2018–19 NBB Cup

The 2017–19 NBB Cup (Dutch: 2017–19 NBB-Beker) was the 51st edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion.^[1] ZZ Leiden won its third national cup.^[2]

NBB Cup
The Landstede Sportcentrum hosted the final
Season	2017–19
Teams	52
Finals
Champions	ZZ Leiden (3rd title)
Runners-up	Landstede Zwolle
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

Bracket

	Fourth round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Grasshoppers			68
	Donar			112
							Donar	87	65	152
							New Heroes Den Bosch	44	76	120
	New Heroes Den Bosch			79
	Den Helder Suns			34
													Donar	66	79	145
													ZZ Leiden	71	78	149
	Onze Gezellen			54
	ZZ Leiden			81
							ZZ Leiden	89	89	178
							Apollo Amsterdam	56	87	143
	Almere Pioneers			84
																			31 March – Zwolle
	Apollo Amsterdam			95
																			ZZ Leiden			87
																			Landstede			69
	BV Amsterdam			72
	Virtus			64
							BV Amsterdam			46
							Dutch Windmills			88
	Feyenoord			60
	Dutch Windmills			81
													Dutch Windmills	72	87	159
													Landstede	73	91	164
	Aris Leeuwarden			68
	Landstede			89
							Landstede	103	79	182
							BAL	59	60	119
	Punch Delft			49
	BAL			81

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 January 2019.^[3]

First leg

The result of the first match between Windmills and Landstede was changed after four days, from 72–72 to 72–73, as a free throw was missed in the boxscore.

Dutch Windmills v Landstede Basketbal

7 February 2019	Dutch Windmills	72–73	Landstede Basketbal	De Boulevard, Dordrecht
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 10–7, 17–23, 23–24
	Pts: Shavon Coleman 18 Rebs: Floris Versteeg 10 Asts: Alec Wintering 4	Boxscore	Pts: Noah Dahlman 23 Rebs: Ralf de Pagter 8 Asts: Mike Schilder 4

Donar v ZZ Leiden

13 February 2019	Donar	66–71	ZZ Leiden	MartiniPlaza, Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–13, 13–25, 18–12
PodiumTV	Pts: Thomas Koenis 14 Rebs: Thomas Koenis 10 Asts: Thomas Koenis 4	Boxscore	Pts: Darius Thompson 20 Rebs: Mohamed Kherrazi 7 Asts: Maurice Watson 9

Second leg

Landstede Basketbal v Dutch Windmills

14 February 2019	Landstede Basketbal	91–87	Dutch Windmills	Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 18-26, 20-18, 31-15, 22-28
	Pts: Sherron Dorsey-Walker 24 Rebs: Noah Dahlman 11 Asts: Kaza Kajami-Keane 5	Boxscore	Pts: Ryan Richardson 22 Rebs: Jito Kok 7 Asts: six players 1

Final

31 March 2019 15:00

Landstede	69–87	ZZ Leiden
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 17–18, 17–21, 15–25
Pts: Noah Dahlman 23 Rebs: Ralf de Pagter 5 Asts: Kaza Kajami-Keane 5		Pts: Darius Thompson 25 Rebs: Worthy de Jong 9 Asts: Darius Thompson 8

Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle Attendance: 1,200

Winning roster

• 5 Ververs
• 8 De Randamie
• 10 Watson Jr.
• 14 Simms
• 15 Thompson
• 18 De Jong
• 34 Vette

• Head coach: Franke

Awards

NBB Cup Most Valuable Player

Player	Team
Darius Thompson	ZZ Leiden

See also

• 2018–19 Dutch Basketball League