The 2019–20 Slovak Basketball League season was the 28th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. It started on 5 October 2019[1] and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 without any declared champion due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Competition format

Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga

The same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the league.

Team City Arena Capacity
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves
Handlová Handlová Športová Hala
1,200
Inter Bratislava Bratislava Hant Aréna
5,500
Iskra Svit Svit Iskra Aréna
700
Lučenec Lučenec Športová Hala Arena
900
Patrioti Levice Levice Športová Hala Levice
2,250
Prievidza Prievidza Niké Aréna
3,400
Rieker Com Therm Komárno Komárno Mestská športová hala
1,475
Slávia Žilina Žilina

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Bratislava 28 23 5 2339 1936 +403 .821 Qualification to playoffs
2 Patrioti Levice 28 17 11 2262 2192 +70 .607
3 Prievidza 28 16 12 2199 2113 +86 .571
4 Lučenec 28 15 13 2253 2221 +32 .536
5 Slavia Žilina 27 14 13 2260 2294 −34 .519
6 Iskra Svit 28 14 14 2354 2350 +4 .500
7 Baník Handlová 27 9 18 2212 2324 −112 .333
8 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves 27 9 18 2199 2313 −114 .333
9 Rieker Com Therm Komárno 27 7 20 2118 2453 −335 .259
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basket.sk

Results

Home \ Away SPI HAN INT SVI LUC LEV PRI KOM ZIL SPI HAN INT SVI LUC LEV PRI KOM ZIL
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves — 85–87 70–79 96–87 85–84 66–72 68–84 119–83 94–82 — 72–67 107–102 76–72 62–79 69–78 108–79 102–95
Baník Handlová 83–75 — 84–94 87–96 100–76 78–90 84–90 89–84 83–88 — 102–103 75–73 71–76 75–85 98–101 87–93
Inter Bratislava 95–67 86–90 — 84–64 81–66 89–66 88–75 95–77 77–73 93–77 106–61 — 84–73 93–61 88–62
Iskra Svit 96–74 90–81 69–106 — 72–74 92–76 85–93 126–68 94–85 81–73 72–64 79–77 — 79–92 87–76 89–67
Lučenec 79–78 97–80 87–73 82–85 — 103–100 78–67 83–75 98–81 80–87 74–66 84–57 — 86–66 77–70
Patrioti Levice 92–79 83–61 65–75 80–75 79–80 — 86–66 80–73 85–60 83–76 77–92 84–79 — 90–93 87–80
Prievidza 96–77 74–79 0–20 87–62 74–84 105–81 — 101–73 92–77 67–83 83–71 70–62 — 113–77 68–72
Rieker Com Therm Komárno 79–73 75–94 74–97 89–86 81–77 64–73 70–77 — 72–77 87–78 84–90 93–86 95–87 66–85 —
Slávia Žilina 95–87 97–89 74–97 92–81 91–90 75–88 98–82 105–93 — 77–75 86–82 69–72 73–74 91–74 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basket.sk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7

Slovak clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Inter Bratislava Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season

Slovak clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Levicki Patrioti Alpe Adria Cup Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Majster Inter Bratislava v 1. kole nového ročníka proti Svitu" (in Slovak). Basket.sk. 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ "SBL končí bez určenia poradia, ostatné ligy odložené na neurčito". Basket.sk. 13 March 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Slovak_Basketball_League
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