Basketball Cup (Netherlands)

The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), 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.

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 nine titles. 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. 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. Season Winner Score Runners-up Venue City1967–68 SVE Utrecht (1) 81–79 Landlust Amsterdam Amsterdam1968–69 Flamingo's Haarlem (1) 52–37 The LionsBeatrixhal Utrecht1969–70 Flamingo's Haarlem (2) 86–84 Punch Utrecht1970–71 Flamingo's Haarlem (3) 103–82 Blue Stars Haarlem1971–72 The Lions (1) 86–84 Punch Haarlem1972–73 Blue Stars (1) 92–82 RZ Voorschoten1973–74 Punch (1) 85–70 Flamingo's Haarlem Amsterdam1974–75 Arke Stars Enschede (1) – RZ Enschede1975–76 Flamingo's Haarlem (4) 73–67 Punch Leiden1976–77 BOB Oud-Beijerland (1) 94–89 Hertogballers Den Bosch The Hague1977–78 VAK Stars Leiden (1) 86–84 Hertogballers Den Bosch Utrecht1978–79 Celeritas (1) 86–84 ASVU Amstelveen Almere1979–80 PSV Almonte1980–81 Rowic (1)1981–82 DAS Delft (1)1982–83 Green Eagles Maassluis (1)1983–84 Kinheim Haarlem (1)1984–85 AMVJ Rotterdam (1)1985–86 BVO Alphen aan de Rijn (1)1986–87 Lokomotief (1) 91–91, 86–82 WGW Den Helder Den Helder, Rijswijk1987–88 FAC Den Helder (1) 68–65, 71–66 BV Aalsmeer Den Helder, Aalsmeer1988–89 Waddinxveen Flyers (1) 88–91, 83–71 BV Hoofddorp Waddinxveen, Hoofddorp1989–90 Akrides (1) 116–90, 102–76 Rotterdam Rotterdam, IJmuiden1990–91 Akrides (2) 83–74, 90–77 DAS Delft Haarlem, Delft1991–92 Den Helder (1) 97–81, 63–77 Den Bosch Quelderduijn Maaspoort Den Helder, 's-Hertogenbosch1992–93 Den Bosch (1) 80–83, 101–82 BS Weert Sporthal Boshoven Maaspoort (2) Weert, 's-Hertogenbosch1993–94 Den Helder (2) 84-75 BS Weert Quelderduijn (3) Den Helder Red Giants (1) CBV Binnenland1994–95 Goba Gorinchem (1) 79-72 Den Helder Maaspoort (3) 's-Hertogenbosch1996–97 Amsterdam (1) 20–0 Donar – –1997–98 Amsterdam Astronauts (2) 68–66 Den Helder ApollohalAmsterdam1998–99 Amsterdam Astronauts (3) 85–79 Den Helder Apollohal (2)Amsterdam1999–00 Den Bosch (2)89–79 Donar MartiniplazaGroningen2000–01 Virtus Werkendam88–87 BS Weert Sporthal BoshovenWeert2001–02 Den Bosch (3)88–78 EiffelTowers Nijmegen De HorstackerNijmegen2002–03 EiffelTowers Nijmegen (1) 90–88 Amsterdam AstronautsSporthallen ZuidAmsterdam2003–04 Amsterdam Astronauts (4) 65–62 Den BoschSporthallen Zuid (2)Amsterdam2004–05Donar (1)83–78LandstedeMartiniplaza (2)Groningen2005–06 Amsterdam Astronauts (5) 61–60 RotterdamTopsportcentrumRotterdam2006–07 Magixx (1) 70–60 DonarTopsportcentrum (2)Almere2007–08 Den Bosch (4) 93–82 AmsterdamTopsportcentrum (3)Almere2008–09 Den Bosch (5) 70–64 AmsterdamTopsportcentrum (4)Almere 2009–10 Leiden (1) 88–63AmsterdamTopsportcentrum (5)Almere 2010–11 Donar (2) 67–55 West-Brabant GiantsTopsportcentrum (6)Almere 2011–12 Leiden (2) 88–74 MagixxTopsportcentrum (7)Almere 2012–13 Den Bosch (6) 73–61 LandstedeTopsportcentrum (8)Almere 2013–14 Donar (3) 79–71 LeidenLandstede SportcentrumZwolle 2014–15Donar (4) 78–70 Den BoschLandstede Sportcentrum (2)Zwolle 2015–16Den Bosch (7) 58–57 LeidenLandstede Sportcentrum (3)Zwolle 2016–17Donar (5) 78–58 LandstedeMartiniPlaza (3)Groningen 2017–18Donar (6) 87–71 LeidenMartiniPlaza (4)Groningen 2018–19Leiden (3) 87–69 LandstedeLandstede Sportcentrum (4)Zwolle 2019–20 2021 BAL (1)98–88 Yoast UnitedLandstede Sportcentrum (5)Zwolle 2021–22 Donar (7)76–71 Heroes Den BoschMartiniPlaza (5)Groningen 2022–23Leiden (4)Landstede HammersLandstede Sportcentrum (6)Zwolle2023–24Heroes Den Bosch (8)Landstede HammersTopsportcentrum (9)AlmereHeroes Den Bosch (9)DonarSportcampus The HagueThe HagueDonar (8)Landstede HammersTopsportcentrum (10)Almere

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 clubClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up Heroes Den Bosch94 1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2024, 2025 1992, 2004, 2015, 2022 Donar84 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2026 1997, 2000, 2007, 2025 ABC Amsterdam54 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 ZZ Leiden43 2010, 2012, 2019, 2023 2014, 2016, 2018 Flamingo's Haarlem41 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976 1974 Magixx22 2003, 2007 2002, 2012 Akrides20 1990, 1991 – Punch14 1974 1970, 1972, 1976, 1991 Den Helder13 1992 1995, 1998, 1999 The Lions11 1972 1969 BAL10 2021 – Virtus10 2001 – Goba Gorinchem10 1995 – Celeritas10 1979 – VAK Stars Leiden10 1978 – BOB Oud-Beijerland10 1977 – Arke Stars Enschede10 1975 – SVE Utrecht10 1968 – Lokomotief10 1987 –DAS Delft1982–Rowic1981–Red Giants1994– Landstede Hammers07 – 2005, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2026 BSW Weert03 – 1993, 1994, 2001 Feyenoord / Rotterdam02 – 1990, 2006 RZ02 – 1973, 1975 ASVU Amstelveen01 – 1979 West-Brabant Giants01 – 2011 FIAT Stars Amsterdam01 – 1971 Landlust / Canadians01 – 1968 Yoast United01 – 2021

Statistics Finals top scorers Season Finals top scorer Club Points scored 1971Kees Akerboom Sr.Flamingo's Haarlem24Frank Kales1973Tom ChestnutFiat Stars301974Pieter van Tuyll van SerooskerkenPunch Delft291976Gary FreemanFlamingo's Haarlem272000Lamont RandolphDonar*212003Ryan RobertsonEiffelTowers Nijmegen*272004Darnell ClavonTulip Den Bosch*212007Darnell HinsonDonar*262008Tamien TrentAmsterdam*232010Ronny LeMelleZZ Leiden222011Tim BlueWest-Brabant Giants*18 2012 Seamus Boxley ZZ Leiden 25 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 Donar 16 Lance Jeter Donar 2018 Brandyn Curry Donar 26 2019 Darius Thompson ZZ Leiden 25 2021 Andrés Ibargüen Yoast United* 39 2022 Austin Price Heroes Den Bosch* 21 2023Maarten BouwknechtZZ Leiden192024Sherron Dorsey-WalkerHeroes Den Bosch182025Travian Dunn-MartinDonar*252026Damian ForrestDonar30 Teams with a * next to their name lost the finals.

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