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The 2023–24 Belgian Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the Lotto Basketball Cup, [1] is the 70th edition of Belgium's national basketball cup tournament. Antwerp Giants are defending champions. Limburg United wins the tournament on 10 March 2024 against Spirou Charleroi for a second time in its history. [2] [3]
The last team from Kortrijk to play in the Belgian top division, was IJsboerke Kortrijk during the 1970s. The biggest feat of the team was their victory of the Belgian Cup in 1976. [ 3 ] In January 2023, the Spurs announced they are for a license in the BNXT League starting from the 2023–24 season . [ 1 ]
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.
The playoffs were introduced in the 1977–78 season, modelled after the American National Basketball Association (NBA) which already used the system. [1] The playoffs were part of the Eredivisie (later the Dutch Basketball League) until 2021, when they became part of the BNXT League, which is a fusion league with Belgium.
The BNXT League is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the DBL and PBL . The inaugural season was the 2021–22 season , which started in September 2021.
Limburg United, for sponsorship reasons named Hubo Limburg United, is a professional basketball club based in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Founded in 2014, the club plays in the BNXT League, the first tier of basketball in Belgium. The team plays its home games in Sporthal Alverberg. Limburg has won one trophy, the Belgian Cup in 2022.
The Belgium men's national basketball team [a] has represented Belgium in international basketball since 1928. The supervising body for the national team is Basketball Belgium . Belgium has qualified for the EuroBasket 18 times throughout their history, achieving their best result at the event in 1947 , where they finished in fourth place.
On 10 December 2020, it was announced that the Belgian Pro Basketball League and Dutch Basketball League would merge to form a new multinational league. [2] All clubs from the Dutch DBL voted for, while 9 of 10 teams in Belgium voted in favor of the decision.