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
Kings
Blaze
Lions
Fury
Reign
GU
St Mirren
Tornadoes
Phoenix
Location of teams in 2019–20 SBC Division 1

Promoted from 2018-19 Division 2

  • Ayrshire Tornadoes
  • Perth Phoenix

Relegated from 2018-19 Division 1

  • Stirling Knights

Withdrawn (at end of 2018-19)

  • Edinburgh University

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
Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/139390/
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  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 116–91 Edinburgh Lions
06 Mar 2020
St Mirren 82–72 Glasgow University
06 Mar 2020
Boroughmuir Blaze 77–82 City of Edinburgh Kings
07 Mar 2020
Dunfermline Reign 93–74 Perth Phoenix

Semi Finals

13 Mar 2020
Falkirk Fury X–X City of Edinburgh Kings
13 Mar 2020
St Mirren X–X Dunfermline Reign

Division 2

Teams
Pleasance
Blaze B
Kings B
Knights
Wolves
Chiefs
Location of teams in 2019–20 SBC Division 2

Promoted to 2019-20 Division 1

  • Ayrshire Tornadoes
  • Perth Phoenix

Relegated from 2018-19 Division 1

  • Stirling Knights

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 City 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
Source: http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league/139391/
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Heriot-Watt University deducted one point for failing to fulfil fixture vs Stirling Knights

Playoffs

Semi Finals [4]

14 Mar 2020
Stirling Knights X–X Inverness City Lions
14 Mar 2020
City of Edinburgh Kings B X–X West Lothian Wolves

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 75–78 Perth Phoenix
05 Oct 2019
Dunfermline Reign 125–49 Highland Bears
05 Oct 2019
Edinburgh Lions 98–54 Pleasance
05 Oct 2019
Boroughmuir Blaze 81–78 Falkirk Fury
06 Oct 2019
Edinburgh University 38–68 Glasgow University
04 Oct 2019
St Mirren 116–43 Heriot-Watt University
04 Oct 2019
Stirling Knights 97–91 West Lothian Wolves
Glasgow Storm c–W City of Edinburgh Kings

Quarter Finals

11 Nov 2019
Perth Phoenix 69–81 Dunfermline Reign
09 Nov 2019
Edinburgh Lions 57–82 Boroughmuir Blaze
09 Nov 2019
Glasgow University 68–89 St Mirren
09 Nov 2019
Stirling Knights 62–82 City of Edinburgh Kings

Semi Finals

05 Dec 2019
Dunfermline Reign 70–82 Boroughmuir Blaze
06 Dec 2019
St Mirren 101–86 City of Edinburgh Kings

Final

01 Feb 2020
Boroughmuir Blaze 78–72 St Mirren
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References
  1. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/04/dundee-to-host-2020-soho-wealth-sbc-playoff-finals/
  2. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/13/competition_postponed/
  3. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2020/03/19/basketballscotland-position-on-soho-wealth-sbc-playoffs/
  4. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/league-diagram/139484/
  5. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/07/26/2019-20-sbc-scottish-cup-draw/
  6. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/12/12/venue-and-dates-confirmed-for-2020-sbc-scottish-cup-finals/
  7. http://basketballscotland.co.uk/2019/10/07/sbc-scottish-cup-results-round-of-16/
Preceded by
2018–19 season		 SBC seasons
2019–20		 Succeeded by
2020–21 season
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