Dutch Basketball League

Dutch Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Dutch Basketball League
Formerly	Eredivisie (1960–2010)
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1960
No. of teams	8
Country	Netherlands
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Donar Groningen (5th title)
Most titles	Den Bosch (16 titles)
International cup(s)	Champions League (3rd tier) FIBA Europe Cup (4th tier)
Related competitions	NBB Cup Dutch SuperCup
Official website	www.basketballleague.nl

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 eight teams and is played under the FIBA rules.

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

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 team.

Current clubs

Title holders

Finals

Season	Champion	Score	Runner–up	Top seed	Record	Champions' coach	Playoffs MVP
1945–46	DED	N/A		DED			N/A
1946–47	DED	N/A		DED	13–1		N/A
1947–48	APGS	N/A		APGS			N/A
1948–49	AMVJ	N/A		AMVJ			N/A
1949–50	DED	N/A		DED			N/A
1950–51	AMVJ	N/A	The Arrows Rotterdam	AMVJ	3–0		N/A
1951–52	DED	N/A	Antilopen Haarlem	DED	4–0		N/A
1952–53	DED	N/A	The Arrows Rotterdam	DED	4–0		N/A
1953–54	DED	N/A	The Arrows Rotterdam	DED	3–0		N/A
1954–55	AMVJ	N/A	SSD Delft	AMVJ	3–0		N/A
1955–56	DED	N/A	SSD Delft	DED	3–0		N/A
1956–57	The Wolves Amsterdam	N/A	Zeemacht Den Helder	The Wolves Amsterdam	3–0		N/A
1957–58	DED	2–1	Blue Stars	DED	18–0		N/A
1958–59	Blue Stars	N/A					N/A
1959–60	The Wolves Amsterdam	N/A					N/A
1960–61	The Wolves Amsterdam	N/A	Blue Stars	The Wolves Amsterdam	20–2		N/A
1961–62	Landlust	N/A					N/A
1962–63	Landlust	N/A					N/A
1963–64	The Wolves Amsterdam	N/A					N/A
1964–65	The Wolves Amsterdam	N/A					N/A
1965–66	Herly Amsterdam	N/A					N/A
1966–67	Eendracht Utrecht	N/A	Landlust	Eendracht Utrecht	20–3		N/A
1967–68	Flamingo's Haarlem	N/A					N/A
1968–69	Punch Delft	N/A	Blue Stars	Punch Delft	21–2		N/A
1969–70	Blue Stars	N/A	RZ	Blue Stars	17–3		N/A
1970–71	Levi's Flamingo's	N/A	RZ	Levi's Flamingo's	22–0	Jan Janbroers	N/A
1971–72	Levi's Flamingo's	N/A	Fiat Stars	Levi's Flamingo's	21–1	Jan Janbroers	N/A
1972–73	Levi's Flamingo's	N/A	Raak Punch	Levi's Flamingo's	19–3	Jan Janbroers	N/A
1973–74	Transol RZ	N/A	Levi's Flamingo's	Transol RZ	24–2		N/A
1974–75	Raak Punch	N/A	Transol RZ	Raak Punch	23–1		N/A
1975–76	Kinzo Amstelveen	N/A	Buitoni Flamingo's	Kinzo Amstelveen	29–7		N/A
1976–77	Kinzo Amstelveen	N/A	Sperry Remington EBBC	Kinzo Amstelveen	33–3		N/A
1977–78	Parker Leiden	2–1	Tripper Jeans Delft	EBBC	30–6	Ton Boot	N/A
1978–79	EBBC	2–0	Parker Leiden	EBBC	31–5	Ton Boot	N/A
1979–80	EBBC	2–0	Parker Leiden	Parker Leiden	37–3	Ton Boot	N/A
1980–81	Nashua EBBC	2–0	Parker Leiden	Parker Leiden	31–5		N/A
1981–82	Nationale-Nederlanden Donar	3–1	Nashua EBBC	Nashua EBBC	31–5	Maarten van Gent	N/A
1982–83	Nashua EBBC	3–0	Hatrans Haaksbergen	Nashua EBBC	31–5	Ton Boot	N/A
1983–84	Nashua EBBC	3–1	Elmex Leiden	Nashua EBBC	29–3	Ton Boot	N/A
1984–85	Nashua EBBC	3–0	Elmex Leiden	Nashua EBBC	23–5		N/A
1985–86	Nashua EBBC	3–2	Doppeldouche Den Helder	Nashua EBBC	30–6		N/A
1986–87	Nashua EBBC	3–1	Direktbank Den Helder	Nashua EBBC	30–6		N/A
1987–88	Nashua EBBC	3–1	Miniware Weert	Nashua EBBC	32–4		N/A
1988–89	Direktbank Den Helder	3–1	Nashua EBBC	Nashua EBBC	31–5	Ton Boot	N/A
1989–90	Commodore Den Helder	3–2	Nashua EBBC	Commodore EBBC	33–3	Ton Boot	N/A
1990–91	Commodore Den Helder	3–0	Nashua EBBC	Commodore Den Helder	29–3	Ton Boot	N/A
1991–92	Commodore Den Helder	3–2	Pro-Specs EBBC	Pro-Specs EBBC	24–8	Ton Boot	N/A
1992–93	Canoe Jeans EBBC	4–2	Selex Weert	Canoe Jeans EBBC	21–7		N/A
1993–94	Lanèche Weert	4–2	Canoe Jeans EBBC	Mustang Jeans Den Helder	15–3		N/A
1994–95	Mustang Jeans Den Helder	4–1	GOBA Gorinchem	Mustang Jeans Den Helder	22–6		N/A
1995–96	America Today EBBC	4–2	Rene Colthof Den Helder	America Today EBBC	17–3		N/A
1996–97	Libertel EBBC	4–3	Finish Profiles Amsterdam	Libertel EBBC	19–3		N/A
1997–98	Hans Verkerk Keukens Den Helder	4–3	RZG Donar	Hans Verkerk Keukens Den Helder	18–4		N/A
1998–99	Ricoh Astronauts	4–3	Hans Verkerk Keukens Den Helder	Ricoh Astronauts	18–4	Ton Boot	N/A
1999–00	Ricoh Astronauts	4–1	Image Center Werkendam	Ricoh Astronauts	18–4	Ton Boot	N/A
2000–01	Ricoh Astronauts	4–2	Vanilla Weert	Ricoh Astronauts	17–5	Ton Boot	N/A
2001–02	Ricoh Astronauts	4–3	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	13–7	Ton Boot	N/A
2002–03	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	4–1	Omniworld Almere	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	13–3	M. van den Berg	N/A
2003–04	MPC Capitals	4–2	Tulip EBBC	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	29–7	Ton Boot	N/A
2004–05	Demon Astronauts	4–0	Landstede	MPC Capitals	15–5	Arik Shivek	Joe Spinks
2005–06	EiffelTowers EBBC	4–3	Landstede	MPC Capitals	15–3	Randy Wiel	N/A
2006–07	EiffelTowers EBBC	4–0	Matrixx Magixx Nijmegen	EiffelTowers EBBC	36–4	Randy Wiel	N/A
2007–08	MyGuide Amsterdam	4–3	EiffelTowers EBBC	MyGuide Amsterdam	31–9	Arik Shivek	N/A
2008–09	EclipseJet-MyGuide Amsterdam	4–3	EiffelTowers EBBC	EclipseJet-MyGuide Amsterdam	35–5	Arik Shivek	N/A
2009–10	GasTerra Flames	4–1	WCAAG	GasTerra Flames	33–3	M. van den Berg	N/A
2010–11	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	4–3	GasTerra Flames	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	30–6	Toon van Helfteren	N/A
2011–12	EiffelTowers EBBC	4–1	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	22–6	Raoul Korner	N/A
2012–13	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden	4–0	Aris Leeuwarden	EiffelTowers EBBC	30–6	Toon van Helfteren	N/A
2013–14	GasTerra Flames	4–3	SPM Shoeters EBBC	GasTerra Flames	32–4	Ivica Skelin	Arvin Slagter
2014–15	SPM Shoeters EBBC	4–1	Donar	SPM Shoeters EBBC	24–4	Sam Jones	Brandyn Curry
2015–16	Donar	4–1	Landstede	Landstede	22–6	Erik Braal	Lance Jeter

Performance by club

Awards

See also

• Dutch Cup
• Dutch Supercup

References

External links

• Official Site
• Eurobasket.com League Page

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16
Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.