The 2019–20
Korisliiga
The Korisliiga is the top-tier professional basketball league in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In its current format, each team plays all other teams two times in the regular season, once at home and once away, for a total o ...
season was the 80th season of the top professional
basketball
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league in
Finland
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.
Karhu
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* Karhu (beer), a Finnish beer brand
* ''Karhu'' (ship), name of the 1876 barque ''Lalla Rookh'' while under the Finnish flag, 1923/4 to 1926
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were the defending champions. On 13 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
Format
The eleven teams would play four teams against each one of the other teams for a total of 40 games. The eight best qualified teams would join the playoffs, the 11th qualified would play a best-of-three relegation playoff against the First Division runners-up and the last team would be directly relegated.
However, the league ended without finishing the regular season.
Teams
Lahti
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promoted as champion of the First Division.
Regular season
League table
Results
Relegation playoffs
Finnish clubs in European competitions
References
External links
Official website
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Korisliiga seasons
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
Koris