List of Dutch basketball champions

The Dutch basketball champions, are the winners of the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands, which is the Dutch Basketball League. This page is a list of winners and runners-up in each given DBL season, along with additional information.[1][2][3]

Players of GasTerra Flames (currently known as Donar) holding the trophy after winning the 2009–10 championship

Den Bosch has won a total number of 16 titles, the highest of any club. Currently, only four teams that have won championships are still active in the DBL: Den Bosch, Landstede Hammers, Leiden and Donar.

Season summaries (1945–1977)

In the early years of the Eredivisie, a round-robin competition was played to determine the national champion. The team with the most wins was crowned champion.

Season Champion Runner–up
1945–46
 DED
1946–47
 DED (2)
1947–48
 APGS
1948–49
 AMVJ
1949–50
 DED (3)
1950–51
 AMVJ (2) The Arrows Rotterdam
1951–52
 DED (4) Antilopen Haarlem
1952–53
 DED (5) The Arrows Rotterdam
1953–54
 DED (6) The Arrows Rotterdam
1954–55
 AMVJ (3) SSD Delft
1955–56
 DED (7) SSD Delft
1956–57
 The Wolves Amsterdam Zeemacht Den Helder
1957–58[lower-alpha 1]
 DED (8) Blue Stars
1958–59
 Blue Stars
1959–60
 The Wolves Amsterdam (2)
1960–61
 The Wolves Amsterdam (3) Blue Stars
1961–62
 Landlust
1962–63
 Landlust (2)
1963–64
 The Wolves Amsterdam (4)
1964–65
 The Wolves Amsterdam (5)
1965–66
 Herly Amsterdam
1966–67
 Eendracht Utrecht Landlust
1967–68
 Flamingo's Haarlem
1968–69
 Punch Blue Stars (2)
1969–70
 Blue Stars (3) RZ
1970–71
 Flamingo's Haarlem (2) RZ
1971–72
 Flamingo's Haarlem (3) Fiat Stars
1972–73
 Flamingo's Haarlem (4) Raak Punch
1973–74
 RZ Flamingo's Haarlem (5)
1974–75
 Punch RZ
1975–76
 Amstelveen Flamingo's Haarlem
1976–77
 Amstelveen (2) Den Bosch

Finals (1978–present)

In the 1977–78 Eredivisie season, the play-offs were introduced, along with finals which determined the winner of a given DBL season.[2]

Champion also won NBB Cup
Champion also won NBB Cup and Supercup
Season Champion Score Runner–up Champions' coach Playoffs MVP
1977–78
 Leiden[lower-alpha 2]
2–1
 Punch[lower-alpha 3] Ton Boot N/A
1978–79
 Den Bosch
2–0
 Leiden[lower-alpha 2] Ton Boot N/A
1979–80
 Den Bosch
2–0
 Leiden[lower-alpha 2] Ton Boot N/A
1980–81
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
2–0
 Leiden[lower-alpha 2] Bill Sheridan N/A
1981–82
 Donar[lower-alpha 5]
3–1
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4] Maarten van Gent N/A
1982–83
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
3–0
 Hatrans Haaksbergen Ton Boot N/A
1983–84
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
3–1
 Leiden[lower-alpha 6] Ton Boot N/A
1984–85
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
3–0
 Leiden[lower-alpha 6] Jan Dekker N/A
1985–86
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
3–2
 Den Helder Jan Dekker N/A
1986–87
 Den Bosch[lower-alpha 4]
3–1
 Den Helder Jan Janbroers N/A
1987–88
 Den Bosch
3–1
 BSW Jan Dekker N/A
1988–89
 Den Helder
3–1
 Den Bosch Ton Boot N/A
1989–90
 Den Helder
3–2
 Den Bosch Ton Boot N/A
1990–91
 Den Helder
3–0
 Den Bosch Ton Boot N/A
1991–92
 Den Helder
3–2
 Den Bosch Ton Boot N/A
1992–93
 Den Bosch
4–2
 BSW Cor van Esch N/A
1993–94
 BSW
4–2
 Den Bosch Olivier van Kempen N/A
1994–95
 Den Helder
4–1
 GOBA Gorinchem Meindert van Veen N/A
1995–96
 Den Bosch
4–2
 Den Helder Jos Wolfs N/A
1996–97
 Den Bosch
4–3
 Amsterdam Jos Wolfs N/A
1997–98
 Den Helder
4–3
 Donar Bob Gonnen N/A
1998–99
 Amsterdam Astronauts
4–3
 Den Helder Ton Boot N/A
1999–00
 Amsterdam Astronauts
4–1
 Virtus Werkendam Ton Boot N/A
2000–01
 Amsterdam Astronauts
4–2
 BSW Ton Boot N/A
2001–02
 Amsterdam Astronauts
4–3
 EiffelTowers Nijmegen Ton Boot N/A
2002–03
 EiffelTowers Nijmegen
4–1
 Omniworld Almere Marco van den Berg N/A
2003–04
 Donar[lower-alpha 7]
4–2
 Den Bosch Ton Boot N/A
2004–05
 Amsterdam Astronauts
4–0
 Landstede Arik Shivek Joe Spinks
2005–06
 Den Bosch
4–3
 Donar[lower-alpha 7] Randy Wiel N/A
2006–07
 Den Bosch
4–0
 Magixx Randy Wiel N/A
2007–08
 Amsterdam
4–3
 Den Bosch Arik Shivek N/A
2008–09
 Amsterdam
4–3
 Den Bosch Arik Shivek N/A
2009–10
 Donar[lower-alpha 8]
4–1
 West-Brabant Giants Marco van den Berg N/A
2010–11
 Leiden
4–3
 Donar[lower-alpha 8] Toon van Helfteren N/A
2011–12
 Den Bosch
4–1
 Leiden Raoul Korner N/A
2012–13
 Leiden
4–0
 Aris Leeuwarden Toon van Helfteren N/A
2013–14
 Donar[lower-alpha 8]
4–3
 Den Bosch Ivica Skelin Arvin Slagter
2014–15
 Den Bosch
4–1
 Donar Sam Jones Brandyn Curry
2015–16
 Donar
4–1
 Landstede Erik Braal Lance Jeter
2016–17
 Donar
4–1
 Landstede Erik Braal Chase Fieler
2017–18
 Donar
4–0
 Leiden Erik Braal Brandyn Curry
2018–19
 Landstede
4–2
 Donar Herman van den Belt Kaza Kajami-Keane
2019–20
 Not awarded due to the coronavirus pandemic[4]

Finals performances by clubs

Titles won by club (%)

  Den Bosch – 16 (38%)
  Donar – 7 (17%)
  Amsterdam – 7 (17%)
  Den Helder – 6 (14%)
  Leiden – 3 (7%)
  Others – 3 (7%)

Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Heroes Den Bosch 16 10 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014
Donar 7 5 1982, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 1998, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019
Amsterdam 7 1 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 1997
Den Helder 6 4 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998 1986, 1987, 1996, 1999
Leiden 3 7 1978, 2011, 2013 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2012, 2018
Landstede Hammers 1 3 2019 2005, 2016, 2017
BSW 1 3 1994 1988, 1993, 2001
EiffelTowers Nijmegen 1 1 2003 2002
Aris Leeuwarden – 1 – 2013
West-Brabant Giants – 1 – 2010
Magixx – 1 – 2007
GOBA Gorinchem – 1 – 1995
Punch – 1 – 1978
Virtus Werkendam – 1 – 2000
Almere Pioneers[lower-alpha 9] – 1 – 2003
Tonego[lower-alpha 10] – 1 – 1983

Notes
  1. In the 1957–58 season, DED and Blue Stars played in a best-of-three playoff series to determine the national champion.
  2. Known as "Parker Leiden".
  3. Known as "Tripper Jeans Delft".
  4. Known as "Nashua Den Bosch".
  5. Known as "Nationale Nederlanden Donar".
  6. Known as "Elmex Leiden".
  7. Known as "MPC Capitals".
  8. Known as "GasTerra Flames".
  9. One finals appearance as "BC Omniworld".
  10. One finals appearance as "Hatrans Haaksbergen".

References
  1. "Landskampioenen, bekerwinnaars en competitiewinnaars" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. "Play-offs (M)" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. "Landskampioenen" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "DBL beëindigt seizoen 2019-2020" [DBL ends 2019-2020 season]. Basketball League (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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