Dutch Basketball Supercup

The Dutch Basketball Supercup, also known as the DBL Supercup, is the super cup competition of professional basketball in the Netherlands. The match is played by the champions of the Dutch Basketball League and the winner of the NBB Cup. It is a super cup competition. The first Supercup game was held in 2011.[1]

Dutch Basketball Supercup
Organising bodyDutch Basketball League (DBL)
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
First season2011
CountryNetherlands
Number of teams2
Related competitionsDutch Basketball League
Dutch Basketball Cup
Current championsZZ Leiden (4th title)
(2023)
Most championshipsZZ Leiden
(4 titles)
2019 Dutch Basketball Supercup

The record holder for most Supercup titles is ZZ Leiden, who have won four trophies.

Title holders edit

Games edit

Year Winner(s) Score Runners-up Venue Attendance Top scorer Winners' coach Ref.
2011 ZZ Leiden 66–60 Donar[a] Nieuw Welgelegen, Utrecht Seamus Boxley (15) Toon van Helfteren [2]
2012 ZZ Leiden 67–57 Den Bosch Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch DeJuan Wright (18) Toon van Helfteren
2013 Den Bosch 68–47 ZZ Leiden Vijf Meihal, Leiden 1,500 Kees Akerboom (17) Sam Jones
2014 Donar 78–67 ZZ Leiden MartiniPlaza, Groningen 1,040 DeJuan Wright (20) Ivica Skelin [3]
2015 Den Bosch 85–72 Donar Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch (2) Will Sullivan (17) Sam Jones [4]
2016 Donar 88–51 Den Bosch MartiniPlaza, Groningen (2) 1,100 Drago Pašalić (20) Erik Braal [5]
2017 Landstede 77–69 Donar MartiniPlaza, Groningen (3) 2,320 Noah Dahlman (20) Herman van den Belt [6]
2018 Donar 74–69 ZZ Leiden MartiniPlaza, Groningen (4) Darius Thompson (21) Erik Braal [7][8]
2019 Landstede Hammers 78–68 ZZ Leiden Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle 800 Jordan Johnson (19) Herman van den Belt [9]
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Leiden 87–74 BAL Vijf Meihal, Leiden (2) 500 Jhonathan Dunn and Chris Hudson (20 each) Geert Hammink [10]
2022 Heroes Den Bosch 76–59 Donar Maaspoort, 's-Hertogenbosch (3) Vernon Taylor (20) Erik Braal [11]
2023 ZZ Leiden 62–57 Landstede Hammers Vijf Meihal, Leiden (3) Roeland Schaftenaar (17) Doug Spradley [12]

Performance by club edit

Donar, Heroes Den Bosch and ZZ Leiden hold the shared record for most Supercup titles with 3, while Leiden and Donar have both played in 7 games.

Club Winners Runners-up Seasons won Seasons lost
ZZ Leiden 4 4 2011, 2012, 2021, 2023 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
Donar 3 4 2014, 2016, 2018 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022
Heroes Den Bosch 3 2 2013, 2015, 2022 2012, 2016
Landstede Hammers 2 1 2017, 2019 2023
BAL 1 2021

Top scorers edit

The record for most scored points in a Supercup game is 26, by Jordan Johnson of the Landstede Hammers in the 2018 edition. DeJuan Wright is the only player to be top scorer in the SuperCup twice, in 2012 and 2014.

Year Player Points
2011   Seamus Boxley 15
2012   DeJuan Wright 18
2013   Kees Akerboom 17
2014   DeJuan Wright (2) 20
2015   Will Sullivan 17
2016   Drago Pašalić 20
2017   Noah Dahlman 20
2018   Darius Thompson[7] 21
2019   Jordan Johnson 26
2021   Jhonathan Dunn 20
  Chris Hudson
2022   Vernon Taylor 20
2023   Roeland Schaftenaar 17

Notes edit

  1. ^ Known as "GasTerra Flames".

References edit

  1. ^ "Basketball League". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Flames verliest duel om Supercup". www.rtvnoord.nl (in Dutch). 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ "Basketballers Donar winnen Supercup". NOS.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  4. ^ "Shoeters Den Bosch wint Supercup". nos.nl. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Donar wint Supercup op z'n sloffen". Oogtv.nl. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Basketballers Landstede verrassen met Supercup-zege | NOS".
  7. ^ a b "Donar pakt derde SuperCup". basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07.
  9. ^ "Landstede Hammers wint de Supercup". 22 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  10. ^ "ZZ Leiden verovert derde SuperCup". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 September 2021.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Basketballers Heroes Den Bosch veroveren Supercup". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  12. ^ "ZZ Leiden conquers Dutch Supercup". www.bnxtleague.com. Retrieved 2023-09-19.

See also edit