NBB Cup
The Final in the MartiniPlaza on 25 March
Season2017–18
Duration14 October 2017 – 25 March 2018
Number of teams52
Finals
ChampionsDonar (6th title)
  Runners-upZZ Leiden

The 2017–18 NBB Cup (Dutch: 2017–18 NBB-Beker) was the 50th edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion. Donar successfully defended its title, after beating runners-up ZZ Leiden in the Final. The Final was played on 25 March 2018 in MartiniPlaza in Groningen.

Format

In the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, third and fourth division participate. From the fourth round, teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the competition. Quarter- and semi-finals are played in a two-legged format. When a team form a tier lower than the DBL played a DBL team, one win is sufficient for the latter to advance to the next round.

Round and draw dates

Round Draw date Dates
First roundOctober 2017[1]14 October 2017
Second round6 November 2017
Third round25 November 2017
Fourth round28 November 2017[2]13 December 2017–9 January 2018
Quarter-finals21 December 2017[3]16 January–1 February 2018
Semi-finals1 February 2018[4]13 February–13 March 2018
Final25 March 2018

Bracket

 
Fourth roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
9 January
 
 
Apollo Amsterdam58
 
16–31 January
 
New Heroes104
 
New Heroes8549134
 
20 December
 
Aris Leeuwarden5884 142
 
BV Groningen57
 
6–13 March
 
Aris Leeuwarden86
 
ZZ Leiden8065145
 
14 December
 
New Heroes6073 133
 
Onze Gezellen58
 
25 January
 
Solar-systemen Grasshoppers74
 
Solar-systemen Grasshoppers60
 
21 December
 
ZZ Leiden87
 
ZZ Leiden101
 
25 March
 
Forward Lease Rotterdam87
 
ZZ Leiden71
 
4 January
 
Donar87
 
BAL 265
 
16–25 January
 
Den Helder Suns90
 
Den Helder Suns6947116
 
14 December
 
Landstede7495 169
 
Almere Pioneers51
 
13–18 January
 
Landstede83
 
Donar9580175
 
5 January
 
Landstede5177 128
 
The Black Eagles75
 
1 February
 
Racing Beverwijk85
 
Racing Beverwijk56
 
 
 
Donar98
 
Donarw/o
 
 
BAL[lower-alpha 1]
 

Fourth round

13 December 2017 Almere Pioneers 5183 Landstede Almere
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 12–17, 11–17, 12–28
Report Arena: Topsportcentrum Almere
20 December 2017 BV Groningen 5786 Aris Leeuwarden Groningen
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 11–20, 13–15, 14–19
Report Arena: Oude Alo
21 December 2017 ZZ Leiden 10187 Forward Lease Rotterdam Leiden
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 29–24, 25–20, 22–31
Pts: De Jong 27
Rebs: Love 9
Asts: Love 6
Report Pts: Kanda 22
Rebs: Kanda, Setty 6
Asts: Kanda 9
Arena: Vijf Meihal
4 January 2018 BAL 2 6590 Den Helder Suns Weert
18:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–16, 20–28, 11–23
Report Arena: Sporthal Boshoven
9 January 2018 Apollo Amsterdam 58104 New Heroes Den Bosch Amsterdam
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 10–36, 14–14, 13–25, 21–29
Pts: Van Schaik 13
Rebs: Van Schaik 8
Asts: Markusse 3
Report Pts: Miklusak 21
Rebs: Oudendag 11
Asts: Sherrill 6
Arena: Apollohal

Quarter-finals

First leg

16 January 2018 Den Helder Suns 6974 Landstede Den Helder
19:30 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–16, 21–22, 10–15
Pts: Koopman 17
Rebs: Koopman, McConico 7
Asts: De Paula, Thran 3
Report Pts: House 19
Rebs: House, Van Oostrum 7
Asts: three players 3
Arena: Sporthal Sportlaan
16 January 2018 New Heroes 8558 Aris Leeuwarden 's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–10, 28–10, 16–19
Pts: Sherrill 19
Rebs: Oudendag 16
Asts: Marshall 11
Report Pts: Van der List 17
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Kumelis 5
Arena: Maaspoort Sports & Events
25 January 2018 Solar-systemen Grasshoppers 6087 ZZ Leiden Katwijk
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 19–20, 12–19, 18–22
Pts: Schelvis 13
Rebs: Van der Linden 5
Asts: Schelvis 4
Report Pts: De Jong 17
Rebs: Olah 7
Asts: Love 6
Arena: Kleinduijn
1 February 2018 Racing Beverwijk 5698 Donar Beverwijk
19:30 GMT+1
Report

Second leg

25 January 2018 Landstede 9547 Den Helder Suns Zwolle
19:30 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 27–15, 22–14, 24–12
Pts: Gregory 25
Rebs: Dahlman 8
Asts: Van Oostrum 6
Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 16
Rebs: Dahlman 8
Asts: 2 players 2
Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum
31 January 2018 Aris Leeuwarden 4984 New Heroes Leeuwarden
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 8–21, 13–25, 14–17
Pts: Kratch 14
Rebs: van der List 13
Asts: Mladenovic 3
Report Pts: Miklusak 25
Rebs: Oudendag 13
Asts: Sherrill 5
Arena: Kalverdijkje

Semi-finals

First leg

13 February 2018 Donar 9551 Landstede Groningen
19:30 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 26-13, 27–9, 15–20, 27–9
Pts: Curry 21
Rebs: Curry 9
Asts: Koenis 4
Report Pts: Dahlman 15
Rebs: Van Oostrum 6
Asts: five players 1
Arena: MartiniPlaza
6 March 2018 ZZ Leiden 8060 New Heroes Leiden
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 11–25, 19–14, 34–9
Pts: Vette 31
Rebs: Kherazi 8
Asts: Love 12
Report Pts: Sherrill 20
Rebs: Wessels 15
Asts: Sherrill 6
Arena: Vijf Meihal

Second leg

18 February 2018 Landstede 7780 Donar Zwolle
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 10–12, 20–30, 24–18
Pts: Gregory 29
Rebs: House 6
Asts: Dorsey-Walker 4
Report Pts: Curry 17
Rebs: Bruinsma 8
Asts: Curry 4
Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum
17 March 2018 New Heroes 7365 ZZ Leiden 's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 16–10, 21–17, 10–15
Pts: Sherill 31
Rebs: Oudendag 7
Asts: Bouwknecht 5
Report Pts: Love 17
Rebs: Love 5
Asts: Love 5
Arena: Maaspoort

Final

25 March 2018 Donar 8761 ZZ Leiden Groningen
14:00 GMT+1 Scoring by quarter: 38–21, 16–13, 20–17, 13–20
Pts: Curry 26
Rebs: Koenis 18
Asts: Bruinsma 6
Report Pts: Love 15
Rebs: Kherrazi 6
Asts: Love, Voorn 4
Arena: MartiniPlaza

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 On 10 December 2017, BAL withdrew its first team from the tournament.[5] Consequently, Donar automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

References

  1. "Loting NBB-Beker 2017-18" [Draw NBB Cup 2017–2018] (PDF) (in Dutch). Basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. "Loting NBB Bekertoernooi". Dutch Basketball League. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. "Loting kwartfinale NBB-beker". 21 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. "Loting halve finale". Dutch Basketball League. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. "Basketballers BAL trekken zich terug uit bekertoernooi" [Basketball club BAL withdraws from cup competition] (in Dutch). Limburger.nl. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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