BBL-Pokal

BBL-Pokal
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)
First season1966–67
CountryGermany
Number of teams16
Related competitionsBeko BBL
BBL Champions Cup
Current championsBayern Munich (5th title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsAlba Berlin (11 titles)
Websitewww.easycredit-bbl.de
2024–25 BBL-Pokal

Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany.[1] Since 2009, the competition has been conducted only between the top-ranked clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

History and format

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Former BBL-Pokal Top Four logo

The competition was founded in 1966, by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on 11 June 1967, in Oberhausen. Since 1993, the cup championship is decided in a final four format, which is held over one weekend. The host team of the cup's final four, is automatically set as one of the participants. The three remaining teams are determined by three quarterfinal matches, played between the winners of the earlier round matches.

Logo of the Top Four of the BBL-Pokal, used until 2018

Starting from the 2018–19 season, the format was changed to a sixteen team knock-out tournament, with the sixteen highest seeded teams from the previous season qualifying.[2]

Winners

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Finals

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Single and two-legged Finals Era (1967–1992)

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The first DBB Cup final took place on 11 June 1967 in Oberhausen between VfL Osnabrück and ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86:74 (HT 39:36).

Top Four Era (1993–2019, 2021–present)

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From 1993 to 2019, a final four tournament was held in a host city to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Former logo of the Top Four
Year Host city Champion Runner-up Score MVP
1993 Bayreuth Bayer 04 Leverkusen Brandt Hagen 81–60 Not awarded
1994 Bamberg Brandt Hagen ratiopharm Ulm 86–72
1995 Würzburg Bayer 04 Leverkusen ratiopharm Ulm 77–76
1996 Berlin ratiopharm Ulm Bayer 04 Leverkusen 80–79
1997 Gießen Alba Berlin Gießen 46ers 82–73
1998 Frankfurt TBB Trier Dragons Rhöndorf 97–88
1999 Frankfurt Alba Berlin Gießen 46ers 69–48
2000 Frankfurt Skyliners Frankfurt Alba Berlin 76–68
2001 Frankfurt TBB Trier Hagen 96–83
2002 Berlin Alba Berlin EWE Baskets Oldenburg 105–55 [15]
2003 Berlin Alba Berlin RheinEnergie Köln 82–80 [16]
2004 Frankfurt RheinEnergie Köln Opel Skyliners 80–71
2005 Frankfurt RheinEnergie Köln Telekom Baskets Bonn 85–75
2006 Bamberg Alba Berlin GHP Bamberg 85–73
2007 Hamburg RheinEnergie Köln Artland Dragons 60–58 [17]
2008 Hamburg Artland Dragons EnBW Ludwigsburg 74–60 [18][19]
2009 Hamburg Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn 69–44 [20]
2010 Frankfurt Brose Baskets Deutsche Bank Skyliners 76–75
2011 Bamberg Brose Baskets Phantoms Braunschweig 69–66
2012 Bonn Brose Baskets Telekom Baskets Bonn 82–73
2013 Berlin Alba Berlin ratiopharm Ulm 85–67
2014 Ulm Alba Berlin ratiopharm Ulm 86–80
2015 Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg Brose Baskets 72–70
2016 Munich Alba Berlin Bayern Munich 67–65
2017 Berlin Brose Bamberg Bayern Munich 74–71
2018 Ulm Bayern Munich Alba Berlin 80–75
2019 Bamberg Brose Bamberg Alba Berlin 83–82
2021 Munich Bayern Munich Alba Berlin 85–79 Vladimir Lučić[21]
2022 Berlin Alba Berlin Crailsheim Merlins 86–76 Maodo Lô[22]
2023 Oldenburg Bayern Munich Baskets Oldenburg 90–78 Nick Weiler-Babb[23]
2024 Munich Bayern Munich ratiopharm Ulm 81–65 Sylvain Francisco

Knockout tournament (2020)

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In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Year Host city Champion Runner-up Score MVP
2020 Berlin Alba Berlin EWE Baskets Oldenburg 89–56 Martin Hermannsson[24]

Performance by club

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Team Winners Runners-up Years
Alba Berlin 11 4 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
Bayer Giants Leverkusen 10 3 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
Bamberg Baskets 6 3 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
Bayern Munich 5 2 1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
Gießen 46ers 3 4 1969, 1973, 1979
BSC Saturn Köln 3 3 1980, 1981, 1983
Köln 99ers 3 1 2004, 2005, 2007
SSV Hagen 2 6 1975, 1994
MTV Wolfenbüttel 2 3 1972, 1982
medi Bayreuth 2 2 1988, 1989
USC Heidelberg 2 1 1977, 1978
ASC 1846 Göttingen 2 1 1984, 1985
TBB Trier 2 0 1998, 2001
ratiopharm Ulm 1 5 1996
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 1 3 2015
VfL Osnabrück 1 2 1967
Skyliners Frankfurt 1 2 2000
Artland Dragons 1 1 2008
Telekom Baskets Bonn 0 3
EnBW Ludwigsburg 0 2
Phantoms Braunschweig 0 2
ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 0 1
USC Mainz 0 1
Hamburger Turnerbund 0 1
Dragons Rhöndorf 0 1
Crailsheim Merlins 0 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Meister und Pokalsieger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse" (in German). Easycredit-bbl.de. 24 April 2018.
  3. ^ Bayern history
  4. ^ Giessen history
  5. ^ [Im Pokalwettbewerb war der hiesige MTV bekanntlich erfolgreicher: Fünfmal im Finale: 1972 gegen Hagen und 1982 gegen Köln sogar als MTV history cup 1972 and 1982 finals]
  6. ^ 49ers history
  7. ^ Pokal 1975
  8. ^ US season 76-77
  9. ^ US season 77-78
  10. ^ Saturn cup 1980
  11. ^ Saturn cup 1981
  12. ^ Bayreuth 1985
  13. ^ Bayreuth history
  14. ^ Bamberg 91 92
  15. ^ 02 final at Eurobasket.com
  16. ^ 03 final at Eurobasket.com
  17. ^ 07 final at Eurobasket.com
  18. ^ Dragons win final
  19. ^ 08 final
  20. ^ 09 final at Eurobasket.com
  21. ^ BBV-GS (2021-05-16). "Bayern holt sich den BBL-Pokal". BBV (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  22. ^ "Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  23. ^ "Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  24. ^ "Berlin finally win No. 9, Hermannsson named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

Sources

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