2019–20 ABL season
The 2019–20 ABL season was the tenth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2019 and was set to end on 28 March 2020 until it was indefinitely postponed on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 15 July 2020, the league announced that it canceled the season, without a champion being named.
Teams
Listed are the following team changes that happened before the start of the season:- Taipei Fubon Braves becomes the 2nd team in the ABL from Taiwan.
- CLS Knights Indonesia officially announced that they will not be competing in this season.
- The Wolf Warriors relocated from Zhuhai to Macau; they still retained the Wolf Warriors name.
- Westports Malaysia Dragons was renamed into the Kuala Lumpur Dragons.
Venues
Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
Formosa Dreamers | Changhua, Changhua County | Changhua Stadium | 8,000 |
Hong Kong Eastern | Wan Chai, Hong Kong | Southorn Stadium | 2,000 |
Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Kuala Lumpur | MABA Stadium | 2,500 |
Macau Black Bears | Macau | Venetian Macau Hall D | |
Mono Vampire | Bangkok Metropolitan Region | Stadium 29, Nonthaburi | 5,000 |
Saigon Heat | Ho Chi Minh City | Canadian International School Vietnam Arena | 2,500 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Santa Rosa, Laguna | City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | 5,700 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay | 12,000 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | FIloil Flying V Centre, San Juan | 5,500 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Metro Manila | Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan | 3,000 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Lapu-Lapu | Hoops Dome | 6,000 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Antipolo, Rizal | Ynares Center | 7,400 |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Davao City | University of Southeastern Philippines Gymnasium | 7,000 |
Singapore Slingers | Singapore, Kallang | OCBC Arena | 3,000 |
Taipei Fubon Braves | Taipei City | Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium | 7,000 |
Wolf Warriors | Macau | Foshan Shishan Gymnasium | |
Wolf Warriors | Macau | Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium |
Personnel
Imports
Local Heritage
Wolf Warriors | Saigon Heat | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | Macau Black Bears | Mono Vampire |
Scott Ewing Cai Chen Cris Shentu He Feng Sun Zhi-Keng Tang Zhong Xianchao Hu Yue He Zhang | Chris Dierker Tam Dinh Vincent Nguyen Michael Soy Khoa Tran Tim Waale Justin Young | Jason Brickman Lawrence Domingo Jeremiah Gray Jordan Heading Brandon Rosser | Jenning Leung Yunlei Warren Liang He Jun Jian Liu Zihao | Freddie Goldstein Tyler Lamb Moses Morgan |
Eastern | Formosa Dreamers | Taipei Fubon Braves | Kuala Lumpur Dragons | Singapore Slingers |
Joseph Eriobu Steven Guinchard Sheikh Muhammad Sulaiman | Kenneth Chien | Joseph Lin | Simeon Lepichev |
Regular season
Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 13 at home and 13 away. Each team will play the remaining 4 teams in their group, twice each at home and away. Each team will also play the 5 teams from the other group, once each at home and away. The groupings are as follows:- Bears, Warriors, Eastern, Dreamers, Braves
- Alab, Slingers, Dragons, Vampire, Heat