List of Dutch basketball champions

Players of GasTerra Flames (currently known as Donar) holding the trophy after winning the 2009–10 championship

The Dutch basketball champions, are the winners of the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands, which is the Dutch Basketball League. This page is a list of winners and runners-up in each given DBL season, along with additional information.^[1][2][3]

Den Bosch has won a total number of 16 titles, the highest of any club. Currently, only four teams that have won championships are still active in the DBL: Den Bosch, Landstede Hammers, Leiden and Donar.

Season summaries (1945–1977)[]

In the early years of the Eredivisie, a round-robin competition was played to determine the national champion. The team with the most wins was crowned champion.

Finals (1978–present)[]

In the 1977–78 Eredivisie season, the play-offs were introduced, along with finals which determined the winner of a given DBL season.^[2]

	Champion also won NBB Cup
	Champion also won NBB Cup and Supercup

Season	Champion	Score	Runner–up	Champions' coach	Playoffs MVP
1977–78	Leiden[b]	2–1	Punch[c]	Ton Boot	N/A
1978–79	Den Bosch	2–0	Leiden[b]	Ton Boot	N/A
1979–80	Den Bosch	2–0	Leiden[b]	Ton Boot	N/A
1980–81	Den Bosch[d]	2–0	Leiden[b]	Bill Sheridan	N/A
1981–82	Donar[e]	3–1	Den Bosch[d]	Maarten van Gent	N/A
1982–83	Den Bosch[d]	3–0	Hatrans Haaksbergen	Ton Boot	N/A
1983–84	Den Bosch[d]	3–1	Leiden[f]	Ton Boot	N/A
1984–85	Den Bosch[d]	3–0	Leiden[f]	Jan Dekker	N/A
1985–86	Den Bosch[d]	3–2	Den Helder	Jan Dekker	N/A
1986–87	Den Bosch[d]	3–1	Den Helder	Jan Janbroers	N/A
1987–88	Den Bosch	3–1	BSW	Jan Dekker	N/A
1988–89	Den Helder	3–1	Den Bosch	Ton Boot	N/A
1989–90	Den Helder	3–2	Den Bosch	Ton Boot	N/A
1990–91	Den Helder	3–0	Den Bosch	Ton Boot	N/A
1991–92	Den Helder	3–2	Den Bosch	Ton Boot	N/A
1992–93	Den Bosch	4–2	BSW	Cor van Esch	N/A
1993–94	BSW	4–2	Den Bosch	Olivier van Kempen	N/A
1994–95	Den Helder	4–1	GOBA Gorinchem	Meindert van Veen	N/A
1995–96	Den Bosch	4–2	Den Helder	Jos Wolfs	N/A
1996–97	Den Bosch	4–3	Amsterdam	Jos Wolfs	N/A
1997–98	Den Helder	4–3	Donar	Bob Gonnen	N/A
1998–99	Amsterdam Astronauts	4–3	Den Helder	Ton Boot	N/A
1999–00	Amsterdam Astronauts	4–1	Virtus Werkendam	Ton Boot	N/A
2000–01	Amsterdam Astronauts	4–2	BSW	Ton Boot	N/A
2001–02	Amsterdam Astronauts	4–3	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	Ton Boot	N/A
2002–03	EiffelTowers Nijmegen	4–1	Omniworld Almere	Marco van den Berg	N/A
2003–04	Donar[g]	4–2	Den Bosch	Ton Boot	N/A
2004–05	Amsterdam Astronauts	4–0	Landstede	Arik Shivek	Joe Spinks
2005–06	Den Bosch	4–3	Donar[g]	Randy Wiel	N/A
2006–07	Den Bosch	4–0	Magixx	Randy Wiel	N/A
2007–08	Amsterdam	4–3	Den Bosch	Arik Shivek	N/A
2008–09	Amsterdam	4–3	Den Bosch	Arik Shivek	N/A
2009–10	Donar[h]	4–1	West-Brabant Giants	Marco van den Berg	N/A
2010–11	Leiden	4–3	Donar[h]	Toon van Helfteren	N/A
2011–12	Den Bosch	4–1	Leiden	Raoul Korner	N/A
2012–13	Leiden	4–0	Aris Leeuwarden	Toon van Helfteren	N/A
2013–14	Donar[h]	4–3	Den Bosch	Ivica Skelin	Arvin Slagter
2014–15	Den Bosch	4–1	Donar	Sam Jones	Brandyn Curry
2015–16	Donar	4–1	Landstede	Erik Braal	Lance Jeter
2016–17	Donar	4–1	Landstede	Erik Braal	Chase Fieler
2017–18	Donar	4–0	Leiden	Erik Braal	Brandyn Curry
2018–19	Landstede	4–2	Donar	Herman van den Belt	Kaza Kajami-Keane
2019–20	Not awarded due to the coronavirus pandemic[4]
2020–21	Leiden	3–0	Heroes Den Bosch	Geert Hammink	Worthy de Jong

Finals performances by clubs[]

Teams in italic are inactive or dissolved.

Notes[]

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