Every level

The pyramid, 2023-24

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 2023-24?

In 2023-24 there were 9 Dutch teams in the BNXT League, 24 teams in the Promotiedivisie, 24 teams in the Eerste Divisie and 48 teams in the Tweede Divisie.

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

Level 1

BNXT League

9 teams

Heroes Den Bosch's-Hertogenbosch
ZZ LeidenLeiden
Landstede HammersZwolle
DonarGroningen
Basketbal Academie LimburgWeert
Feyenoord BasketballRotterdam
LWD Basket○Leeuwarden
BV NoordkopDen Helder
QSTA UnitedBemmel

With 11 teams from abroad:

Level 2

Promotiedivisie

24 teams in 2 groups

Group A

Lokomotief RijswijkRijswijk
ZZ Leiden 2Leiden
Hot Pepper Heat○Zwanenburg
GSBV De Groene UilenGroningen
CobraNovaVoorburg
BV Amsterdam↑Amsterdam
River Trotters↑Hardinxveld-Giessendam
BV Biks Shots↑Hilvarenbeek
BC Triple Threat○Haarlem
United Basketball 2○Bemmel
Heroes Den Bosch 2○'s-Hertogenbosch
BV Hoofddorp↑Hoofddorp

Group B

UBALL Basketball UtrechtUtrecht
BC Apollo Amsterdam↓Amsterdam
BV Noordkop○Den Helder
AttacusVeghel
Orange Lions Academy○Amsterdam
ScyllaGroningen
Donar 2○Groningen
UitsmijtersAlmelo
Basketbal Academie Limburg 2↑Weert
Landstede Hammers 2○Zwolle
Rotterdam Basketbal↑Rotterdam
GrasshoppersKatwijk

Level 3

Eerste Divisie

24 teams in 2 groups

Group A

Arnhem EaglesArnhem
MBCA AmstelveenAmstelveen
U.S. BasketballAmsterdam
HarlemlakersAmsterdam
Crackerjacks↑Amersfoort
LWD Basket 2○Leeuwarden
AkridesIJmuiden
Racing BeverwijkBeverwijk
D.B.V. Arriba↑Enschede
DAS DelftDelft
Almere Pioneers○Almere
The Lions Zandvoort↑Zandvoort

Group B

Level 4

Tweede Divisie

48 teams in 4 groups

Noord

Flying RedRoden
Scylla 2Groningen
BV GroningenGroningen
BV ArrowsDokkum
ZAC LandstedeZwolle
Celeritas-Donar 2Groningen
GSBV De Groene Uilen 2Groningen
Red Giants MeppelMeppel
Jumping FivePeize
Sphinx○Wageningen
EBV The JugglersEnschede
BV Penta○Drachten

Noordwest

Onze GezellenHaarlem
Bouncers BasketballWaddinxveen
Volendam○Volendam
BV Amsterdam 2Amsterdam
BC Apollo Amsterdam 2↓Amsterdam
Hot Pepper Heat 2○Zwanenburg
Lions LandsmeerLandsmeer
BV Lisse↓Lisse
Dunckers Hilversum○Hilversum
HBV The Jumpers's-Gravenhage
Harlemlakers 2Amsterdam
CobraNova 2Voorburg

West en Zuid

Virtus Werkendam↓Werkendam
Cangeroes Utrecht 2Utrecht
Quick Lions○Bussum
Punch DelftDelft
Baros 2Rotterdam
EBBC's-Hertogenbosch
BC WoodpeckersHouten
Harlemlakers 3Amsterdam
Blauw-WitRoosendaal
Barons Breda BasketballBreda
KlipperstarsNieuw-Lekkerland
The Black Eagles 2Rosmalen

Zuid

BC KimbriaMaastricht
Achilles '71Nuenen
Maastricht KnightsMaastricht
Tantalus↓Eindhoven
TrajanumNijmegen
TSBV Pendragon○Tilburg
EVBV OctopusVught
BV Challenge○Beuningen
Gennep Cougars○Gennep
BC EindhovenEindhoven
Arnhem Eagles 2Arnhem
SpringfieldBerlicum

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 2022-23?

BNXT League

New to these levels: LWD Basket
No longer on these levels: Aris Leeuwarden

Promotiedivisie

From a lower level: Basketbal Academie Limburg 2BV AmsterdamBV Biks ShotsBV HoofddorpRiver TrottersRotterdam Basketbal
From a higher level: BC Apollo Amsterdam
New to these levels: BC Triple ThreatBV NoordkopDonar 2Heroes Den Bosch 2Hot Pepper HeatLandstede Hammers 2Orange Lions AcademyUnited Basketball 2
No longer on these levels: Batouwe Basketball 2Den Helder Suns 2

Eerste Divisie

From a lower level: BarosCangeroes UtrechtCrackerjacksD.B.V. ArribaThe Lions Zandvoort
New to these levels: Almere PioneersBasketbal Academie Limburg 3LWD Basket 2UBALL Basketball Utrecht 2ZZ Leiden 3
No longer on these levels: BC Vlissingen

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).