Promotiedivisie

The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion.

Promotiedivisie

Organising body	Basketball Nederland
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Dutch Basketball League (optional)
Relegation to	Eerste divisie
Domestic cup(s)	NBB Cup
Current champions	Lokomotief (4th title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Akrides (5 titles)

The champion technically earns the right to promote to the Dutch Basketball League, although it only happens in exceptional cases, because a club has to turn professional to play in the league. The bottom team relegates to the Eerste divisie [nl], the national third division.

In 2012, Apollo Amsterdam became the first Promotiedivise champion to promote to the next season of the Dutch Basketball League. Lokomotief is the most successful team with three won titles.

Ahead of the 2023-24 season, the Promotiedivisie was expanded to 24 teams with two groups of twelve (Group A and Group B).

Current teams

There were 24teams in the 2022–23 season.^[1]

Team	City
Apollo Amsterdam	Amsterdam
Attacus	Veghel
Hot Pepper Heat	Zwanenburg
BV Hoofddorp	Hoofddorp
Aris We Here Fryslan	Leeuwarden
United Basketball	Bemmel
Orange Lions Academy	Amsterdam
BV Amsterdam	Amsterdam
ZZ Leiden U22	Leiden
Donar U22	Groningen
Heroes Den Bosch U22	's-Hertogenbosch
Landstede Hammers U22	Zwolle
BAL U22	Weert
River Trotters	Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Dreamfield Dolphins	Bemmel
Grasshoppers	Katwijk
De Groene Uilen	Groningen
Scylla	Groningen
BS Leiden	Leiden
Apolloheat	Amsterdam
UBALL	Utrecht
Uitsmijters	Almelo
BV Noordkop/Suns	Den Helder
Lokomotief	Rijswijk
CobraNova	Voorburg

Finals

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
1982–83	Orca's	Virtus Werkendam
1983–84	BC Markt Utrecht	BV Amsterdam
1984–85	BC Markt Utrecht	Interbril Greyhounds
1985–86	ICL Zaandam	DAS Delft
1986–87	Akrides	Red Giants
1987–88	Gunco Rotterdam	BV Voorburg
1988–89	BV Voorburg	BC Eindhoven
1989–90	Akrides (2)	GOBA Gorinchem
1990–91	Basketiers '71	Gunco Rotterdam
1991–92	BV Dakplan	Festo BVV
1992–93	Akrides (3)	GOBA Gorinchem
1993–94	Festo BVV	PSV–Almonte Basketbal
1994–95	BV Voorburg	De Dunckers
1995–96	RZG Drenthe	Image Center Hank
1996–97	Prisma College	DAS Delft
1997–98	Orca's (2)	Libertel Doplhins 2
1998–99	Akrides (4)	Ricoh Astronauts 2
1999–2000	Akrides (5)	De Groene Uilen
2000–01	Early Bird	Akrides
2001–02	Early Bird	ASVU
2002–03	Early Bird	EiffelTowers Den Bosch 2
2003–04	BV Aris	Early Bird
2004–05	MSV Noordwijk	Omniworld 2
2005–06	Demon Astronauts 2	MSV Noordwijk	—	[2]
2006–07	EBBC	ASVU	—	[3]
2007–08	MSV Noordwijk	Amsterdam 2	—	[4]
2008–09	GOBA	MSV Noordwijk	91–67	[5]
2009–10	Amsterdam 2	Binnenland	66–53	[6]
2010–11	Binnenland	De Hoppers	76–70	[7]
2011–12	Apollo Amsterdam	Binnenland	64–52	[8]
2012–13	Orca's (3)	Binnenland	74–53	[9]
2013–14	De Groene Uilen [nl]	Binnenland	52–48	[10]
2014–15	De Groene Uilen [nl] (2)	Red Giants	76–75	[11]
2015–16	Red Giants	Binnenland	80–68	[12]
2016–17	Landslake Lions	Grasshoppers	89–68	[13]
2017–18	Lokomotief	Grasshoppers	74–67
2018–19	Lokomotief (2)	Grasshoppers	81–70
2019–20	Seasons cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21
2021–22	Lokomotief (3)	Attacus [nl]	72–60	[14][15]
2022–23	Lokomotief (4)	UBALL [nl]	102–79	[16]

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Club	Wins	Seasons won
Akrides	5	1987, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2000
Lokomotief	4	2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Early Bird [nl]	3	2001, 2002, 2003
Orca's	3	1983, 1998, 2013
Amsterdam 2	2	2006, 2010
De Groene Uilen [nl]	2	2014, 2015
MSV Noordwijk	2	2005, 2008

Awards

Most Valuable Player^{[citation needed]}

• 2010 Zeeger van Leeuwen (MSV Noordwijk)
• 2013 Richard Maxwell (Rotterdam Basketbal 2)
• 2014 Vaidas Tamasauskas (Rotterdam Basketbal 2)

Coach of the Year^{[citation needed]}

• 2010 Joost van Rangelrooy