2019–20 Scottish Basketball Championship Men season

2019–20 SBC Men season
League	Scottish Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	19
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The 2019–20 season was 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.

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[]

Promoted from 2018 to 2019 Division 2

• Ayrshire Tornadoes
• Perth Phoenix

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

• Stirling Knights

Withdrawn (at end of 2018–19)

• Edinburgh University

League table[]

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[a]	16	1	15	939	1343	−404	16	Relegation Playoff
10	Glasgow Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from League

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

Semi-finals

Division 2[]

Teams[]

Promoted to 2019-20 Division 1

• Ayrshire Tornadoes
• Perth Phoenix

Relegated from 2018 to 2019 Division 1

• Stirling Knights

New Teams

• Glasgow City from Strathclyde League
• Inverness Lions from Highland League

League table[]

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 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[a]	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

Playoffs[]

Semi-finals ^[4]

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]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References[]

Preceded by 2018–19 season

SBC seasons 2019–20

Succeeded by 2020–21 season