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Wikipedia - 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 Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League.
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 FIBA 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 ZZ Leiden 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 Amsterdam 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 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup. It was the first European semi-final of a team since Amsterdam in 2001.
2020s
In December 2019, it was announced that the DBL has partnered with the Belgian Pro Basketball League (PBL) to look at the potential of a future "BeNe League". The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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, The Hague Royals and Almere Sailors.
Nederlandene - DBL (Dutch Basketball League) er den øverste professionelle basketballliga i Holland. Den blev grundlagt i 1964 og består af 10 hold, der konkurrerer om det nationale mesterskab.
Ligaen spilles i to faser: en grundspil og et slutspil. I grundspillet spiller hvert hold 36 kampe, hvor de to bedste hold går direkte videre til semifinalerne. De resterende otte hold spiller i kvartfinalerne om fire pladser i semifinalerne.
Slutspillet spilles i et single-elimination-format, hvor vinderne går videre til næste runde. Finalen afgøres i en serie bedst af syv kampe, hvor det hold, der vinder flest kampe, krones som mestre.
De mest succesfulde hold i ligaens historie er Amsterdam BC, Donar og Den Bosch, som alle har vundet flere mesterskaber.
Nederlandene - DBL er en af de stærkeste basketballligaer i Europa, med flere hold, der har deltaget i europæiske konkurrencer, såsom FIBA Europe Cup og Basketball Champions League.