BBL-Pokal

Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany.^[1] Since 2009, the competition has been conducted only between the top-ranked clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

BBL-Pokal

Founded	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
First season	1966–67
Country	Germany
Number of teams	16
Related competitions	Beko BBL BBL Champions Cup
Current champions	Mitteldeutscher BC (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Alba Berlin (11 titles)
Website	www.easycredit-bbl.de
2024–25 BBL-Pokal

History and format

Former BBL-Pokal Top Four logo

The competition was founded in 1966 by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on 11 June 1967, in Oberhausen. Since 1993, the cup championship is decided in a final four format, which is held over one weekend. The host team of the cup's final four, is automatically set as one of the participants. The three remaining teams are determined by three quarterfinal matches, played between the winners of the earlier round matches.

Logo of the Top Four of the BBL-Pokal, used until 2018

Starting from the 2018–19 season, the format was changed to a sixteen team knock-out tournament, with the sixteen highest seeded teams from the previous season qualifying.^[2]

Winners

• 1966–67 Vfl Osnabrück (1)
• 1967–68 Bayern Munich (1)
• 1968–69 Gießen 46ers (1)
• 1969–70 TuS 04 Leverkusen (1)
• 1970–71 TuS 04 Leverkusen (2)
• 1971–72 Wolfenbüttel (1)
• 1972–73 Gießen 46ers (2)
• 1973–74 TuS 04 Leverkusen (3)
• 1974–75 SSV Hagen (1)
• 1975–76 TuS 04 Leverkusen (4)
• 1976–77 USC Heidelberg (1)
• 1977–78 USC Heidelberg (2)
• 1978–79 Gießen 46ers (3)
• 1979–80 Saturn Köln (1)
• 1980–81 Saturn Köln (2)
• 1981–82 Wolfenbüttel (2)
• 1982–83 Saturn Köln (3)
• 1983–84 ASC 1846 Göttingen (1)
• 1984–85 ASC 1846 Göttingen (2)
• 1985–86 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (5)
• 1986–87 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6)
• 1987–88 Steiner Bảyeuth (1)
• 1988–89 Steiner Bảyeuth (2)
• 1989–90 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7)
• 1990–91 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8)
• 1991–92 TTL Bamberg (1)
• 1992–93 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9)
• 1993–94 Brandt Hagen (2)
• 1994–95 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (10)
• 1995–96 ratiopharm Ulm
• 1996–97 Alba Berlin (1)
• 1997–98 TBB Trier (1)
• 1998–99 Alba Berlin (2)
• 1999–00 Skyliners Frankfurt (1)
• 2000–01 TBB Trier (2)
• 2001–02 Alba Berlin (3)
• 2002–03 Alba Berlin (4)
• 2003–04 RheinEnergie Köln (1)
• 2004–05 RheinEnergie Köln (2)
• 2005–06 Alba Berlin (5)
• 2006–07 RheinEnergie Köln (3)
• 2007–08 Artland Dragons (1)
• 2008–09 Alba Berlin (6)
• 2009–10 Brose Baskets (2)
• 2010–11 Brose Baskets (3)
• 2011–12 Brose Baskets (4)
• 2012–13 Alba Berlin (7)
• 2013–14 Alba Berlin (8)
• 2014–15 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
• 2015–16 Alba Berlin (9)
• 2016–17 Brose Bamberg (5)
• 2017–18 Bayern Munich (2)
• 2018–19 Brose Bamberg (6)
• 2019–20 Alba Berlin (10)
• 2020–21 Bayern Munich (3)
• 2021–22 Alba Berlin (11)
• 2022–23 Bayern Munich (4)
• 2023–24 Bayern Munich (5)
• 2024–25 Mitteldeutscher BC

Finals

Single and two-legged Finals Era (1967–1992)

The first DBB Cup final took place on 11 June 1967 in Oberhausen between VfL Osnabrück and ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86:74 (HT 39:36).

• 1966–67, 11.06.67, Oberhausen: Osnabrück – ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86–74
• 1967–68, 09.06.68, Darmstadt: Bayern Munich – Wolfenbüttel 59–55^[3]
• 1968–69, 14.06.69, Hamburg: Giessen 46ers – Osnabrück 75–74^[4]
• 1969–70, 31.05.70 Braunschweig: Bayer Giants Leverkusen – Osnabrück 73–49
• 1970–71, 17.10.71 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen – USC Mainz 101–64
• 1971–72, 07.05.72, Hilden: MTV Wolfenbüttel – Hagen 72–65 ^[5]
• 1972–73, 08.06.73 Hagen: Giessen 46ers – MTV Wolfenbüttel 90–86^[6]
• 1973–74, 08.06.74 Hagen: Bayer Leverkusen – Hamburger 88–61
• 1974–75, 15/22.03.75 Hagen & Heidelberg: SSV Hagen – USC Heidelberg 79:58 & 56:66 ^[7]
• 1975–76, 03/11.04.76 Leverkusen & Wolfenbüttel: TuS 04 Leverkusen – MTV Wolfenbüttel 84:77 & 62:66
• 1976–77, 30.03 /06.04.77 Heidelberg & Leverkusen: USC Heidelberg – Bayer Leverkusen 88:70 & 72:87^[8]
• 1977–78, 09/17.05.78 Heidelberg & Hagen: USC Heidelberg – SV Hagen 78:69 & 82:90^[9]
• 1978–79, 21/28.03.79 Göttingen & Gießen: Giessen 46ers – ASC 1846 Göttingen 77–72 & 75–77.
• 1979–80, 26/29.03.80 Köln + Gießen: Saturn Köln – Giessen 46ers 78–62 & 68–70^[10]
• 1980–81, 01/11.02.81 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln – SVV Hagen 82:77 & 85:82^[11]
• 1981–82,16/24.03.82 Wolfenbüttel & Köln: Wolfenbüttel – Saturn Köln 97:79 & 76:93
• 1982–83, 19/27.03.83 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln – Hagen 78:66 & 92:85
• 1983–84, 04/07.03.84 Köln & Göttingen: ASC 46 Göttingen – Saturn Köln 75:76 & 83:65
• 1984–85, 10.03.85 Osnabrück: ASC 1846 Göttingen – Medi Bayreuth (div2) 85–72^[12]
• 1985–86, 22.03.86 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen – Medi Bayreuth 80–68
• 1986–87, 05.04.87 Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Giessen 46ers 92:71
• 1987–88, 07.05.88 Ludwigsburg: Medi Bayreuth – Saturn Köln 105–88^[13]
• 1988–89, 1989, 02.04.89 Leverkusen: Medi Bayreuth – Bayer Giants Leverkusen 89–67
• 1989–90, 14/16.04.90 Bamberg & Leverkusen:TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Brose Bamberg 84:83 & 99:78
• 1990–91, 17/23.03.91 Braunschweig & Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen – MTV Braunschweig 98:71 & 126:80 (OT)
• 1991–92, 06/08.03.92 Stuttgart & Bamberg: Brose Bamberg – Riesen Ludwigsburg 69–72 & 74–68^[14]

Top Four Era (1993–2019, 2021–present)

From 1993 to 2019, a final four tournament was held in a host city to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Former logo of the Top Four

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score	MVP
1993	Bayreuth	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Brandt Hagen	81–60	Not awarded
1994	Bamberg	Brandt Hagen	ratiopharm Ulm	86–72
1995	Würzburg	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	ratiopharm Ulm	77–76
1996	Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	80–79
1997	Gießen	Alba Berlin	Gießen 46ers	82–73
1998	Frankfurt	TBB Trier	Dragons Rhöndorf	97–88
1999	Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	Gießen 46ers	69–48
2000	Frankfurt	Skyliners Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	76–68
2001	Frankfurt	TBB Trier	Hagen	96–83
2002	Berlin	Alba Berlin	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	105–55[15]
2003	Berlin	Alba Berlin	RheinEnergie Köln	82–80[16]
2004	Frankfurt	RheinEnergie Köln	Opel Skyliners	80–71
2005	Frankfurt	RheinEnergie Köln	Telekom Baskets Bonn	85–75
2006	Bamberg	Alba Berlin	GHP Bamberg	85–73
2007	Hamburg	RheinEnergie Köln	Artland Dragons	60–58[17]
2008	Hamburg	Artland Dragons	EnBW Ludwigsburg	74–60[18][19]
2009	Hamburg	Alba Berlin	Telekom Baskets Bonn	69–44[20]
2010	Frankfurt	Brose Baskets	Deutsche Bank Skyliners	76–75
2011	Bamberg	Brose Baskets	Phantoms Braunschweig	69–66
2012	Bonn	Brose Baskets	Telekom Baskets Bonn	82–73
2013	Berlin	Alba Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	85–67
2014	Ulm	Alba Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	86–80
2015	Oldenburg	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Brose Baskets	72–70
2016	Munich	Alba Berlin	Bayern Munich	67–65
2017	Berlin	Brose Bamberg	Bayern Munich	74–71
2018	Ulm	Bayern Munich	Alba Berlin	80–75
2019	Bamberg	Brose Bamberg	Alba Berlin	83–82
2021	Munich	Bayern Munich	Alba Berlin	85–79	Vladimir Lučić[21]
2022	Berlin	Alba Berlin	Crailsheim Merlins	86–76	Maodo Lô[22]
2023	Oldenburg	Bayern Munich	Baskets Oldenburg	90–78	Nick Weiler-Babb[23]
2024	Munich	Bayern Munich	ratiopharm Ulm	81–65	Sylvain Francisco
2025	Weißenfels	Mitteldeutscher BC	Bamberg Baskets	97–87

Knockout tournament (2020)

In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score	MVP
2020	Berlin	Alba Berlin	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	89–56	Martin Hermannsson[24]

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years
Alba Berlin	11	4	1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	10	3	1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
Bamberg Baskets	6	3	1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
Bayern Munich	5	2	1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
Gießen 46ers	3	4	1969, 1973, 1979
BSC Saturn Köln	3	3	1980, 1981, 1983
Köln 99ers	3	1	2004, 2005, 2007
SSV Hagen	2	6	1975, 1994
MTV Wolfenbüttel	2	3	1972, 1982
medi Bayreuth	2	2	1988, 1989
USC Heidelberg	2	1	1977, 1978
ASC 1846 Göttingen	2	1	1984, 1985
TBB Trier	2	0	1998, 2001
ratiopharm Ulm	1	5	1996
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	1	3	2015
VfL Osnabrück	1	2	1967
Skyliners Frankfurt	1	2	2000
Artland Dragons	1	1	2008
Mitteldeutscher BC	1	0	2025
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	3
EnBW Ludwigsburg	0	2
Phantoms Braunschweig	0	2
ATV 1877 Düsseldorf	0	1
USC Mainz	0	1
Hamburger Turnerbund	0	1
Dragons Rhöndorf	0	1
Crailsheim Merlins	0	1

See also

• BBL Champions Cup

References

1. "Meister und Pokalsieger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse" (in German). Easycredit-bbl.de. 24 April 2018.
3. Bayern history
4. Giessen history
5. [Im Pokalwettbewerb war der hiesige MTV bekanntlich erfolgreicher: Fünfmal im Finale: 1972 gegen Hagen und 1982 gegen Köln sogar als MTV history cup 1972 and 1982 finals]
6. 49ers history
7. Pokal 1975
8. US season 76–77
9. US season 77–78
10. Saturn cup 1980
11. Saturn cup 1981
12. Bayreuth 1985
13. Bayreuth history
14. Bamberg 91 92
15. 02 final at Eurobasket.com
16. 03 final at Eurobasket.com
17. 07 final at Eurobasket.com
18. Dragons win final
19. 08 final
20. 09 final at Eurobasket.com
21. BBV-GS (16 May 2021). "Bayern holt sich den BBL-Pokal". BBV (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2023.
22. "Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
23. "Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
24. "Berlin finally win No. 9, Hermannsson named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

Sources

• All cup finals and scores

External links

• Basketball Bundesliga (in German)
• History of BBL (in German)