2019–20 Georgian Superliga

Superliga
Duration30 October 2019 – 13 March 2020
Teams11

The 2019–20 Georgian Superliga is the 20th season of the Georgian Superliga since its establishment. Delta, renamed as Tskhum-Abkhazeti, were the defending champions.

On 13 March 2020, the league was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic until 6 April.[1][2] On May 26 Board of the Georgian Basketball Federation announced the cancellation of all basketball tournaments in Georgia.[3]

Format

The regular season consisted of a double-legged round-robin competition where the eight best teams qualified for the playoffs.

Teams

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Locations of the 2019–20 Georgian Superliga teams

Vera and Rustavi promoted to the league. Delta changed its name to Tskhum-Abkhazeti.

Team Location Arena
Batumi Batumi Sports School
Cactus Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Dinamo Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Kutaisi Kutaisi Sports Palace
Mgzavrebi Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Olimpi Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Rustavi Rustavi Chemicals Gym
Titebi Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Tskhum Abkhazeti Tbilisi Olympic Palace
TSU Tbilisi Olympic Palace
Vera Tbilisi Olympic Palace

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Batumi 15 10 5 1303 1221 +82 25 Qualification to playoffs
2 TSU 15 9 6 1251 1186 +65 24
3 Vera 15 9 6 1152 1132 +20 24
4 Kutaisi 15 9 6 1207 1149 +58 24
5 Olimpi 14 8 6 1079 1106 −27 22
6 Dinamo 14 8 6 1119 1175 −56 22
7 Cactus 15 7 8 1136 1157 −21 22
8 Rustavi 14 6 8 1105 1079 +26 20
9 Mgzavrebi 15 5 10 1182 1193 −11 20
10 Titebi 14 5 9 969 1023 −54 19 Qualification to relegation playoffs
11 Tskhum Abkhazeti 14 4 10 1010 1092 −82 18 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: [4]

Results

Home \ Away BAT CAC DIN KUT MGZ OLI RUS TIT ABK TSU VER
Batumi — 96–93 98–85 70–68 88–81 108–90 96–79 82–79
Cactus 67–85 — 77–79 82–76 80–64 70–74 73–86 74–68 81–73 72–81
Dinamo 81–79 — 84–83 77–91 72–78 74–66
Kutaisi 75–69 — 87–77 89–74 98–82 63–74 75–91 84–88
Mgzavrebi 80–84 84–86 111–70 — 72–84 78–72 76–103
Olimpi 90–100 60–91 76–73 — 71–56 91–82 89–76
Rustavi 100–89 78–67 92–96 69–72 80–85 94–59 — 66–71
Titebi 67–87 67–69 66–73 73–81 66–75 — 81–80 66–85 66–75
Tskhum Abkhazeti 71–67 83–88 69–73 77–75 63–62 58–69 62–78 — 74–85
TSU 92–90 75–78 87–71 73–84 83–77 74–79 79–64 —
Vera 84–82 74–69 84–76 75–87 73–82 80–71 49–62 78–59 86–96 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All the rounds will be played in a best-of-five games format, (2-2-1) format.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5

Third place match

Team 1  Score  Team 2

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5

Relegation playoffs

The winner of the playoffs between the ninth qualified and the runner-up of the A-League will join the next Superleague season with the second-tier league champion.

References

  1. ^ "საქართველოს კალათბურთის ეროვნული ფედერაციის განცხადება" (in Georgian). Georgian Basketball Federation. 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "სუპერლიგისა და "ა" ლიგის გათამაშებები 6 აპრილამდე შეჩერდა". Georgian Basketball Federation. 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "By the decision of the board, the championships of the 2019-2020 season have been canceled - GBF.GE".
  4. ^ Georgian Basketball Federation
  5. ^ GBF.ge