The 2026–27 BNXT League will be the sixth season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The season will start on 3 October 2026 and will finish with the playoffs in 2027.
The format is kept the same as the 2025–26 season with a round-robin regular season, in which each team will play one home game and one away game against each other team. The winner of the regular season will be crowned BNXT Champion. In addition, the top teams of each country will qualify for the national play-offs. The national play-offs decide which teams become the national champions.
Competition formula RoundTeams entering in this roundRegular season(18 teams)11 Belgian teams 5 Dutch teams All teams play each other home and away Bottom team relegated The team that finishes the Regular Season at the top of the standings is crowned as the BNXT League champion.National play-offsBest 8 Belgian teams All Belgian teams play in quarterfinals Best 4 Dutch teams All Dutch teams play in semifinals
The 2026–27 season also introduces a new rule for home-grown players. The league allows clubs to recruit one home-grown player from the other country and count these towards their homegrown player requirement.
Teams
The 2026-27 BNXT season will feature only 16 teams compared to the 18 teams of the previous year. This number is reduced due to a small exodus of Dutch teams, who stated they were unable to maintain the professional standard of the BNXT League and maintain a competitive team at the same time. LWD Basket, Den Helder Suns and BAL all stated they were unable to compete in the BNXT League and would rather opt for a newly to be organized Dutch second division with the working title "Men's Basketball League". These clubs leaving, meant the option for the champion of the Promotiedivisie to promote to the BNXT League. The champion, GET United, stated that, despite announcing a year earlier that it was their ambition to promote back into the BNXT League, they wouldn't apply for a license since they were too unsure about their competitiveness in the league.
On the other hand, in the Top Division Men One CB Liège a club had announced their ambition to promote in case they won the championship. The club succeeded in earning their promotion through winning the TDM1 championship and successfully applied for a license. The club was therefore granted a spot in the 2026-27 despite no Belgian team demoting.
Thus, eleven Belgian teams and five Dutch teams will participate in the 2026–27 season of the BNXT League.
Arenas and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
ClubLocationVenueCapacityNetherlandsDonarGroningenMartiniPlazaHeroes Den Bosch's-HertogenboschMaaspoortLandstede HammersZwolleLandstede SportcentrumRotterdam CityRotterdamTopsportcentrum RotterdamZZ LeidenLeidenVijf MeihalBelgiumAntwerp GiantsAntwerpLotto ArenaBrussels BasketballBrusselsSports Complex Neder-Over-HeembeekCB LiègeWaremme Province Ballons ArenaKangoeroes MechelenMechelenWinketkaaiKortrijk SpursKortrijkSportcampus Lange MunteLeuven BearsLeuvenSportoaseLimburg UnitedHasseltAlverberg SporthalMons-HainautMonsMons ArenaOkapi AalstAalstOkapi ForumOostendeOstendCoretec DômeSpirouCharleroiSpiroudome
Regular season Standings
Results
BNXT clubs in European competitions By winning the 2025–26 Belgian championship, Antwerp Giants qualified directly for the regular season of the Champions League.
Landstede Hammers, the Dutch champion of the 2025–26 season, only earned a spot in the qualification round of the Champions League due to the weaker country coefficient.
Team Competition Progress Antwerp GiantsChampions League Regular Season Landstede Hammers Qualifying rounds COREtec OostendeFIBA Europe Cup Regular Season
Italics indicate ongoing progress
BNXT clubs in Regional competitions
Donar Groningen announced that they would take place in the regional European competition the ENBL for the third year in a row, despite qualifying for the FIBA Europe Cup due to their 2026 cup win.
TeamCompetitionProgressDonar GroningenEuropean North Basketball LeagueRegular season Italics indicate ongoing progress
References
External links Official website