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 body	Dutch Basketball League (DBL)
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
First season	2011
Country	Netherlands
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Dutch Basketball League Dutch Basketball Cup
Current champions	ZZ Leiden (4th title) (2023)
Most championships	ZZ Leiden (4 titles)

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

Title holders

• 2011 Leiden (ZZ)
• 2012 Leiden (ZZ)
• 2013 Den Bosch (SPM Shoeters)
• 2014 Donar (GasTerra Flames)
• 2015 Den Bosch (SPM Shoeters)
• 2016 Donar
• 2017 Landstede Zwolle
• 2018 Donar
• 2019 Landstede Hammers
• 2021 Leiden (ZZ)
• 2022 Heroes Den Bosch
• 2023 Leiden (ZZ)

Games

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

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

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

1. Known as "GasTerra Flames".

References

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3. "Basketballers Donar winnen Supercup". NOS.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
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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

• Dutch Basketball League
• Basketball Cup