2019–20 ABL season
2019–20 ABL season | |
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League | ASEAN Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 16 November 2019 – 13 March 2020 (regular season; originally until 28 March 2020) |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Cable TV Astro Arena S+A Singtel Mono 29 Eleven Sports Network FPT YouTube (non-participating nations) |
Regular season | |
Top seed | None (cancelled) |
ABL Finals | |
Champions | Not awarded (cancelled) |
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]
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
[edit]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
[edit]Team | City / Region | Arena | Capacity |
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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
[edit]
Imports
[edit]Local Heritage
[edit]Wolf Warriors | Saigon Heat | Alab Pilipinas | Macau Black Bears | Mono Vampire |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
Results
[edit]Awards
[edit]End-of-season awards
[edit]
Players of the Week[edit]
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Players of the Month[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "ABL 2018-2019 Schedule Released, Tips Off November 16". Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
- ^ "Asean Basketball League season cancelled without a winner". The New Paper. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ Dalupang, Denison Rey (14 March 2020). "PBA: Teams can't hold practices, scrimmages". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Taiwan's Fubon Braves Announce Entry into the ABL".
- ^ "The CLS Knights Indonesia Are Out of the ABL".
- ^ "Wolf Warriors". asean basketball league. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ "Former Heat Coach Julius Signed by the Formosa Dreamers".
- ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Tab Jordan Brady as Head Coach for Upcoming ABL Campaign".
- ^ "Jamie Pearlman Signs on as Westports Malaysia Dragons' Head Coach". Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
- ^ "Charles Hantoumakos 'Prepped' for Macau Black Bears Debut".
- ^ "Mono Vampire Hires Slovenian Head Coach for Upcoming ABL Campaign".
- ^ "Saigon Heat Brings in Kevin Yurkus as New Head Coach".
- ^ "Alapag raring to make up for lost Alab season with Brickman, Gray". 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Zhuhai Wolf Warriors look to rise in ABL under former SMB consultant Todd Purves".
- ^ "Jerran Young Moves to Join the Formosa Dreamers".
- ^ "Anthony Tucker Makes ABL Return with Formosa Dreamers".
- ^ "Tucker leaves for US after Convid disrupt schedule". Facebook.
- ^ "Ryan Watkins joins Tuckers in Taiwan". Facebook.
- ^ "Tucker leaves for US after Convid disrupt schedule". Facebook.
- ^ "Marcus Keene to Make ABL Return with the Formosa Dreamers".
- ^ "Liam McMorrow the new big man".
- ^ "Formosa Dreamers Sign Big Man Jordan Tolbert".
- ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions land Brandis Raley-Ross, ex Mornar Bar".
- ^ "Mike Holyfield Rejoins Hong Kong Eastern for the ABL".
- ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Taps Veteran Forward to Replace TJ Price".
- ^ "TJ Price added to the squad". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Ink Import Guard Trey Kell Ahead of 2019-20 ABL Season".
- ^ "Bell joined Dragon for 2019-2020 season". Facebook.
- ^ "Will Artino Set to Reinforce the Westports Malaysia Dragons in the ABL".
- ^ "Cade Davis join the Dragon". Facebook.
- ^ "Macau Taps New World Import, Kenneth Manigault, for the Upcoming ABL Season".
- ^ "Macau Black Bears have signed Jasonn Hannibal as replacement for an injured Brandon Edwards". Facebook.
- ^ "Mikh McKinney Back for Third Season with Macau Black Bears".
- ^ "Macau Black Bears Enlist Second World Import for Upcoming ABL Season".
- ^ "Mike Singletary Returns to Mono Vampire with Unfinished Business".
- ^ "Mono Vampire To Part Ways With Former MVP Anthony Tucker".
- ^ "Mike Morrison (ex Peristeri GS) signs at Mono Vampire".
- ^ "Anthony Tucker switch from Macau Black Bears to Vampire".
- ^ "Ryan Watkins joins Tuckers in Vampire".
- ^ "Sam Thompson joins Saigon Heats".
- ^ "Heats replaces Bell with White". Facebook.
- ^ "Saigon Heat Sign Former NBA Draft Pick Tyshawn Taylor".
- ^ "Gary Fobes joins Saigon Heats".
- ^ "Chris Charles Set To Join Saigon Heat For 2019-2020 Season". Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Saigon Heat Moving on from Gary Forbes, Add Torian Graham".
- ^ "Saigon Heat add Mike Bell". Facebook.
- ^ "WELCOME TO SAIGON HEAT, MORAKINYO WILLIAMS". Facebook.
- ^ "SAIGON HEAT Part ways with MORAKINYO WILLIAMS". Facebook.
- ^ "WELCOME THE RETURN OF "AKEEM SCOTT"". Facebook.
- ^ "Justin Brownlee replaces Prince Williams".
- ^ "Nick King to Join Alab Pilipinas in the ABL".
- ^ "John Fields is ready to show his power, dominance and consistency". Facebook.
- ^ "Renaldo Balkman Set to Make Alab Pilipinas Return".
- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (October 16, 2019). "Alab taps former NLEX reinforcement Adrian Forbes as second import". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ "Alab Pilipinas Taps Third World Import for Upcoming ABL Season". aseansports. Justin Taguibao.
- ^ "Alab taps new reinforcement Prince Williams in place of Khalif Wyatt".
- ^ "Sam Deguara Joins Alab Pilipinas".
- ^ "ABL Runners-Up Slingers Bring Back Alexander".
- ^ "Singapore Slingers Add Marcus Elliot to ABL Roster".
- ^ "Slingers opted to tap a new World import in Jameel McKay". Archived from the original on 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Singapore Slingers Signs Anthony McClain As Third Import For Upcoming Season".
- ^ "OJ Mayo joins Fubon".
- ^ "Garcia the new Fubon Braves". Facebook.
- ^ "Maxie Esho Inks With Taipei Fubon Braves".
- ^ "THANK YOU MAXIE". Facebook.
- ^ "Julian Boyd joins Warriors for 2019-2020 season Warriors". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Former champs added to Warriors". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Doug Herring Jr. added to Warriors". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "BASKETBALL Mono Vampire pulls out of ABL amid suspended season". Rappler. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Will Artino Gets Nod for Player of the Week". aseanbasketballleague.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ "Kenny Manigault Named Player of the Week". Asean Basketball League. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "O.J. Mayo Takes Player of the Week Honors". aseanbasketball. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ "Jerran Young is Week 4's Player of the Week". aseanbasketballleague. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ "Mike Singletary Gets ABL Player of the Month Distinction". aseanbasketballleague. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
External links
[edit]- 2019–20 ABL season
- 2019–20 in Asian basketball leagues
- ASEAN Basketball League seasons
- 2019–20 in Chinese basketball
- 2019–20 in Hong Kong basketball
- 2019–20 in Malaysian basketball
- 2019–20 in Philippine basketball leagues
- 2019–20 in Singaporean basketball
- 2019–20 in Taiwanese basketball
- 2019–20 in Thai basketball
- 2019–20 in Vietnamese basketball
- Basketball events curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic