2019–20 LKL season


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. 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 be 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.
TeamLocationArenaCapacity
Cbet PrienaiPrienaiPrienai Arena1,500
Sintek–DzūkijaAlytusAlytus Arena5,500
JuventusUtenaUtena Arena2,000
LietkabelisPanevėžysCido Arena5,950
NeptūnasKlaipėdaŠvyturys Arena6,200
NevėžisKėdainiaiKėdainiai Arena2,200
Pieno žvaigždėsPasvalysPieno žvaigždės Arena1,500
RytasVilniusLietuvos rytas Arena2,500
RytasVilniusSiemens Arena10,000
ŠiauliaiŠiauliaiŠiauliai Arena5,700
ŽalgirisKaunasŽalgiris Arena15,708

Regular season

League table

Results

Lithuanian clubs in European competitions