The 2019–20 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). On 13 March 2020, season was ended prematurely because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus pandemic On 13 March 2020, the board of the LKL decided to end the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Along with this decision, they crowned regular season champions Žalgiris as the new Lithuanian champions.
Competition format During the regular season, all teams play 32 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 32 game schedule, qualified for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that was played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were played in best-of-three format.
The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, as also games for third place were played in a best-of-five format.
Teams Location and arenas
At first, nine teams were able to participate because Nevėžis did not provide the required documentation up to 15 August. However, board of the LKL approved participation of that team.
Team Location Arena Capacity Cbet Prienai Prienai Prienai Arena1,500 Sintek–Dzūkija Alytus Alytus Arena5,500 Juventus Utena Utena Arena2,000 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Cido Arena5,950 Neptūnas Klaipėda Švyturys Arena6,200 Nevėžis Kėdainiai Kėdainiai Arena2,200 Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys Pieno žvaigždės Arena1,500RytasVilnius Lietuvos rytas Arena 2,500 Siemens Arena10,000 Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena5,700 Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgiris Arena15,708
Regular season League table
Results
Awards Player of the month Month Player Team PIR Source 2019 September Evaldas Kairys Rytas 20 October Rokas Gustys Šiauliai 23 November Martinas Geben Žalgiris 18 December Chauncey Collins Sintek–Dzūkija 26.5 2020 January Željko Šakić Lietkabelis 23.4 February Laurynas Birutis CBet Prienai 31 March Not given because season was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic April
Other awards AwardPlayerTeamSource Gentleman of the year Arnas Butkevičius Prienai The best defensive player Thomas Walkup Žalgiris The best young player Rokas Jokubaitis Prienai
Best coach of the season CoachTeamSource Šarūnas Jasikevičius Zalgiris All-LKL Team
PlayerTeamSource PG Thomas Walkup Žalgiris SG Arnas Velička Prienai SF Arnas Butkevičius Rytas PF Zach LeDay Žalgiris C Laurynas Birutis Prienai
Lithuanian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Žalgiris EuroLeague Regular season Rytas EuroCup Top 16 Neptūnas Champions League Regular season Lietkabelis Round of 16
References
External links LKL website