# 2019–20 Slovak Basketball League

The 2019–20 Slovak Basketball League season was the 28th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. It started on 5 October 2019 and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 without any declared champion due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Competition format

Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

## Teams

The same nine teams of the previous season repeated participation in the league.
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | Spišská Nová Ves | | |
| Handlová | Handlová | Športová Hala | 1,200 |
| Inter Bratislava | Bratislava | Hant Aréna | 5,500 |
| Iskra Svit | Svit | Iskra Aréna | 700 |
| Lučenec | Lučenec | Športová Hala Arena | 900 |
| Patrioti Levice | Levice | Športová Hala Levice | 2,250 |
| Prievidza | Prievidza | Niké Aréna | 3,400 |
| Rieker Com Therm Komárno | Komárno | Mestská športová hala | 1,475 |
| Slávia Žilina | Žilina | | |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Bratislava | 28 | 23 | 5 | 2339 | 1936 | +403 | .821 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Patrioti Levice | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2262 | 2192 | +70 | .607 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Prievidza | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2199 | 2113 | +86 | .571 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Lučenec | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2253 | 2221 | +32 | .536 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Slavia Žilina | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2260 | 2294 | −34 | .519 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Iskra Svit | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2354 | 2350 | +4 | .500 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Baník Handlová | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2212 | 2324 | −112 | .333 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2199 | 2313 | −114 | .333 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Rieker Com Therm Komárno | 27 | 7 | 20 | 2118 | 2453 | −335 | .259 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | SPI | HAN | INT | SVI | LUC | LEV | PRI | KOM | ZIL | SPI | HAN | INT | SVI | LUC | LEV | PRI | KOM | ZIL |
| 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | — | 85–87 | 70–79 | 96–87 | 85–84 | 66–72 | 68–84 | 119–83 | 94–82 | — | 72–67 | | 107–102 | 76–72 | 62–79 | 69–78 | 108–79 | 102–95 |
| Baník Handlová | 83–75 | — | 84–94 | 87–96 | 100–76 | 78–90 | 84–90 | 89–84 | 83–88 | | — | | 102–103 | 75–73 | 71–76 | 75–85 | 98–101 | 87–93 |
| Inter Bratislava | 95–67 | 86–90 | — | 84–64 | 81–66 | 89–66 | 88–75 | 95–77 | 77–73 | 93–77 | 106–61 | — | 84–73 | 93–61 | | | 88–62 | |
| Iskra Svit | 96–74 | 90–81 | 69–106 | — | 72–74 | 92–76 | 85–93 | 126–68 | 94–85 | 81–73 | 72–64 | 79–77 | — | | 79–92 | 87–76 | | 89–67 |
| Lučenec | 79–78 | 97–80 | 87–73 | 82–85 | — | 103–100 | 78–67 | 83–75 | 98–81 | | 80–87 | 74–66 | 84–57 | — | | 86–66 | 77–70 | |
| Patrioti Levice | 92–79 | 83–61 | 65–75 | 80–75 | 79–80 | — | 86–66 | 80–73 | 85–60 | | 83–76 | 77–92 | | 84–79 | — | 90–93 | | 87–80 |
| Prievidza | 96–77 | 74–79 | 0–20 | 87–62 | 74–84 | 105–81 | — | 101–73 | 92–77 | | | 67–83 | | 83–71 | 70–62 | — | 113–77 | 68–72 |
| Rieker Com Therm Komárno | 79–73 | 75–94 | 74–97 | 89–86 | 81–77 | 64–73 | 70–77 | — | 72–77 | 87–78 | | | 84–90 | 93–86 | 95–87 | 66–85 | — | |
| Slávia Žilina | 95–87 | 97–89 | 74–97 | 92–81 | 91–90 | 75–88 | 98–82 | 105–93 | — | | | 77–75 | 86–82 | 69–72 | 73–74 | | 91–74 | — |

## Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |

### Quarter-finals

| Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Slovak clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Inter Bratislava | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Inter Bratislava | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## Slovak clubs in Regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Levicki Patrioti | Alpe Adria Cup | Regular season |