| 2019–20 NBL Canada season | |
| League: | National Basketball League of Canada |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | December 26, 2019 – March 11, 2020 (suspended) |
| No Of Games: | 36 (20–25 games played before suspension) |
| No Of Teams: | 8 |
| Seasonslist: | List of NBL Canada seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | NBL Canada |
| Prevseason Link: | 2018–19 NBL Canada season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2020–21 NBL Canada season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2020–21 (cancelled) |
The 2019–20 NBL Canada season was the ninth season of the National Basketball League of Canada. The regular season was supposed to run from December 26, 2019, to April 23, 2020. However, on March 12, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[1]
On April 1, the season was officially cancelled with the league saying they will "begin preparations for its tenth season in 2020–21".[2] The 2020–21 season was also cancelled.[3]
Because of financial difficulties, two of the league's teams, Saint John Riptide and Cape Breton Highlanders, were granted a one-year sabbatical, with the goal of finding new sponsors in order to rejoin the league next season, reducing the league to eight teams.[4] The decrease in the number of teams also caused a change in the playoff format with the top two teams in each division qualifying for the postseason.[5]
Standings as of March 11:[8]
| Atlantic Division | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 19 | 4 | — | ||||
| 20 | 11 | 9 | 6.5 | ||||
| 24 | 8 | 16 | 11.5 | ||||
| 23 | 6 | 17 | 13 |
| Central Division | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 15 | 9 | — | ||||
| 23 | 13 | 10 | 1.5 | ||||
| 22 | 11 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 25 | 9 | 16 | 6.5 |
As of games played 11 March 2020
| For games in week ending | Player of the week | Canadian player of the week | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team | width=60 | Player | width=60 | Team |
| December 29, 2019 | Island Storm | ||||||
| January 5, 2020 | Alex Campbell (2) | Island Storm | |||||
| January 12, 2020 | London Lightning | ||||||
| January 19, 2020 | Windsor Express | ||||||
| January 26, 2020 | St. John's Edge | ||||||
| February 2, 2020 | Sudbury Five | ||||||
| February 9, 2020 | Alex Campbell (3) | Island Storm | |||||
| February 16, 2020 | Halifax Hurricanes | ||||||
| February 23, 2020 | Billy White (2) | Windsor Express | |||||
| March 1, 2020 | London Lightning |
| width=60 | Month | width=60 | Coach | width=60 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||||
| February | Joe Salerno (2) |