2019–20 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season explained

2019–20 SBC Men season
League:	Scottish Basketball Championship
Sport:	Basketball
No Of Teams:	19
Playoffs:	SBC Competitions
Conf1:	SBC Playoffs
Conf1 Link:	2019–20 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season
Conf2:	Scottish Cup
Conf2 Link:	2019–20 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season
Seasonslist:	List of SBC seasons
Seasonslistnames:	SBC
Prevseason Link:	2018–19 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season
Prevseason Year:	2018–19
Nextseason Link:	2021–22 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season
Nextseason Year:	2021–22

The 2019–20 season was the 51st campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 20 teams were split across Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 10 teams. Glasgow Storm withdrew at the start of the season, leaving Division 1 with 9 teams. Falkirk Fury won their sixth league title.

Format

In Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 16 games.

In Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.

Division 1

Teams

Promoted from 2018 to 2019 Division 2

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

Stirling Knights

Withdrawn (at end of 2018–19)

Edinburgh University

Playoffs

The draw for the Playoffs was complete on Sunday 1 March 2020. It was announced that the Playoff Final would be played on 28 March 2020 at the Regional Performance Centre in Dundee.^[1] The season was then suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the completion of the semi-final stage.^[2] ^[3]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Division 2

Teams

Promoted to 2019-20 Division 1

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

Stirling Knights

New Teams

Glasgow City from Strathclyde League
Inverness Lions from Highland League

Playoffs

Semi-finals ^[4]

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup (basketball)

The draw for the 74th Scottish Cup was made on Friday 26 July 2019. All 16 teams entered at the first round stage; overall the number of teams competing was down 4 on the previous year. The defending champions were the Falkirk Fury. The final was played on 1 February 2020 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley.^[5] ^[6]

Round of 16 ^[7]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Notes and References

http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/04/dundee-to-host-2020-soho-wealth-sbc-playoff-finals/ Dundee to host 2020 Soho Wealth SBC Playoff Finals - BasketballScotland
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/13/competition_postponed/ Competition Postponed - BasketballScotland
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/19/basketballscotland-position-on-soho-wealth-sbc-playoffs/ Position on Soho Wealth SBC Playoffs - BasketballScotland
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league-diagram/139484/Playoffs - BasketballScotland
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/07/26/2019-20-sbc-scottish-cup-draw/ 2019-20 SBC Scottish Cup draw - BasketballScotland
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/12/12/venue-and-dates-confirmed-for-2020-sbc-scottish-cup-finals/ Venue and dates confirmed for 2020 SBC Scottish Cup finals
http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/10/07/sbc-scottish-cup-results-round-of-16/ SBC Scottish Cup results Round of 16 - BasketballScotland