Landstede Hammers is a Dutch

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club based in

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. The club plays in the

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, the Dutch top tier division. The club was founded as Cees Lubbers The Hammers in 1995. In 1999, the club’s name was changed into Landstede Hammers. In 2001, the club received its current name Landstede Basketbal as the team became part of the same-named educational institution in Zwolle. The home games of the club are played in the Landstede Sportcentrum. In its existence, Landstede won the DBL championship one time in

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. In 2017, the club captured its first trophy when it won the Dutch Supercup.

History

The club was founded as Cees Lubbers/The Hammers and was based in

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in the first season of the club. The club played with the license of

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, and moved to

, partly because arena 'Het Vledder' in Meppel diid not meet requirements. After a short time Landstede became the main sponsor of the club, that was named Landstede Hammers and later Landstede Basketbal. In the 2004–05 season Landstede reached the Dutch Finals for the first time in club history. It lost 4–0 to

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. In 2010 the club got a new arena in the Landstede Sportcentrum. In 2017, Landstede won its first trophy in team history by winning the Dutch Supercup over

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, winning 77–69. In the 2018–19 season, Landstede finished in the second place in the regular season. The team had a 28–6 record in the regular season, and had

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performers

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and

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on its roster. In the playoffs, Landstede defeated

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1–3 in the semi-finals. In the finals, Landstede beat defending champions

to win its first domestic championship. On 22 September 2019, Hammers won its second Supercup trophy after beating

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78–66 in its home arena. In the 2019–20 season, Landstede played in the

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, which marked the club's first European appearance in 19 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers. In its first FIBA Europe Cup season, Landstede advanced past the regular season before losing six straight games in the second round. Since the 2021–22 season, Hammers plays in the

, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged. The Hammers will join the

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(ENBL) in the 2023-24 season, which makes them the first Dutch team to play in the league.

Club identity

When founded, the club was named Cees Lubbers The Hammers, named after main sponsor Cees Lubbers. The name Hammers stayed with the team through its supporters, who used its nickname for the following years. From 1996, the team was known as Landstede Hammers after new sponsor Landstede. In 1999, the club was named Landstede Basketbal, a name they kept for 20 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers. The team has a supporters' club which was founded in 2016 and is known as SV Hammers. The mascot of the Hammers is the bird "Victory".

Honours

Domestic competitions

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**Winners (1): 2018–19 **Runners-up (3): 2004–05, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

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**Runners-up (6): 2004–05,

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, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24 * Dutch Supercup **Winners (2):

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Friendly competitions

* Basketball Days **Winners (2): 2011, 2012

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Notable players

Individual awards

DBL Play-offs MVP *

– 2019 ;

* Greg Stevenson – 2005 *

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– 2006 *

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– 2013 *

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– 2015 *

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– 2016 *

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– 2016 * J.T. Tiller – 2017 * Clayton Vette – 2017 *

– 2018, 2019 *

– 2019 ;

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* Herman van den Belt – 2002, 2005, 2016 DBL Defensive Player of the Year * J.T. Tiller – 2017 ;

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* Freek Vos – 2016 *

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– 2017 ;

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* Leon Williams – 2012 ; DBL Most Improved Player *

– 2016 ;

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– 2015

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

European record

;Notes

Arenas

Season by season

Head coaches

The Hammers have had four different head coaches in their history, with Herman van den Belt coaching the team the most seasons.

References

External links

Official site

Landstede Basketbal fan site

Eurobasket.com Landstede Page
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