The 2018–19 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 59th season of the Dutch Basketball League , the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands . The regular season started on 6 October 2018 and ended 30 April 2019. The best eight teams qualify for the playoffs which start on 2 May 2019. Donar was the defending champion.
The season saw Landstede Zwolle win its first domestic championship, after defeating defending champions Donar in the finals.[ 1]
Due to the increase of teams from nine to ten, the format for the DBL season was changed. The eight highest-placed teams during the regular season qualify for the play-offs, while the two last-placed teams are eliminated. In the quarter-finals, a best-of-three series is played. In the semi-finals, a best-of-five series is played. The finals are decided through a best-of-seven series.[ 2]
Teams
Location of teams in the
2018–19 Dutch Basketball League
On 3 May 2018, the DBL officially announced the Dutch Windmills would make their debut in the upcoming season.[ 3] Forward Lease Rotterdam changed its name to Feyenoord Basketball, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of association football club Feyenoord .[ 4]
Despite reaching the semi-finals of the NBB Cup and being in the fifth place in the DBL, Windmills struggled with financial problems throughout the season. In December 2018, Windmills was refused entrance to its home arena due to its payment arrears.[ 5] On 10 April 2019, it was announced that Windmills would withdraw from the DBL. Its results in the second half of the competition were scrapped by the DBL.[ 6]
Arenas and locations
Club
Location
Venue
Capacity
Apollo Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Apollohal
1,500
Aris Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden
Kalverdijkje
1,700
BAL
Weert
Sporthal Boshoven
1,000
Den Helder Suns
Den Helder
Sporthal Sportlaan
1,000
Donar
Groningen
MartiniPlaza
4,350
Dutch Windmills
Dordrecht
Sporthal de Boulevard
1,100
Feyenoord
Rotterdam
Topsportcentrum
1,000
Landstede
Zwolle
Landstede Sportcentrum
1,200
New Heroes
's-Hertogenbosch
Maaspoort
2,800
ZZ Leiden
Leiden
Vijf Meihal
2,000
Coaching changes
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Position in table
Incoming manager
Date of appointment
ZZ Leiden
Paul Vervaeck
End of contract
30 May 2018 [ 12]
Pre-season
Rolf Franke
11 June 2018 [ 10]
Feyenoord
Armand Salomon
End of contract
23 June 2018 [ 13]
Richard den Os
23 June 2018 [ 13]
New Heroes
Silvano Poropat
Mutual consent
27 August 2018 [ 14]
Ivica Skelin
4 September 2018 [ 15]
Feyenoord
Richard den Os
Resigned
10 March 2019 [ 16]
8th (7–19)
Jan Stalman (interim)
10 March 2019
Aris Leeuwarden
Tony van den Bosch
Signed with Okapi Aalstar
8 April 2019 [ 17]
8th (9–22)
Anne van Dijk (interim)
8 April 2019
Players
Foreign players
In 2017, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5.[ 18] Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.
Notable transactions
Transactions including players who have won a DBL award, were named to an All-DBL Team or were DBL All-Stars.
Notable retirements
Regular season
League table
Source:
DBL (D) Disqualified
Notes:
^ Dutch Windmills withdrew during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds count for the standings.
Results
Source:
DBL Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Note: Dutch Windmills withdrew from the tournament during the third round. Only matches of the two first rounds would count for the league table.
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Team 1
Series
Team 2
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
Donar
2–4
Landstede
72–69
53–62
70–84
88–88
53–85
71–78
0
Final standings
The final standings are based upon performance in the playoffs .
Source:
DBL (C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
Awards
Dutch clubs in European competitions
See also
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