Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national
basketball
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cup competition in Germany.
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 German Basketball Federation (german: Deutscher Basketball Bund, abbreviated as DBB), is the governing body for basketball in Germany. It is headquartered in Hagen, Germany.
Competitions
The DBB also organizes several competitions:
* Men's c ...
. 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
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
, with the sixteen highest seeded teams from the previous season qualifying.
Winners
* 1966–67
Vfl Osnabrück (1)
* 1967–68
Bayern Munich (1)
* 1968–69
Gießen 46ers (1)
* 1969–70
TuS 04 Leverkusen (1)
* 1970–71
TuS 04 Leverkusen (2)
* 1971–72
(Wolfenbüttel (1)
* 1972–73
Gießen 46ers (2)
* 1973–74
TuS 04 Leverkusen (3)
* 1974–75
SSV Hagen
* 1975–76
TuS 04 Leverkusen (4)
* 1976–77
USC Heidelberg (1)
* 1977–78
USC Heidelberg (2)
* 1978–79
Gießen 46ers (3)
* 1979–80
Saturn Köln (1)
* 1980–81
Saturn Köln (2)
* 1981–82
Wolfenbüttel (2)
* 1982–83
Saturn Köln (3)
* 1983–84
ASC 1846 Göttingen (1)
* 1984–85
ASC 1846 Göttingen (2)
* 1985–86
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (5)
* 1986–87
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6)
* 1987–88
Steiner Bảyeuth (1)
* 1988–89
Steiner Bảyeuth (2)
* 1989–90
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7)
* 1990–91
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8)
* 1991–92
TTL Bamberg (1)
* 1992–93
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9)
* 1993–94
Brandt Hagen (1)
* 1994–95
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (10)
* 1995–96
ratiopharm Ulm
Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm Ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany. The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the major German professional league and one ...
* 1996–97
Alba Berlin (1)
* 1997–98
TBB Trier (1)
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* 1998–99
Alba Berlin (2)
* 1999–00
Skyliners Frankfurt (1)
* 2000–01
TBB Trier (2)
* 2001–02
Alba Berlin (3)
* 2002–03
Alba Berlin (4)
* 2003–04
RheinEnergie Köln (1)
* 2004–05
RheinEnergie Köln (2)
* 2005–06
Alba Berlin (5)
* 2006–07
RheinEnergie Köln (3)
* 2007–08
Artland Dragons (1)
* 2008–09
Alba Berlin (6)
* 2009–10
Brose Baskets (2)
* 2010–11
Brose Baskets (3)
* 2011–12
Brose Baskets (4)
* 2012–13
Alba Berlin (7)
* 2013–14
Alba Berlin (8)
* 2014–15
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
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* 2015–16
Alba Berlin (9)
* 2016–17
Brose Bamberg (5)
* 2017–18
Bayern Munich (2)
* 2018–19
Brose Bamberg (6)
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* 2019–20
Alba Berlin (10)
* 2020–21
Bayern Munich (3)
* 2021–22
Alba Berlin (11)
Finals
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.
Knockout tournament (2020)
In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.
Performance by club
References
External links
Basketball BundesligaHistory of BBL
{{European basketball cups
Cup
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Basketball cup competitions in Europe
German Cup
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
1966 establishments in Germany