Basketball Cup (Netherlands)

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Basketball Cup
Basketball Cup Netherlands logo.png
Founded1967;57 years ago (1967)
First season1967–68
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams52
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.nl
Basketball current event.svg 2023–24 Dutch Basketball Cup

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.

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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

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. [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

From 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.

SeasonWinnerScoreRunners-upVenueCity
1967–68 SVE Utrecht (1)81–79 Landlust Amsterdam Amsterdam
1968–69 Flamingo's Haarlem (1)52–37 The Lions Beatrixhal [2] Utrecht
1969–70 Flamingo's Haarlem (2)86–84 Punch Utrecht
1970–71 Flamingo's Haarlem (3)103–82 Blue Stars Haarlem
1971–72 The Lions (1)86–84 Punch Haarlem
1972–73 Blue Stars (1)92–82 RZ Voorschoten
1973–74 Punch (1)85–70 Flamingo's Haarlem Amsterdam
1974–75 [lower-alpha 1] Arke Stars Enschede (1) RZ Enschede
1975–76 Flamingo's Haarlem (4)73–67 Punch Leiden
1976–77BOB Oud-Beijerland (1)94–89Hertogballers Den Bosch The Hague
1977–78VAK Stars Leiden (1)86–84Hertogballers Den Bosch Utrecht
1978–79Celeritas (1)86–84ASVU Amstelveen Almere
1979–80 PSV Almonte
1980–81 Rowic [lower-alpha 2] (1)
1981–82 DAS Delft (1)
1982–83Green Eagles Maassluis (1)
1983–84Kinheim Haarlem (1)
1984–85 AMVJ Rotterdam (1)
1985–86BVO Alphen aan de Rijn (1)
1986–87 Lokomotief (1)91–91, 86–82WGW Den Helder Den Helder, Rijswijk
1987–88FAC Den Helder (1)68–65, 71–66BV Aalsmeer Den Helder, Aalsmeer
1988–89Waddinxveen Flyers (1)88–91, 83–71BV Hoofddorp Waddinxveen, Hoofddorp
1989–90 Akrides (1)116–90, 102–76 Rotterdam Rotterdam, IJmuiden
1990–91 Akrides (2)83–74, 90–77 DAS Delft Haarlem, Delft
1991–92 Den Helder (1)97–81, 63–77 Den Bosch Quelderduijn
Maaspoort
Den Helder, 's-Hertogenbosch
1992–93 Den Bosch (1)80–83, 101–82 BS Weert Sporthal Boshoven
Maaspoort (2)
Weert, 's-Hertogenbosch
1993–94 Den Helder (2)84-75 BS Weert Quelderduijn (3) Den Helder
1994–95 Goba Gorinchem (1)79-72 Den Helder Maaspoort (3) 's-Hertogenbosch
1996–97 Amsterdam (1)20–0 [lower-alpha 3] Donar
1997–98 Amsterdam Astronauts (2)68–66 Den Helder Apollohal Amsterdam
1998–99 Amsterdam Astronauts (3)85–79 Den Helder Apollohal (2) Amsterdam
1999–00 Den Bosch (2)89–79 Donar Martiniplaza Groningen
2000–01 Virtus Werkendam 88–87 BS Weert Sporthal Boshoven Weert
2001–02 Den Bosch (3)88–78 EiffelTowers Nijmegen De Horstacker Nijmegen
2002–03 EiffelTowers Nijmegen (1)90–88 Amsterdam Astronauts Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam
2003–04 Amsterdam Astronauts (4)65–62 Den Bosch Sporthallen Zuid (2) Amsterdam
2004–05 Donar [lower-alpha 4] (1)83–78 Landstede Martiniplaza (2) Groningen
2005–06 Amsterdam Astronauts (5)61–60 Rotterdam Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
2006–07 Magixx (1)70–60 Donar [lower-alpha 5] Topsportcentrum (2) Almere
2007–08 Den Bosch (4)93–82 Amsterdam Topsportcentrum (3) Almere
2008–09 Den Bosch (5)70–64 Amsterdam Topsportcentrum (4) Almere
2009–10 Leiden (1)88–63 Amsterdam Topsportcentrum (5) Almere
2010–11 Donar [lower-alpha 6] (2)67–55 West-Brabant Giants Topsportcentrum (6) Almere
2011–12 Leiden (2)88–74 Magixx Topsportcentrum (7) Almere
2012–13 Den Bosch (6)73–61 Landstede Topsportcentrum (8) Almere
2013–14 Donar [lower-alpha 6] (3)79–71 Leiden Landstede Sportcentrum Zwolle
2014–15 Donar (4)78–70 Den Bosch Landstede Sportcentrum (2) Zwolle
2015–16 Den Bosch (7)58–57 Leiden Landstede Sportcentrum (3) Zwolle
2016–17 Donar (5)78–58 Landstede MartiniPlaza (3) Groningen
2017–18 Donar (6)87–71 Leiden MartiniPlaza (4) Groningen
2018–19 Leiden (3)87–69 Landstede Landstede Sportcentrum (4) Zwolle
2019–20
The final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [lower-alpha 7]
2021 [lower-alpha 8] BAL (1)98–88 Yoast United Landstede Sportcentrum (5) Zwolle
2021–22 Donar (7)76–71 Heroes Den Bosch MartiniPlaza (5) Groningen
2022–23 Leiden (4)
72–70
Landstede Hammers Landstede Sportcentrum (6) Zwolle
2023–24 Heroes Den Bosch (8)
89–82
Landstede Hammers Topsportcentrum (9) Almere
  1. 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.
  2. DBV Rowic was known as "Snel Reizen" for sponsorship reasons.
  3. 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.
  4. Played as "MPC Capitals".
  5. Played as "Hanzevast Capitals".
  6. 1 2 Played as "GasTerra Flames".
  7. 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]
  8. In 2021, the DBL Cup was organised by the Dutch Basketball League as a one-week tournament. Only DBL teams participated.

Performances by clubs

Teams 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.

Basketball Cup finals performance by club
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Heroes Den Bosch 841993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 20241992, 2004, 2015, 2022
Donar 732005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 1997, 2000, 2007
ABC Amsterdam 541997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 20062003, 2008, 2009, 2010
ZZ Leiden 43 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023 2014, 2016, 2018
Flamingo's Haarlem 411969, 1970, 1971, 19761974
Magixx 222003, 20072002, 2012
Akrides 201990, 1991
Punch 1419741970, 1972, 1976, 1991
Den Helder 1319921995, 1998, 1999
The Lions 1119721969
BAL 10 2021
Virtus 102001
Goba Gorinchem 101995
Celeritas101979
VAK Stars Leiden101978
BOB Oud-Beijerland101977
Arke Stars Enschede 101975
SVE Utrecht 101968
Lokomotief 101987
DAS Delft
1
0
1982
Rowic
1
0
1981
Landstede Hammers 062005, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024
BSW Weert 031993, 1994, 2001
Feyenoord / Rotterdam 021990, 2006
RZ 021973, 1975
ASVU Amstelveen011979
West-Brabant Giants 01 2011
FIAT Stars Amsterdam011971
Landlust / Canadians 011968
Yoast United 01 2021

Statistics

Finals top scorers

SeasonFinals top scorerClubPoints scoredRef.
1971 Kees Akerboom Sr. Flamingo's Haarlem 24 [5]
Frank Kales
1973Tom ChestnutFiat Stars30 [6]
1974Pieter van Tuyll van Serooskerken Punch Delft 29 [7]
1976 Gary Freeman Flamingo's Haarlem27 [8]
2000 Lamont Randolph Donar*21 [9]
2003 Ryan Robertson EiffelTowers Nijmegen*27 [10]
2004Darnell Clavon Tulip Den Bosch*21 [11]
2007 Darnell Hinson Donar*26 [12]
2008Tamien Trent Amsterdam*23 [13]
2010Ronny LeMelle ZZ Leiden 22 [14]
2011 Tim Blue West-Brabant Giants*18 [15]
2012 Seamus Boxley ZZ Leiden25
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 Donar16
Lance Jeter Donar
2018 Brandyn Curry Donar26
2019 Darius Thompson ZZ Leiden25
2021 Andrés Ibargüen Yoast United*39 [16]
2022 Austin Price Heroes Den Bosch*21 [17]
2023 Maarten Bouwknecht ZZ Leiden19 [18]
2024 Sherron Dorsey-Walker Heroes Den Bosch18 [19]

Teams with a * next to their name lost the finals.

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