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.

Basketball Cup

Founded	1967 (1967)
First season	1967–68
Country	Netherlands
Number of teams	52
Current champions	Leiden (3rd title) (2018–19)
Most championships	Heroes Den Bosch (7 titles)
Website	basketball.nl
2018–19 NBB 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. 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

Season	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Venue	City
1967–68	SVE Utrecht	81–79	Landlust Amsterdam		Amsterdam
1968–69	Flamingo's Haarlem	52–37	The Lions		Utrecht
1969–70	Flamingo's Haarlem	86–84	Punch		Utrecht
1970–71	Flamingo's Haarlem	103–82	Blue Stars		Haarlem
1971–72	The Lions	86–84	Punch		Haarlem
1972–73	Blue Stars	92–82	RZ		Voorschoten
1973–74	Punch	85–70	Flamingo's Haarlem		Amsterdam
1974–75[lower-alpha 1]	Arke Stars Enschede	–	RZ		Enschede
1975–76	Flamingo's Haarlem	73–67	Punch		Leiden
1976–77	BOB Oud-Beijerland	94–89	Hertogballers Den Bosch		Den Haag
1977–78	VAK Stars Leiden	86–84	Hertogballers Den Bosch		Utrecht
1978–79	Celeritas	86–84	ASVU Amstelveen		Almere
1979–80	PSV Almonte Eindhoven
1980–81	Snel Reizen
1981–82	DAS Delft
1982–83	Green Eagles Maassluis
1983–84	Kinheim Haarlem
1984–85	AMVJ Rotterdam
1985–86	BVO Alphen aan de Rijn
1986–87	Lokomotief Rijswijk	91–91, 86–82	WGW Den Helder		Den Helder, Rijswijk
1987–88	FAC Den Helder	68–65, 71–66	BV Aalsmeer		Den Helder, Aalsmeer
1988–89	Waddinxveen Flyers	88–91, 83–71	BV Hoofddorp		Waddinxveen, Hoofddorp
1989–90	Akrides	116–90, 102–76	Rotterdam		Rotterdam, IJmuiden
1990–91	Akrides	83–74, 90–77	DAS Delft		Haarlem, Delft
1991–92	Den Helder	97–81, 63–77	Den Bosch		Den Helder, 's-Hertogenbosch
1992–93	Den Bosch	80–83, 101–82	BS Weert		Weert, 's-Hertogenbosch
1993–94	Den Helder	84-75	BS Weert		Den Helder
1994–95	GOBA Gorinchem	79-72	Den Helder		's-Hertogenbosch
1996–97	Amsterdam	20–0[lower-alpha 2]	Donar		–
1997–98	Amsterdam Astronauts	68–66	Den Helder	Apollohal	Amsterdam
1998–99	Amsterdam Astronauts	85–79	Den Helder	Apollohal	Amsterdam
1999–00	Den Bosch	89–79	Donar	Martiniplaza	Groningen
2000–01	Virtus Werkendam	88–87	BS Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	Weert
2001–02	Den Bosch	88–78	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	De Horstacker	Nijmegen
2002–03	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	90–88	Amsterdam Astronauts	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam
2003–04	Amsterdam Astronauts	65–62	Den Bosch	Sporthallen Zuid	Amsterdam
2004–05	Donar[lower-alpha 3]	83–78	Landstede	Martiniplaza	Groningen
2005–06	Amsterdam Astronauts	61–60	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum	Rotterdam
2006–07	Magixx	70–60	Donar[lower-alpha 4]	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2007–08	Den Bosch	93–82	Amsterdam	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2008–09	Den Bosch	70–64	Amsterdam	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2009–10	Leiden	88–63	Amsterdam	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2010–11	Donar[lower-alpha 5]	67–55	West-Brabant Giants	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2011–12	Leiden	88–74	Magixx	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2012–13	Den Bosch	73–61	Landstede	Topsportcentrum	Almere
2013–14	Donar[lower-alpha 5]	79–71	Leiden	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle
2014–15	Donar	78–70	Den Bosch	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle
2015–16	Den Bosch	58–57	Leiden	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle
2016–17	Donar	78–58	Landstede	MartiniPlaza	Groningen
2017–18	Donar	87–71	Leiden	MartiniPlaza	Groningen
2018–19	Leiden	87–69	Landstede	Landstede Sportcentrum	Zwolle

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. 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.
3. Played as "MPC Capitals".
4. Played as "Hanzevast Capitals".
5. Played as "GasTerra Flames".

Performances by clubs

Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.

NBB Cup finals performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
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

1. "Loting NBB-Beker 2017-18" [Draw NBB Cup 2017–2018] (PDF) (in Dutch). Basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2017.