# 2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season

The 2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season was the 79th season of the Bulgarian top basketball league.
On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian government halted the league until 13 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 April 2020, after a month of suspension, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, after video conference vote of board of directors. Balkan ended the season first, with eighteen wins, but the title was not assigned.

## Teams

Chernomorets from the second league joined the same nine teams from the previous season.
| Club | Last season | Arena | Location | Capacity |
| Academic Bultex 99 | 5th | Kolodruma | Plovdiv | 6,100 |
| Academic Sofia | 8th | Sports Complex Hall | Pravets | 1,000 |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 1st | Arena Botevgrad | Botevgrad | 4,500 |
| Beroe | 3rd | Municipal Hall | Stara Zagora | 1,000 |
| Cherno More Ticha | 9th | Hristo Borisov | Varna | 1,000 |
| Chernomorets | | Boycho Branzov | Burgas | 1,000 |
| Levski Lukoil | 2nd | Universiada Hall | Sofia | 4,000 |
| Rilski Sportist | 4th | Arena Samokov | Samokov | 2,500 |
| Spartak Pleven | 6th | Balkanstroy | Pleven | 1,200 |
| Yambol | 8th | Diana | Yambol | 3,000 |

## Regular season

In the regular season, teams played against each other three times home-and-away in a double round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

### League table

The season was finished after 19 played games for each team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Balkan Botevgrad | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1712 | 1453 | +259 | 37 | Qualification for Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Levski Lukoil | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1771 | 1322 | +449 | 36 | |
| 3 | Rilski Sportist | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1798 | 1538 | +260 | 33 | Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup |
| 4 | Beroe | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1670 | 1512 | +158 | 32 | |
| 5 | Academic Sofia | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1548 | 1698 | −150 | 28 | |
| 6 | Academic Bultex 99 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1541 | 1544 | −3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Cherno More Ticha | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1561 | 1657 | −96 | 26 | |
| 8 | Chernomorets | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1519 | 1804 | −285 | 23 | |
| 9 | Spartak Pleven | 19 | 3 | 16 | 1553 | 1735 | −182 | 22 | |
| 10 | Yambol | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1393 | 1803 | −410 | 21 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM | ACP | ACS | BAL | BER | CMT | CHE | LEV | RIL | SPA | YAM |
| Academic Bultex 99 | — | 88–70 | 73–82 | 91–63 | 84–81 | 95–68 | 81–107 | 91–95 | 79–70 | 116–78 | — | | | | | | | | 71–75 | 77–61 |
| Academic Sofia | 87–83 | — | 88–102 | 71–83 | 92–89 | 99–94 | 77–94 | 72–106 | 77–76 | 97–73 | | — | | | | 89–72 | | | | |
| Balkan Botevgrad | 83–64 | 101–78 | — | 86–94 | 101–66 | 83–70 | 77–71 | 85–83 | 100–75 | 112–86 | | 101–72 | — | | | | | | | |
| Beroe | 94–75 | 103–75 | 65–75 | — | 86–85 | 101–61 | 65–84 | 90–86 | 91–77 | 110–76 | | | | — | | | | | | |
| Cherno More | 71–65 | 85–64 | 67–88 | 79–89 | — | 89–87 | 62–82 | 93–96 | 88–81 | 93–79 | | | | | — | | | | | |
| Chernomorets | 84–81 | 84–86 | 79–88 | 72–122 | 107–104 | — | 52–95 | 75–98 | 83–79 | 114–79 | | | 77–94 | | | — | | | | |
| Levski Lukoil | 96–64 | 101–69 | 73–76 | 85–76 | 100–60 | 117–83 | — | 83–50 | 96–77 | 92–62 | | | | 98–68 | | | — | | | |
| Rilski Sportist | 91–68 | 95–86 | 93–94 | 78–75 | 108–92 | 115–68 | 89–95 | — | 92–75 | 93–64 | | | | | | 98–66 | | — | | |
| Spartak Pleven | 97–85 | 86–87 | 77–100 | 76–102 | 85–87 | 96–91 | 75–109 | 91–109 | — | 84–59 | | | | | | | | 79–101 | — | |
| Yambol | 66–81 | 83–84 | 74–85 | 82–93 | 74–88 | 73–70 | 59–97 | 66–120 | 99–97 | — | | | | 86–97 | | | | | | — |

## Bulgarian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Balkan | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Balkan | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Levski Lukoil | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Beroe | FIBA Europe Cup | Qualifying round |

## NBL clubs in regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Academic Plovdiv | Balkan League | Regular season |