# 2019–20 ABL season

The 2019–20 ABL season was the tenth season of competition in the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2019 and was set to end on 28 March 2020.
On 15 July 2020, the league announced the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. No league title was awarded.

## Teams

Listed are the following team changes that happened before the start of the season:
* Taipei Fubon Braves becomes the 2nd team in the ABL from Taiwan.
* CLS Knights Indonesia as the defending champion officially announced that they will not be competing in this season.
* The Wolf Warriors relocated from Zhuhai to Macau; they still retained the Wolf Warriors name.
* Westports Malaysia Dragons was renamed into the Kuala Lumpur Dragons.

### Venues

| Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
| Formosa Dreamers | Changhua, Changhua County | Changhua Stadium | 8,000 |
| Hong Kong Eastern | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | Southorn Stadium | 2,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium | 2,500 |
| Macau Black Bears | Macau | Venetian Macau Hall D | |
| Mono Vampire | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | Stadium 29, Nonthaburi | 5,000 |
| Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Canadian International School Vietnam Arena | 2,500 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Santa Rosa, Laguna | City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | 5,700 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay | 12,000 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan | 5,500 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan | 3,000 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Lapu-Lapu City | Hoops Dome | 6,000 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Antipolo, Rizal | Ynares Center | 7,400 |
| Alab Pilipinas | Davao City | University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium | 7,000 |
| Singapore Slingers | Singapore, Kallang | OCBC Arena | 3,000 |
| Taipei Fubon Braves | Taipei City | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 7,000 |
| Wolf Warriors | Macau | Foshan Shishan Gymnasium | |
| Wolf Warriors | Macau | Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium | |

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach |
| Formosa Dreamers | Kyle Julius |
| Hong Kong Eastern | Jordan Brady |
| Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Jamie Pearlman |
| Macau Black Bears | Charles Hantoumakos |
| Mono Vampire | Andrej Urlep |
| Saigon Heat | Kevin Yurkus |
| Alab Pilipinas | Jimmy Alapag |
| Singapore Slingers | Neo Beng Siang |
| Taipei Fubon Braves | Xu Jin-zhe |
| Wolf Warriors | Todd Purves |

### Imports

| Club | Import 1 | Import 2 | Import 3 | Former Imports |
| Formosa Dreamers | Jerran Young | Anthony Tucker | Ryan Watkins | Marcus Keene Liam McMorrow Jordan Tolbert |
| Hong Kong Eastern | Brandis Raley-Ross | Michael Holyfield | Brandon Costner | Timothy Jerrell Price Trey Kell |
| Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Amir Bell | William Artino | Cade Davis | |
| Macau Black Bears | Kenneth Manigault | Jasonn Hannibal | Mikh McKinney | Brandon Edwards |
| Mono Vampire | Mike Singletary | Preston Knowles | Michael Morrison | Anthony Tucker Ryan Watkins |
| Saigon Heat | Sam Thompson | Malcolm White | Tyshawn Taylor | Gary Forbes Chris Charles Torian Graham Mike Bell Morakinyo Michael Williams Akeem Scott |
| Alab Pilipinas | Justin Brownlee | Nick King | John Fields | Renaldo Balkman Adrian Forbes Khalif Wyatt Prince Williams Sam Deguara |
| Singapore Slingers | Xavier Alexander | Marcus Elliott | Jameel McKay | Anthony McClain |
| Taipei Fubon Braves | O. J. Mayo | Charles Garcia | Maxie Esho | Sim Bhullar |
| Wolf Warriors | Julian Boyd | Steven Thomas | Doug Herring Jr. | Mike Bell |

### Local Heritage

| Wolf Warriors | Saigon Heat | Alab Pilipinas | Macau Black Bears | Mono Vampire |
| Scott Ewing Cai Chen Cris Shentu He Feng Sun Zhi-Keng Tang Zhong Xianchao Hu Yue He Zhang | Chris Dierker Tam Dinh Vincent Nguyen Michael Soy Khoa Tran Tim Waale Justin Young | Jason Brickman Lawrence Domingo Jeremiah Gray Jordan Heading Brandon Rosser | Jenning Leung Yunlei Warren Liang He Jun Jian Liu Zihao | Freddie Goldstein Tyler Lamb Moses Morgan |
| Eastern | Formosa Dreamers | Taipei Fubon Braves | Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Singapore Slingers |
| Joseph Eriobu Steven Guinchard Sheikh Muhammad Sulaiman | Kenneth Chien | Joseph Lin | Simeon Lepichev | |

## Regular season

Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 13 at home and 13 away. Each team will play the remaining 4 teams in their group, twice each at home and away. Each team will also play the 5 teams from the other group, once each at home and away. The groupings are as follows:
* Bears, Warriors, Eastern, Dreamers, Braves
* Alab, Slingers, Dragons, Vampire, Heat
After the league season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, group leaders, Mono Vampire decided to withdraw from the league.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Mono Vampire | 12 | 4 | .750 | — |
| 2 | Alab Pilipinas | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2 |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur Dragons | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Formosa Dreamers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 |
| 5 | Taipei Fubon Braves | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Macau Black Bears | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 |
| 7 | Singapore Slingers | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Wolf Warriors | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Eastern | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6 |
| 10 | Saigon Heat | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FMD | HKE | WMD | MBB | MNV | SGH | SAP | SGS | FBB | MWW | FMD | HKE | WMD | MBB | MNV | SGH | SAP | SGS | FBB | MWW |
| Dreamers | — | | 85–79 | 85–91 | | 89–80 | 99–100 | 88–77 | 81–90 | | — | | | 100–94 | | | | | 88–80 | |
| Eastern | | — | 82–78 | 79–93 | | 84–75 | 76–77 | 67–73 | | | | — | | | | | | | | |
| Dragons | 80–79 | | — | | | 72–79 | 91–63 | 87–88* | | | | | — | | | | | 70–67 | | |
| Black Bears | | 97–80 | 97–87 | — | 101–96 | 95–83 | | | 85–100 | 91–94 | | | | — | | | | | | 95–97 |
| Vampire | 95–90 | 98–75 | 79–73 | | — | 95–87 | 111–76 | 87–77 | 90–86* | | | | 94–91* | | — | | 92–100* | | | |
| Heat | 65–95 | | 68–80 | | 64–90 | — | | | | | | | | | 64–85 | — | | | | |
| Alab | | | | | 96–73 | 82–75 | — | 90–83 | 101–96 | 93–98 | | | | | 89–102 | 99–79 | — | 86–77* | | |
| Slingers | | | 68–79 | 96–95 | 65–67 | 73–79 | 85–64 | — | 106–99* | 76–72 | | | 68–77 | | | 101–67 | 92–80 | — | | |
| Brave | 83–76 | 102–89 | 90–91 | 95–91 | 98–97 | | | 83–77 | — | | | 78–105 | | 106–93 | | | | | — | |
| Wolf Warriors | 89–92 | 108–102 | 83–90 | 100–117 | | 95–103 | 110–114* | | 88–83 | — | 89–100 | | | | | | | | 89–104 | — |