BNXT League Dutch Playoffs
Most recent season or competition:
2022 BNXT League Dutch Playoffs
SportBasketball
Founded1978
No. of teams6
Most recent
champion(s)
Heroes Den Bosch
(2022)

The BNXT League Dutch Play-offs is the concluding elimination tournament part of the BNXT League, which determines the Dutch national basketball champions. The playoffs were introduced in the 1977–78 season, modelled after the American National Basketball Association (NBA) which already used the system.[1] The playoffs were part of the Eredivisie (later the Dutch Basketball League) until 2021, when they became part of the BNXT League, which is a fusion league with Belgium.

The play-offs generally commence in May and finish in June or July.

Formats

Several different formats have been used of the existence of the playoffs.

1977–1982

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1982–1992

In 1982, the finals were expanded to a best-of-five series.

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1993–2015, 2018–2019

From 1993 to 2015, eight teams qualified for the playoffs each year. The quarterfinals were a best-of-three, the semifinals a best-of-five, and the finals a best-of-seven.

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2015–2018

Because the number of teams in 2014 was reduced to nine, the number of teams qualifying for the playoffs was reduced as well. The semi-finals became a best-of-seven series as well.

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2020–2021

In 2020, the quarter-finals were played in a two-legged series with the team with the most aggregated points winning. The finals were shortened to a best-of-five.

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2021–present

Since 2021, under the umbrella of the BNXT League. Teams are ranked based on their standings in the Elite Gold and the Elite Silver.

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List of playoff series

This is a listing of Dutch national basketball playoffs series, grouped by club. Bolded years indicate wins, underlined years are finals. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and then by year of first occurrence.

Donar

Opponent S Occurrences GP W L %
Heroes Den Bosch 9 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 51 26 25
ZZ Leiden 9 1978, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 41 25 16
Amsterdam Basketball 5 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 17 7 10
Landstede Hammers 3 2016, 2017, 2019 16 10 6
Magixx 2 2005, 2008 6 3 3
Feyenoord Basketball 2 2009, 2016 5 4 1
BSW 2 2010, 2011 6 4 2
Den Helder Suns 2 2019, 2021 4 4 0
Aris Leeuwarden 2 2015, 2022 5 4 1
Omniworld 1 2004 2 2 0
Virtus Werkendam 1 2001 3 2 1
NAC 1 2002 2 0 2
West-Brabant Giants 1 2010 5 4 1
Den Helder Kings 1 2013 3 3 0
Apollo Amsterdam 1 2014 2 2 0
Totals 42 168 100 68 .595

ZZ Leiden

Opponent S Occurrences GP W L %
Landstede Hammers 6 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 24 17 7
Heroes Den Bosch 4 2007, 2012, 2021, 2022 15 6 9
Donar 3 1978, 2011, 2013 13 9 4
Matrixx Magixx 3 2010, 2011, 2013 9 8 1
Amsterdam 2 2009, 2011 4 2 2
Aris Leeuwarden 2 2013, 2018 7 6 1
Apollo Amsterdam 1 2017 2 2 0
Feyenoord Basketball 1 2019 2 2 0
BAL 1 2021 2 2 0
Totals 23 78 54 24 .591

Heroes Den Bosch

Opponent S Occurrences GP W L %
Heroes Den Bosch 9 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 51 25 26
Landstede Hammers 5 2004, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2019 21 11 10
BSW Weert 5 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013 19 12 7
ZZ Leiden 4 2007, 2012, 2021, 2022 15 9 6
Amsterdam Basketball 3 2002, 2008, 2009 17 7 10
Aris Leeuwarden 3 2010, 2013, 2014 8 3 5
EiffelTowers Nijmegen 2 2003, 2004 7 4 3
Apollo Amsterdam 2 2016, 2019 4 4 0
Feyenoord Basketball 2 2017, 2018 5 3 2
Punch 1 1978 3 1 2
BV Den Helder 1 2001 2 2 0
Magixx 1 2007 4 4 0
West-Brabant Giants 1 2008 4 3 1
Den Helder Kings 1 2014 3 3 0
United 1 2021 2 1 1
Totals 41 165 92 73 .558

Recent finals

Numbers in brackets after team names refer to the seed as which they came into the playoffs.

Year Home court advantage Coach Result Home court disadvantage Coach Ref.
GasTerra Flames (1)Marco van den Berg
4–1
WCAA Giants (2)Erik Braal
ZZ Leiden (1)Toon van Helfteren
4–3
GasTerra Flames (2)Marco van den Berg
ZZ Leiden (1)Toon van Helfteren
1–4
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (3)Raoul Korner
ZZ Leiden (2)Toon van Helfteren
4–0
Aris Leeuwarden (4)Erik Braal
GasTerra Flames (1)Ivica Skelin
4–3
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (2)Sam Jones
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (1)Sam Jones4–1Donar (3)Ivica Skelin
Landstede Zwolle (1)Herman van den Belt
1–4
Donar (3)Erik Braal
Donar (1)Erik Braal
4–1
Landstede Zwolle (2)Herman van den Belt
Donar (1)Erik Braal
4–0
ZZ Leiden (3)Paul Vervaeck
Landstede Zwolle (2)Herman van den Belt
4–2
Donar (4)Erik Braal
2020
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

Performance by team

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Donar 4 3 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018 2011, 2015, 2019
Leiden 2 2 2011, 2013 2012, 2018
Landstede Hammers 1 2 2019 2016, 2017
Heroes Den Bosch 1 1 2015 2012
Aris Leeuwarden 1 2013
West-Brabant Giants 1 2010

References

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