2019–20 Basketligaen

Not to be confused with 2019–20 Basketligan season.
Basketligaen
Season2019–20
Duration22 September 2019 – 17 March 2020
Teams10
Finals
ChampionsBakken Bears
18th title
  Runners-upRanders Cimbria
Third placeHorsens IC

The 2019–20 Basketligaen is the 45th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 22 September 2019 and was scheduled to end on 13 May 2020. On 17 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Based on the standings at that time, the Bakken Bears were named Danish champions, defending their title.[2]

Competition format

Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, the rest of the teams. Each team was scheduled to play four times against each other team in their group, and twice with teams from the other group.[3]

The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Basketligaen

Amager joined the league after an absence of nine years.[4]

Team City Arena
Amager Copenhagen Amagerhallen
Bakken Bears Aarhus Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
BMS Herlev Wolfpack Copenhagen Skovlundehallen
Copenhagen Copenhagen Nørrebrohallen
EBAA Aarhus Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
Horsens IC Horsens Forum Horsens
Randers Cimbria Randers Arena Randers
Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Svendborg Idrætscenter
Team FOG Næstved Næstved Næstved Hallen
Værløse Blue Hawks Værløse Søndersøhallen

Regular season

Pro A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bakken Bears (C) 23 20 3 2218 1776 +442 40 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
2 Randers Cimbria 24 19 5 2272 1993 +279 38
3 Horsens 22 17 5 2017 1694 +323 34
4 Team FOG Næstved 24 13 11 2028 1906 +122 26
5 Svendborg Rabbits 24 11 13 1989 1965 +24 22
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basketligaen
(C) Champions

Pro B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 BMS Herlev Wolfpack 21 10 11 1707 1774 −67 20
2 Værløse Blue Hawks 20 9 11 1704 1754 −50 18
3 EBAA 19 4 15 1380 1698 −318 8
4 Copenhagen 20 3 17 1546 1885 −339 6
5 Amager 19 2 17 1441 1857 −416 4
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basketligaen

Results

Home \ Away AMA BAK WOL COP EBA HIC RAN SVE FOG VAE AMA BAK WOL COP EBA HIC RAN SVE FOG VAE
Amager — 74–97 66–89 83–85 70–97 81–127 79–96 61–112 71–98 — 80–99
Bakken Bears 113–91 — 96–99 104–75 121–48 80–63 89–83 83–75 95–79 102–81 — 87–83 91–72
BMS Herlev Wolfpack 84–65 66–121 — 71–65 100–99 85–88 67–88 79–71 68–87 — 85–82 83–56 68–87
Copenhagen 79–84 87–93 102–95 — 83–92 61–103 81–110 77–103 62–73 97–96 — 84–96
EBAA 78–93 65–92 63–78 87–68 — 78–115 69–79 68–82 73–79 86–78 — 87–84
Horsens 109–48 70–103 96–64 107–75 95–57 — 75–65 78–59 97–67 95–85 — 105–107 93–86 94–103
Randers Cimbria 113–85 81–80 99–71 114–71 95–64 96–91 — 90–75 88–84 95–85 96–84 — 88–82 88–94
Svendborg Rabbits 101–87 73–102 87–70 98–73 101–91 83–88 74–89 — 77–72 82–96 76–82 72–74 — 82–79
Team FOG Næstved 94–71 76–93 81–77 103–64 86–50 73–85 86–79 69–79 — 98–76 79–80 79–98 —
Værløse Blue Hawks 82–74 71–85 96–93 88–75 86–69 73–93 91–102 70–94 83–100 — 88–84 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basketligaen
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs were not played as all games were cancelled in March.[1]

Danish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Result
Bakken Bears Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals[a]
  1. ^ The FIBA Europe Cup was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

References

  1. ^ a b "BL aflyser resten af sæsonen". www.basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "DBBF kårer Danmarksmestrene 2020 i lyset af coronavirus". www.basketligaen.dk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Basketligaen 2018/19" (in Danish). Basketligan. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ^ "10 hold i BL i den kommende sæson" (in Danish). Basketligaen. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.