The 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th season of the
Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...
(BBL), the
top-tier level of professional club
basketball in
Germany, held from 24 September 2019 to 28 June 2020. The defending champion was
Bayern Munich
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.
Alba Berlin
Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...
won the final tournament and their ninth title.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic the league postponed matchday 23 and monitored the situation. On 25 March, the league was suspended until 30 April. The season was finished with ten teams playing at a neutral venue.
Teams
Team changes
This was the first season in which teams were required to have a minimum budget of €3 million and a minimum equity of €250,000. Seventeen clubs obtained a license for this season.
were promoted to the BBL after winning the
2018–19 ProA
The 2018–19 ProA was the 12th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany. The champions and the runners-up of the play-offs were promoted to the 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga.
Hamburg Towers won its first ProA championship ...
, while
Nürnberg Falcons
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were promoted as runner-up but were unable to obtain a license.
[ Eisbären Bremerhaven and Science City Jena were relegated.
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Arenas and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Coaching changes
Regular season
In the regular season, teams would have played against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams would advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team would have been relegated to the ProA for next season.
League table
Results
End of season tournament
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the board of the BBL decided on 27 April to continue the season in a tournament format. The nine highest-placed teams in the regular season and Frankfurt played behind closed doors. On 19 May, the Bavarian government allowed the tournament to be held at the Audi Dome in Munich. The schedule was announced on 20 May 2020.
''All times are local ( UTC+2).''
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Ninth place game
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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=Matches
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''Ulm won 197–130 on aggregate.''
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''Ludwigsburg won 160–157 on aggregate.''
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''Berlin won 181–153 on aggregate.''
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''Oldenburg won 175–156 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
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''Ludwigsburg won 165–156 on aggregate.''
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''Berlin won 173–122 on aggregate.''
Final
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''Berlin won 163–139 on aggregate.''
Awards and statistics
Major award winners
Only the Finals MVP was recorded, all other awards were cancelled.
Statistics
The statistics account for the regular season before it was suspended on matchday 23.
See also
*2019–20 BBL-Pokal
The 2019–20 BBL-Pokal was the 53rd season of the BBL-Pokal, the domestic cup competition of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
Participants
The sixteen highest placed teams from the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, without the relegated teams and ...
German clubs in European competitions
References
External links
Official website
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Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...