Belgian Basketball Cup

Belgian Basketball Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2023-24 Belgian Basketball Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Country	Belgium
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Limburg United (2nd title) (2023–24)
Most titles	Oostende (20th titles)
Related competitions	Pro Basketball League Belgian Supercup
Official website	basketbelgium.be

The Belgian Basketball Cup (Beker van België / Coupe de Belgique), for sponsorship reasons the Lotto Basketball Cup, is the top tier national basketball cup competition in Belgium. The tournament is played in a knock-out format, in which teams are drawn against each other. Oostende is the most successful club in the competition's history, as it won 19 titles. Antwerp Giants are the last team to have won the Cup, having won the 2023 edition.^[1]

In 2013, the cup got a new name in The Base Cup, referring to the new main sponsor Base. The mobile telephony provider signed a sponsorship contract for 3 years. This led to, in the 2013–14 season, the first time a Final Four was held instead of semi-finals with two legs since 2003.^[2]

Teams from the Basketball League Belgium Division I, the Top Division 1 and Top Division 2 (the first three divisions in Belgian basketball) compete in the competition. In the first round teams from the Top Division I and 2 play in 12 groups. From the second round, teams from the BLB Division I enter the competition. In the second round, the quarter- and semi-finals a double legged format is used. When a Division I team faces off against a team from a lower league, no second leg is played. The Final is decided by a single game.^[3]

Due to sponsorship reasons, the cup competition has known several names:

• Base Cup (2013–2016)
• bpost cup (2016–2019)
• EuroMillions Cup (2020–2022)^[4]
• Lotto Cup (2022-)^[5]

Season	Location	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	MVP[a]	Ref(s)
1953–54			Semailles	70–59	Altitude B.C.	—	[6]
1954–55			Semailles	57–49	Amicale Sportive	—	[6]
1955–56			Semailles	71–69	Antwerpse[b]	—	[6]
1956–57			Brabo	67–56	Canter	—	[6]
1957–58			Semailles	62–57	Brabo	—	[6]
1958–59			Racing C.B.	66–65	Antwerpse	—	[6]
1959–60			Royal IV	58–47	Racing C.B.	—	[6]
1960–61			Antwerpse	72–61	V.G. Oostende	—	[6]
1961–62			V.G. Oostende	65–63	Racing C.B.	—	[6]
1962–63			Standard Liège	66–59	Sint Niklaas	—	[6]
1963–64			Racing Mechelen	121–62	Athlon Ieper	—	[6]
1964–65			Racing Mechelen	89–73	Racing White	—	[6]
1965–66			Royal IV	88–68	Okapi Aalst	—	[6]
1966–67			Royal IV	70–67	Avanti Brugge[c]	—	[6]
1967–68			Royal IV	75–51	Oxaco Tornado	—	[6]
1968–69			Standard Liège	80–72	Racing Bell Mechelen	—	[6]
1969–70			Racing Bell Mechelen	70–56	Bus Fruit Lier	—	[6]
1970–71			Racing Bell Mechelen	72–67	Standard CL	—	[6]
1971–72			Antwerpse	91–77	Bus Fruit Lier	—	[6]
1972–73			Royal IV	86–84	Bus Fruit Lier	—	[6]
1973–74			Antwerpse	75–72	Bus Fruit Lier	—	[6]
1974–75			Lier	108–102	Maes Pils	—	[6]
1975–76			IJsboerke Kortrijk	70–69	Immo Scheers Lier	—	[6]
1976–77			Standard Liège	102–85	Eveil Monceau	—	[6]
1977–78			Avanti Brugge	72–69	Standard Boule d'Or	—	[6]
1978–79			Oostende	77–66	Fresh Air	—	[6]
1979–80			Verviers-Pepinster	73–72	Oostende	—	[6]
1980–81			Oostende	101–73	Hellas Gent	—	[6]
1981–82			Oostende	78–67	Aarschot	—	[6]
1982–83			Oostende	86–66	Maccabi Brussels[d]	—	[6]
1983–84			Maccabi Brussels	80–64	Verviers-Pepinster	—	[6]
1984–85			Oostende	108–94	Opel Merksem	—	[6]
1985–86			Maes Pils	98–70	Boule d'Or Andenne	—	[6]
1986–87			Maes Pils	112–71, 84–101	Assubel Mariembourg	—	[6]
1987–88			Maccabi Brussels	72–61	Assubel Mariembourg	—	[6]
1988–89			Oostende	72–66	Maccabi Brussels	—	[6]
1989–90			Maes Pils	96–58	Leuven	—	[6]
1990–91			Oostende	75–74 (OT)	Bobcat Gent	—	[6]
1991–92			Bobcat Gent	68–55	Oostende	—	[6]
1992–93			Maes Pils	97–72	Verviers-Pepinster	—	[6]
1993–94			Maes Pils	87–80	Leuven	—	[6]
1994–95			Basket Brussels	69–60	Spirou	—	[6]
1995–96			Spirou	65–63	Oostende	—	[6]
1996–97			Oostende	90–80	Spirou	—	[6]
1997–98			Oostende	90–80	Aalst	—	[6]
1998–99			Spirou	91–85 (3OT)	Oostende	—	[6]
1999–00			Racing Antwerpen	82–65	Oostende	—	[6]
2000–01			Oostende	93–79	Spirou	—	[6]
2001–02			Spirou	96–65	Power Wevelgem	—	[6]
2002–03			Spirou	115–68	Spirou Gilly[e]	—	[6]
2003–04			Liège	87–83	Oostende	—	[6]
2004–05			Leuven Bears	87–80	Spirou	—	[6]
2005–06			Mons-Hainaut	69–59	Spirou	—	[6]
2006–07	Leuven	Sportoase	Antwerp Giants	70–64	Liège	—	[7]
2007–08	Charleroi	Spiroudome	Oostende	66–63	Spirou	—	[8]
2008–09	Leuven	Sportoase	Spirou	63–51	Liège	—	[9]
2009–10	Liège	Country Hall Ethias	Oostende	82–63	Spirou	—	[10]
2010–11	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Mons-Hainaut	68–66	Oostende	—	[11]
2011–12			Okapi Aalstar	96–89 (OT)	Antwerp Giants	—	[12]
2012–13			Oostende	77–76	Okapi Aalstar	Matt Lojeski	[13]
2013–14	Brussels	Palais/Paleis 12	Oostende	88–79	Antwerp Giants	Dušan Đorđević	[14]
2014–15		Forest National Vorst Nationaal	Oostende	94–93 (OT)	Liège	—
2015–16			Oostende	72–54	Antwerp Giants	Khalid Boukichou	[15]
2016–17			Oostende	76–60	Limburg United	Dušan Đorđević	[16]
2017–18			Oostende	84–80	Mons-Hainaut	Dušan Đorđević
2018–19			Antwerp Giants	76–70	Oostende	Ismaël Bako	[17]
2019–20			Antwerp Giants	83–78	Spirou	Luka Rupnik	[18]
2020–21		Palais/Paleis 12	Oostende	65–64	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Loïc Schwartz	[19][20]
2021–22		Forest National Vorst Nationaal	Limburg United	79–73	Oostende	Tyrell Nelson	[21]
2022–23			Antwerp Giants	77–71	Oostende	Spencer Butterfield	[1]
2023-24			Limburg United	70-58	Spirou	David Collins	[22]

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