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 DBL and PBL . The inaugural season was the 2021–22 season , which started in September 2021.
9-670: On 10 December 2020, it was announced that the Belgian Pro Basketball League and Dutch Basketball League would merge to form a new multinational league. All clubs from the Dutch DBL voted for, while 9 of 10 teams in Belgium voted in favor of the decision. Serious talks about the initiative had been ongoing since fall 2019. On 20 May 2021, the new name "BNXT League" and logo of the league were announced. The league started its inaugural season amidst an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and
18-424: A great number of games had to be played behind locked doors as a result of national lockdowns. On 11 June 2022, ZZ Leiden were crowned the inaugural BNXT champions. The following year, on 13 June 2023, Leiden repeated as champions. On 10 September 2021, the league announced its first name sponsorship when Belgian betting company betFirst signed to become naming sponsor for three seasons. From 2021–22 to 2023–24,
27-442: A license to play in the league. There are three types of licenses: Since 2005, play-offs are played to decide which team is crowned the champion of each season. The finals series are played in a best-of-five format, with the team which had the higher seed in the regular season having home court advantage. Not all awards are official ones handed out by the league itself, but all are regarded and respected as BLB awards. As example
36-505: Is second, with 15. On 15 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the season was prematurely cancelled. Based on the standings in the regular season, Filou Oostende was crowned national champions. The BLB is played by the international FIBA rules . Since 2014–15 the BLB season has a new format. In the regular season, all teams play each other first home and away. After that first round
45-628: The Pro Basketball League and Dutch Basketball League transferred to the BNXT League in 2021. The newest club to have joined the BNXT League are the Kortrijk Spurs , who joined in 2023. The finals were played in a two-legged format in 2022, after that season the format was changed to a best-of-three playoffs series. ZZ Leiden have won both BNXT championships thus far. Pro Basketball League The Pro Basketball League ( PBL ),
54-517: The league consisted of different stages. In the first stage, teams played each other home and away in the national regular season. After this, the teams were divided in the Elite Gold and Elite Silver group for the cross-border season. Next, the teams from the Elite Gold and the 3 best teams from the Elite Silver played in the national playoffs to compete for the national championships. The two winners of
63-460: The league is divided in two groups based on standings; in the first group teams ranked 1–6 play and in the second 7–11. After the split each team plays all others in its group once home and once away. After that the Playoffs are played by eight teams. The quarterfinals consist of best-of-three series and the semi- and finals are played in a best-of-five format. Teams that play in the BLB all have to get
72-512: The national playoffs then played in the BNXT League Final. Starting from the 2024–25 season, the league will have a new format in which all 19 teams play each other home and away in the regular season. The highest ranked teams from each country play national playoffs, and the two national winners play for the BNXT championship. The following 19 teams will play in the 2024-25 season. All teams from
81-623: Was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs . In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League . The league is organized by the Basketball League Belgium . The current president of the league is Maarten Bostyn. The most successful team in the league is Oostende , which holds the record for the most league titles won, with 22, and the now defunct team of Racing Mechelen
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