Landstede Hammers is a Dutch

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club based in

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. The club plays in the

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, the Dutch top tier division. The club was founded as Cees Lubbers The Hammers in 1995. In 1999, the club’s name was changed into Landstede Hammers. In 2001, the club received its current name Landstede Basketbal as the team became part of the same-named educational institution in Zwolle. The home games of the club are played in the

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. In its existence, Landstede won the DBL championship one time in

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. In 2017, the club captured its first trophy when it won the Dutch Supercup.

History

The club was founded as Cees Lubbers/The Hammers and was based in

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in the first season of the club. The club played with the license of Red Giants Meppel, and moved to

, partly because arena 'Het Vledder' in Meppel didn't meet requirements. After a short time Landstede became the main sponsor of the club, that was named Landstede Hammers and later Landstede Basketbal. In the 2004–05 season Landstede reached the Dutch Finals for the first time in club history. It lost 4–0 to

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. In 2010 the club got a new arena in the

. In 2017, Landstede won its first trophy in team history by winning the Dutch Supercup over

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, winning 77–69. In the 2018–19 season, Landstede finished in the second place in the regular season. The team had a 28–6 record in the regular season, and had

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performers

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and

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on its roster. In the playoffs, Landstede defeated

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1–3 in the semi-finals. In the finals, Landstede beat defending champions

to win its first domestic championship. On 22 September 2019, Hammers won its second Supercup trophy after beating

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78–66 in its home arena. In the 2019–20 season, Landstede played in the

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, which marked the club's first European appearance in 19 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers. In its first FIBA Europe Cup season, Landstede advanced past the regular season before losing six straight games in the second round. Since the 2021–22 season, Hammers plays in the

, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Logos and names

When founded, the club was named Cees Lubbers The Hammers, named after main sponsor Cees Lubbers. The name Hammers stayed with the team through its supporters, who used its nickname for the following years. From 1996, the team was known as Landstede Hammers after new sponsor Landstede. In 1999, the club was named Landstede Basketbal, a name they kept for 20 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers.

Honours

Domestic competitions

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**Winners (1): 2018–19 **Runners-up (3): 2004–05, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

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**Runners-up (4): 2004–05, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19 * Dutch Supercup **Winners (2):

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Friendly competitions

* Basketball Days **Winners (2): 2011, 2012

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Individual awards

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– 2019 ;

* Greg Stevenson – 2005 *

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– 2006 *

Zack Novak Zachariah Joseph "Zack" Novak (born May 27, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for Michigan before playing one season of professional basketball in the Netherlands. Professional ...

– 2013 *

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– 2015 *

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– 2016 *

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– 2016 *

J.T. Tiller J. T. Tiller (born May 11, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately with the Missouri Tigers men's basketball, University of Missouri Tigers. College career Tiller won the 2009 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Ye ...

– 2017 *

Clayton Vette Clayton Vette (born September 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player, who last played for Okapi Aalstar, Okapi Aalst of the Pro Basketball League (PBL). Standing at , Vette plays as power forward (basketball), power forward. Profe ...

– 2017 *

– 2018, 2019 *

– 2019 ;

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Herman van den Belt Herman van den Belt (born 1 January 1970) is a Dutch professional basketball coach, currently for Landstede Hammers of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Since 1996, van den Belt has been the head coach of Landstede Zwolle. The only exception was ...

– 2002, 2005, 2016

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– 2017 ;

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Freek Vos Freek Vos (born 7 January 1997) is a Dutch professional basketball player, who last played for Landstede Basketbal of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Professional career Vos started his professional career with Landstede Basketbal in the Dut ...

– 2016 *

Olaf Schaftenaar Olaf Schaftenaar (born 15 May 1993) is a Dutch professional basketball player for Donar of the BNXT League. He played collegiately with Oregon State before returning to the Netherlands to play professionally for Landstede Hammers. Schaftenaar a ...

– 2017 ;

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* Leon Williams – 2012 ;

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– 2016 ;

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– 2015

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

European record

;Notes

Arenas

Season by season

Head coaches

The Hammers have had four different head coaches in their history, with

coaching the team the most seasons.

References

External links

Official site

Landstede Basketbal fan site

Eurobasket.com Landstede Page
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