The 2018–19 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 59th season of 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 Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...
, the highest professional
basketball
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league in the
Netherlands
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. The regular season started on 6 October 2018 and ended 30 April 2019. The best eight teams qualify for the
playoffs
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which start on 2 May 2019.
Donar was the defending champion.
The season saw
Landstede Zwolle win its first domestic championship, after defeating defending champions Donar in the finals.
Format
Due to the increase of teams from nine to ten, the format for the DBL season was changed. The eight highest-placed teams during the regular season qualify for the play-offs, while the two last-placed teams are eliminated. In the quarter-finals, a best-of-three series is played. In the semi-finals, a best-of-five series is played. The finals are decided through a best-of-seven series.
Teams
On 3 May 2018, the DBL officially announced the
Dutch Windmills would make their debut in the upcoming season.
Forward Lease Rotterdam changed its name to Feyenoord Basketball, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of
association football
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club
Feyenoord
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.
Despite reaching the semi-finals of the
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
and being in the fifth place in the DBL, Windmills struggled with financial problems throughout the season. In December 2018, Windmills was refused entrance to its home arena due to its payment arrears. On 10 April 2019, it was announced that Windmills would withdraw from the DBL. Its results in the second half of the competition were scrapped by the DBL.
Arenas and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Coaching changes
Players
Foreign players
In 2017, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5.
Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.
Notable transactions
Transactions including players who have won a DBL award, were named to an All-DBL Team or were DBL All-Stars.
Notable retirements
Regular season
League table
Results
*Note: Dutch Windmills withdrew from the tournament during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds would count for the league table.
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Final standings
The final standings are based upon performance in the
playoffs
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.
Awards
Dutch clubs in European competitions
See also
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2018–19 NBB Cup
The 2017–19 NBB Cup () was the 51st edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion. ZZ Leiden won its third national cup.
Format
In the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, ...
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2018 Dutch Basketball Supercup
References
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Netherlands
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