| NBL | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5 October 2019 – 13 April 2020 |
| Teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | BNT |
| ← 2018–19 2020–21 → | |
The 2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 79th season of the Bulgarian top basketball league.
On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian government halted the league until 13 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 April 2020, after a month of suspension, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, after video conference vote of board of directors. Balkan ended the season first, with eighteen wins, but the title was not assigned.
Teams
Bultex 99BalkanBeroeCherno MoreLevskiAcademicRilski SportistSpartakChernomoretsYambolclass=notpageimage| 2019–20 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.
Chernomorets from the second league joined the same nine teams from the previous season.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Bultex 99 | 5th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Academic Sofia | 8th | Sports Complex Hall | Pravets | 1,000 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 1st | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 3rd | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 9th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Chernomorets | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 | |
| Levski Lukoil | 2nd | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 6th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
| Yambol | 8th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |
Regular season
In the regular season, teams played against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
League table
The season was finished after 19 played games for each team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balkan Botevgrad | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1712 | 1453 | +259 | 37 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Lukoil | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1771 | 1322 | +449 | 36 | |
| 3 | Rilski Sportist | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1798 | 1538 | +260 | 33 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 4 | Beroe | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1670 | 1512 | +158 | 32 | |
| 5 | Academic Sofia | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1548 | 1698 | −150 | 28 | |
| 6 | Academic Bultex 99 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1541 | 1544 | −3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Cherno More Ticha | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1561 | 1657 | −96 | 26 | |
| 8 | Chernomorets | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1519 | 1804 | −285 | 23 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 19 | 3 | 16 | 1553 | 1735 | −182 | 22 | |
| 10 | Yambol | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1393 | 1803 | −410 | 21 |
Results
| Home \ Away | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Bultex 99 | — | 88–70 | 73–82 | 91–63 | 84–81 | 95–68 | 81–107 | 91–95 | 79–70 | 116–78 | — | 71–75 | 77–61 | |||||||
| Academic Sofia | 87–83 | — | 88–102 | 71–83 | 92–89 | 99–94 | 77–94 | 72–106 | 77–76 | 97–73 | — | 89–72 | ||||||||
| Balkan Botevgrad | 83–64 | 101–78 | — | 86–94 | 101–66 | 83–70 | 77–71 | 85–83 | 100–75 | 112–86 | 101–72 | — | ||||||||
| Beroe | 94–75 | 103–75 | 65–75 | — | 86–85 | 101–61 | 65–84 | 90–86 | 91–77 | 110–76 | — | |||||||||
| Cherno More | 71–65 | 85–64 | 67–88 | 79–89 | — | 89–87 | 62–82 | 93–96 | 88–81 | 93–79 | — | |||||||||
| Chernomorets | 84–81 | 84–86 | 79–88 | 72–122 | 107–104 | — | 52–95 | 75–98 | 83–79 | 114–79 | 77–94 | — | ||||||||
| Levski Lukoil | 96–64 | 101–69 | 73–76 | 85–76 | 100–60 | 117–83 | — | 83–50 | 96–77 | 92–62 | 98–68 | — | ||||||||
| Rilski Sportist | 91–68 | 95–86 | 93–94 | 78–75 | 108–92 | 115–68 | 89–95 | — | 92–75 | 93–64 | 98–66 | — | ||||||||
| Spartak Pleven | 97–85 | 86–87 | 77–100 | 76–102 | 85–87 | 96–91 | 75–109 | 91–109 | — | 84–59 | 79–101 | — | ||||||||
| Yambol | 66–81 | 83–84 | 74–85 | 82–93 | 74–88 | 73–70 | 59–97 | 66–120 | 99–97 | — | 86–97 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Bulgarian clubs in European competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Balkan | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | |
| Levski Lukoil | Regular season | |
| Beroe | Qualifying round |
NBL clubs in regional competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |
References
- "БФБаскетбол прекрати окончателно първенството на НБЛ". basketball.bg. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "БЕРОЕ И ЛЕВСКИ ЛУКОЙЛ ЩЕ ПРЕМЕРЯТ СИЛИ НА СТАРТА НА СЕЗОНА В НБЛ". bball.bg. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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