The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (Dutch: NBB-Beker), is an annual cup competition for Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can participate by signing up for the preliminary rounds. Professional basketball teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the tournament in the fourth round. From 1977 until 1990 professional teams were not allowed to participate in the competition.
Founded | 1967 |
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First season | 1967–68 |
Country | Netherlands |
Confederation | FIBA Europe |
Number of teams | 52 |
Related competitions | Dutch Basketball League Dutch Supercup |
Current champions | Heroes Den Bosch (8th title) (2023–24) |
Most championships | Heroes Den Bosch (8 titles) |
Website | basketball |
2023–24 Dutch Basketball Cup |
The tournament is organized in a knock-out format, with quarter- and semi-finals being two-legged series while the final is played in a single game. Heroes Den Bosch holds the record for most cup titles with eight cups. During the 2020–21 season, the tournament was not played and was replaced by the DBL Cup, featuring only the twelve DBL teams.
Format
editIn 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.[1] 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.
Finals
editFrom 1986 to 1993, the final was played over two legs with both finalists playing one game at home and one game away. From 2005 to 2013, the venue was fixed as the Topsportcentrum in Almere hosted the final every year.
- ^ In the 1974–75 season, Arke Stars Enschede won the Cup, but RZ was marked as cup winner so the team could play in the 1975–76 FIBA European Champions Cup.
- ^ DBV Rowic was known as "Snel Reizen" for sponsorship reasons.
- ^ The 1997 final was not played after Donar refused to play after it already sent home their American players. Amsterdam automatically won the game 20–0.
- ^ Played as "MPC Capitals".
- ^ Played as "Hanzevast Capitals".
- ^ a b Played as "GasTerra Flames".
- ^ Donar and Aris Leeuwarden had qualified for the final of the 2019–20 season before it was cancelled.[3] The final was supposed to be played on 10 January 2021, however Aris refused to play that day.[4]
- ^ In 2021, the DBL Cup was organised by the Dutch Basketball League as a one-week tournament. Only DBL teams participated.
Performances by clubs
editTeams in italic are inactive or dissolved, teams in bold currently play in the BNXT League (the highest level league of basketball in the Netherlands). Four teams active at the highest level have won the Dutch Cup, namely Heroes Den Bosch, Donar, ZZ Leiden and BAL.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Heroes Den Bosch | 8 | 4 | 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2024 | 1992, 2004, 2015, 2022 |
Donar | 7 | 3 | 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 | 1997, 2000, 2007 |
ABC Amsterdam | 5 | 4 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006 | 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
ZZ Leiden | 4 | 3 | 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
Flamingo's Haarlem | 4 | 1 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976 | 1974 |
Magixx | 2 | 2 | 2003, 2007 | 2002, 2012 |
Akrides | 2 | 0 | 1990, 1991 | – |
Punch | 1 | 4 | 1974 | 1970, 1972, 1976, 1991 |
Den Helder | 1 | 3 | 1992 | 1995, 1998, 1999 |
The Lions | 1 | 1 | 1972 | 1969 |
BAL | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – |
Virtus | 1 | 0 | 2001 | – |
Goba Gorinchem | 1 | 0 | 1995 | – |
Celeritas | 1 | 0 | 1979 | – |
VAK Stars Leiden | 1 | 0 | 1978 | – |
BOB Oud-Beijerland | 1 | 0 | 1977 | – |
Arke Stars Enschede | 1 | 0 | 1975 | – |
SVE Utrecht | 1 | 0 | 1968 | – |
Lokomotief | 1 | 0 | 1987 | – |
DAS Delft | 1
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0
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1982 | – |
Rowic | 1
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0
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1981 | – |
Landstede Hammers | 0 | 6 | – | 2005, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024 |
BSW Weert | 0 | 3 | – | 1993, 1994, 2001 |
Feyenoord / Rotterdam | 0 | 2 | – | 1990, 2006 |
RZ | 0 | 2 | – | 1973, 1975 |
ASVU Amstelveen | 0 | 1 | – | 1979 |
West-Brabant Giants | 0 | 1 | – | 2011 |
FIAT Stars Amsterdam | 0 | 1 | – | 1971 |
Landlust / Canadians | 0 | 1 | – | 1968 |
Yoast United | 0 | 1 | – | 2021 |
Statistics
editFinals top scorers
editSeason | Finals top scorer | Club | Points scored | Ref. |
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1971 | Kees Akerboom Sr. | Flamingo's Haarlem | 24 | [5] |
Frank Kales | ||||
1973 | Tom Chestnut | Fiat Stars | 30 | [6] |
1974 | Pieter van Tuyll van Serooskerken | Punch Delft | 29 | [7] |
1976 | Gary Freeman | Flamingo's Haarlem | 27 | [8] |
2000 | Lamont Randolph | Donar* | 21 | [9] |
2003 | Ryan Robertson | EiffelTowers Nijmegen* | 27 | [10] |
2004 | Darnell Clavon | Tulip Den Bosch* | 21 | [11] |
2007 | Darnell Hinson | Donar* | 26 | [12] |
2008 | Tamien Trent | Amsterdam* | 23 | [13] |
2010 | Ronny LeMelle | ZZ Leiden | 22 | [14] |
2011 | Tim Blue | West-Brabant Giants* | 18 | [15] |
2012 | Seamus Boxley | ZZ Leiden | 25 | |
Markel Humphrey | Magixx* | |||
2014 | DeJuan Wright | ZZ Leiden* | 28 | |
2015 | Chris Denson | Den Bosch* | 22 | |
2016 | Worthy de Jong | ZZ Leiden* | 23 | |
2017 | Arvin Slagter | Donar | 16 | |
Lance Jeter | Donar | |||
2018 | Brandyn Curry | Donar | 26 | |
2019 | Darius Thompson | ZZ Leiden | 25 | |
2021 | Andrés Ibargüen | Yoast United* | 39 | [16] |
2022 | Austin Price | Heroes Den Bosch* | 21 | [17] |
2023 | Maarten Bouwknecht | ZZ Leiden | 19 | [18] |
2024 | Sherron Dorsey-Walker | Heroes Den Bosch | 18 | [19] |
Teams with a * next to their name lost the finals.
References
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- ^ "De strijd om de Basketball Cup van 2020 bij de mannen gaat helaas niet door".
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- ^ "Matrixx Magixx MSE 1 - Hanzevast Capitals MSE 1 (6547-53) Statistieken per wedstrijd & cumulatief - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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- ^ "ABC Amsterdam MSE 1 - ZZ Leiden MSE 1 (6547-54) Statistieken per wedstrijd & cumulatief - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "WCAA Giants MSE 1 - Donar Groningen MSE 1 (6547-57) Statistieken per wedstrijd & cumulatief - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "FIBA LiveStats - BAL vs Yoast". livestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Donar is na het winnen van een zinderende finale tegen Heroes voor de zevende maal bekerkampioen geworden". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). 20 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Leiden wint spannende basketbalfinale van Zwolle, dat die beker maar niet kan winnen". nos.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "BNXT League". bnxtleague.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.