2018–19 NBB Cup

NBB Cup
NBB Cup
	The Landstede Sportcentrum hosted the final
Season	2017–19
Teams	52
Finals
Champions	ZZ Leiden (3rd title)
Runners-up	Landstede Zwolle
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2017–19 NBB Cup (Dutch: 2017–19 NBB-Beker) was the 51st edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion.^[1] ZZ Leiden won its third national cup.^[2]

Format

In the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, third and fourth division participate. From the fourth round, teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the competition. Quarter- and semi-finals are played in a two-legged format. When a team form a tier lower than the DBL played a DBL team, one win is sufficient for the latter to advance to the next round.

Bracket

Fourth round		Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final



Grasshoppers	68

Donar	112
		Donar	87	65	152

		New Heroes Den Bosch	44	76	120
New Heroes Den Bosch	79

Den Helder Suns	34
						Donar	66	79	145

						ZZ Leiden	71	78	149
Onze Gezellen	54

ZZ Leiden	81
		ZZ Leiden	89	89	178

		Apollo Amsterdam	56	87	143
Almere Pioneers	84
										31 March – Zwolle
Apollo Amsterdam	95
										ZZ Leiden	87

										Landstede	69
BV Amsterdam	72

Virtus	64
		BV Amsterdam			46

		Dutch Windmills			88
Feyenoord	60

Dutch Windmills	81
						Dutch Windmills	72	87	159

						Landstede	73	91	164
Aris Leeuwarden	68

Landstede	89
		Landstede	103	79	182

		BAL	59	60	119
Punch Delft	49

BAL	81

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 January 2019.^[3]

First leg

The result of the first match between Windmills and Landstede was changed after four days, from 72–72 to 72–73, as a free throw was missed in the boxscore.

7 February 2019	Dutch Windmills	72–73	Landstede Basketbal	De Boulevard, Dordrecht
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 10–7, 17–23, 23–24
	Pts: Shavon Coleman 18 Rebs: Floris Versteeg 10 Asts: Alec Wintering 4	Boxscore	Pts: Noah Dahlman 23 Rebs: Ralf de Pagter 8 Asts: Mike Schilder 4

13 February 2019	Donar	66–71	ZZ Leiden	MartiniPlaza, Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–13, 13–25, 18–12
PodiumTV	Pts: Thomas Koenis 14 Rebs: Thomas Koenis 10 Asts: Thomas Koenis 4	Boxscore	Pts: Darius Thompson 20 Rebs: Mohamed Kherrazi 7 Asts: Maurice Watson 9

Second leg

14 February 2019	Landstede Basketbal	91–87	Dutch Windmills	Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 18-26, 20-18, 31-15, 22-28
	Pts: Sherron Dorsey-Walker 24 Rebs: Noah Dahlman 11 Asts: Kaza Kajami-Keane 5	Boxscore	Pts: Ryan Richardson 22 Rebs: Jito Kok 7 Asts: six players 1

Final

31 March 2019
15:00

Landstede	69–87	ZZ Leiden
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 17–18, 17–21, 15–25
Pts: Noah Dahlman 23 Rebs: Ralf de Pagter 5 Asts: Kaza Kajami-Keane 5		Pts: Darius Thompson 25 Rebs: Worthy de Jong 9 Asts: Darius Thompson 8

Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle
Attendance: 1,200

Winning roster

Head coach: Franke

Awards

NBB Cup Most Valuable Player

Player	Team
Darius Thompson	ZZ Leiden

References

^ Beker
^ "Basketballers ZZ Leiden veroveren nationale beker". nos.nl. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^ "Loting halve finale bekertoernooi". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

[1] Beker

[2] "Basketballers ZZ Leiden veroveren nationale beker". nos.nl. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[3] "Loting halve finale bekertoernooi". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

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