The 2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 79th season of the Bulgarian top basketball league.
On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian government halted the league until 13 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 April 2020, after a month of suspension, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, after video conference vote of board of directors. Balkan ended the season first, with eighteen wins, but the title was not assigned.
Teams
Chernomorets from the second league joined the same nine teams from the previous season. ClubLast seasonArenaLocationCapacityAcademic Bultex 995thKolodrumaPlovdiv6,100Academic Sofia8thSports Complex HallPravets1,000Balkan Botevgrad1stArena BotevgradBotevgrad4,500Beroe3rdMunicipal HallStara Zagora1,000Cherno More Ticha9thHristo BorisovVarna1,000Chernomorets Boycho BranzovBurgas1,000Levski Lukoil2ndUniversiada HallSofia4,000Rilski Sportist4thArena SamokovSamokov2,500Spartak Pleven6thBalkanstroyPleven1,200Yambol8thDianaYambol3,000
Regular season In the regular season, teams played against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
League table The season was finished after 19 played games for each team.
Results
Bulgarian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Balkan Champions League First qualifying roundFIBA Europe Cup Regular season Levski Lukoil Regular season Beroe Qualifying round
NBL clubs in regional competitions Team Competition ProgressAcademic Plovdiv Balkan League Regular season
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