The 2019–20 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 60th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 28 September.
On 12 March 2020, the season was postponed until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 March, the DBL announced to suspend the competition to at least 2 May. On 20 March, the DBL cancelled the rest of the season while naming no champion. Landstede Hammers qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) based on the standings at the time. Format changes From this season, the DBL adopted FIBA's home-grown players rule. Teams need to have at least 4 (for a 10-man roster) or 5 (for a 12-man roster) home-grown players on their roster. Due to this new rule, the previous limitation of maximum five foreign players, is dropped. Teams
On 4 May 2019, the DBL announced all nine teams from the last season would return, excluding Dutch Windmills which was dissolved. TBG Dragons from Nijmegen was planning to make its debut season, depending on the club being able to meet all license requirements. On 28 June, the DBL announced the Dragons withdrew.
Arenas and locations {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Club ! Location ! Venue ! Capacity |- | Apollo Amsterdam || Amsterdam || Apollohal || align=center | 1,500 |- | Aris Leeuwarden || Leeuwarden || Kalverdijkje || align=center | 1,700 |- | BAL || Weert || Sporthal Boshoven || align=center | 1,000 |- | Den Helder Suns || Den Helder || Sporthal Sportlaan || align=center |1,000 |- | Donar || Groningen || MartiniPlaza || align=center | 4,350 |- | Heroes Den Bosch || 's-Hertogenbosch || Maaspoort || align=center | 2,800 |- | Feyenoord || Rotterdam || Topsportcentrum Rotterdam || align=center | 1,000 |- | Landstede Hammers || Zwolle || Landstede Sportcentrum || align=center | 1,200 |- | ZZ Leiden || Leiden || Vijf Meihal || align=center | 2,000
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Apollo Amsterdam Patrick Faijdherbe Berend Weijs Nike Paul Meijering Steel Aris Leeuwarden Ferried Naciri Andrzej Mazurczak Jako Friezon BAL Radenko Varagić Roel van Overbeek Spalding Den Helder Suns Peter van Noord Boyd van der Vuurst de Vries Burned Donar Erik Braal Thomas Koenis Macron Amysoft Heroes Den Bosch Jean-Marc Jaumin Stefan Wessels Macron Data City Feyenoord Toon van Helfteren Keyshawn Woods Adidas Zeeuw & Zeeuw Landstede Hammers Herman van den Belt Nigel van Oostrum Acerbis Landstede ZZ Leiden Rolf Franke Worthy de Jong Peak Zorg en Zekerheid
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Feyenoord Jan Stalman (interim) End of interim spell Pre-season Toon van Helfteren Aris Leeuwarden Anne van Dijk (interim) End of interim spell Ferried Naciri Heroes Den Bosch Ivica Skelin End of contract Jean-Marc Jaumin
Regular season League table
Results
Dutch clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Donar Champions League First qualifying roundFIBA Europe Cup Regular season Landstede Hammers Second round ZZ Leiden Second round
See also 2019–20 Dutch Basketball Cup 2019 Dutch Basketball Supercup
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