Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League
Organising body Federatie Eredivie Basketbal
Founded 1960 (1960)
First season 1960–61
Country  Netherlands
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) NBB Cup
Supercup Dutch Supercup
International cup(s) Basketball Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions Donar (7th title)
(2018)
Most championships Den Bosch (16 titles)
Website www.basketballleague.nl
2018–19 Dutch Basketball League

The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system. To participate a team has to have enough money and potential. The league began in 1960 as the Eredivisie and was organized by the NBB and later the FEB. In 1977 the league introduced the play-offs. At the moment the Dutch Basketball League consist of nine teams and is played under the FIBA rules.

It is run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB).[1]

Format and rules

Each team has to play all the other teams in the league four times, twice at home and twice away. This means that the league's regular season ends after all teams play 36 matches. Like many other national domestic leagues in continental Europe, the Dutch Basketball League' takes a winter break once each team has played half of its scheduled games. At the end of the league, the eight best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 8th place team in the standings, and so on. The quarter finals are played in a best-of-three format and the semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format, and the finals are played in a best-of-seven format.

Teams in the DBL are not allowed to have more than four players without a Dutch passport in their on court team at the same time.

Current clubs

Club Location Venue Capacity
Apollo AmsterdamAmsterdamApollohal1,500
Den Helder SunsDen HelderSporthal Sportlaan1,500
DonarGroningenMartiniPlaza4,350
Dutch WindmillsDordrechtSporthal de Boulevard1,100
New Heroes's-HertogenboschMaaspoort Sports and Events2,800
BSWWeertSporthal Boshoven1,000
LandstedeZwolleLandstede Sportcentrum1,200
Zorg en Zekerheid LeidenLeidenVijf Meihal2,000
Aris LeeuwardenLeeuwardenKalverdijkje1,700
FeyenoordRotterdamTopsportcentrum1,000

Champions

Finals

The two teams that advance to the Finals of the play-offs play against each other in a best-of-seven playoff format.

Recent Dutch Basketball League seasons Finals
Season Winner(s) Score Runners-up
2009–10
 GasTerra Flames
4–1
 West-Brabant Giants
2010–11
 ZZ Leiden
4–3
 GasTerra Flames
2011–12
 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
4–1
 ZZ Leiden
2012–13
 ZZ Leiden
4–0
 Aris Leeuwarden
2013–14
 GasTerra Flames
4–3
 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
2014–15
 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
4–1
 Donar
2015–16
 Donar
4–1
 Landstede Zwolle
2016–17
 Donar
4–1
 Landstede Zwolle
2017–18
 Donar
4–0
 ZZ Leiden

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Teams in bold are currently playing in the DBL.

Eredivisie / Dutch Basketball League winners by club
Club Wins Seasons won
EBBC / Den Bosch
16
1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15
DED 81945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58
Amsterdam 71998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09
Donar 71981–82, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Den Helder 61988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1997–98
The Wolves Amsterdam
4
1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65
Flamingo's Haarlem
4
1985–86, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
AMVJ 31948–49, 1950–51, 1954–55
Leiden
3
1977–78, 2010–11, 2012–13
Blue Stars
2
1958–59, 1969–70
Landlust
2
1961–62, 1962–63
Punch Delft
2
1968–69, 1974–75
Amstelveen
2
1975–76, 1976–77
APGS
1
1947–48
Herly Amsterdam
1
1965–66
SVE Utrecht
1
1966–67
RZ
1
1973–74
BSW Weert
1
1993–94
Matrixx Magixx
1
2002–03

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ uleb.com
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