Every level

The pyramid, 2019-20

Every level of Dutch men's basketball in one season, with its groups and teams. A number after a name is a reserve team.

Which clubs played at which level in 2019-20?

In 2019-20 there were 9 teams in the Dutch Basketball League, 12 teams in the Promotiedivisie, 24 teams in the Eerste Divisie and 46 teams in the Tweede Divisie.

↑ came from a lower level↓ came from a higher level○ new to these levels

Level 1

Dutch Basketball League

9 teams

Landstede HammersZwolle
DonarGroningen
Heroes Den Bosch's-Hertogenbosch
ZZ LeidenLeiden
Zeeuw & Zeeuw FeyenoordRotterdam
BALWeert
Den Helder SunsDen Helder
Aris LeeuwardenLeeuwarden
BC Apollo AmsterdamAmsterdam

Level 2

Promotiedivisie

12 teams

Level 3

Eerste Divisie

24 teams in 2 groups

Group A

SBU Utrecht↑Utrecht
AkridesIJmuiden
Celeritas-DonarGroningen
ZAC LandstedeZwolle
BV AmsterdamAmsterdam
Onze GezellenHaarlem
Grasshoppers 2↑Katwijk
Racing Beverwijk↓Beverwijk
BV HoofddorpHoofddorp
Red StarsSoest
BV Groningen 2↑Groningen
De HoppersHoorn

Group B

AttacusVeghel
River TrottersHardinxveld-Giessendam
WYBAWijchen
DAS DelftDelft
The Black EaglesRosmalen
CBV BinnenlandBarendrecht
EVBV OctopusVught
TSBV PendragonTilburg
Lokomotief Rijswijk 2↑Rijswijk
Tantalus↑Eindhoven
WBB GiantsBergen op Zoom
Amsterdam Warriors○Amsterdam

Level 4

Tweede Divisie

46 teams in 4 groups

Noord en Oost

ScyllaGroningen
BCE '78Ede
TrajanumNijmegen
BV Groningen 3Groningen
Batouwe Basketball 2Bemmel
D.B.V. ArribaEnschede
Celeritas-Donar 2Groningen
GSBV De Groene Uilen 2Groningen
Twente BuzzardsHengelo
Flying RedRoden
SphinxWageningen

Noordwest en Midden

U.S. BasketballAmsterdam
Cangeroes UtrechtUtrecht
BV Lisse○Lisse
BV Amsterdam 2Amsterdam
DED AmsterdamAmsterdam
Blue Stars DiemenDiemen
BC WoodpeckersHouten
New StarsNieuwegein
Harlemlakers 2Amsterdam
Rotterdam Basketbal 2○Rotterdam
Utrecht Bull'sUtrecht
SVO Basketball○De Meern

West

BV Squirrels○Berkel en Rodenrijs
BarosRotterdam
Grasshoppers 3○Katwijk
ZZ Leiden 3Leiden
Blauw-Wit↓Roosendaal
Punch Delft↓Delft
HBV The Jumpers's-Gravenhage
Bouncers BasketballWaddinxveen
Cady '73○Capelle aan den IJssel
DAS Delft 2○Delft
CBV Binnenland 2Barendrecht

Zuid

BC Vlissingen↓Vlissingen
EBBC's-Hertogenbosch
The Black Eagles 2Rosmalen
Barons Breda BasketballBreda
Vido○Veldhoven
BC Langstraat ShootersWaalwijk
BC KimbriaMaastricht
Maastricht KnightsMaastricht
TSBV Pendragon 2○Tilburg
BC EindhovenEindhoven
JRCBoxtel
OBCOss

Lower levels are not in the archive yet. The Tweede Divisie is in from 2014-15; its group names are derived from the clubs' towns.

What changed since 2018-19?

Dutch Basketball League

No longer on these levels: Dutch Windmills

Promotiedivisie

From a lower level: UitsmijtersVirtus Werkendam
No longer on these levels: BV GroningenRed Giants Meppel

Eerste Divisie

From a lower level: BV Groningen 2Grasshoppers 2Lokomotief Rijswijk 2SBU UtrechtTantalus
From a higher level: Racing Beverwijk
New to these levels: Amsterdam Warriors
No longer on these levels: Basketbal Academie Limburg 2Den Dungk

Tweede Divisie

From a higher level: BC VlissingenBlauw-WitPunch Delft
New to these levels: BV LisseBV SquirrelsCady '73DAS Delft 2Grasshoppers 3Rotterdam Basketbal 2SVO BasketballTSBV Pendragon 2Vido
No longer on these levels: AlmonteArnhem EaglesBC BladelBC Verkerk ZwijndrechtCobraNova 2CrackerjacksPunch Delft 2Rowic Dordrecht 2Zoebas

New means: on none of the levels in the archive the season before, for instance on a lower level the archive does not cover (yet).