The 2020 NBL1 season was due to be the second season of the

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and the first to consist of multiple conferences and National participation. After consisting of one conference in 2019, the 2020 NBL1 season saw

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(Victoria and Tasmania) joined by

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(Queensland) and Central (South Australia). Due to the

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, the season was cancelled before it started.

Background

After a successful first season in

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, the National Basketball League (NBL) expanded the NBL1 in 2020 by introducing Basketball Victoria's inaugural 2019 league and teams as the new South Conference and partnering with Basketball Queensland and Basketball South Australia to make the

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(QBL) and South Australian Premier League the new North and Central conferences. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March for the Central Conference, 18 April for the South Conference and 24 April for the North Conference. After conference finals in August, it was scheduled that clubs from all three conferences would converge on the State Basketball Centre in

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in the first weekend of September for the NBL1 finals series. Due to the

, the league announced on 18 March that the start of the season was delayed until mid May. However, six days later, the entire season for all three conferences was cancelled.

Clubs

South Conference

North Conference

Central Conference

References

External links

Dropbox fixtures link
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