quarter finals against Umana Reyer Venezia.

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