Basketball Cup (Netherlands)
The Basketball Cup, formerly the NBB Cup, (Dutch: NBB-Beker) is an annual cup competition for Dutch basketball teams organized 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 |
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Number of teams | 52 |
Current champions | Leiden (3rd title) (2018–19) |
Most championships | Heroes Den Bosch (7 titles) |
Website | basketball |
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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. Den Bosch is the club with the most cup titles, with a total of 7.
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
- 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.
- 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".
- Played as "GasTerra Flames".
Performances by clubs
Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Heroes Den Bosch | 7 | 2 | 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016 | 1992, 2004, 2015 |
Donar | 6 | 3 | 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 | 1997, 2000, 2007 |
ABC Amsterdam | 5 | 4 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006 | 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
Flamingo's Haarlem | 4 | 1 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976 | 1974 |
ZZ Leiden | 3 | 3 | 2010, 2012, 2019 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
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 |
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 Rijswijk | 1 | 0 | 1987 | – |
Landstede Hammers | 0 | 4 | – | 2005, 2013, 2017, 2019 |
BSW Weert | 0 | 3 | – | 1993, 1994, 2001 |
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 Amsterdam | 0 | 1 | – | 1968 |
References
- "Loting NBB-Beker 2017-18" [Draw NBB Cup 2017–2018] (PDF) (in Dutch). Basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2017.