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The Dutch Twenty20 Cup [1] [2] [3] is a Twenty20 cricket league in the Netherlands, run by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (Royal Dutch Cricket Board) since 2007. Currently, the league consists of 16 teams, divided into two divisions of five teams and one division of six teams.
| Club | Location | Home ground | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.V. & C.V. QUICK | The Hague | Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg | A |
| HBS | The Hague | Sportpark Craeyenhout | A |
| VCC | Voorburg | Sportpark Westvliet | A |
| HCC | The Hague | Sportpark De Diepput | A |
| SV Kampong Cricket | Utrecht | Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd | A |
| Excelsior'20 | Schiedam | Sportpark Thurlede | B |
| HERMES D.V.S. | Schiedam | Sportpark Harga | B |
| VOC | Rotterdam | Schiebroekse Park | B |
| Sparta Cricket 1888 | Capelle aan den IJssel | Sportpark Schollebos | B |
| Punjab Cricket Club | Rotterdam | Zuiderparkweg | B |
| VRA | Amstelveen | Sportpark Amsterdamse Bos | C |
| ACC | Amstelveen | Sportpark 't Loopveld | C |
| Bloemendaal | Bloemendaal | Sportpark CC Bloemendaal | C |
| Rood en Wit | Haarlem | Sportpark Spanjaardslaan | C |
| Dosti CC | Amsterdam | Sportpark Drieburg | C |
| United Cricket Club | Haarlem | Sportpark United Davo | C |
2007 - Quick Haag
2008 - HCC
2009 - Excelsior'20
2010 - VRA
2011 - VRA
2012 - VRA
2013 - Dosti
2014 - Dosti
2015 - VRA
2016 - ACC
2017 - ACC
2018 - HBS
2019 - VOC
2020 - VRA
2021 - VOC
2022 - VOC
24/07/2018 - HBS 139/7 (20 overs) (Barresi 26) beat ACC 108 a.o. (17.3 overs) (Saqib 26, Navjit Singh 4-7) by 21 runs.
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