The 2021 BNXT Supercup was the inaugural edition of the
BNXT Supercup
The BNXT Supercup is the super cup competition of the BNXT League, the top basketball in the Netherlands and Belgium. The super cup match is played by the Dutch champions and the Belgian champions of the previous season. The first Supercup was hel ...
, the
supercup of the newly established
BNXT League
The BNXT League is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the Dutch Basketball League, DBL and Pro Basketball League, PBL. The inaugural season ...
. The game was played on 11 September 2021 in the
Maaspoort
The Maaspoort () is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes Den Bosch basketbal ...
in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...
.
The game featured
ZZ Leiden
ZZ Leiden Basketball, also known as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, is a professional basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands. The club plays in the BNXT League, the domestic first tier league. Their home games are played at Sportcomplex 1574.
Z ...
, winners of the
2020–21 Dutch Basketball League
The 2020–21 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 61st season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The season started on 3 October 2020 and ended on 27 May 2021.
It was the first season a ...
, facing
Filou Oostende
Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgium, Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in t ...
, the winners of the
2020–21 Pro Basketball League
The 2020–21 Pro Basketball League (PBL) was the 94th season of the Pro Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Belgium. The regular season was supposed to start in September 2020 but was delayed to 2 October 2020 due ...
.
Match details
Oostende easily beat Leiden in the first Supercup game.
Oostende guard
Keye van der Vuurst de Vries
Keye van der Vuurst de Vries (born 29 December 2001) is a Dutch basketball player for Club Joventut Badalona, Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is the youngest player to ever play in the Netherlands national basketball team, as he made ...
recorded a career-high 13 assists for the winning team, while
Levi Randolph
Levi Leland Randolph Jr. (born October 3, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
High school career
Ra ...
led the team in scoring with 16 points.
References
{{B.s. Leiden Matches
Supercup
BNXT Supercup
2021 in Belgian sport