Promotiedivisie

The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion.

Promotiedivisie

Organising body	Basketball Nederland
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Dutch Basketball League (optional)
Relegation to	Eerste Divisie
Domestic cup(s)	NBB Cup
Current champions	Lokomotief Rijswijk (3rd title) (2021–22)
Most championships	Lokomotief Rijswijk (3 titles)

The champion technically earns the right to promote to the Dutch Basketball League, although it only happens in exceptional cases, because a club has to turn professional to play in the league.

In 2012, Apollo Amsterdam became the first Promotiedivise champion to promote to the next season of the Dutch Basketball League. Lokomotief is the most successful team with three won titles.

Current teams

There were 13 teams in the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Team	City
Attacus	Veghel
Dreamfield Dolphins	Bemmel
Grasshoppers	Katwijk
De Groene Uilen	Groningen
Virtus	Werkendam
ZZ Leiden 2	Leiden
Harlemlakers	Amsterdam
UBALL	Utrecht
Almere Pioneers	Almere
Uitsmijters	Almelo
MSV Zeemacht	Den Helder
Lokomotief	Rijswijk
CobraNova	Voorburg

Finals

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
2005–06	Demon Astronauts 2	MSV Noordwijk	—	^[2]
2006–07	EBBC	ASVU	—	^[3]
2007–08	MSV Noordwijk	Amsterdam 2	—	^[4]
2008–09	GOBA	MSV Noordwijk	91–67	^[5]
2009–10	Amsterdam 2	Binnenland	66–53	^[6]
2010–11	Binnenland	De Hoppers	76–70	^[7]
2011–12	Apollo	Binnenland	64–52	^[8]
2012–13	Orca's Urk	Binnenland	74–53	^[9]
2013–14	De Groene Uilen	Binnenland	52–48	^[10]
2014–15	De Groene Uilen	Red Giants	76–75	^[11]
2015–16	Red Giants	Binnenland	80–68	^[12]
2016–17	Landslake Lions	Grasshoppers	89–68	^[13]
2017–18	Lokomotief	Grasshoppers	74–67
2018–19	Lokomotief	Grasshoppers	81–70
2019–20	Seasons cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21
2021–22	Lokomotief	Attacus	72–60	^[14]^[15]

Performance by club

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Club	Wins	Seasons won
Lokomotief Rijswijk	3	2018, 2019, 2022
Amsterdam 2	2	2006, 2010
De Groene Uilen	2	2014, 2015
GOBA	1	2009
EBBC	1	2007
Red Giants	1	2016
Landslake Lions	1	2017
Binnenland	1	2011

Awards

Most Valuable Player^{[citation needed]}

• 2010   Zeeger van Leeuwen (MSV Noordwijk)
• 2013   Richard Maxwell (Rotterdam Basketbal 2)
• 2014   Vaidas Tamasauskas (Rotterdam Basketbal 2)

Coach of the Year^{[citation needed]}

• 2010   Joost van Rangelrooy

References

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