2019–20 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

Season2019–20
DurationOctober 2019 – June 2020
Teams16

The 2019–20 Liga Națională season is the 70th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. This will be the season with a new format, with 16 teams divided into two groups based on results from the previous season.[1] CSM U Oradea were the defending champions.

On 13 March 2020, the league was suspended until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Teams

After withdrawing of Târgu Mureș, ACS Târgu Jiu replaced them in the competition.[3]

Group A

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Liga Națională (Group A)
Team City Arena Capacity
SCM Craiova Craiova Polyvalent Hall 4,215
Dinamo Stiinta București Bucharest Dinamo 2,538
CSM Oradea Oradea Arena Antonio Alexe 2,000
SCM Timișoara Timișoara Constantin Jude 2,200
CSU Sibiu Sibiu Transilvania 3,000
Steaua București Bucharest Mihai Viteazu 2,000
Polyvalent Hall 3,500
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Polyvalent Hall 7,308
Horia Demian 2,525
BCMU FC Argeș Pitești Trivale 2,000

Group B

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Liga Națională (Group B)
Team City Arena Capacity
Athletic Constanța Sala Sporturilor 1,500
CSM Focșani Focșani Vrancea 1,400
CSM Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Eröss Zsolt 1,700
CSM Galați Galați Dunărea 1,500
CSM Sighet Sighetu Marmației Dragoș Vodă 200
ACS Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Sala Sporturilor 1500
CSM Mediaș Mediaș Sala Sporturilor 461
CSO Voluntari Voluntari Gabriela Szabo 1,100

Regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ORA UBT SIB STE DIN TIM CRA FCA
1 CSM Oradea 14 12 2 1195 993 +202 26 Qualification to Red Group — 82–74 85–73 94–71 94–74 90–52 70–61 100–64
2 U-BT Cluj-Napoca 14 12 2 1234 1107 +127 26 89–82 — 92–64 99–74 101–90 79–70 88–94 89–80
3 CSU Sibiu 14 9 5 1085 1097 −12 23 63–85 71–77 — 84–80 89–88 100–96 72–60 78–73
4 Steaua București 14 6 8 1134 1195 −61 20 85–83 64–88 72–74 — 101–97 81–83 93–90 94–81
5 Dinamo Știința București 14 5 9 1150 1175 −25 19 62–78 90–100 75–82 70–73 — 84–76 80–73 86–72
6 SCM Timișoara 14 5 9 1118 1186 −68 19 86–94 89–92 80–84 84–79 64–81 — 84–73 71–84
7 SCMU Craiova 14 5 9 1082 1133 −51 19 Qualification to Yellow Group 68–75 74–81 75–74 83–77 92–88 69–84 — 80–76
8 BCMU FC Argeș Pitești 14 2 12 1095 1207 −112 16 71–83 83–85 59–77 85–90 80–85 96–99 91–90 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VOL MED PHX FOC ATH TGJ MIE SIG
1 CSO Voluntari 14 13 1 1268 1015 +253 27 Qualification to Yellow Group — 85–72 94–85 88–72 81–57 95–90 102–65 110–47
2 CSM Mediaș 14 11 3 1217 1075 +142 25 83–85 — 86–77 96–81 93–80 99–79 100–80 98–73
3 CSM Galați 14 11 3 1237 1050 +187 25 83–78 72–85 — 99–94 76–64 92–70 95–77 106–79
4 CSM Focșani 14 6 8 973 998 −25 20 68–88 70–49 59–84 — 61–51 76–59 99–85 0–20
5 Athletic Constanța 14 5 9 962 1019 −57 19 Qualification to Blue Group 78–85 64–88 74–75 65–61 — 68–67 68–58 85–66
6 ACS Târgu Jiu 14 4 10 1053 1155 −102 18 64–85 80–98 73–101 89–77 57–66 — 87–73 93–77
7 CSM Miercurea Ciuc 14 3 11 998 1163 −165 17 70–90 82–87 52–86 59–80 65–58 84–68 — 83–65
8 CSM Sighet 14 3 11 954 1187 −233 17 81–102 67–83 65–106 66–75 86–84 84–77 78–85 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Second stage

Red Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 U-BT Cluj 18 15 3 1593 1444 +149 33 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 CSM Oradea 18 15 3 1514 1272 +242 33 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup
3 CSU Sibiu 19 12 7 1487 1477 +10 31
4 Dinamo Știința București 19 8 11 1554 1573 −19 27
5 Steaua București 17 7 10 1454 1551 −97 24
6 SCM Timișoara 18 5 13 1409 1531 −122 23
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results

Home \ Away ORA UBT SIB STE DIN TIM
CSM Oradea — 75–60 73–69
U-BT Cluj 89–88 — 90–98 96–69
CSU Sibiu — 95–75
Steaua București — 76–83 100–82
Dinamo Știința București 82–84 79–78 —
SCM Timișoara 61–83 61–71 87–91 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Yellow Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 BCMU Argeș Pitești 5 5 0 448 390 +58 10
2 SCMU Craiova 5 4 1 445 373 +72 9
3 CSO Voluntari 5 3 2 417 383 +34 8
4 CSM Galați 5 2 3 395 404 −9 7
5 CSM Mediaș 5 1 4 412 459 −47 6
6 CSM Focșani 5 0 5 349 457 −108 5
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results

Home \ Away CRA FCA VOL MED PHX FOC
BCMU Craiova — 95–66 85–67
BCMU Argeș Pitești 76–72 — 97–89 93–88
CSO Voluntari — 113–76 82–77
CSM Mediaș 88–92 — 67–74 93–87
CSM Galați 71–92 — 106–78
CSM Focșani 76–101 70–90 38–67 —
Updated to match(es) played on update. Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Blue Group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Athletic Constanța 17 8 9 1226 1250 −24 25
2 ACS Târgu Jiu 17 6 11 1296 1394 −98 23
3 CSM Miercurea Ciuc 17 4 13 1247 1387 −140 21
4 CSM Sighet 17 3 14 1178 1473 −295 20
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation

Results

Home \ Away ATH TGJ MIE SIG
Athletic Constanța — 83–74 101–86
ACS Târgu Jiu — 85–77
CSM Miercurea Ciuc 71–80 — 101–59
CSM Sighet 79–84 —
Source: Romanian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Romanian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Oradea Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Second round
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Quarterfinals
Sibiu Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Tragere la sorti Faza I a LNBM editia 2019-2020". www.frbaschet.ro. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  2. ^ "Meciurile din LNBM, LNBF si CRM 3x3 sunt suspendate pana la data de 31.03.2020". www.frbaschet.ro. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "CSM Târgu Mureș calcă pe urmele lui BC Mureș și se retrage din campionat". Baschet.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-10-10.