The 2019–20 season of the English Men's National Basketball League, known as the NBL, was the 48th edition of the league.

Solent Kestrels The Solent Kestrels are an English professional basketball club based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. Founded in 1998, the Kestrels play their home games at the Solent Sports Complex at Solent University. History Junior roots The club wa ...

were league champions for the second consecutive year. Following the 2018–19 season, the league structure was reorganised. Division 2 was regionalised into North and South regions, while Divisions 3 and 4 were merged to form 5 regional leagues. In March 2020, the season was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The league season finished immediately and there were no end-of-season playoffs.

National League Division 1

Teams

Team changes * Barking Abbey Crusaders to

Barking Abbey The Abbey of St Mary and St Ethelburga, founded in the 7th-century and commonly known as Barking Abbey, is a former Roman Catholic, royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It has been described as havi ...

* Essex Leopards to Essex & Herts Leopards Promoted from Division 2 *

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

* Westminster Warriors Relegated to Division 2 *

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

* Manchester Magic

Regular season

* Following the cancellation of the season on 13 March 2020, it was decided that for games cancelled due to the early end to the season, the number of points on offer would be divided equally between the two teams involved (one point per team). This process applied to fixtures that were scheduled between 13 March (the date on which Basketball England suspended the playing season) and the end of the regular season. Games that were postponed before March 13 and had not been rearranged were voided. (zero points per team).

Player of the Week awards

Statistics

:Minimum 10 games Scoring
:''As of 16 May 2020'' Rebounding
:''As of 16 May 2020'' Assists
:''As of 16 May 2020''

National League Division 2

Regular season

National League Division 3

Regular season

National Cup

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 18 December 2019.National Cup Semi-finals Draw - Basketball England
/ref>

Final

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 English Basketball League season English Basketball League seasons English English

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

Basketball events curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic