2019–20 National Basketball League (England) season

The 2019–20 season of the English Men's National Basketball League, known as the NBL, was the 48th edition of the league. Solent Kestrels were league champions for the second consecutive year.

2019-20 NBL season
LeagueNBL England
SportBasketball
Number of teams86
2019-20

Following the 2018-19 season, the league structure was reorganised. Division 2 was regionalised into North and South regions, while Divisions 3 and 4 were merged to form 5 regional leagues.[1]

In March 2020, the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The league season finished immediately and there were no end-of-season playoffs.

National League Division 1

Teams
Location of teams in 2019–20 NBL Division 1
Club Formed Last Season Location
Barking Abbey200512thLondon (Barking)
Bradford Dragons200111thBradford
Derby Trailblazers20005thDerby
Essex & Herts Leopards19977thBrentwood
St Albans
Hemel Storm20069thHemel Hempstead
Leicester Warriors20048thLeicester
Liverpool1969Div. 2, 1st (promoted)Liverpool
Loughborough Riders20103rdLoughborough
Nottingham Hoods200910thNottingham
Reading Rockets19976thReading
Solent Kestrels19981stSouthampton
Thames Valley Cavaliers20114thLondon (Uxbridge)
Westminster Warriors1987Div. 2, 2nd (promoted)London (Kensal Green)
Worthing Thunder19992ndWorthing

Team changes

Promoted from Division 2

Relegated to Division 2

Regular Season
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Solent Kestrels (C) 22 22 0 2255 1575 +680 47
2 Thames Valley Cavaliers 23 18 5 2405 2122 +283 39
3 Derby Trailblazers 23 16 7 2112 1898 +214 35
4 Hemel Storm 23 16 7 2249 2041 +208 35
5 Worthing Thunder 22 15 7 2097 1928 +169 34
6 Loughborough Riders 23 15 8 1986 1827 +159 33
7 Reading Rockets 23 14 9 2024 1941 +83 31
8 Bradford Dragons 23 12 11 1854 1888 −34 27
9 Leicester Warriors 23 10 13 1977 2011 −34 23
10 Nottingham Hoods 23 7 16 1983 2223 −240 16
11 Essex & Herts Leopards 23 5 18 1884 2174 −290 13
12 Barking Abbey 21 4 17 1517 1772 −255 12
13 Westminster Warriors (R) 24 3 21 1985 2351 −366 8 Relegation to NBL D2
14 Liverpool[lower-alpha 1] (R) 24 3 21 1849 2383 −534 6
Source: [4]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Liverpool deducted two points for failing to fulfil fixture against Solent Kestrels due to be played on 23 November 2019. [3]
  • Following the cancellation of the season on 13 March 2020, it was decided that for games cancelled due to the early end to the season, the number of points on offer would be divided equally between the two teams involved (one point per team). This process applied to fixtures that were scheduled between 13 March (the date on which Basketball England suspended the playing season) and the end of the regular season. Games that were postponed before March 13 and had not been rearranged were voided. (zero points per team). [5]

Player of the Week Awards
Week Player Team Ref Week Player Team Ref
1 Cameron Hildreth Worthing Thunder [6] 14 Treshawn Wilford Derby Trailblazers [7]
2 Ian Smith Solent Kestrels [8] 15 Brendan Okoronkwo Solent Kestrels [9]
3 Lee Hodges Hemel Storm [10] 16 Hakeem Sylla Thames Valley Cavaliers [11]
4 Rasheed Worrell Loughborough Riders [12] 17 Rihards Sulcs Bradford Dragons [13]
5 Hakeem Sylla Thames Valley Cavaliers [14] 19 Hakeem Sylla Thames Valley Cavaliers [15]
6 Mike Williams Hemel Storm [16] 20 Taylor Johnson Thames Valley Cavaliers [17]
7 Nick Richards Reading Rockets [18] 21 Ian Smith Solent Kestrels [19]
8 Elliott Sentance Solent Kestrels [20] 22 Elvisi Dusha Essex & Herts Leopards [21]
9 Taylor Johnson Thames Valley Cavaliers [22] 23 Orlan Jackman Essex & Herts Leopards [23]
10 Travis Charles Solent Kestrels [24]
11 Elliott Sentance Solent Kestrels [25]
12 Martelle McLemore Thames Valley Cavaliers [26]
13 Travis Charles Solent Kestrels [27]

National League Division 2

Regular Season

National League Division 3

Regular Season
North
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Lancashire Spinners (C) 22 19 3 38
2 Newcastle Eagles U23 21 16 5 33
3 Tees Valley Mohawks 21 15 6 31
4 Calderdale Explorers 21 15 6 31
5 Myerscough College II 20 14 6 29
6 Teesside Lions 19 9 10 20
7 Team Sunderland 21 9 12 19
8 Stockport Falcons 21 9 12 19
9 Barrow Thorns 20 7 13 16
10 Tameside 21 7 14 15
11 Liverpool II 21 4 17 9
12 Cheshire Wire 20 0 20 2
Source: [30]
(C) Champion.
Midlands
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Doncaster Eagles (C) 21 20 1 41
2 City of Birmingham Rockets 21 17 4 35
3 Birmingham Mets 21 12 9 25
4 Derby Trailblazers II 21 12 9 25
5 Wolverhampton University 20 11 9 24
6 Coventry Flames 21 10 11 21
7 Warwickshire Hawks 21 9 12 19
8 Sheffield Sabres 21 9 12 19
9 Stourport Spartans 20 8 12 18
10 Stoke-on-Trent Knights 21 8 13 17
11 Mansfield Giants 21 5 16 11
12 Derbyshire Arrows II 21 4 17 9
Source: [31]
(C) Champion.
East
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Northamptonshire Titans (C) 13 13 0 27
2 Anglia Ruskin University 13 9 4 19
3 Nottingham Trent University 13 8 5 17
4 Essex Rebels II 12 7 5 16
5 Nottingham University 13 5 8 11
6 County Upper Wolves 13 5 8 11
7 Hemel Storm II 14 4 10 8
8 Bury St. Edmunds Bulldogs 13 1 12 3
Source: [32]
(C) Champion.
South East
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Richmond Knights (C) 14 11 3 24
2 London Thunder 15 11 4 23
3 Southwark Pride 14 9 5 20
4 Chelmsford Lions 15 9 6 19
5 Barking Abbey II 14 8 6 18
6 Surrey Rams 15 7 8 15
7 Canterbury Crusaders 16 5 11 10
8 Barking & Havering RDF 15 2 13 5
9 London Warriors 14 1 13 4
Source: [33]
(C) Champion.
South West
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1 Oxford Brookes University (C) 18 15 3 30
2 RCT Gladiators 17 14 3 29
3 Cardiff City 16 12 4 26
4 Taunton Tigers 17 11 6 23
5 Dorset Storm 17 8 9 17
6 Gloucester Saxons 17 6 11 13
7 Bognor GSD 17 5 12 11
8 Swindon Shock 18 5 13 10
9 Cardiff Met Archers II 17 4 13 9
10 Oxford Stealers 16 2 14 6
Source: [34]
(C) Champion.

National Cup

First Round
28 Sep 2019
Dorset Storm 80–87 Chelmsford Lions
29 Sep 2019
City of Birmingham Rockets 62–64 Wolverhampton University
29 Sep 2019
Warwickshire Hawks 73–82 Northamptonshire Titans
29 Sep 2019
Richmond Knights 59–75 Lewisham Thunder
29 Sep 2019
Cardiff Met Archers II 56–100 Surrey Rams
29 Sep 2019
Barking & Havering 56–74 Barking Abbey II
29 Sep 2019
Taunton Tigers 87–69 Swindon Shock

Second Round
06 Oct 2019
Southwark Pride 81–84 Ipswich Tomcats
12 Oct 2019
Derbyshire Arrows 59–56 Wolverhampton University
13 Oct 2019
Sussex Bears 80–67 Bristol Flyers II
13 Oct 2019
Bristol Hurricanes 100–91 Cardiff Met Archers
13 Oct 2019
Bury St. Edmunds Bulldogs 63–82 Derbyshire Spartans
13 Oct 2019
Essex Rebels 85–64 Canterbury Crusaders
13 Oct 2019
Greenwich Titans 69–74 Surrey Rams
13 Oct 2019
Chelmsford Lions 61–89 London Westside

Third Round
03 Nov 2019
Sussex Bears 86–72 Bristol Hurricanes
03 Nov 2019
Surrey Rams 37–120 Solent Kestrels
03 Nov 2019
Barking Abbey 77–87 East London All-Stars
03 Nov 2019
Liverpool 85–55 Derbyshire Spartans
03 Nov 2019
Essex & Herts Leopards 108–74 London Greenhouse Pioneers
03 Nov 2019
Birmingham Elite 52–101 Reading Rockets
03 Nov 2019
Leicester Warriors 89–63 Chester University
03 Nov 2019
Worthing Thunder 83–77 Ipswich Tomcats
03 Nov 2019
Nottingham Hoods 101–91 Derbyshire Arrows
03 Nov 2019
London BC Medelynas 68–99 Hemel Storm
03 Nov 2019
Manchester Magic 79–80 Myerscough College

Fourth Round
24 Nov 2019
Sussex Bears 78–88 Essex & Herts Leopards
24 Nov 2019
Bradford Dragons 77–87 Solent Kestrels
24 Nov 2019
Leicester Warriors 89–92 Hemel Storm
24 Nov 2019
Essex Rebels 80–82 Loughborough Riders
24 Nov 2019
Nottingham Hoods 77–78 Reading Rockets
28 Nov 2019
Myerscough College 101–67 Liverpool
07 Dec 2019
Derby Trailblazers 94–72 Worthing Thunder

Quarter Finals
15 Dec 2019
Hemel Storm 87–97 Solent Kestrels

Semi Finals

The draw for the semi finals took place on 18 December 2019. [35]

19 Jan 2020
Loughborough Riders 70–86 Solent Kestrels
19 Jan 2020
Reading Rockets 77–58 Myerscough College

Final
02 Feb 2020
15:30
Solent Kestrels 90–67 Reading Rockets
Scoring by quarter: 28-15, 21-15, 16-19, 25-18
Pts: Travis Charles (21)
Rebs: Elliott Sentance (10)
Asts: Ian Smith, Brendan Okoronkwo (5)		 Pts: Nicholas Richards (22)
Rebs: Ed Potter (13)
Asts: Nicholas Richards (5)
Essex Arena

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