Belgian Basketball Cup

Belgian Basketball Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2017–18 Belgian Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1954 (1954)
Country	Belgium
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Oostende (18th title)
Most titles	Oostende (18 titles)
Related competitions	Belgian League Belgian Supercup
Official website	basketbelgium.be

The Belgian Basketball Cup (Dutch: Beker van België), for sponsorship reasons the bpost cup, is the top tier national basketball cup competition in Belgium. The tournament is played in a knock-out format, in which teams are drawn against each other. Oostende is the most successful club in the competition's history, as it won 18 titles.

History

Former logo of the Belgian Cup

In 2013, the cup got a new name in The Base Cup, referring to the new main sponsor Base. The mobile telephony provider signed a sponsorship contract for 3 years. This led to, in the 2013–14 season, the first time a Final Four was held instead of semifinals with two legs since 2003.^[1]

Format

Teams from the Basketball League Belgium Division I, the Top Division 1 and Top Division 2 (the first three divisions in Belgian basketball) compete in the competition. In the first round teams from the Top Division I and 2 play in 12 groups. From the second round, teams from the BLB Division I enter the competition. In the second round, the quarter- and semi-finals a double legged format is used. When a Division I team faces off against a team from a lower league, no second leg is played. The Final is decide by a single game.^[2]

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the cup competition has known several names:

• Base Cup (2013–2016)
• bpost cup (2016–present)

Finals

Season	Location	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	MVP	Ref(s)
1953–54			Semailles B.C.	70–59	Altitude B.C.	N/A	[3]
1954–55			Semailles B.C.	57–49	Amicale Sportive	N/A	[3]
1955–56			Semailles B.C.	71–69	Antwerpse[lower-alpha 1]	N/A	[3]
1956–57			Brabo	67–56	Canter	N/A	[3]
1957–58			Semailles B.C.	62–57	Brabo	N/A	[3]
1958–59			Racing C.B.	66–65	Antwerpse	N/A	[3]
1959–60			Royal IV	58–47	Racing C.B.	N/A	[3]
1960–61			Antwerpse	72–61	V.G. Oostende	N/A	[3]
1961–62			V.G. Oostende	65–63	Racing C.B.	N/A	[3]
1962–63			Standard Liège	66–59	Sint Niklaas	N/A	[3]
1963–64			Racing Mechelen	121–62	Athlon Ieper	N/A	[3]
1964–65			Racing Mechelen	89–73	Racing White	N/A	[3]
1965–66			Royal IV	88–68	Okapi Aalst	N/A	[3]
1966–67			Royal IV	70–67	Avanti Brugge[lower-alpha 2]	N/A	[3]
1967–68			Royal IV	75–51	Oxaco Tornado	N/A	[3]
1968–69			Standard Liège	80–72	Racing Bell Mechelen	N/A	[3]
1969–70			Racing Bell Mechelen	70–56	Bus Fruit Lier	N/A	[3]
1970–71			Racing Bell Mechelen	72–67	Standard CL	N/A	[3]
1971–72			Antwerpse	91–77	Bus Fruit Lier	N/A	[3]
1972–73			Royal IV	86–84	Bus Fruit Lier	N/A	[3]
1973–74			Racing Ford Antwerpen	75–72	Bus Fruit Lier	N/A	[3]
1974–75			Bus Fruit Lier	108–102	Maes Pils	N/A	[3]
1975–76			IJsboerke Kortrijk	70–69	Immo Scheers Lier	N/A	[3]
1976–77			Standard Liège	102–85	Eveil Monceau	N/A	[3]
1977–78			Avanti Brugge	72–69	Standard Boule d'Or	N/A	[3]
1978–79			Sunair Oostende	77–66	Fresh Air	N/A	[3]
1979–80			SFX Verviers-Pepinster	73–72	Sunair Oostende	N/A	[3]
1980–81			Sunair Oostende	101–73	Hellas Gent	N/A	[3]
1981–82			Sunair Oostende	78–67	Toptours Aarschot	N/A	[3]
1982–83			Sunair Oostende	86–66	Maccabi Brussels[lower-alpha 3]	N/A	[3]
1983–84			Maccabi Brussels	80–64	Verviers-Pepinster	N/A	[3]
1984–85			Sunair Oostende	108–94	Opel Merksem	N/A	[3]
1985–86			Maes Pils	98–70	Boule de'Or Andenne	N/A	[3]
1986–87			Maes Pils	112–71, 84–101	Assubel Mariembourg	N/A	[3]
1987–88			Maccabi Brussels	72–61	Assubel Mariembourg	N/A	[3]
1988–89			Sunair Oostende	72–66	Maccabi Brussels	N/A	[3]
1989–90			Maes Pils	96–58	Durox Leuven	N/A	[3]
1990–91			Sunair Oostende	75–74 (OT)	Bobcat Gent	N/A	[3]
1991–92			Bobcat Gent	68–55	Sunair Oostende	N/A	[3]
1992–93			Maes Pils	97–72	Go Pass Pepinster	N/A	[3]
1993–94			Maes Pils	87–80	ABB Leuven	N/A	[3]
1994–95			Excelsior Brussels	69–60	Spirou	N/A	[3]
1995–96			Spirou	65–63	Sunair Oostende	N/A	[3]
1996–97			Sunair Oostende	90–80	Spirou	N/A	[3]
1997–98			Sunair Oostende	90–80	Belgacom Aalst	N/A	[3]
1998–99			Spirou	91–85 (3OT)	Sunair Oostende	N/A	[3]
1999–00			Telindus Racing Antwerpen	82–65	Orange Oostende	N/A	[3]
2000–01			Telindus Oostende	93–79	Spirou	N/A	[3]
2001–02			Spirou	96–65	Pover Wevelgem	N/A	[3]
2002–03			Spirou	115–68	Spirou Gilly[lower-alpha 4]	N/A	[3]
2003–04			Euphony Liège	87–83	Telindus Oostende	N/A	[3]
2004–05			Passe-Partout Leuven Bears	87–80	Spirou	N/A	[3]
2005–06			Dexia Mons-Hainaut	69–59	Spirou	N/A	[3]
2006–07	Leuven	Sportoase	Sanex Antwerp Giants	70–64	Liège Basket	N/A	[4]
2007–08	Charleroi	Spiroudome	Telindus Oostende	66–63	Spirou	N/A	[5]
2008–09	Leuven	Sportoase	Spirou	63–51	Liège	N/A	[6]
2009–10	Liège	Country Hall Ethias	Base Oostende	82–63	Spirou	N/A	[7]
2010–11	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Dexia Mons-Hainaut	68–66	Telenet Oostende	N/A	[8]
2011–12	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Okapi Aalstar	96–89 (OT)	Antwerp Giants	N/A	[9]
2012–13	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Telenet Oostende	77–76	Okapi Aalstar	Matt Lojeski	[10]
2013–14	Brussels	Paleis 12	Telenet Oostende	88–79	Port of Antwerp Giants	Dušan Đorđević	[11]
2014–15	Brussels	Forest National	Telenet Oostende	94–93 (OT)	Liège	N/A
2015–16	Brussels	Forest National	Telenet Oostende	72–54	Port of Antwerp Giants	Khalid Boukichou	[12]
2016–17	Brussels	Forest National	Telenet Oostende	76–60	Limburg United	Dušan Đorđević	[13]

See also

• Belgian Basketball Cup MVP

Notes

References

External links

• Basket Belgium Cup - Men
• Belgian Basketball Cup at Flashscores