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16-565: The club was founded in 1999 as a professional basketball club named BC Omniworld Almere and participated in the top-tier Eredivisie . The team played its home games in the Topsportcentrum Almere . The 2002–03 season was the best season in Almere's history, as the team reached the Eredivisie finals. In these finals Omniworld lost 0–4 to Amsterdam . In January 2008, the team went bankrupt and

32-434: A play-off , pitting the first place team in the standings versus the eighth place team in the standings, and so on. The quarter finals are played in a best-of-three format and the semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format, and the finals are played in a best-of-seven format. In seasons were the number of teams dropped to 9 or lower, six teams qualified for the playoffs. In this case, the numbers one and two qualified for

48-700: A player must have either: 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 Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League .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

64-490: Is common practice in European basketball, the following clubs carried the name of their sponsor this season: Teams carry the results from the regular season with them and play each other twice. All six teams are already qualified for the play-offs. Teams carry the results from the regular season with them and play each other twice. The two highest ranked teams qualify for the playoffs as seventh and eight seed. The format of

80-888: 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. 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

96-600: The Finals . On 15 October 2020, the season was suspended for at least four weeks due to government regulations regarding the pandemic. On 19 December 2020, it was announced the competition would restart in January 2021 with a new format. After falling sponsorship revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the DBL lowered the minimum budget for teams from €300,000 to €150,000 . On 1 May 2020, Apollo Amsterdam announced it will not play in

112-460: The DBL season because of uncertainty due to the pandemic. The DBL announced the remaining eight teams will return for the 2020–21 season. On 5 August, it was announced Basketball Community Gelderland has obtained a licence. On 20 August, it was announced Apollo Amsterdam has obtained a license. On 27 August, the DBL announced the entrance of The Hague Royals and Almere Sailors . BC Gelderland later revealed Yoast United as their new club name. As

128-540: The Finals of the play-offs play against each other in a best-of-seven playoff format . Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Teams in bold are currently playing in the DBL. The following are the ten players with the most points in the Eredivisie or DBL: 2020%E2%80%9321 Dutch Basketball League The 2020–21 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 61st season of the Dutch Basketball League ,

144-579: 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. In December 2019, it was announced that the DBL has partnered with the Belgian Pro Basketball League (PBL) to look at

160-399: The end of the 2020–21 season: The following is the timeline of the teams in the Dutch Basketball League era (since 2011). The following clubs are not competing in the DBL during the 2020–21 season, but have previously competed in the DBL for at least one season. Teams in italics were folded and do not exist anymore. : Founding member of the DBL. The two teams that advance to

176-547: 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 after the 2019–20 season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The league expanded to 12 teams with the addition of Yoast United , Almere Sailors and The Hague Royals . This marked the highest number of teams since the 2007–08 season . ZZ Leiden won its fourth national title after defeating Heroes Den Bosch in

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192-412: The other teams in the league four times, twice at home and twice away. This means that the league's regular season ends after all teams play 36 matches. Like many other national domestic leagues in continental Europe, the Dutch Basketball League takes a winter break once each team has played half of its scheduled games. At the end of the league season schedule, the eight best teams in the standings play in

208-404: The playoffs was changed due to the compressed schedule. Quarterfinals were played as two-legged series, the semifinals as a best-of-three series and the finals as a best-of-five series. The quarterfinals were played in a two-legged format and were played on 8 May and 11 May 2021. The semifinals were played in a best of three series and were played on 15 May, 18 May and 20 May. ZZ Leiden reached

224-493: 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 . Each team has to play all

240-399: The semifinals and the other four teams played the quarterfinals. The DBL has had many rules in place to restrict the number of foreign players of clubs. This way the league seek to keep developing Dutch talent in the league. For several seasons. Until 2019, teams in the DBL were not allowed to have more than four players without a Dutch passport in their on court team at the same time. As of

256-634: Was forced to leave the Eredivisie. A year later, the club changed its name to Almere Pioneers and started playing in the second-tier amateur league Promotiedivisie . In 2013, Pioneers tried to make a comeback to the Eredivisie but failed due to a lack of budget. In 2020, Almere Sailors was established by the Pioneers board. This separate professional club now plays at the highest level of Dutch basketball. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section

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