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2018–19 Dutch Basketball League

The 2018–19 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 59th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 6 October 2018 and ended 30 April 2019. The best eight teams qualify for the playoffs which start on 2 May 2019. Donar was the defending champion.

Dutch Basketball League
Season2018–19
Dates6 October 2018 – 1 June 2019
Number of games184
Number of teams10
Regular season
Top seedZZ Leiden
Champions LeagueDonar
FIBA Europe CupLandstede
ZZ Leiden
Season MVPUnited States Darius Thompson
Finals
ChampionsLandstede
1st title
  Runners-upDonar
Playoffs MVPCanada Kaza Kajami-Keane
Statistical leaders
Points United States Darius Thompson 19.4
Rebounds United States Tony Washington 11.3
Assists United States Maurice Watson Jr. 7.9
Index Rating United States Darius Thompson 23.5

The season saw Landstede Zwolle win its first domestic championship, after defeating defending champions Donar in the finals.[1]

Format edit

Due to the increase of teams from nine to ten, the format for the DBL season was changed. The eight highest-placed teams during the regular season qualify for the play-offs, while the two last-placed teams are eliminated. In the quarter-finals, a best-of-three series is played. In the semi-finals, a best-of-five series is played. The finals are decided through a best-of-seven series.[2]

Teams edit

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Dutch Basketball League

On 3 May 2018, the DBL officially announced the Dutch Windmills would make their debut in the upcoming season.[3] Forward Lease Rotterdam changed its name to Feyenoord Basketball, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of association football club Feyenoord.[4]

Despite reaching the semi-finals of the NBB Cup and being in the fifth place in the DBL, Windmills struggled with financial problems throughout the season. In December 2018, Windmills was refused entrance to its home arena due to its payment arrears.[5] On 10 April 2019, it was announced that Windmills would withdraw from the DBL. Its results in the second half of the competition were scrapped by the DBL.[6]

Arenas and locations edit

Club Location Venue Capacity
Apollo Amsterdam Amsterdam Apollohal 1,500
Aris Leeuwarden Leeuwarden Kalverdijkje 1,700
BAL Weert Sporthal Boshoven 1,000
Den Helder Suns Den Helder Sporthal Sportlaan 1,000
Donar Groningen MartiniPlaza 4,350
Dutch Windmills Dordrecht Sporthal de Boulevard 1,100
Feyenoord Rotterdam Topsportcentrum 1,000
Landstede Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1,200
New Heroes 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2,800
ZZ Leiden Leiden Vijf Meihal 2,000

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Apollo Amsterdam   Patrick Faijdherbe   Dimeo van der Horst Adidas Paul Meijering
Aris Leeuwarden   Anne van Dijk (interim)   David Michaels Jako Friezon
BAL   Radenko Varagić[7]   Daan Rosenmuller Spalding –
Den Helder Suns   Peter van Noord   Tom Koopman Burned –
Donar   Erik Braal[8]   Jason Dourisseau Macron Hepro Kunststof Kozijnen
Dutch Windmills   Geert Hammink   Alec Wintering – PyrOil
Feyenoord   Jan Stalman (interim)   Ties Theeuwkens Adidas Autohaag Zeeuw
Landstede   Herman van den Belt   Nigel van Oostrum Burned Landstede
New Heroes   Ivica Skelin   Stefan Wessels Burned New Heroes[9]
ZZ Leiden   Rolf Franke[10]   Mohamed Kherrazi Peak Zorg en Zekerheid[11]

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
ZZ Leiden   Paul Vervaeck End of contract 30 May 2018[12] Pre-season   Rolf Franke 11 June 2018[10]
Feyenoord   Armand Salomon End of contract 23 June 2018[13]   Richard den Os 23 June 2018[13]
New Heroes   Silvano Poropat Mutual consent 27 August 2018[14]   Ivica Skelin 4 September 2018[15]
Feyenoord   Richard den Os Resigned 10 March 2019[16] 8th (7–19)   Jan Stalman (interim) 10 March 2019
Aris Leeuwarden   Tony van den Bosch Signed with Okapi Aalstar 8 April 2019[17] 8th (9–22)   Anne van Dijk (interim) 8 April 2019

Players edit

Foreign players edit

In 2017, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5.[18] Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Left during season
Apollo Amsterdam
Aris Leeuwarden   Nick Masterson[19]   David Michaels[20]   Griffin Kinney[21]   Deividas Kumelis[22]   Darian Anderson[23]   Jonathan Williams[24][25]
BAL   Tony Washington[26]
Den Helder Suns   Alex Laurent[27]   Steve Harris[28]   Thibault Vanderhaegen[29]   Lavone Holland[30][31]
Donar   Drago Pašalić[32]   Lance Jeter[33]   Teddy Gipson[34]   Grant Sitton[35]   LaRon Dendy[36]   Jordan Callahan[37][38]
  Jobi Wall[39]
Dutch Windmills   Shavon Coleman[40]   Bennett Koch[41]   Ryan Richardson[42]   LaVonte Dority[43]   Alec Wintering[44]
Feyenoord   Justin Gordon[45]   Emanuele Montaguti[46]   Trevor Setty[47]   La'Shard Anderson[45][48]
  Marius Mwendanga[49]
Landstede   Noah Dahlman[50]   Sherron Dorsey-Walker[50]   Kaza Kajami-Keane[51]   Kayel Locke[52]   Franko House[53]
New Heroes   Jonathon Williams[54]   Keshun Sherrill[55]   Payton Henson[56]   Vernon Taylor[57]   Steven Cook[58]
  Darrell Davis[59]
  Torian Graham[60]
ZZ Leiden   Kenneth Simms[61]   Clayton Vette[62]   Maurice Watson Jr.[63]   Darius Thompson[64]   Sergio De Randamie[65]

Notable transactions edit

Transactions including players who have won a DBL award, were named to an All-DBL Team or were DBL All-Stars.

Date Player From To
14 June 2018[66]   Jessey Voorn   ZZ Leiden   New Heroes
25 November 2018[67]   Lance Jeter   Pieno žvaigždės   Donar

Notable retirements edit

Player Date Team Playing career Notable honors
Tjoe de Paula 19 April 2018[68] Den Helder Suns 2001–2018 2x DBL champion
DBL Rookie of the Year
Kees Akerboom Jr. 31 May 2018[69] New Heroes 2001–2018 11x DBL All-Star
3x DBL champion

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 ZZ Leiden 34 31 3 2950 2409 +541 62 Qualification to play-offs
2 Landstede 34 28 6 2844 2314 +530 56
3 New Heroes 34 26 8 2752 2313 +439 52
4 Donar 34 22 12 2833 2457 +376 44
5 Den Helder Suns 34 12 22 2489 2758 −269 24
6 Apollo Amsterdam 34 10 24 2469 2855 −386 20
7 Aris Leeuwarden 34 9 25 2409 2765 −356 18
8 Feyenoord 34 9 25 2401 2747 −346 18
9 BAL 34 5 29 2267 2828 −561 10
10 Dutch Windmills[a] (D) 18 10 8 1282 1270 +12 0 Expelled
Source: DBL
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Dutch Windmills withdrew during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds count for the standings.

Results edit

Home \ Away AMS LEE BAL DHE WIN DON FEY LAN NHO ZZL AMS LEE BAL DHE WIN DON FEY LAN NHO ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam — 94–80 91–71 92–80 59–71 73–85 91–89 60–91 66–106 61–93 — 88–59 80–60 92–80 — 58–72 89–78 63–87 85–79 83–91
Aris Leeuwarden 77–65 — 75–69 88–85 74–80 60–97 90–79 57–110 73–84 81–95 70–78 — 72–53 62–93 — 65–60 75–100 71–78 63–82 69–92
BAL 91–78 63–60 — 91–102 74–82 60–104 85–72 71–89 49–80 65–82 68–75 79–65 — 64–78 — 60–78 85–72 64–94 71–79 55–97
Den Helder Suns 77–68 67–68 95–64 — 55–76 73–91 76–67 67–80 55–88 73–78 102–82 76–66 95–64 — — 67–96 80–69 44–76 76–87 57–68
Dutch Windmills 71–69 78–73 70–52 73–46 — 75–76 60–69 64–78 59–81 73–79 — — — — — — — — — —
Donar 86–55 91–57 90–51 110–83 68–69 — 90–59 84–90 80–75 71–73 101–57 61–76 101–67 96–63 — — 111–72 56–78 82–80 76–81
Feyenoord 67–52 83–72 68–70 72–69 60–77 77–79 — 77–89 64–76 80–91 78–56 57–103 69–54 72–69 — 66–82 — 75–66 60–74 58–97
Landstede 100–73 82–54 84–69 89–54 76–49 88–81 85–48 — 67–74 71–81 104–59 88–87 71–58 92–57 — 101–96 90–64 — 76–69 70–77
New Heroes 87–63 97–67 80–39 91–70 77–46 73–65 86–57 71–65 — 83–91 87–72 79–59 89–72 97–81 — 69–63 104–72 77–73 — 65–74
ZZ Leiden 93–72 96–75 100–73 97–76 91–66 83–77 88–64 82–87 72–67 — 89–58 91–64 103–84 83–61 — 82–85 92–68 79–82 89–59 —
Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
  • Note: Dutch Windmills withdrew from the tournament during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds would count for the league table.

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
1 ZZ Leiden 2
8 Feyenoord 0
1 ZZ Leiden 0
4 Donar 3
4 Donar 2
5 Den Helder Suns 0
4 Donar 2
2 Landstede 4
2 Landstede 2
7 Aris Leeuwarden 0
2 Landstede 3
3 New Heroes Den Bosch 1
3 New Heroes Den Bosch 2
6 Apollo Amsterdam 0

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
ZZ Leiden 2–0 Feyenoord 96–72 103–68 0
Landstede 2–0 Aris Leeuwarden 92–70 100–72 0
New Heroes 2–0 Apollo Amsterdam 88–59 94–62 0
Donar 2–0 Den Helder Suns 102–52 75–69 0

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
ZZ Leiden 0–3 Donar 76–77 71–84 63–93 0 0
Landstede 3–1 New Heroes 63–89 75–67 76–68 75–74 0

Finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Donar 2–4 Landstede 72–69 53–62 70–84 88–88 53–85 71–78 0

Final standings edit

The final standings are based upon performance in the playoffs.

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification
1 Landstede (C) 46 37 9 Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup regular season
2 Donar 45 29 16 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds[a]
3 ZZ Leiden 39 33 6 Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
4 New Heroes 40 29 11
5 Den Helder Suns 36 12 24
6 Apollo Amsterdam 36 10 26
7 Aris Leeuwarden 36 9 27
8 Feyenoord 36 9 27
9 BAL 34 5 29
10 Dutch Windmills[b] (D) 18 10 8 Expelled
Source: DBL
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Landstede rejected its invitation for the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League, moving its place to Donar.
  2. ^ Dutch Windmills withdrew during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds count for the standings.

Awards edit

Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player   Darius Thompson ZZ Leiden
Playoffs MVP   Kaza Kajami-Keane Landstede Zwolle
Statistical Player of the Year   Darius Thompson ZZ Leiden
Defensive Player of the Year   Mohamed Kherrazi ZZ Leiden
Coach of the Year   Rolf Franke ZZ Leiden
MVP U23   Rienk Mast Donar
Most Improved Player   Rienk Mast Donar
Sixth Man of the Year   Sergio De Randamie ZZ Leiden
Rookie of the Year   Boy van Vliet Den Helder Suns

Dutch clubs in European competitions edit

Team Competition Progress
Donar Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16
New Heroes Den Bosch Regular season
ZZ Leiden Round of 16

See also edit

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