Donar Groningen in European basketball

Donar, internationally represented as Donar Groningen, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Groningen. The club made its debut in international competitions in 1974 in the 1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup. Since then, Donar has played in European competitions in 20 seasons organised by FIBA Europe or Euroleague Basketball.

Donar in international basketball

Club	Donar
Seasons played	20
First entry	1974–75 FIBA Korać Cup
Latest entry	2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup

List of games

Aggregate results list Donar's point tally first. All statistics are updated as of 8 October 2023.

Colour key

Wins   Draws   Losses   Competition winners   Competition runners-up

Key

QR = Qualifying round R1 = First round R2 = Second round RS = Regular season R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarterfinals SF = Semifinals OT = After overtime N = Neutral venue

Season	Tier	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
1974–75	3	Korać Cup	R1	Etzella	129–68	78–110	239–146
			R2	ASVEL	90–82	87–64	154–169
1981–82	3	Korać Cup	R1	Solent Stars Southampton	107–77	105–92	199–182
			R2	Cotonificio Badalona	104–82	107–83	187–189
1982–83	1	European Champions Cup	R1	Ammerud	116–67	56–106	222–123
			R2	Maccabi Tel Aviv	76–69	88–68	144–157
1990–91	3	Korać Cup	R1	Vojvodina	80–90	102–73	153–192
1999–2000	3	Korać Cup	Q	Vacallo	61–78	86–73	134–164
2000–01	3	Korać Cup	R1	Athlon Ieper	70–88	76–72	142–162
2004–05	2	ULEB Cup	RS	Maroússi	74–82	85–51	5th in Group C
				Oostende	97–85	84–97
				Gran Canaria	69–79	80–63
				Zadar	73–71	74–51
				Cholet	72–74	79–67
2005–06	3	FIBA EuroCup	RS	Śląsk Wroclaw	69–79	77–68	3rd in Group F
				Hapoel Tel Aviv	72–74	66–73
				Maroússi	73–68	65–53
2007–08	2	ULEB Cup	RS	CSU Ploieşti	81–95	80–73	6th in Group E
				Galatasaray	60–93	101–67
				Akavayu Girona	91–105	96–63
				Vršac	94–85	102–77
				Spirou Charleroi	79–73	85–76
2010–11	1	Euroleague	Q1	UNICS Kazan	72–84	78–63	135–162
2010–11	2	Eurocup	RS	Galatasaray	65–66	57–63	4th in Group E
				Panellinios	57–63	68–51
				Cantù	80–74	81–54
2011–12	2	EuroCup	RS	Prienai	87–82	97–70	4th in Group E
				Aris Thessaloniki	51–58	79–58
				ČEZ Nymburk	75–92	93–60
2013–14	3	EuroChallenge	RS	Reggio Emilia	85–60	78–61	4th in Group E
				KTP	72–76	72–76
				Okapi Aalstar	63–70	83–82 (OT)
2015–16	3	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	ASVEL	66–85	81–45	3rd in Group A
				Mons-Hainaut	77–75	90–76
				Körmend	78–71	75–72
2016–17	3	Champions League	Q1	Tartu	76–76	65–57	133–141
2016–17	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Gravelines	70–79	71–67	2nd in Group B
				Limburg United	98–70	90–97
				Körmend	79–74	72–79
			R2	Enisey	76–84	67–81	2nd in Group P
				Benfica	81–78	82–94
				Lukoil Academic	95–89	88–64
2017–18	3	Basketball Champions League	Q1	Vytautas	75–77	61–84	159–138
			Q2	Bakken Bears	78–80	83–91	169–163
			Q3	Estudiantes	76–76	77–69 (OT)	145–153
2017–18	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	ESSM Le Portel	77–72	60–49	2nd in Group A
				Bosna Royal	94–56	43–72
				Antwerp Giants	84–82 (OT)	78–77
			R2	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	92–72	73–77	1st in Group L
				Keravnos	109–69	74–72
				Mons-Hainaut	96–72	84–65
			L16	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	103–76	69–76	179–145
			QF	Mornar Bar	101–74	73–67	168–147
			SF	Reyer Venezia	83–80	82–72	155–162
2018–19	3	Basketball Champions League	Q1	Prishtina	80–55	84–64	144–139
			Q2	Fribourg Olympic	67–72	77–79	144–151
2018–19	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Pınar Karsiyaka	89–83	64–69	1st in Group C
				Spirou Charleroi	76–73	94–64
				Istanbul BB	90–81	47–85
			R2	Varese	67–73	77–80	3rd in Group
				AEK Larnaca	70–80	56–78
				Dinamo Sassari	76–84	97–74
			R16	Oostende	66–66	80–88	146–154
2019–20	3	Champions League	Q1	Benfica	76–66	94–65	141–161
2019–20	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Pınar Karsiyaka	62–79	77–59	3rd in Group E
				Spirou Charleroi	64–78	87–56
				Phoenix Brussels	75–63	70–72
2020–21	3	Champions League	Q1	Dnipro	88–53 (N)
			Q2	Keravnos	57–60 (N)
2020–21	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Parma Perm	81–93		3rd in Group F
				Heroes Den Bosch	98–99
				Borisfen	20–0[a]
2021–22	4	FIBA Europe Cup	QR1	Swans Gmunden	80–53 (N)
			QR2	Benfica	73–81 (N)[b]
			RS	London Lions	60–79	85–67	3rd in Group A
				Medi Bayreuth	64–71	61–84
				Kapfenberg Bulls	85–59	85–89 (OT)
2022–23	4	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	New Basket Brindisi	65–87	57–81	4th in Group F
				Budivelnyk	61–74	81–86
				Kalev	41–94	65–75
2023–24	4	FIBA Europe Cup	QR	Rabotnički	65–62		3rd in qualifying tournament A
				Rapid Bucharest	65–69
				Sabah	72–75

Non-FIBA competitions

In 2006, Donar (then known as Hanzevast Capitals) played in the Haarlem Basketball Week, an International tournament in Amsterdam hosted during the winter break.^[1] Six years later, in 2012, the team hosted the Groninger Basketball Week at the MartiniPlaza.

For the 2024–25 season, Donar joined the European North Basketball League (ENBL), a FIBA-affiliated but separately organised competition for basketball teams across the continent.^[2][3]

Season	Tournament	Round	Club	Score
2006	Haarlem Basketball Week	Group stage	Israel	79–81 (OT)[4]
			EiffelTowers Den Bosch	Lost (Unknown)
			Estudiantes de Bahia Blanca	93–70[5]
2012	Groninger Basketball Week	Group stage	Egypt	92–90
			Bosna	82–56
		Semifinal	Šiauliai	74–78
2024–25	European North Basketball League[2]	Regular season	Opava	86-88
			Valmiera	78-81 (OT)
			Tartu	70–89
			Dziki Warsaw	79–95
			Spišskí Rytieri	88–68
			Spartak Pleven	87–84
			CSO Voluntari	83–89
			Newcastle Eagles	63–67

Overall record

All statistics are correct as of after the 2023–24 season.

Colour key

Positive balance (more wins)   Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)   Negative balance (more losses)

By country

Donar record in European basketball by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	Win%
Austria	3	3	0	0	1.000
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	1	.000
Belarus	1	1	0	0	1.000
Belgium	22	11	1	12	.479
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	1.000
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	.500
Croatia	2	1	0	1	.500
Cyprus	5	2	0	3	.400
Czechia	2	0	0	2	.000
Denmark	2	1	0	1	.500
Estonia	4	1	1	2	.375
Finland	2	1	0	1	.500
France	12	2	0	10	.167
Germany	2	0	0	2	.000
Greece	8	1	0	7	.125
Hungary	4	3	0	1	.750
Israel	4	2	0	2	.500
Italy	12	4	0	8	.333
Kosovo	2	1	0	1	.500
Lithuania	4	2	0	2	.500
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	1.000
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	.500
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	.000
North Macedonia	1	1	0	0	1.000
Norway	2	2	0	0	1.000
Poland	2	0	0	2	.000
Portugal	5	3	0	2	.600
Romania	4	2	0	3	.400
Russia	5	1	0	4	.200
Serbia	2	1	0	1	.500
Spain	7	1	1	6	.188
Switzerland	4	1	0	3	.250
Turkey	10	4	0	6	.400
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	.333
United Kingdom	4	2	0	2	.500
Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	.000
Total	163	61	3	92	.401

By club

Donar record in European basketball by club

Club	Country	Pld	W	D	L	Win%
AEK Larnaca	Cyprus	2	1	0	1	.500
Ammerud	Norway	2	2	0	0	1.000
Antwerp Giants	Belgium	2	1	0	1	.500
Aris Thessaloniki	Greece	2	0	0	2	.000
ASVEL	France	4	1	0	3	.250
Athlon Ieper	Belgium	2	0	0	2	.000
Bakken Bears	Denmark	2	1	0	1	.500
Bayreuth	Germany	2	0	0	2	.000
Benfica	Portugal	5	3	0	2	.600
Bosna	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	1.000
Borsifen	Belarus	1	1	0	0	1.000
New Basket Brindisi	Italy	2	0	0	2	.000
Budivelnyk Kiev	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	.000
Cantú	Italy	2	1	0	1	.500
Cholet	France	2	0	0	2	.000
CSU Ploiești	Romania	2	0	0	2	.000
Dinamo Sassari	Italy	2	0	0	2	.000
Dnipro	Ukraine	1	1	0	0	1.000
Enisey	Russia	2	1	0	1	.500
Estudiantes	Spain	2	0	1	1	.250
Etzella	Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	1.000
Fribourg Olympic	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	.500
Sant Josep Girona	Spain	2	0	0	2	.000
Galatasaray	Turkey	4	0	0	4	.000
Gran Canaria	Spain	2	0	0	2	.000
Gravelines-Dunkerque	France	2	0	0	2	.000
Hapoel Tel Aviv	Israel	2	1	0	1	.500
Heroes Den Bosch	Netherlands	1	0	0	1	.000
Istanbul BB	Turkey	2	2	0	0	1.000
Círcol Catòlic de Badalona	Spain	2	1	0	1	.500
Kalev	Estonia	2	0	0	2	.000
Kapfenberg Bulls	Austria	2	2	0	0	1.000
Karşıyaka	Turkey	4	2	0	2	.500
Keravnos	Cyprus	3	1	0	2	.333
Körmend	Hungary	4	3	0	1	.750
KTP	Finland	2	1	0	1	.500
Limburg United	Belgium	2	2	0	0	1.000
London Lions	United Kingdom	2	0	0	2	.000
Lukoil Academic	Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	.500
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	2	1	0	1	.500
Maroússi	Greece	4	1	0	3	.250
Mons-Hainaut	Belgium	4	2	0	2	.500
Mornar	Montenegro	2	1	0	1	.500
Nymburk	Czechia	2	0	0	2	.000
Okapi Aalst	Belgium	2	0	0	2	.000
Oostende	Belgium	4	2	1	1	.625
Panelliniios	Greece	2	0	0	2	.000
Parma	Russia	1	0	0	1	.000
Phoenix Brussels	Belgium	2	2	0	0	1.000
Prienai	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	.500
Prishtina	Kosovo	2	1	0	1	.500
Reggiana	Italy	2	1	0	1	.500
Rabotnički	North Macedonia	1	1	0	0	1.000
Rapid București	Romania	1	0	0	1	.000
Reyer Venezia	Italy	2	1	0	1	.500
Sabah	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	.000
Spirou	Belgium	6	3	0	3	.500
Śląsk Wrocław	Poland	2	0	0	2	.000
Solent Stars	United Kingdom	2	2	0	0	1.000
Swans Gmunden	Austria	1	1	0	0	1.000
Tartu	Estonia	1	0	1	1	.250
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Romania	4	4	0	0	1.000
UNICS	Russia	2	0	0	2	.500
Vacallo	Switzerland	2	0	0	2	.000
Varese	Italy	2	1	0	1	.500
Vojvodina	FR Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	.000
Vršac	Serbia	2	1	0	1	.500
Vytautas	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	.500

Notes

1. Donar won with a walk over after Borisfen could not play due to health rules concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Donar lost to Benfica in the second qualifying round, but still qualified as a Lucky Loser as it was ranked second of the four eliminated teams.