The 2019–20 BLNO was the 20th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. Kongsberg Miners were the defending champions.

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On 11 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Format

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The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.

Teams

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Locations of the teams in 2019–20 BLNO
Team City Arena
Ammerud Oslo Apallokka
Asker Aliens Asker Vollenhallen
Bærum Bærum Rykkinnhallen
Centrum Tigers Oslo Vulkanhallen
Frøya Bergen Frøya Idrettspark
Fyllingen Bergen Framohallen
Gimle Bergen Gimlehallen
Kongsberg Miners Kongsberg Kongsberghallen
Nidaros Jets Trondheim Husebyhallen
Tromsø Storm Tromsø Tromsøhallen

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kongsberg Miners 27 26 1 2592 2038 +554 52 Qualification to playoffs
2 Bærum 27 19 8 2323 2160 +163 38
3 Fyllingen 27 17 10 2360 2284 +76 34
4 Gimle 27 17 10 2323 2209 +114 34
5 Frøya 27 16 11 2466 2350 +116 32
6 Tromsø Storm 27 13 14 2408 2384 +24 26
7 Centrum Tigers 27 9 18 2070 2291 −221 18
8 Asker Aliens 27 8 19 2079 2192 −113 16
9 Ammerud 27 7 20 2164 2401 −237 14 Qualification to relegation playoffs
10 Nidaros Jets 27 3 24 2007 2483 −476 6
Source: BLNO

Results

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Home \ Away AMM ASK BAE CEN FRO FYL GIM KON NID TRO AMM ASK BAE CEN FRO FYL GIM KON NID TRO
Ammerud 77–72 81–97 82–80 64–75 78–87 100–87 80–86 83–75 86–89 76–94 77–83 87–105 77–65
Asker Aliens 84–75 57–76 74–65 74–90 86–73 72–79 76–101 105–68 61–84 74–54 86–84 73–83 84–93
Bærum 95–86 83–76 110–71 97–90 80–96 87–77 60–91 82–72 87–69 103–76 100–87 99–85 92–84 81–80
Centrum Tigers 80–73 67–48 64–84 80–94 80–85 68–101 98–109 87–70 70–66 70–62 71–100 78–91 83–72
Frøya 91–70 104–84 80–114 71–81 93–74 125–129 68–92 88–77 104–96 97–88 101–63 91–81 83–75 112–105
Fyllingen 83–77 102–92 90–79 87–81 91–90 89–78 83–88 93–69 102–86 86–76 99–83 84–83 102–73 86–94
Gimle 75–83 81–73 66–96 75–59 81–80 65–71 82–98 114–53 87–82 109–76 70–82 83–93 109–86 91–80
Kongsberg Miners 100–74 75–64 110–66 89–53 99–74 87–81 94–57 111–56 98–64 92–65 91–89 103–93 80–89 102–87
Nidaros Jets 82–89 81–74 88–83 83–86 79–109 70–83 86–92 81–111 81–100 72–73 58–91 81–90 79–101
Tromsø Storm 110–85 96–95 90–80 105–103 97–105 101–89 71–73 70–95 85–87 111–88 84–83 98–79 108–74
Source: BLNO
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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The playoffs were played in a best-of-three games format. During the quarterfinals, the league was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Kongsberg Miners1
 
Cancelled
 
Asker Aliens1
 
 
 
 
 
Gimle BBK
 
Gimle BBK2
 
Cancelled
 
Frøya0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bærum2
 
Cancelled
 
Centrum Tigers0
 
Bærum
 
 
 
Fyllingen
 
Fyllingen2
 
 
Tromsø Storm0
 

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kongsberg Miners 1–1 Asker Aliens 80–78 84–67 Cancelled
Bærum 2–0 Centrum Tigers 91–75 99–69 0
Fyllingen 2–0 Tromsø Storm 86–79 110–85 0
Gimle 2–0 Frøya 87–75 80–92 0

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Cancelled Gimle 0 0 0
Bærum Cancelled Fyllingen 0 0 0

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Cancelled 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ "Korona-situasjonen". Norwegian Basketball Federation. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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