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The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional
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league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch
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. The league had 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 play-offs. As of 2019, the Dutch Basketball League consists of ten teams and plays under the
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rules.


History


2010s

Starting with the 2010–11 season, the Eredivisie changed its name to the Dutch Basketball League, shortly the DBL. The beginning of the 2010s saw Donar and
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emerge as top teams in the Netherlands. Donar won five titles, including three straight (2015-2018). The decade also saw clubs disappear due to financial problems, with
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in 2011, West-Brabant Giants in 2011, Magixx in 2014. The decade also saw the emergence of new clubs in Apollo Amsterdam and Den Helder Suns. In Europe, Donar had one of the biggest successes in Dutch history after reaching the semi-finals of the
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. It was the first European semi-final of a team since
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in 2001.


2020s

In December 2019, it was announced that the DBL has partnered with the Belgian
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(PBL) to look at the potential of a future "BeNe League". The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely in March because of the
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. It was the first time in league history that a season was not finished and no champions were named. Due to the pandemic, entry requirements for the following season were lowered which led to the entrance of Basketball Community Gelderland,
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and Almere Sailors.


Format and 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.


Playoffs

At the end of the league season schedule, the eight best teams in the standings play in a
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, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the eighth 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. In seasons were the number of teams dropped to 9 or lower, six teams qualified for the playoffs. In this case, the numbers one and two qualified for the semifinals and the other four teams played the quarterfinals.


Foreign players

The DBL has had many rules in place to restrict the number of foreign players of clubs. This way the league seek to keep developing Dutch talent in the league. For several seasons. Until 2019, teams in the DBL were not allowed to have more than four players without a Dutch passport in their on court team at the same time. *2015–2017: maximum 4 foreign players *2017–2019: maximum 5 foreign players (1 Dutch player at the court any time) *2019–2021: minimum of 6 home grown players


Logos

Dutch Basketball League logo.png, The first league logo, introduced in 2011 DBL Logo 2019.png, Updated version of the logo that was introduced in 2011, first used in the 2019–2020 season


Clubs


Current clubs

As of the end of the 2020–21 season:


Timeline

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Former clubs

The following clubs are not competing in the DBL during the 2020–21 season, but have previously competed in the DBL for at least one season. Teams in ''italics'' were folded and do not exist anymore. a: Founding member of the DBL.


Champions


Finals

The two teams that advance to the Finals of the play-offs play against each other in a best-of-seven playoff format.


Performance by club

Teams shown in ''italics'' are no longer in existence. Teams in bold are currently playing in the DBL.


Records


All-time scoring leaders

The following are the ten players with the most points in the Eredivisie or DBL:


Awards

*
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* Playoffs MVP * All-Star Team * Coach of the Year * Defensive Player of the Year * Most Improved Player * MVP Under U23 * Sixth Man of the Year * Rookie of the Year * All-Defense Team * All-Rookie Team * Statistical Player of the Year * All-Star Game MVP * All-Star Game U23 MVP


See also

*
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* Dutch Basketball Supercup


References


External links


Official website

DBL at Eurobasket.com
{{Men's professional basketball leagues 1 Professional sports leagues in the Netherlands