2019–20 National Basketball League (England) season

2019-20 NBL season
League	NBL England
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	86
2019-20

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.

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 Abbey	2005	12th	London (Barking)
Bradford Dragons	2001	11th	Bradford
Derby Trailblazers	2000	5th	Derby
Essex & Herts Leopards	1997	7th	Brentwood St Albans
Hemel Storm	2006	9th	Hemel Hempstead
Leicester Warriors	2004	8th	Leicester
Liverpool	1969	Div. 2, 1st (promoted)	Liverpool
Loughborough Riders	2010	3rd	Loughborough
Nottingham Hoods	2009	10th	Nottingham
Reading Rockets	1997	6th	Reading
Solent Kestrels	1998	1st	Southampton
Thames Valley Cavaliers	2011	4th	London (Uxbridge)
Westminster Warriors	1987	Div. 2, 2nd (promoted)	London (Kensal Green)
Worthing Thunder	1999	2nd	Worthing

Team changes

Barking Abbey Crusaders to Barking Abbey
Essex Leopards to Essex & Herts Leopards

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	Relegation to NBL D2

Source: [4]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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

North
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle University (C)	18	16	2	1488	1201	+287	34
2	Myerscough College	17	14	3	1330	1108	+222	31
3	Charnwood College	17	12	5	1465	1278	+187	27
4	Derbyshire Arrows	18	10	8	1561	1536	+25	22
5	Manchester Magic	18	10	8	1357	1288	+69	22
6	Birmingham Elite	18	8	10	1317	1304	+13	18
7	Chester University	18	8	10	1358	1346	+12	18
8	Bristol Flyers II	18	7	11	1378	1422	−44	16
9	Derbyshire Spartans	17	6	11	1406	1531	−125	15
10	Bristol Hurricanes	17	6	11	1208	1249	−41	15
11	Sheffield Hallam University (R)	18	0	18	951	1556	−605	2

Source: [28]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

South
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Essex Rebels (C)	17	15	2	1520	1312	+208	31
2	London Westside	16	11	5	1317	1244	+73	24
3	London BC Medelynas	17	11	6	1421	1271	+150	23
4	Ipswich Tomcats	17	10	7	1467	1445	+22	21
5	East London All-Stars	14	7	7	1155	1090	+65	18
6	London Greenhouse Pioneers	16	8	8	1322	1321	+1	18
7	Solent Kestrels II	15	6	9	1166	1201	−35	14
8	Greenwich Titans	17	6	11	1394	1425	−31	13
9	Sussex Bears	17	4	13	1308	1408	−100	9
10	Cardiff Met Archers	18	4	14	1359	1712	−353	8

Source: [29]
(C) Champion.

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

13 Oct 2019

50–73

13 Oct 2019

87–80

Northamptonshire Titans

13 Oct 2019

85–64

13 Oct 2019

80–85

13 Oct 2019

69–74

Surrey Rams

13 Oct 2019

Chelmsford Lions

61–89

London Westside

20 Oct 2019

Barking Abbey II

69–101

East London All-Stars

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

Essex Rebels

93–91

Thames Valley Cavaliers

03 Nov 2019

Derby Trailblazers

104–56

Sheffield Hallam University

03 Nov 2019

Birmingham Elite

52–101

Reading Rockets

03 Nov 2019

Leicester Warriors

89–63

Chester University

03 Nov 2019

83–77

03 Nov 2019

101–91

03 Nov 2019

68–99

03 Nov 2019

79–80

10 Nov 2019

97–88

17 Nov 2019

92–97

Fourth Round

24 Nov 2019

Sussex Bears

78–88

Essex & Herts Leopards

24 Nov 2019

77–87

24 Nov 2019

89–92

24 Nov 2019

80–82

24 Nov 2019

77–78

28 Nov 2019

101–67

01 Dec 2019

East London All-Stars

74–83

Westminster Warriors

07 Dec 2019

Derby Trailblazers

94–72

Worthing Thunder

Quarter Finals

15 Dec 2019

87–97

15 Dec 2019

83–77

15 Dec 2019

Essex & Herts Leopards

82–98

Reading Rockets

12 Jan 2020

Myerscough College

71–62

Westminster Warriors

Semi Finals

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

19 Jan 2020

70–86

19 Jan 2020

77–58

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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References

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2019–20 in European men's basketball
Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Northern Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England Scotland
Regional leagues	Adriatic First Division Second Division Junior Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League Latvia–Estonia
Domestic cups	Albania Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy Ukraine
Supercups	Adriatic Belgium France Israel Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey Ukraine
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season EuroCup Champions League Playoffs Final Eight FIBA Europe Cup Playoffs Next Generation Tournament
International competitions	EuroBasket 2022 qualification 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Championship for Small Countries