2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

NBL
Duration5 October 2019 – 13 April 2020
Teams10
TV partner(s)BNT

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.[1] Balkan ended the season first, with eighteen wins, but the title was not assigned.

Teams

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2019–20 Bulgarian National Basketball League club locations.

Chernomorets from the second league joined the same nine teams from the previous season.[2]

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
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: NBL

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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: NBL
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

  1. ^ "БФБаскетбол прекрати окончателно първенството на НБЛ". basketball.bg. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "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.