2019–20 Dutch Basketball League

The 2019–20 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 60th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 28 September.

Dutch Basketball League
Season	2019–20
Dates	28 September 2019 – 20 March 2020[note 1]
Teams	9
Finals
Champions	None[note 1]
Statistical leaders
Points Xavier Cannefax 21.9 Rebounds Mohamed Kherrazi 8.8 Assists Tayler Persons 7.4
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

On 12 March 2020, the season was postponed until 31 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] On 14 March, the DBL announced to suspend the competition to at least 2 May.^[3] On 20 March, the DBL cancelled the rest of the season while naming no champion.^[1] Landstede Hammers qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) based on the standings at the time.

Format changes

From this season, the DBL adopted FIBA's home-grown players rule. Teams need to have at least 4 (for a 10-man roster) or 5 (for a 12-man roster) home-grown players on their roster.^[4] Due to this new rule, the previous limitation of maximum five foreign players, is dropped.

Teams

Apollo

Suns

Aris

Feyenoord

Donar

Hammers

Den Bosch

BAL

Leiden

Location of teams in the 2019–20 Dutch Basketball League

On 4 May 2019, the DBL announced all nine teams from the last season would return, excluding Dutch Windmills which was dissolved. TBG Dragons from Nijmegen was planning to make its debut season, depending on the club being able to meet all license requirements.^[5] On 28 June, the DBL announced the Dragons withdrew.^[6]

Arenas and locations

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Apollo Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Apollohal	1,500
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Kalverdijkje	1,700
BAL	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	1,000
Den Helder Suns	Den Helder	Sporthal Sportlaan	1,000
Donar	Groningen	MartiniPlaza	4,350
Heroes Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	2,800
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	1,000
Landstede Hammers	Zwolle	Landstede Sportcentrum	1,200
ZZ Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	2,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Apollo Amsterdam	Patrick Faijdherbe	Berend Weijs	Nike	Paul Meijering Steel
Aris Leeuwarden	Ferried Naciri	Andrzej Mazurczak	Jako	Friezon
BAL	Radenko Varagić	Roel van Overbeek	Spalding
Den Helder Suns	Peter van Noord	Boyd van der Vuurst de Vries	Burned
Donar	Erik Braal	Thomas Koenis	Macron	Amysoft
Heroes Den Bosch	Jean-Marc Jaumin	Stefan Wessels	Macron	Data City
Feyenoord	Toon van Helfteren	Keyshawn Woods	Adidas	Zeeuw & Zeeuw
Landstede Hammers	Herman van den Belt	Nigel van Oostrum	Acerbis	Landstede
ZZ Leiden	Rolf Franke	Worthy de Jong	Peak	Zorg en Zekerheid

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Feyenoord	Jan Stalman (interim)	End of interim spell	1 May 2019	Pre-season	Toon van Helfteren	15 April 2019[7]
Aris Leeuwarden	Anne van Dijk (interim)	End of interim spell	1 May 2019		Ferried Naciri	5 June 2019[8]
Heroes Den Bosch	Ivica Skelin	End of contract	23 June 2019		Jean-Marc Jaumin	23 June 2019[9]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Landstede Hammers	20	17	3	1743	1483	+260	34
2	Donar	22	17	5	1878	1510	+368	34	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds[a]
3	Heroes Den Bosch	23	16	7	1933	1620	+313	32	Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup[b]
4	ZZ Leiden	21	12	9	1665	1624	+41	24
5	Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord	22	12	10	1715	1693	+22	24
6	BAL	24	9	15	1607	1828	−221	18
7	Den Helder Suns	23	7	16	1613	1839	−226	14
8	Aris Leeuwarden	24	7	17	1548	1806	−258	14
9	Apollo Amsterdam	23	4	19	1616	1915	−299	8

Source: DBL
Notes:

1. Initially, the first six teams would qualify for the playoffs (the first two for the semifinals, the other four quarterfinals). However, due to the interruption of the league, the playoffs were suspended. As first club in the standings, Landstede Hammers qualifies for the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League, but Donar was granted spot instead.
2. Landstede Hammers declined its invitation for the FIBA Europe Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	AMS	LEE	BAL	DHE	DON	FEY	NHO	LAN	ZZL	AMS	LEE	BAL	DHE	DON	FEY	NHO	LAN	ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam	—	80–68	59–76	103–79	71–86	61–70	57–103	84–96	81–100	—	–	76–75	73–77	–	84–68	67–90	–	–
Aris Leeuwarden	86–78	—	72–80	78–67	70–103	74–75	60–85	86–99	20–0	81–75	—	60–48	–	–	–	–	71–73	66–60
BAL	75–73	74–62	—	72–81	48–97	69–82	54–77	62–89	84–77	–	59–60	—	76–73	53–76	77–61	–	–	–
Den Helder Suns	93–77	74–63	72–67	—	72–100	72–79	66–79	78–92	91–75	–	76–51	–	—	70–88	–	–	–	–
Donar	100–53	73–63	89–52	109–65	—	74–68	91–75	–	–	83–72	–	91–54	–	—	–	79–69	–	–
Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord	93–71	98–62	70–84	91–71	102–93	—	67–57	–	79–82	–	73–43	–	91–76	79–66	—	–	–	–
Heroes Den Bosch	113–67	82–71	84–61	94–69	65–59	98–86	—	71–57	109–83	–	98–59	76–83	90–63	–	91–62	—	–	–
Landstede Hammers	79–66	103–62	78–54	89–57	77–70	103–63	93–80	—	92–75	102–71	–	–	–	69–98	89–77	–	—	92–84
ZZ Leiden	79–66	73–62	93–70	89–65	72–80	103–63	93–80	82–73	—	–	–	–	90–79	81–73	–	78–69	92–98	—

Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Dutch clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Donar	Champions League	First qualifying round
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Landstede Hammers		Second round
ZZ Leiden		Second round

See also

• 2019–20 Dutch Basketball Cup
• 2019 Dutch Basketball Supercup

Notes

1. The 2019–20 season was ended on 20 March 2020, no champions were named.^[1]