2019–20 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

The 2019–20 season is the 51st campaign of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the national basketball league of Scotland. 20 teams were split across Division 1, featuring 10 teams, and Division 2, featuring 10 teams. Glasgow Storm withdrew at the start of the season, leaving Division 1 with 9 teams. Falkirk Fury won their sixth league title.

2019–20 SBC Men season
LeagueScottish Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Number of teams19
SBC Competitions

Format

In Division 1, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 16 games.

In Division 2, each team plays each other twice, once home, once away, for a total of 18 games.

Division 1

Teams

Location of teams in 2019–20 SBC Division 1

Promoted from 2018 to 2019 Division 2

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

Withdrawn (at end of 2018–19)

League

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Falkirk Fury (C) 16 14 2 1460 1112 +348 30 Qualification to playoffs
2 St Mirren 16 13 3 1409 1200 +209 29
3 Dunfermline Reign 16 12 4 1294 1200 +94 28
4 Boroughmuir Blaze 16 10 6 1285 1045 +240 26
5 City of Edinburgh Kings 16 9 7 1266 1181 +85 25
6 Perth Phoenix 16 6 10 940 1237 297 22
7 Glasgow University 16 5 11 1099 1176 77 21
8 Edinburgh Lions 16 2 14 1037 1235 198 18
9 Ayrshire Tornadoes[lower-alpha 1] 16 1 15 939 1343 404 16 Relegation Playoff
10 Glasgow Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from League
  1. Ayrshire Tornadoes deducted one point for failing to fulfil fixture vs Perth Phoenix

Playoffs

The draw for the Playoffs was complete on Sunday 01 March 2020. It was announced that the Playoff Final would be played on 28 March 2020 at the Regional Performance Centre in Dundee.[1] The season was then suspended on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the completion of the semi-final stage. [2] [3]

Quarter Finals

06 Mar 2020
Falkirk Fury 11691 Edinburgh Lions
06 Mar 2020
St Mirren 8272 Glasgow University
07 Mar 2020
Dunfermline Reign 9374 Perth Phoenix

Semi Finals

13 Mar 2020
St Mirren XX Dunfermline Reign

Division 2

Teams

Location of teams in 2019–20 SBC Division 2

Promoted to 2019-20 Division 1

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

New Teams

League

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Stirling Knights (C) 18 16 2 1345 1074 +271 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 City of Edinburgh Kings B 18 15 3 1364 1071 +293 33
3 West Lothian Wolves 18 13 5 1482 1215 +267 31
4 Inverness Lions 18 13 5 1337 1202 +135 31
5 Boroughmuir Blaze B 18 11 7 1269 1071 +198 29
6 Pleasance 18 6 12 1073 1308 235 24
7 Heriot-Watt University[lower-alpha 1] 18 6 12 934 1090 156 23
8 Glasgow University B 18 5 13 1146 1269 123 23
9 North Lanarkshire Chiefs 18 4 14 1119 1269 150 22
10 Glasgow City 18 1 17 904 1404 500 19
  1. Heriot-Watt University deducted one point for failing to fulfil fixture vs Stirling Knights

Playoffs

Semi Finals [4]

14 Mar 2020
Stirling Knights XX Inverness Lions

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup (basketball)

The draw for the 74th Scottish Cup was made on Friday 26 July 2019. All 16 teams entered at the first round stage; overall the number of teams competing was down 4 on the previous year. The defending champions were the Falkirk Fury. The final was played on 01 February 2020 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley.[5][6]

Round of 16 [7]

05 Oct 2019
Ayrshire Tornadoes 7578 Perth Phoenix
05 Oct 2019
Dunfermline Reign 12549 Highland Bears
05 Oct 2019
Edinburgh Lions 9854 Pleasance
05 Oct 2019
Boroughmuir Blaze 8178 Falkirk Fury
04 Oct 2019
St Mirren 11643 Heriot-Watt University

Quarter Finals

11 Nov 2019
Perth Phoenix 6981 Dunfermline Reign
09 Nov 2019
Edinburgh Lions 5782 Boroughmuir Blaze
09 Nov 2019
Glasgow University 6889 St Mirren

Semi Finals

05 Dec 2019
Dunfermline Reign 7082 Boroughmuir Blaze
06 Dec 2019
St Mirren 10186 City of Edinburgh Kings

Final

01 Feb 2020
Boroughmuir Blaze 7872 St Mirren
Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley

References

Preceded by
2018–19 season
SBC seasons
2019–20
Succeeded by
2020–21 season
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