October 13, 2019 - March 8, 2020 Main round A October 13, 2019 - February 2, 2020 Main round B February 9, 2020 - March 8, 2020 Promotion round February 9, 2020 - March 12, 2020 Relegation round
The 2019/20 season was the fourteenth season of the youth basketball league . It was the first season since the league was founded that was played according to a reformed game mode. It began in October 2019 with the games of the main rounds A and B, which should have been followed from February 2020 by a post season with several rounds of promotion and relegation as well as play-offs to determine the participants in the top four tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , gaming operations were initially suspended on March 12th until further notice and completely suspended on March 25th. There was no master.
FC Bayern Munich started the season as the reigning German champions . The final tournament for the German championship would have taken place on May 16 and 17, 2020 in Ludwigsburg , which would have served as the venue for the top four for the second time since 2011 .
40 teams play divided into main round A (2 groups with 8 teams each) and main round B (4 groups with 6 teams each). In the two groups of the main round A, the play-off participants of the preseason play , in the groups of the main round B the teams of the preseason who have athletically qualified for the 2019/20 season, as well as successful qualifying participants.
In the main round A, each team plays two games against the other teams in their group. The best 6 teams in each group then move on to the play-offs, the remaining four teams have acquired the right to participate in main round B for the following season .
The teams in the main round B also play against each other in league mode. The best two teams in each group then play a promotion round against each other. The best 4 teams of the promotion round move into the play-offs, the remaining four teams have acquired the right to participate in the main round B of the following season. The remaining teams in main round B play a relegation round in two groups in the league system. The last two in each relegation group are the relegated teams of the season and must qualify again in the following season. The other teams in the relegation round play again in the main round B in the following season.
All play-off participants have acquired the right to participate in main round A for the 2020/21 season. The play-offs are played in the best of three mode. The four best teams move into the top four tournament. The winner of the top four is German champions.
Attendees
qualification
The NBBL qualification took place on June 22nd and 23rd, 2018. A total of 15 teams, which were divided into three groups, competed against each other in a round-robin tournament , with the four best-placed teams in each group being given the right to participate in the main round B.
Teams of the youth basketball league 2019/20. Main Round A (North) Main Round A (South) Main Round B (North-East) Main Round B (North-West) Main Round B (South-East) Main Round B (South-West)
End of season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
The NBBL's gaming operations were endangered by the COVID-19 pandemic , which has also been rampant in Germany since January 2020 (see COVID-19 pandemic in Germany ). As a safety measure, it was initially decided on March 12, 2020 to interrupt the season. At this point the main rounds A and B had already been played. The end of the season was finally announced on March 25th. Since the main rounds had already been played, the promoted and relegated teams for the 2018/19 season had already been decided. However, there were no relegated teams from the main round B, who would have had to qualify again for the following season. This season, for the first time in the history of the league, no champions were crowned.
Main Round A (North) 
Main Round A (South) 
Main Round B (North-East) 
Main Round B (North-West) 
Main Round B (South-East) 
Main Round B (South-West)
