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^[1] and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 without any declared champion due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

Extraliga
Season	2019–20
Teams	9
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

Handlová

Inter

Lučenec

Levickí

Prievidza

Komárno

Spišská NV

Iskra Svit

Slávia Žilina

Location of teams in 2019–20 Slovak Extraliga

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
3	Prievidza	28	16	12	2199	2113	+86	.571
4	Lučenec	28	15	13	2253	2221	+32	.536
5	Slavia Žilina	27	14	13	2260	2294	−34	.519
6	Iskra Svit	28	14	14	2354	2350	+4	.500
7	Baník Handlová	27	9	18	2212	2324	−112	.333
8	04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	27	9	18	2199	2313	−114	.333
9	Rieker Com Therm Komárno	27	7	20	2118	2453	−335	.259

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basket.sk

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	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: Basket.sk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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				Semi-finals				Final

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	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
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season

Slovak clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Levicki Patrioti	Alpe Adria Cup	Regular season