# 2019–20 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

The 2019–20 Liga Națională season is the 70th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. This will be the season with a new format, with 16 teams divided into two groups based on results from the previous season. CSM U Oradea were the defending champions.
On 13 March 2020, the league was suspended until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Teams

After withdrawing of Târgu Mureș, ACS Târgu Jiu replaced them in the competition.

### Group A

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| SCM Craiova | Craiova | Polyvalent Hall | 4,215 |
| Dinamo Stiinta București | Bucharest | Dinamo | 2,538 |
| CSM Oradea | Oradea | Arena Antonio Alexe | 2,000 |
| SCM Timișoara | Timișoara | Constantin Jude | 2,200 |
| CSU Sibiu | Sibiu | Transilvania | 3,000 |
| Steaua București | Bucharest | Mihai Viteazu | 2,000 |
| Steaua București | Bucharest | Polyvalent Hall | 3,500 |
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca | Polyvalent Hall | 7,308 |
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca | Horia Demian | 2,525 |
| BCMU FC Argeș | Pitești | Trivale | 2,000 |

### Group B

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Athletic | Constanța | Sala Sporturilor | 1,500 |
| CSM Focșani | Focșani | Vrancea | 1,400 |
| CSM Miercurea Ciuc | Miercurea Ciuc | Eröss Zsolt | 1,700 |
| CSM Galați | Galați | Dunărea | 1,500 |
| CSM Sighet | Sighetu Marmației | Dragoș Vodă | 200 |
| ACS Târgu Jiu | Târgu Jiu | Sala Sporturilor | 1500 |
| CSM Mediaș | Mediaș | Sala Sporturilor | 461 |
| CSO Voluntari | Voluntari | Gabriela Szabo | 1,100 |

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | UBT | SIB | STE | DIN | TIM | CRA | FCA |
| 1 | CSM Oradea | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1195 | 993 | +202 | 26 | Qualification to Red Group | — | 82–74 | 85–73 | 94–71 | 94–74 | 90–52 | 70–61 | 100–64 |
| 2 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1234 | 1107 | +127 | 26 | Qualification to Red Group | 89–82 | — | 92–64 | 99–74 | 101–90 | 79–70 | 88–94 | 89–80 |
| 3 | CSU Sibiu | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1085 | 1097 | −12 | 23 | Qualification to Red Group | 63–85 | 71–77 | — | 84–80 | 89–88 | 100–96 | 72–60 | 78–73 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1134 | 1195 | −61 | 20 | Qualification to Red Group | 85–83 | 64–88 | 72–74 | — | 101–97 | 81–83 | 93–90 | 94–81 |
| 5 | Dinamo Știința București | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1150 | 1175 | −25 | 19 | Qualification to Red Group | 62–78 | 90–100 | 75–82 | 70–73 | — | 84–76 | 80–73 | 86–72 |
| 6 | SCM Timișoara | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1118 | 1186 | −68 | 19 | Qualification to Red Group | 86–94 | 89–92 | 80–84 | 84–79 | 64–81 | — | 84–73 | 71–84 |
| 7 | SCMU Craiova | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1082 | 1133 | −51 | 19 | Qualification to Yellow Group | 68–75 | 74–81 | 75–74 | 83–77 | 92–88 | 69–84 | — | 80–76 |
| 8 | BCMU FC Argeș Pitești | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1095 | 1207 | −112 | 16 | Qualification to Yellow Group | 71–83 | 83–85 | 59–77 | 85–90 | 80–85 | 96–99 | 91–90 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VOL | MED | PHX | FOC | ATH | TGJ | MIE | SIG |
| 1 | CSO Voluntari | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1268 | 1015 | +253 | 27 | Qualification to Yellow Group | — | 85–72 | 94–85 | 88–72 | 81–57 | 95–90 | 102–65 | 110–47 |
| 2 | CSM Mediaș | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1217 | 1075 | +142 | 25 | Qualification to Yellow Group | 83–85 | — | 86–77 | 96–81 | 93–80 | 99–79 | 100–80 | 98–73 |
| 3 | CSM Galați | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1237 | 1050 | +187 | 25 | Qualification to Yellow Group | 83–78 | 72–85 | — | 99–94 | 76–64 | 92–70 | 95–77 | 106–79 |
| 4 | CSM Focșani | 14 | 6 | 8 | 973 | 998 | −25 | 20 | Qualification to Yellow Group | 68–88 | 70–49 | 59–84 | — | 61–51 | 76–59 | 99–85 | 0–20 |
| 5 | Athletic Constanța | 14 | 5 | 9 | 962 | 1019 | −57 | 19 | Qualification to Blue Group | 78–85 | 64–88 | 74–75 | 65–61 | — | 68–67 | 68–58 | 85–66 |
| 6 | ACS Târgu Jiu | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1053 | 1155 | −102 | 18 | Qualification to Blue Group | 64–85 | 80–98 | 73–101 | 89–77 | 57–66 | — | 87–73 | 93–77 |
| 7 | CSM Miercurea Ciuc | 14 | 3 | 11 | 998 | 1163 | −165 | 17 | Qualification to Blue Group | 70–90 | 82–87 | 52–86 | 59–80 | 65–58 | 84–68 | — | 83–65 |
| 8 | CSM Sighet | 14 | 3 | 11 | 954 | 1187 | −233 | 17 | Qualification to Blue Group | 81–102 | 67–83 | 65–106 | 66–75 | 86–84 | 84–77 | 78–85 | — |

## Second stage
### Red Group
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | U-BT Cluj | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1593 | 1444 | +149 | 33 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | CSM Oradea | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1514 | 1272 | +242 | 33 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 3 | CSU Sibiu | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1487 | 1477 | +10 | 31 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 4 | Dinamo Știința București | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1554 | 1573 | −19 | 27 | |
| 5 | Steaua București | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1454 | 1551 | −97 | 24 | |
| 6 | SCM Timișoara | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1409 | 1531 | −122 | 23 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ORA | UBT | SIB | STE | DIN | TIM |
| CSM Oradea | — | | 75–60 | | 73–69 | |
| U-BT Cluj | 89–88 | — | 90–98 | 96–69 | | |
| CSU Sibiu | | | — | 95–75 | | |
| Steaua București | | | | — | 76–83 | 100–82 |
| Dinamo Știința București | | 82–84 | 79–78 | | — | |
| SCM Timișoara | 61–83 | | 61–71 | | 87–91 | — |

### Yellow Group
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | BCMU Argeș Pitești | 5 | 5 | 0 | 448 | 390 | +58 | 10 |
| 2 | SCMU Craiova | 5 | 4 | 1 | 445 | 373 | +72 | 9 |
| 3 | CSO Voluntari | 5 | 3 | 2 | 417 | 383 | +34 | 8 |
| 4 | CSM Galați | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 404 | −9 | 7 |
| 5 | CSM Mediaș | 5 | 1 | 4 | 412 | 459 | −47 | 6 |
| 6 | CSM Focșani | 5 | 0 | 5 | 349 | 457 | −108 | 5 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CRA | FCA | VOL | MED | PHX | FOC |
| BCMU Craiova | — | | 95–66 | | 85–67 | |
| BCMU Argeș Pitești | 76–72 | — | 97–89 | 93–88 | | |
| CSO Voluntari | | | — | 113–76 | 82–77 | |
| CSM Mediaș | 88–92 | | | — | 67–74 | 93–87 |
| CSM Galați | | 71–92 | | | — | 106–78 |
| CSM Focșani | 76–101 | 70–90 | 38–67 | | | — |

### Blue Group
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Athletic Constanța | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1226 | 1250 | −24 | 25 |
| 2 | ACS Târgu Jiu | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1296 | 1394 | −98 | 23 |
| 3 | CSM Miercurea Ciuc | 17 | 4 | 13 | 1247 | 1387 | −140 | 21 |
| 4 | CSM Sighet | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1178 | 1473 | −295 | 20 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | TGJ | MIE | SIG |
| Athletic Constanța | — | 83–74 | | 101–86 |
| ACS Târgu Jiu | | — | 85–77 | |
| CSM Miercurea Ciuc | 71–80 | | — | 101–59 |
| CSM Sighet | | 79–84 | | — |

## Romanian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Oradea | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Oradea | FIBA Europe Cup | Second round |
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | FIBA Europe Cup | Quarterfinals |
| Sibiu | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |