The Basketball Bundesliga season 2019/20 (officially easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga ) was the 54th season of the top German division in men's basketball . The league began on September 24, 2019 with the 1st match day and ended after a Corona- related interruption with subsequent change of its operation to a tournament mode on June 28, 2020.
With the Hamburg Towers only one team rose to the top division. The Nürnberg Falcons BC , who were also athletically qualified, were refused a license for the highest German division due to the lack of economic performance and a venue that did not meet the league requirements. This means that only 17 teams played in the first basketball league in the 2019/20 season.
As in the previous season, all league games and the games in the new cup mode were broadcast by Magenta Sport ( live and on-demand ).
An All-Star-Day did not take place in the 2019/20 season due to the tight schedule.
On March 12, 2020, the season was completely suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic . This presented many of the clubs with existence-threatening difficulties, as the income is mainly based on the ticket sales. At the beginning of May 2020, Munich was selected as the venue for the season-end tournament. Ten teams announced that they wanted to take part in the tournament. The ending of the previously interrupted main round was waived, the relegation rule was suspended.
International competitions
This season, two German teams competed in the EuroLeague , Berlin and Munich .
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in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoted players for this season / T = tournament participation
↑ Due to the restrictions in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , game operations were interrupted in March 2020 and resumed in June in a modified form in a tournament mode with only 10 teams.