Netto Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany. Since 2009, the competition has been conducted only between the top-ranked clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) season.

History and format

The competition was founded in 1966 by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on 11 June 1967, in Oberhausen. Since 1993, the cup championship is decided in a final four format, which is held over one weekend. The host team of the cup's final four, is automatically set as one of the participants. The three remaining teams are determined by three quarterfinal matches, played between the winners of the earlier round matches.

Starting from the 2018–19 season, the format was changed to a sixteen team knock-out tournament, with the sixteen highest seeded teams from the previous season qualifying.

Winners

1966–67 Vfl Osnabrück (1) 1967–68 Bayern Munich (1) 1968–69 Gießen 46ers (1) 1969–70 TuS 04 Leverkusen (1) 1970–71 TuS 04 Leverkusen (2) 1971–72 Wolfenbüttel (1) 1972–73 Gießen 46ers (2) 1973–74 TuS 04 Leverkusen (3) 1974–75 SSV Hagen (1) 1975–76 TuS 04 Leverkusen (4) 1976–77 USC Heidelberg (1) 1977–78 USC Heidelberg (2) 1978–79 Gießen 46ers (3) 1979–80 Saturn Köln (1) 1980–81 Saturn Köln (2) 1981–82 Wolfenbüttel (2) 1982–83 Saturn Köln (3) 1983–84 ASC 1846 Göttingen (1) 1984–85 ASC 1846 Göttingen (2) 1985–86 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (5) 1986–87 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6) 1987–88 Steiner Bảyeuth (1) 1988–89 Steiner Bảyeuth (2) 1989–90 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7) 1990–91 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8) 1991–92 TTL Bamberg (1) 1992–93 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9) 1993–94 Brandt Hagen (2) 1994–95 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (10) 1995–96 ratiopharm Ulm 1996–97 Alba Berlin (1) 1997–98 TBB Trier (1) 1998–99 Alba Berlin (2) 1999–00 Skyliners Frankfurt (1) 2000–01 TBB Trier (2) 2001–02 Alba Berlin (3) 2002–03 Alba Berlin (4) 2003–04 RheinEnergie Köln (1) 2004–05 RheinEnergie Köln (2) 2005–06 Alba Berlin (5) 2006–07 RheinEnergie Köln (3) 2007–08 Artland Dragons (1) 2008–09 Alba Berlin (6) 2009–10 Brose Baskets (2) 2010–11 Brose Baskets (3) 2011–12 Brose Baskets (4) 2012–13 Alba Berlin (7) 2013–14 Alba Berlin (8) 2014–15 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2015–16 Alba Berlin (9) 2016–17 Brose Bamberg (5) 2017–18 Bayern Munich (2) 2018–19 Brose Bamberg (6) 2019–20 Alba Berlin (10) 2020–21 Bayern Munich (3) 2021–22 Alba Berlin (11) 2022–23 Bayern Munich (4) 2023–24 Bayern Munich (5) 2024–25 Mitteldeutscher BC 2025–26 Bamberg Baskets (7)

Finals Single and two-legged Finals Era (1967–1992) The first DBB Cup final took place on 11 June 1967 in Oberhausen between VfL Osnabrück and ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86:74 (HT 39:36).

1966–67, 11.06.67, Oberhausen: Osnabrück – ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86–74 1967–68, 09.06.68, Darmstadt: Bayern Munich – Wolfenbüttel 59–55Bayern history 1968–69, 14.06.69, Hamburg: Giessen 46ers – Osnabrück 75–74Giessen history 1969–70, 31.05.70 Braunschweig: Bayer Giants Leverkusen – Osnabrück 73–49 1970–71, 17.10.71 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen – USC Mainz 101–64 1971–72, 07.05.72, Hilden: MTV Wolfenbüttel – Hagen 72–65 [Im Pokalwettbewerb war der hiesige MTV bekanntlich erfolgreicher: Fünfmal im Finale: 1972 gegen Hagen und 1982 gegen Köln sogar als MTV history cup 1972 and 1982 finals] 1972–73, 08.06.73 Hagen: Giessen 46ers – MTV Wolfenbüttel 90–8649ers history 1973–74, 08.06.74 Hagen: Bayer Leverkusen – Hamburger 88–61 1974–75, 15/22.03.75 Hagen & Heidelberg: SSV Hagen – USC Heidelberg 79:58 & 56:66 Pokal 1975 1975–76, 03/11.04.76 Leverkusen & Wolfenbüttel: TuS 04 Leverkusen – MTV Wolfenbüttel 84:77 & 62:66 1976–77, 30.03 /06.04.77 Heidelberg & Leverkusen: USC Heidelberg – Bayer Leverkusen 88:70 & 72:87US season 76–77 1977–78, 09/17.05.78 Heidelberg & Hagen: USC Heidelberg – SV Hagen 78:69 & 82:90US season 77–78 1978–79, 21/28.03.79 Göttingen & Gießen: Giessen 46ers – ASC 1846 Göttingen 77–72 & 75–77. 1979–80, 26/29.03.80 Köln + Gießen: Saturn Köln – Giessen 46ers 78–62 & 68–70Saturn cup 1980 1980–81, 01/11.02.81 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln – SVV Hagen 82:77 & 85:82Saturn cup 1981 1981–82,16/24.03.82 Wolfenbüttel & Köln: Wolfenbüttel – Saturn Köln 97:79 & 76:93 1982–83, 19/27.03.83 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln – Hagen 78:66 & 92:85 1983–84, 04/07.03.84 Köln & Göttingen: ASC 46 Göttingen – Saturn Köln 75:76 & 83:65 1984–85, 10.03.85 Osnabrück: ASC 1846 Göttingen – Medi Bayreuth (div2) 85–72Bayreuth 1985 1985–86, 22.03.86 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen – Medi Bayreuth 80–68 1986–87, 05.04.87 Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Giessen 46ers 92:71 1987–88, 07.05.88 Ludwigsburg: Medi Bayreuth – Saturn Köln 105–88Bayreuth history 1988–89, 1989, 02.04.89 Leverkusen: Medi Bayreuth – Bayer Giants Leverkusen 89–67 1989–90, 14/16.04.90 Bamberg & Leverkusen:TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Brose Bamberg 84:83 & 99:78 1990–91, 17/23.03.91 Braunschweig & Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – MTV Braunschweig 98:71 & 126:80 (OT) 1991–92, 06/08.03.92 Stuttgart & Bamberg: Brose Bamberg – Riesen Ludwigsburg 69–72 & 74–68Bamberg 91 92

Top Four Era (1993–2019, 2021–present) From 1993 to 2019, a final four tournament was held in a host city to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Year Host city Champion Runner-up ScoreMVP1993 Bayreuth Bayer 04 Leverkusen Brandt Hagen81–60Not awarded1994 Bamberg Brandt Hagen ratiopharm Ulm 86–721995 Würzburg Bayer 04 Leverkusen ratiopharm Ulm 77–761996 Berlin ratiopharm Ulm Bayer 04 Leverkusen 80–791997 Gießen Alba Berlin Gießen 46ers 82–731998 Frankfurt TBB Trier Dragons Rhöndorf 97–881999 Frankfurt Alba Berlin Gießen 46ers 69–482000 Frankfurt Skyliners Frankfurt Alba Berlin 76–682001 Frankfurt TBB Trier Hagen 96–832002 Berlin Alba Berlin EWE Baskets Oldenburg 105–5502 final at Eurobasket.com2003 Berlin Alba Berlin RheinEnergie Köln 82–8003 final at Eurobasket.com2004 Frankfurt RheinEnergie Köln Opel Skyliners 80–71 2005 Frankfurt RheinEnergie Köln Telekom Baskets Bonn 85–752006 Bamberg Alba Berlin GHP Bamberg 85–732007 Hamburg RheinEnergie Köln Artland Dragons 60–5807 final at Eurobasket.com2008 Hamburg Artland Dragons EnBW Ludwigsburg 74–60Dragons win final08 final2009 Hamburg Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn 69–4409 final at Eurobasket.com2010 Frankfurt Brose Baskets Deutsche Bank Skyliners 76–752011 Bamberg Brose Baskets Phantoms Braunschweig 69–662012 Bonn Brose Baskets Telekom Baskets Bonn 82–732013 Berlin Alba Berlin ratiopharm Ulm 85–672014 Ulm Alba Berlin ratiopharm Ulm 86–802015 Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg Brose Baskets 72–702016 Munich Alba Berlin Bayern Munich 67–652017 Berlin Brose Bamberg Bayern Munich 74–712018 Ulm Bayern Munich Alba Berlin 80–752019 Bamberg Brose Bamberg Alba Berlin 83–822021 Munich Bayern Munich Alba Berlin 85–79Vladimir Lučić2022 Berlin Alba Berlin Crailsheim Merlins 86–76Maodo Lô2023 Oldenburg Bayern Munich Baskets Oldenburg 90–78Nick Weiler-Babb2024 Munich Bayern Munich ratiopharm Ulm 81–65Sylvain Francisco2025 Weißenfels Mitteldeutscher BC Bamberg Baskets 97–87Michael Devoe2026MunichBMA365 Bamberg BasketsAlba Berlin74–72Demarcus Demonia

Knockout tournament (2020) In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Year Host city Champion Runner-up ScoreMVP2020 Berlin Alba Berlin EWE Baskets Oldenburg 89–56Martin Hermannsson

Performance by club Team Winners Runners-up Years Alba Berlin 11 5 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022 Bayer Giants Leverkusen 10 3 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 Bamberg Baskets 7 3 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2026 Bayern Munich 5 2 1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 Gießen 46ers 3 4 1969, 1973, 1979 BSC Saturn Köln 3 3 1980, 1981, 1983 Köln 99ers 3 1 2004, 2005, 2007 SSV Hagen 2 6 1975, 1994 MTV Wolfenbüttel 2 3 1972, 1982 medi Bayreuth 2 2 1988, 1989 USC Heidelberg 2 1 1977, 1978 ASC 1846 Göttingen 2 1 1984, 1985 TBB Trier 2 0 1998, 2001 ratiopharm Ulm 1 5 1996 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1 3 2015 VfL Osnabrück 1 2 1967 Skyliners Frankfurt 1 2 2000 Artland Dragons 1 1 2008 Mitteldeutscher BC 1 0 2025 Telekom Baskets Bonn 0 3 EnBW Ludwigsburg 0 2 Phantoms Braunschweig 0 2 ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 0 1 USC Mainz 0 1 Hamburger Turnerbund 0 1 Dragons Rhöndorf 0 1 Crailsheim Merlins 0 1

References

Sources All cup finals and scores

External links Basketball Bundesliga History of BBL