Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
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T Color: | white |
Teams: | 10 |
Duration: | 5 October 2019 – 13 April 2020 |
Tv: | 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.
Chernomorets from the second league joined the same nine teams from the previous season.[2]
Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity | |
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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 |
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.
The season was finished after 19 played games for each team.
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Champions League | First qualifying round | |
FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | |
Regular season | ||
Qualifying round |