2019–20 ABL season
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The 2019–20 ABL season was the tenth season of competition in the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2019 and was set to end on 28 March 2020.[1]
LeagueASEAN Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration16 November 2019 – 13 March 2020 (regular season; originally until 28 March 2020)
Teams10
| 2019–20 ABL season | |
|---|---|
| League | ASEAN Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 16 November 2019 – 13 March 2020 (regular season; originally until 28 March 2020) |
| Teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) |  Cable TV   Astro Arena  S+A  Singtel  Mono 29  Eleven Sports Network  FPTYouTube (non-participating nations) |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | None (cancelled) |
| ABL Finals | |
| Champions | Not awarded (cancelled) |
On 15 July 2020, the league announced the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. No league title was awarded.[2][3]
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.[4]
- CLS Knights Indonesia as the defending champion officially announced that they will not be competing in this season.[5]
- The Wolf Warriors relocated from Zhuhai to Macau; they still retained the Wolf Warriors name.[6]
- Westports Malaysia Dragons was renamed into the Kuala Lumpur Dragons.
Venues
Locations of ABL teams in the Pearl River Delta.
San Juan
Pasay
Caloocan
Locations of ABL arenas in Metro Manila.
| 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 |
| Alab Pilipinas |
Santa Rosa, Laguna | City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | 5,700 |
| Metro Manila | Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay | 12,000 | |
| Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan | 5,500 | ||
| Caloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan | 3,000 | ||
| Lapu-Lapu City | Hoops Dome | 6,000 | |
| Antipolo, Rizal | Ynares Center | 7,400 | |
| 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 | |
| Zhongshan Shaxi Gymnasium |
Personnel
| Team | Head coach |
|---|---|
| Formosa Dreamers |  Kyle Julius[7] |
| Hong Kong Eastern |  Jordan Brady[8] |
| Kuala Lumpur Dragons |  Jamie Pearlman[9] |
| Macau Black Bears | Charles Hantoumakos[10] |
| Mono Vampire |  Andrej Urlep[11] |
| Saigon Heat | Kevin Yurkus[12] |
| Alab Pilipinas | Jimmy Alapag[13] |
| Singapore Slingers | Neo Beng Siang |
| Taipei Fubon Braves | Xu Jin-zhe |
| Wolf Warriors | Todd Purves [14] |
Imports
Local Heritage
| Wolf Warriors |
Saigon Heat |
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 |
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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
After the league season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, group leaders, Mono Vampire decided to withdraw from the league.[69]
Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mono Vampire |
12 | 4 | .750 | — |
| 2 | Alab Pilipinas |
10 | 6 | .625 | 2 |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur Dragons |
10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
| 4 | Formosa Dreamers |
8 | 6 | .571 | 3 |
| 5 | Taipei Fubon Braves |
9 | 8 | .529 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Macau Black Bears |
7 | 7 | .500 | 4 |
| 7 | Singapore Slingers |
7 | 10 | .412 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Wolf Warriors |
5 | 8 | .385 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Eastern |
3 | 7 | .300 | 6 |
| 10 | Saigon Heat |
3 | 11 | .214 | 8 |
Source: ABL
Results
Awards
End-of-season awards
Players of the Week
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Players of the Month
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