Cedevita Olimpija has lost two cup finals during the season, the 2019 Adriatic Supercup and the 2020 Slovenian Cup. The Slovenian League and the Adriatic League seasons were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 12 March 2020, ABA League Assembly suspended the remainder of the 2019–20 season "until further notice" following the coronavirus pandemic.[7] The club still remains to play one game until the end of the regular season and to reach the 2020 playoffs. On the same day, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia suspended the remainder of the 2020 Championship Group season due to the same reason.[8] Prior to the Slovenian league suspension, the club played two games. On 20 March, the Basketball Federation cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] On 27 May, the ABA League Assembly cancelled the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
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On 27 January 2020, Cedevita Olimpija and coach Slaven Rimac have agreed on terminating their contract on mutual consent.[33] On the same day, Cedevita Olimpija appointed a Slovenian coach Jurica Golemac as the new head coach.[34] In January, an assistant coach Marko Maravič and a conditioning coach Slaven Hlupić left the staff. Filip Ujaković was named the new conditioning coach in January.
Cedevita Olimpija played eight pre-season friendly games.[35] They played at the 2019 Mirza Delibašić Memorial together with Budućnost VOLI (Montenegro), Gaziantep (Turkey), and U Cluj-Napoca (Romania) from 6–7 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cedevita Olimpija won the 15th Mirza Delibašić Memorial.[36][37]
Source: EuroCup Basketball Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
The 2019 Adriatic Supercup was the 3rd season of the Adriatic cup tournament which was held in September 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia.[38] Cedevita Olimpija lost to Partizan NIS in the final.