BBL-Pokal

BBL-Pokal
Founded	1966; 58 years ago
First season	1966–67
Country	Germany
Number of teams	16
Related competitions	Beko BBL; BBL Champions Cup
Current champions	Bayern Munich (5th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Alba Berlin (11 titles)
Website	www.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 title has been awarded to the winner of a tournament competition between top clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) season.

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 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.

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

Finals

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

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).

1966-67, 11.06.67, Oberhausen: Osnabrück - ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86-74
1967-68, 09.06.68, Darmstadt: Bayern Munich - Wolfenbüttel 59-55 ^[3]
1968-69, 14.06.69, Hamburg: Giessen 46ers - Osnabrück 75-74 ^[4]
1969-70, 31.05.70 Braunschweig: Bayer Giants Leverkusen - Osnabrück 73-49
1970-71, 17.10.71 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen - USC Mainz 101-64
1971-72, 07.05.72, Hilden: MTV Wolfenbüttel - Hagen 72-65 ^[5]
1972-73, 08.06.73 Hagen: Giessen 46ers - MTV Wolfenbüttel 90-86 ^[6]
1973-74, 08.06.74 Hagen: Bayer Leverkusen - Hamburger 88-61
1974-75, 15/22.03.75 Hagen & Heidelberg: SSV Hagen - USC Heidelberg 79:58 & 56:66 ^[7]
1975-76, 03/11.04.76 Leverkusen & Wolfenbüttel: TuS 04 Leverkusen - MTV Wolfenbüttel 84:77 & 62:66
1976-77, 30.03 /06.04.77 Heidelberg & Leverkusen: USC Heidelberg - Bayer Leverkusen 88:70 & 72:87 ^[8]
1977-78, 09/17.05.78 Heidelberg & Hagen: USC Heidelberg - SV Hagen 78:69 & 82:90 ^[9]
1978-79, 21/28.03.79 Göttingen & Gießen: Giessen 46ers - ASC 1846 Göttingen 77-72 & 75-77.
1979-80, 26/29.03.80 Köln + Gießen: Saturn Köln - Giessen 46ers 78-62 & 68-70 ^[10]
1980-81, 01/11.02.81 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln - SVV Hagen 82:77 & 85:82 ^[11]
1981-82,16/24.03.82 Wolfenbüttel & Köln: Wolfenbüttel - Saturn Köln 97:79 & 76:93
1982-83, 19/27.03.83 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln - Hagen 78:66 & 92:85
1983-84, 04/07.03.84 Köln & Göttingen: ASC 46 Göttingen - Saturn Köln 75:76 & 83:65
1984-85, 10.03.85 Osnabrück: ASC 1846 Göttingen - Medi Bayreuth (div2) 85-72 ^[12]
1985-86, 22.03.86 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen - Medi Bayreuth 80-68
1986-87, 05.04.87 Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Giessen 46ers 92:71
1987-88, 07.05.88 Ludwigsburg: Medi Bayreuth - Saturn Köln 105–88 ^[13]
1988-89, 1989, 02.04.89 Leverkusen: Medi Bayreuth - Bayer Giants Leverkusen 89-67
1989-90, 14/16.04.90 Bamberg & Leverkusen:TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Brose Bamberg 84:83 & 99:78
1990-91, 17/23.03.91 Braunschweig & Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - MTV Braunschweig 98:71 & 126:80 (OT)
1991-92, 06/08.03.92 Stuttgart & Bamberg: Brose Bamberg - Riesen Ludwigsburg 69-72 & 74-68 ^[14]

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

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

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)

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	Marcos Knight^[24]

Performance by club

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

References

^ "Meister und Pokalsieger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse" (in German). Easycredit-bbl.de. 24 April 2018.
^ Bayern history
^ Giessen history
^ [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]
^ 49ers history
^ Pokal 1975
^ US season 76-77
^ US season 77-78
^ Saturn cup 1980
^ Saturn cup 1981
^ Bayreuth 1985
^ Bayreuth history
^ Bamberg 91 92
^ 02 final at Eurobasket.com
^ 03 final at Eurobasket.com
^ 07 final at Eurobasket.com
^ Dragons win final
^ 08 final
^ 09 final at Eurobasket.com
^ BBV-GS (2021-05-16). "Bayern holt sich den BBL-Pokal". BBV (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^ "Berlin finally win No. 9, Knight named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

Sources

All cup finals and scores

External links

Basketball Bundesliga (in German)
History of BBL (in German)

[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, Knight named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.

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v t e BBL-Pokal
BBL-Pokal tournaments	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Associated competitions	Basketball Bundesliga BBL Champions Cup

v t e Basketball Bundesliga
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Playoffs	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
2024–25 clubs	Bamberg Baskets Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn Löwen Braunschweig Niners Chemnitz Skyliners Frankfurt BG Göttingen Veolia Towers Hamburg USC Heidelberg Riesen Ludwigsburg Mitteldeutscher BC Bayern Munich Baskets Oldenburg Rostock Seawolves ratiopharm Ulm Rasta Vechta Würzburg Baskets
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Coach of the Year Most Improved Player Best German Young Player Best Offensive Player Best Defensive Player All-BBL Team Most Effective Player Top Scorer
Other articles	Basketball in Germany German Cup German Supercup List of German basketball champions BBL All-Star Game German League System
Category

v t e Basketball in Germany
German Basketball Federation Basketball Bundesliga GmbH German League System List of German basketball venues
National Teams	Senior Men's Men's Under-20 Men's Under-18 and 19 Men's Under-16 and 17 Men's 3x3 Senior Women's Women's Under-20 Women's Under-18 and 19 Women's Under-16 and 17 Women's 3x3
Defunct National Teams	East Germany Men's East Germany Women's
League Competitions	Basketball Bundesliga ProA ProB 1. Regionalliga Women's Basketball Bundesliga
Defunct League Competitions	2. Basketball Bundesliga Women's GDR championship
Cup Competitions	German Cup German Super Cup
Other	List of German League Champions BBL All-Star Game Basketball Bundesliga Awards Albert Schweitzer Tournament