2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga
Basketball Bundesliga
Season	2019–20
Dates	24 September 2019 – 28 June 2020
Teams	17
Regular season
Top seed	Bayern Munich
Finals
Champions	Alba Berlin; 9th title
Runners-up	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Semifinalists	EWE Baskets Oldenburg; ratiopharm Ulm
Finals MVP	Marcos Knight
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Scott Eatherton
Rebounds	Scott Eatherton
Assists	Jovan Novak
Records
Attendance	730,787
Average attendance	3,513
Seasons
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany, held from 24 September 2019 to 28 June 2020. The defending champion was Bayern Munich.

Alba Berlin won the final tournament and their ninth title.^[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league postponed matchday 23 and monitored the situation.^[2] On 25 March, the league was suspended until 30 April.^[3] The season was finished with ten teams playing at a neutral venue.^[4]

Teams

Location of teams in 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

Promoted from 2018–19 ProA	Relegated from 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
Hamburg Towers	Eisbären Bremerhaven Science City Jena

This was the first season in which teams were required to have a minimum budget of €3 million and a minimum equity of €250,000. Seventeen clubs obtained a license for this season.^[5]

Hamburg Towers were promoted to the BBL after winning the 2018–19 ProA, while Nürnberg Falcons were promoted as runner-up but were unable to obtain a license.^[5]^[6] Eisbären Bremerhaven and Science City Jena were relegated.

Arenas and locations

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Brose Bamberg	Bamberg	Brose Arena	6,150
medi Bayreuth	Bayreuth	Oberfrankenhalle	4,000
Alba Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Bonn	Telekom Dome	6,000
Löwen Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Volkswagen Halle	6,600
Crailsheim Merlins	Crailsheim	Arena Hohenlohe	3,000
Fraport Skyliners	Frankfurt	Fraport Arena	5,002
Gießen 46ers	Gießen	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost	4,003
BG Göttingen	Göttingen	Sparkassen Arena	3,447
Hamburg Towers	Hamburg	Edel-optics.de Arena	3,400
Riesen Ludwigsburg	Ludwigsburg	MHP-Arena	5,300
Syntainics MBC	Weißenfels	Stadthalle Weißenfels	3,000
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	6,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Oldenburg	Große EWE Arena	6,069
ratiopharm Ulm	Ulm	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm	6,000
Rasta Vechta	Vechta	Rasta Dome	3,140
s.Oliver Würzburg	Würzburg	s.Oliver Arena	3,140

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alba Berlin	Aíto García Reneses	Adidas	ALBA SE
Bayern Munich	Oliver Kostić	Adidas	BayWa
BG Göttingen	Johan Roijakkers	Nike	Satorius
Brose Bamberg	Roel Moors	Macron	Brose
Crailsheim Merlins	Tuomas Iisalo	Hakro	Hakro
Hamburg Towers	Mike Taylor	K1x	VTG
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Mladen Drijenčić	Owayo	EWE
Fraport Skyliners	Gordon Herbert	Peak	Fraport
Gießen 46ers	Ingo Freyer	K1x	Rovema
Löwen Braunschweig	Frank Menz	Spalding	hey car
medi Bayreuth	Raoul Korner	K1x	Medi
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	John Patrick	Macron	Mieschke Hofmann und Partner
Syntainics MBC	Wojciech Kamiński	K1x	Puraglobe
Rasta Vechta	Pedro Calles	Spalding	Rasta
ratiopharm Ulm	Jaka Lakovič	Nike	Ratiopharm
s.Oliver Würzburg	Denis Wucherer	K1x	s.Oliver
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Predrag Krunić	Spalding	Deutsche Telekom

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
ratiopharm Ulm	Thorsten Leibenath	End of contract	1 June 2019	Pre-season	Jaka Lakovič	7 June 2018^[7]
Syntainics MBC	Silvano Poropat	End of contract	1 June 2019		Wojciech Kamiński	12 June 2019^[8]
Brose Bamberg	Federico Perego	Signed with VL Pesaro	14 June 2019^[9]		Roel Moors	20 June 2019^[10]
Bayern Munich	Dejan Radonjić	Sacked	7 January 2020^[11]	1st	Oliver Kostić	7 January 2020
Skyliners Frankfurt	Gordon Herbert	End of contract	18 May 2020^[12]	14th (6–15)	Sebastian Gleim	18 May 2020

Regular season

In the regular season, teams would have played against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams would advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team would have been relegated to the ProA for next season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayern Munich	21	19	2	1788	1555	+233	38	Closing tournament^[a]
2	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	21	17	4	1816	1655	+161	34
3	Crailsheim Merlins	21	15	6	1890	1772	+118	30
4	Alba Berlin	19	14	5	1774	1551	+223	28
5	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	20	13	7	1687	1663	+24	26
6	Rasta Vechta	21	12	9	1695	1718	−23	24^[b]
7	Brose Bamberg	21	12	9	1734	1648	+86	24^[b]
8	s.Oliver Würzburg	21	11	10	1755	1785	−30	22^[c]
9	BG Göttingen	21	11	10	1727	1788	−61	22^[c]	Closing tournament^[a]
10	ratiopharm Ulm	20	10	10	1748	1709	+39	20	Closing tournament^[a]
11	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	20	9	11	1791	1831	−40	18
12	Medi Bayreuth	21	9	12	1811	1811	0	18
13	Gießen 46ers	20	6	14	1694	1785	−91	12
14	Skyliners Frankfurt	21	6	15	1579	1692	−113	12	Closing tournament^[a]
15	Telekom Baskets Bonn	20	4	16	1687	1824	−137	8
16	Mitteldeutscher BC	20	3	17	1791	1949	−158	6^[d]
17	Hamburg Towers	20	3	17	1624	1855	−231	6^[d]

Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the season was interrupted in March. The BBL proposed to let 10 teams finish the season in a closing tournament. It was also decided there is no relegation this season.
^ ^a ^b Vechta 80–66 Bamberg
^ ^a ^b Würzburg 90–75 Göttingen
^ ^a ^b Mitteldeutscher BC 104–83 Hamburg

Results

Home \ Away	BAM	BAY	BER	BON	BRA	CRA	FRA	GIE	GOT	HAM	LUD	MBC	MUN	OLD	ULM	VEC	WUR
Brose Bamberg	—		74–78				87–76	93–81	89–82	77–66	75–68		76–82		78–81	85–86	69–72
Medi Bayreuth	75–88	—	78–82	82–79	95–89			115–99	75–90			104–86	75–91	86–75	69–85		79–88
Alba Berlin	107–70		—			98–82	87–53		96–71			116–108		90–77		101–78
Telekom Baskets Bonn	81–106		87–90	—	85–90	82–114	77–76	112–96		90–102	77–83	103–85					86–95
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	85–94				—	105–115		92–86	87–91	94–97		102–88		71–93	94–88		100–87
Crailsheim Merlins	73–69	83–76	91–82	85–66	98–81	—	68–76		83–57	101–98	83–92			93–98	91–79	101–88
Skyliners Frankfurt	72–87	73–88			81–82	81–83	—	81–65		83–78	54–79		77–81	74–87
Gießen 46ers		100–93		85–87		92–108	82–90	—		75–79	98–88	98–95	70–82	83–68	77–97	79–87	91–87
BG Göttingen			72–71	80–77	77–96		89–77	63–90	—	101–95	77–83	107–95	90–81	104–87	65–86	72–77
Hamburg Towers	59–89	81–95	75–100			91–92			87–93	—	92–98	83–104				72–79	83–86
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg		89–84	81–77	94–80	91–77		82–64			94–83	—		81–74		106–75	85–78
Mitteldeutscher BC	96–99	88–102			89–95	87–95	92–99		84–90		87–89	—	86–96	86–113		88–87
Bayern Munich		91–79	84–80	93–85	75–62	82–63		94–75	82–81	111–55			—	79–58	83–69		71–60
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	71–68		93–88	88–83			85–81			91–79	83–78		83–90	—	91–104	83–76	90–82
ratiopharm Ulm		103–93	106–112	85–73	98–103		72–78			102–69	76–94	96–80			—	84–62	73–82
Rasta Vechta	80–66	84–83		95–83	104–103		73–65	73–72			77–72	84–88	68–76	68–73		—	89–87
s.Oliver Würzburg	77–95	66–85	82–110	100–93	97–83	92–88	68–67		90–75		84–89	91–79	82–90				—

Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

End of season tournament

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the board of the BBL decided on 27 April to continue the season in a tournament format. The nine highest-placed teams in the regular season and Frankfurt played behind closed doors.^[13] On 19 May, the Bavarian government allowed the tournament to be held at the Audi Dome in Munich.^[14] The schedule was announced on 20 May 2020.^[15]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ratiopharm Ulm	4	4	0	361	297	+64	8	Quarterfinals
2	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	4	3	1	320	311	+9	6
3	Bayern Munich (H)	4	2	2	366	318	+48	4
4	BG Göttingen	4	1	3	272	337	−65	2
5	Crailsheim Merlins	4	0	4	320	376	−56	0

Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

6 June 2020
16:30

BG Göttingen	89–78	Crailsheim Merlins
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 22–22, 17–17, 21–19
Pts: Bennet Hundt 30 Rebs: Mihajlo Andrić 8 Asts: Alex Ruoff 10		Pts: Javontae Hawkins 17 Rebs: Bleck, Ogunsipe 8 Asts: Russell, Stuckey 5

Bayern Munich	85–95	ratiopharm Ulm
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 20–23, 18–21, 27–33
Pts: Vladimir Lučić 23 Rebs: Vladimir Lučić 8 Asts: Barthel, Lô 5		Pts: Tyler Harvey 21 Rebs: Heckmann, Osetkowski 7 Asts: Thomas Klepeisz 5

Crailsheim Merlins	79–110	Bayern Munich
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 24–25, 21–35, 23–24
Pts: Sebastian Herrera 27 Rebs: Javontae Hawkins 4 Asts: Herrera, Kovačević 5		Pts: Mathias Lessort 20 Rebs: Mathias Lessort 9 Asts: Žan Mark Šiško 5

EWE Baskets Oldenburg	66–85	ratiopharm Ulm
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 18–23, 15–20, 16–23
Pts: Nathan Boothe 19 Rebs: Rašid Mahalbašić 7 Asts: Braydon Hobbs 5		Pts: Tyler Harvey 15 Rebs: Dylan Osetkowski 8 Asts: Thomas Klepeisz 6

Teams

Team changes

Arenas and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

End of season tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Overview

Matches

Semifinals

Overview

Matches

Final

Overview

Matches

Awards and statistics

Major award winners

Statistics

See also

German clubs in European competitions

References

External links