The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB), 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 10 teams and is played under the FIBA rules.
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
* 1 Including the 2013β14 season.
Total league championships
Bold teams are still active in the Dutch Basketball League.
# | Team | City | Winning years |
15 | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 's-Hertogenbosch | 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012 |
7 | ABC Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 |
6 | Den Helder Kings | Den Helder | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998 |
4 | The Wolves Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965 |
Flamingo's Haarlem | Haarlem | 1986, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
3 | GasTerra Flames | Groningen | 1982, 2004, 2010 |
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | Leiden | 1978, 2011, 2013 |
2 | Landlust Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 1962, 1963 |
Punch Delft | Delft | 1969, 1975 |
Kinzo Amstelveel | Amstelveen | 1976, 1977 |
1 | BSW Weert | Weert | 1994 |
Blue Stars Diemen | Diemen | 1970 |
Matrixx Magixx | Wijchen | 2003 |
Herly Amsterdam | Amsterdam | 1966 |
SVE Utrecht | Utrecht | 1967 |
Transol Rotterdam-Zuid | Rotterdam | 1974 |
League champions
- 1960 β The Wolves Amsterdam
- 1961 β The Wolves Amsterdam
- 1962 β Landlust Amsterdam
- 1963 β Landlust Amsterdam
- 1964 β The Wolves Amsterdam
- 1965 β The Wolves Amsterdam
- 1966 β Herly Amsterdam
- 1967 β SVE Utrecht
- 1968 β Flamingo's Haarlem
- 1969 β Punch Delft
- 1970 β Blue Stars Diemen
- 1971 β Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem
- 1972 β Levi's Flamingo's Haarlem
- 1973 βLevi's Flamingo's Haarlem
- 1974 β Transol Rotterdam-Zuid
- 1975 β Raak Punch Delft
- 1976 β Kinzo Amstelveen
- 1977 β Kinzo Amstelveen
- 1978 β Parker Leiden
- 1979 β EBBC Den Bosch
- 1980 β Nashua Den Bosch
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- 1981 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1982 β Nationale Nederlanden Donar
- 1983 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1984 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1985 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1986 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1987 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1988 β Nashua Den Bosch
- 1989 β Direktbank Den Helder
- 1990 β Commodore Den Helder
- 1991 β Commodore Den Helder
- 1992 β Commodore Den Helder
- 1993 β Canoe Jeans Den Bosch
- 1994 β LanΓ¨che Weert
- 1995 β Mustang Jeans Den Helder
- 1996 β America Today Den Bosch
- 1997 β Libertel Dolphins Den Bosch
- 1998 β Hans Verkerk Keukens Den Helder
- 1999 β Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam
- 2000 β Ricoh Astronauts Amsterdam
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Finals
Awards
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