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Belgian Basketball Cup

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The Belgian Basketball Cup (Beker van België / Coupe de Belgique), for sponsorship reasons the Lotto Basketball Cup, is the top tier national basketball cup competition in Belgium. The tournament is played in a knock-out format, in which teams are drawn against each other. Oostende is the most successful club in the competition's history, as it won 19 titles. Antwerp Giants are the last team to have won the Cup, having won the 2025 edition.

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History

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Former logo of the Belgian Cup

In 2013, the cup got a new name in The Base Cup, referring to the new main sponsor Base. The mobile telephony provider signed a sponsorship contract for 3 years. This led to, in the 2013–14 season, the first time a Final Four was held instead of semi-finals with two legs since 2003.[1]

Format

Teams from the Basketball League Belgium Division I, the Top Division 1 and Top Division 2 (the first three divisions in Belgian basketball) compete in the competition. In the first round teams from the Top Division I and 2 play in 12 groups. From the second round, teams from the BLB Division I enter the competition. In the second round, the quarter- and semi-finals a double legged format is used. When a Division I team faces off against a team from a lower league, no second leg is played. The Final is decided by a single game.[2]

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Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the cup competition has known several names:

  • Base Cup (2013–2016)
  • bpost cup (2016–2019)
  • EuroMillions Cup (2020–2022)[3]
  • Lotto Cup (2022–present)[4]

Finals

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OT Match was won after overtime
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Notes

  1. The Most Valuable Player award was introduced in 2013.
  2. Antwerpse started the 1956 Final with a 20-point lead
  3. Avanti Brugge started the 1967 Final with a 10-point lead because the team was from the Third Division.
  4. In the 1983 Final, Maccabi Brussels got a 10-point lead before the match because the team was from the second division
  5. Spirou Gilly got a 15-point leader before the start of the match, because the club was from the second division
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References

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