German Basketball Cup
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 BBL-Pokal | |
Logo used for the Final Fours | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1966–67 season |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | Germany |
Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion(s) |
Alba Berlin (9th title) |
Most titles |
Bayer Giants Leverkusen (10 titles) |
Related competitions |
Beko BBL BBL Champions Cup |
The German Basketball Cup, known as the BBL-Pokal for sponsorship reasons, is the top annual national basketball cup competition in Germany. Since 2009, the title has been awarded to the winner of a final four competition between clubs of the BBL. The final stages are also known as the Beko BBL TOP FOUR.
History and format
The competition was founded in 1966, by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on June 11th, 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.
Title holders
Finals
Top Four Era (1993–present)
Cups by team
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years |
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Alba Berlin | 9 | 1 | 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
Brose Baskets | 3 | 2 | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Köln 99ers | 3 | 1 | 2004, 2005, 2007 |
Bayer Giants Leverkusen | 2 | 1 | 1993, 1995 |
Trier | 2 | 0 | 1998, 2001 |
ratiopharm Ulm | 1 | 4 | 1996 |
Hagen | 1 | 2 | 1994 |
Skyliners Frankfurt | 1 | 2 | 2000 |
Artland Dragons | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
EWE Baskets | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | 0 | 3 | |
Gießen 46ers | 0 | 2 | |
Dragons Rhöndorf | 0 | 1 | |
EnBW Ludwigsburg | 0 | 1 | |
Phantoms Braunschweig | 0 | 1 | |
Bayern Munich | 0 | 1 |
See also
- Basketball in Germany
- German Basketball League
- German Basketball League Champions
- German Basketball League Awards
- German Basketball Supercup
- German League All-Star Game
External links
- Basketball Bundesliga (German)
- AG 2. Bundesliga (German)
- History of German Basketball (German)
- History of BBL (German)