2022–23 BNXT League

The 2022–23 BNXT League was the second season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. ZZ Leiden was the defending champion.

2022–23 BNXT League
League	BNXT League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	30 September 2022–18 February 2023 (National phase) 3 March–28 April 2023 (Cross-border phase) 3 May–13 June 2023 (Playoffs)
Number of teams	20
TV partner(s)	Sporza NPO 1 Ziggo Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Antwerp Giants
Season MVP	Brian Fobbs (Mechelen)
Top scorer	Vincent Cole (Yoast United)
National playoffs
Belgian champions	Oostende (24th title)
Belgian runners-up	Antwerp Giants
Dutch champions	ZZ Leiden (5th title)
Dutch runners-up	Donar
Finals
Champions	ZZ Leiden (2nd title)
Runners-up	Oostende
Finals MVP	David Collins (ZZ Leiden)

The season began on 30 September 2022.^[1]

Competition formula

The league consisted of different stages with national championships and a common BeNeLeague championship.^[2]

		Teams entering in this round
National regular season (20 teams) 30.09.2022–18.02.2023		10 Belgian teams 10 Dutch teams All teams play each other home and away (18 games)
Elite Gold (10 teams) 03.03.2023–28.04.2023		Best 5 Dutch teams Best 5 Belgian teams Teams play 10 games
Elite Silver (10 teams) 03.03.2023–28.04.2023		Bottom-5 Dutch teams Bottom-5 Belgian teams Teams play 10 games
National play-offs (6 teams) Schedule: 03.05.2023–29.05.2023		Top two Gold teams from each country go directly to semifinals Three other Gold teams play in quarter-finals Best Silver team joins the quarter-finals
BNXT League play-offs (20 teams) Schedule: 03.05.2023–13.06.2023		BNXT playoffs R1: Elite Silver playoff (8 teams) BNXT playoffs R2: 4 Winners Elite Silver Playoff vs. 4 national PO . quarter-finalists dropping out BNXT playoffs R3: Winners BNXT PO1 vs. losing semi-finalists national PO BNXT playoffs R4: BNXT PO2 winners compete against each other BNXT Quarter-finals: Winners BNXT PO3 vs. losing finalists national PO BNXT Semi-finals: Winners BNXT PO4 vs. champions national PO BNXT Finals: Winners BNXT PO5 will compete for the title of BNXT League Champion.

Teams

On 20 June 2022, the league announced 20 teams obtained a club license.^[3] The Hague Royals were not granted a license.

Phoenix Brussels changed their name to Circus Brussels Basketball after they signed a new sponsorship deal.^[4]

Arenas and locations

Apollo

United

Suns

Aris

Feyenoord

Donar

Hammers

Den Bosch

BAL

Leiden

Spirou

Liège

Leuven

Oostende

Giants

Okapi

Mechelen

Mons

Limburg

Brussels

Location of teams in the BNXT League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Netherlands
Apollo Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Apollohal	1,500
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Kalverdijkje	1,700
BAL	Weert	Sporthal Boshoven	1,000
Den Helder Suns	Den Helder	Sporthal Sportlaan	1,000
Donar	Groningen	MartiniPlaza	4,350
Feyenoord	Rotterdam	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam	2,500
Heroes Den Bosch	's-Hertogenbosch	Maaspoort	2,800
Landstede Hammers	Zwolle	Landstede Sportcentrum	1,200
Yoast United	Bemmel	De Kooi	650
ZZ Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	2,000
Belgium
Antwerp Giants	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	5,218
Brussels Basketball	Brussels	Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek	1,200
Kangoeroes Mechelen	Mechelen	Winketkaai	1,500
Leuven Bears	Leuven	Sportoase	3,400
Liège Basket	Liège	Country Hall	5,000
Limburg United	Hasselt	Alverberg Sporthal	1,730
Mons-Hainaut	Mons	Mons Arena	4,000
Okapi Aalst	Aalst	Okapi Forum	2,800
Oostende	Ostend	Coretec Dôme	5,000
Spirou	Charleroi	Spiroudome	6,200

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Antwerp Giants	Ivica Skelin	Jean-Marc Mwema	Spalding	Telenet
Apollo Amsterdam	Wierd Goedee		Nike	Behind The Arc
Aris Leeuwarden	Vincent van Sliedregt	Tim Hoeve	Craft	Vriezon
BAL	Radenko Varagić		Spalding	Enerparking
Brussels Basketball	Jean-Marc Jaumin	Terry Deroover	Macron	Circus
Den Helder Suns	Peter van Noord	Nino Gorissen	Spalding	TekPark
Donar	Andrej Štimac		Macron	FlexVirtual[5]
Feyenoord	Toon van Helfteren		Adidas	Zeeuw & Zeeuw
Heroes Den Bosch	Erik Braal	Boy van Vliet	Macron	Inamood
Kangoeroes Mechelen	Kristof Michiels	Wen Mukubu	Spalding	Bengal
Landstede Hammers	Mark van Schutterhoef (a.i.)		Acerbis	Landstede
Leuven Bears	Eddy Casteels	Joshua Heath	Spalding	Stella Artois
Liège Basket	Brad Greenberg	Brieuc Lemaire	Ohka	Solidbeton
Limburg United	Raymond Westphalen	Clifford Hammonds	K1x	Hubo Belgium
Mons-Hainaut	Vedran Bosnić	Justin Cage	Olympic	Belfius
Okapi Aalst	Thomas Crab	Ivan Maras	Spalding	CheckNet
Oostende	Dario Gjergja	Dušan Đorđević	Spalding	Filou
Spirou	Sam Rotsaert	Alex Libert	Spalding	RTL
Yoast United	Paul Vervaeck		Jako	Yoast SEO
ZZ Leiden	Doug Spradley	Marijn Ververs	Peak	Zorg en Zekerheid

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Antwerp Giants	Luc Smout	End of interim spell	10 May 2022[6]	Pre-season	Ivica Skelin	10 May 2022[6]
ZZ Leiden	Geert Hammink	Signed with Skyliners Frankfurt	17 June 2022[7]		Doug Spradley	15 August 2022[8]
Donar	Matthew Otten	Fired	13 October 2022[9]	10th (0–1)	Andrej Štimac	13 October 2022[9]
Liège Basket	Lionel Bosco	Fired	15 December 2022[10]	10th (2-6)	Brad Greenberg	7 January 2023 [10]
Landstede Hammers	Herman van den Belt	Mutual agreement	7 March 2023[11]		Mark van Schutterhoef (interim)	7 March 2023
Feyenoord	Toon van Helfteren	Fired	21 April 2023[12]	18th (1–7 in Elite Gold)	Armand Salomon (interim)	21 April 2023[12]

National Round

Netherlands

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Heroes Den Bosch	18	18	0	1607	1177	+430	36	Advance to Elite Gold
2	ZZ Leiden	18	13	5	1411	1173	+238	31
3	Landstede Hammers	18	11	7	1477	1367	+110	29
4	Aris Leeuwarden	18	11	7	1457	1386	+71	29
5	Donar	18	10	8	1383	1269	+114	28
6	Yoast United	18	10	8	1475	1448	+27	28	Advance to Elite Silver
7	Feyenoord	18	8	10	1336	1335	+1	26
8	Den Helder Suns	18	4	14	1264	1553	−289	22
9	BAL	18	4	14	1222	1483	−261	22
10	Apollo Amsterdam	18	1	17	1126	1567	−441	19

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BNXT League

Results

Home \ Away	AMS	ARI	BAL	DON	DHE	FEY	HDB	LAN	YOA	ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam	—	68–86	74–79	58–87	84–81	63–81	50–112	69–95	74–98	0–20
Aris Leeuwarden	110–94	—	74–55	88–80	91–67	83–72	74–78	79–69	92–94	75–76
BAL	89–80	62–73	—	52–78	75–77	65–82	63–103	85–109	93–100	58–72
Donar	100–57	70–76	76–63	—	96–57	64–57	65–77	72–69	78–68	62–70
Den Helder Suns	81–79	75–77	78–72	71–103	—	61–88	62–79	71–93	80–93	79–105
Feyenoord	84–56	87–70	66–69	89–87	52–66	—	57–70	77–82	77–73	80–75
Heroes Den Bosch	89–41	85–70	99–50	94–59	96–61	111–74	—	91–78	91–71	79–74
Landstede Hammers	94–62	93–76	69–79	63–68	80–72	85–73	63–80	—	78–73	84–83
Yoast United	86–68	74–93	74–70	76–70	97–66	85–74	84–85	81–108	—	68–79
ZZ Leiden	95–49	87–70	99–43	84–68	93–59	70–66	81–88	76–65	72–80	—

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BNXT League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Belgium

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oostende	18	14	4	1589	1385	+204	32	Advance to Elite Gold
2	Antwerp Giants	18	12	6	1431	1309	+122	30
3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	18	11	7	1504	1425	+79	29
4	Limburg United	18	10	8	1528	1473	+55	28
5	Spirou	18	10	8	1447	1363	+84	28
6	Leuven Bears	18	8	10	1376	1379	−3	26	Advance to Elite Silver
7	Okapi Aalst	18	8	10	1419	1457	−38	26
8	Mons-Hainaut	18	7	11	1469	1539	−70	25
9	Liège Basket	18	6	12	1379	1556	−177	24
10	Circus Brussels	18	4	14	1321	1577	−256	22

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BNXT League

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	BRU	LEU	LIE	LIM	MEC	MON	OKA	OOS	SPI
Antwerp Giants	—	89–55	61–57	84–64	90–79	84–75	79–62	96–62	64–80	66–77
Circus Brussels	67–93	—	73–71	82–77	71–79	81–73	114–110	68–78	84–115	55–74
Leuven Bears	59–74	69–53	—	92–76	84–76	72–68	83–94	88–69	75–79	83–81
Liège Basket	81–89	86–81	78–74	—	85–105	65–81	86–95	82–73	87–78	69–74
Limburg United	80–66	102–81	80–76	90–78	—	91–99	101–79	80–76	75–82	90–78
Kangoeroes Mechelen	99–77	85–71	91–75	84–85	85–79	—	89–80	90–98	91–97	82–71
Mons-Hainaut	75–77	110–85	71–93	99–70	98–87	67–80	—	72–62	80–78	66–102
Okapi Aalst	78–76	85–80	83–74	84–86	80–82	77–81	88–71	—	80–82	86–80
Oostende	91–88	101–54	103–75	108–62	85–77	79–63	78–70	95–67	—	88–101
Spirou	68–78	80–66	69–76	83–62	80–75	76–88	114–110	74–93	92–70	—

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: BNXT League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

International Round

Elite Gold

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Antwerp Giants	10	10	0	2194	1951	+243	35	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (BE)
2	Oostende	10	8	2	2424	2055	+369	34
3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	10	8	2	2281	2145	+136	33	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
4	ZZ Leiden	10	5	5	2156	1919	+237	31	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (NL)
5	Heroes Den Bosch	10	2	8	2319	1937	+382	30
6	Donar	10	6	4	2082	1950	+132	30	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
7	Landstede Hammers	10	3	7	2115	2135	−20	28
8	Limburg United	10	4	6	2305	2210	+95	28	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
9	Spirou	10	4	6	2236	2193	+43	28
10	Aris Leeuwarden	10	0	10	2211	2291	−80	25	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)

Source: BNXT League

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	ARI	DON	HDB	LAN	LIM	MEC	OOS	SPI	ZZL
Antwerp Giants	—	83–63	88–81	55–54	81–64	—	—	—	—	76–64
Aris Leeuwarden	68–87	—	—	—	—	75–88	90–96	78–97	84–99	—
Donar	51–65	—	—	—	—	68–66	73–48	63–60	69–55	—
Heroes Den Bosch	65–70	—	—	—	—	92–88	71–74	76–86	88–64	—
Landstede Hammers	57–81	—	—	—	—	77–72	84–81	66–77	97–83	—
Limburg United	—	96–77	77–88	84–77	81–51	—	—	—	—	70–73
Kangoeroes Mechelen	—	76–61	74–72	70–53	101–62	—	—	—	—	80–79
Oostende	—	100–80	80–63	82–56	97–52	—	—	—	—	81–56
Spirou	—	83–78	68–71	87–80	95–79	—	—	—	—	89–98
ZZ Leiden	75–77	—	—	—	—	59–55	75–77	80–75	86–66	—

Source: BNXT League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Elite Silver

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leuven Bears	10	10	0	2238	2034	+204	33	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2	Okapi Aalst	10	9	1	2361	2237	+124	32	Advance to BNXT Playoffs
3	Mons-Hainaut	10	8	2	2276	2268	+8	31
4	Liège Basket	10	7	3	2231	2313	−82	29
5	Yoast United	10	3	7	2276	2288	−12	27	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
6	Phoenix Brussels	10	5	5	2173	2431	−258	26	Advance to BNXT Playoffs
7	Feyenoord	10	2	8	2107	2170	−63	25
8	BAL	10	3	7	1954	2302	−348	24
9	Den Helder Suns	10	2	8	2026	2462	−436	23
10	Apollo Amsterdam	10	1	9	1835	2479	−644	20

Source: BNXT League

Results

Home \ Away	AMS	BAL	BRU	DHE	FEY	LEU	LIE	MON	OKA	YOA
Apollo Amsterdam	—	—	75–86	—	—	57–82	69–64	79–87	90–106	—
BAL	—	—	69–74	—	—	71–74	82–88	70–66	91–89	—
Phoenix Brussels	86–81	71–77	—	104–109	97–105	—	—	—	—	89–84
Den Helder Suns	—	—	90–89	—	—	77–87	72–87	69–89	76–77	—
Feyenoord	—	—	82–87	—	—	76–88	76–95	65–66	72–78	—
Leuven Bears	104–58	83–65	—	85–56	69–62	—	—	—	—	98–71
Liège Basket	103–60	93–66	—	98–68	74–96	—	—	—	—	79–67
Mons-Hainaut	90–64	79–74	—	88–64	82–72	—	—	—	—	64–82
Okapi Aalst	104–76	102–67	—	105–81	99–65	—	—	—	—	97–83
Yoast United	—	—	82–69	—	—	62–92	101–71	90–96	79–85	—

Source: BNXT League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

National Playoffs

In the national playoffs, quarterfinals will be played best-of-three format (1–1–1), semifinals and finals will be played in a best-of-five format (1–1–1–1–1).

Netherlands

Bracket

	Quarterfinals 3–7 May					Semifinals 10–18 May					Finals 21 May–29 May
						1	ZZ Leiden	3
	4	Landstede Hammers	1			5	Aris Leeuwarden	0
	5	Aris Leeuwarden	2								1	ZZ Leiden	3
											3	Donar	2
						2	Heroes Den Bosch	1
	3	Donar	2			3	Donar	3
	6	Yoast United	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Donar	2–0	Yoast United	75–65	89–72	—
Landstede Hammers	1–2	Aris Leeuwarden	98–101	80–76	82–101

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ZZ Leiden	3–0	Aris Leeuwarden	99–93	72–64	98–94	—	—
Heroes Den Bosch	1–3	Donar	71–68	60–69	65–78	54–67	—

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ZZ Leiden	3–2	Donar	91–94	68–65	55–64	68–45	82–81

Belgium

Bracket

	Quarterfinals 3–7 May					Semifinals 10–18 May					Finals 21–29 May
						1	Antwerp Giants	3
	4	Limburg United	2			4	Limburg United	1
	5	Spirou	0								1	Antwerp Giants	1
											2	Oostende	3
						2	Oostende	3
	3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	2			3	Kangoeroes Mechelen	2
	6	Leuven Bears	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Limburg United	2–0	Spirou	81–71	83–77	—
Kangoeroes Mechelen	2–1	Leuven Bears	75–62	62–86	98–89

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Antwerp Giants	3–1	Limburg United	59–77	62–50	89–74	77–70	—
Oostende	3–2	Kangoeroes Mechelen	87–77	70–73	84–74	77–92	82–59

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Antwerp Giants	1–3	Oostende	63–62	60–94	70–86	60–81	—

BNXT Playoffs

The highest ranked team before the start of the playoffs always has the home court advantage. This means that they always play the last game of a playoff series or a home and away matchup at home.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Okapi Aalst	188–161	Apollo Amsterdam	87–94	101–67
Circus Brussels Basketball	152–137	Feyenoord	77–75	75–62
Mons-Hainaut	176–165	Den Helder Suns	98–82	78–83
Liège Basket	170–120	BAL	80–68	90–52

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leuven Bears	176–146	Okapi Aalst	75–81	101–65
Spirou	169–144	Circus Brussels Basketball	84–61	85–83
Landstede Hammers	179–186	Liège Basket	79–94	100–92
Yoast United	166–168	Mons-Hainaut	75–86	91–82

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Heroes Den Bosch	141–154	Leuven Bears	70–80	71–74
Aris Leeuwarden	149–177	Spirou	84–91	65–86
Limburg United	179–157	Liège Basket	88–79	91–78
Kangoeroes Mechelen	158–117	Mons-Hainaut	93–61	65–56

Fourth round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Leuven Bears	154–162	Spirou	82–83	72–79
Limburg United	176–144	Kangoeroes Mechelen	93–71	83–73

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Antwerp Giants	134–162	Spirou	67–85	67–77
Donar	164–175	Limburg United	67–87	97–88

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ZZ Leiden	157–125	Spirou	86–67	71–58
Oostende	190–154	Limburg United	86–87	104–67

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Oostende	1–2	ZZ Leiden	66–79	76–63	80–91

Individual awards

The winner of individual awards were announced on April 25, 2023.^[13]

Category	Player	Team	Nominees	Ref.
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Brian Fobbs	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Desonta Bradford (Antwerp Giants) Brian Fobbs (Kangoeroes) Breein Tyree (Filou Oostende)	[13]
BNXT Finals MVP	David Collins	ZZ Leiden	–	[14]
Belgian Playoff Finals MVP	Vrenz Bleijenbergh	Filou Oostende	–	[15]
Dutch Playoff Finals MVP	Thomas Rutherford	ZZ Leiden	–	[16]
Dream Team	Breein Tyree	Filou Oostende	–	[13]
	Brian Fobbs	Kangoeroes Mechelen
	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Filou Oostende
	Vincent Cole	Yoast United
	Thijs De Ridder	Telenet Giants Antwerp
Dutch Player of the Year	Thomas van der Mars	Heroes Den Bosch	Marijn Ververs (ZZ Leiden) Sam Van Oostrum (Den Helder Suns) Thomas van der Mars (Heroes Den Bosch)
Belgian Player of the Year	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Filou Oostende	Pierre-Antoine Gillet (Filou Oostende) Jonas Delalieux (Limburg United) Domien Loubry (Kangoeroes)
Rising Star of the Year (Netherlands)	Oshean Brathwaite	BAL	Oshean Brathwaite (BAL) Isaï Sow (Feyenoord) Jibbe Sicking (Apollo Amsterdam)
Rising Star of the Year (Belgium)	Thijs De Ridder	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Jo Van Buggenhout (Kangoeroes Mechelen) Thijs De Ridder (Antwerp Giants) Siebe Ledegen (Okapi Aalst)
Sixth Man of the Year	Thijs De Ridder	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Olivier Troisfontaines (Filou Oostende) Maarten Bouwknecht (ZZ Leiden) Thijs De Ridder (Antwerp Giants)
Defensive Player of the Year	Wen Mukubu	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Chris Ebou N'Dow (Heroes Den Bosch) Jean-Marc Mwema (Antwerp Giants) Wen Mukubu (Kangoeroes)
Coach of the Year (Netherlands)	Doug Spradley	ZZ Leiden	Vincent Van Sliedregt (Aris Leeuwarden) Erik Braal (Heroes Den Bosch) Doug Spradley (ZZ Leiden)
Coach of the Year (Belgium)	Ivica Skelin	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Kristof Michiels (Kangoeroes) Ivica Skelin (Antwerp Giants) Sam Rotsaert (Spirou)
Referee of the Year (Netherlands)	Tijmen Last	–	John Van Dam Tijmen Last Bert Van Slooten
Referee of the Year (Belgium)	Nick Van Den Broeck	–	Renaud Geller Martin Van Hoye Nick Van Den Broeck

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2022–23 regular season.^[17]

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Vincent Cole	Yoast United	22.3
Rebounds per game	Arnaldo Toro Barea	Landstede Hammers	12.8
Assists per game	Joshua Heath	Leuven Bears	7.3
Steals per game	Ángel Rodríguez	Liège Basket	3.7
Blocks per game	Kevin Tumba	Liège Basket	1.5
Efficiency per game	Ivan Maraš	Okapi Aalst	25.1
FT%	Terry Deroover	Circus Brussels	93.9%
2P%	Haris Bratanovic	Filou Oostende	76.8%
3P%	Keime Helfrich	Heroes Den Bosch	47.7%

In European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Oostende	Champions League	Play-ins
Heroes Den Bosch		Qualifying rounds
	FIBA Europe Cup	Second Round
Kangoeroes Mechelen		Regular season
Donar Groningen		Regular season
Antwerp Giants		Regular season
ZZ Leiden		Qualifying rounds