The 2019–20 Basketball Cup is the 52nd edition of the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
' national
basketball
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cup tournament. This was the first season the competition was known as Basketball Cup instead of NBB Cup, as the national federation changed its name from NBB to
Basketball Nederland. On 12 March 2020, competition was suspended as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. This decision was made prior to the final, which was to be played by
Donar and
Aris Leeuwarden.
On 20 December 2020, it was announced that the final would not be played and no champions were named for the first time in the cup's history.
Format
In the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, third and fourth division participate. From the fourth round, teams from the
Dutch Basketball League
The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...
(DBL) enter the competition. Quarter- and semi-finals are played in a two-legged format. When a team form a tier lower than the DBL played a DBL team, one win is sufficient for the latter to advance to the next round.
Bracket
Final
On 19 February 2020, the DBL announced the final was to be played in
MartiniPlaza
MartiniPlaza (formerly Martinihal Groningen) is an indoor arena located in Groningen, Netherlands. It is used as an exhibition complex, theater and sports arena. The arena is the home of the basketball
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in Groningen on 29 March.
FINALE BASKETBALL CUP OP 29 MAART IN MARTINIPLAZA
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See also
* 2019–20 Dutch Basketball League
References
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NBB Cup
Cup
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