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NBB Cup
NBB Cup
	The Final in the MartiniPlaza on 25 March
Season	2017–18
Duration	14 October 2017 – 25 March 2018
Teams	52
Finals
Champions	Donar (6th title)
Runners-up	ZZ Leiden
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 NBB Cup (Dutch: 2017–18 NBB-Beker) was the 50th edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar was the defending champion. Donar successfully defended its title, after beating runners-up ZZ Leiden in the Final. The Final was played on 25 March 2018 in MartiniPlaza in Groningen.

Format

In the first, second and third round teams from the Dutch second, third and fourth division participate. From the fourth round, teams from the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) enter the competition. Quarter- and semi-finals are played in a two-legged format. When a team form a tier lower than the DBL played a DBL team, one win is sufficient for the latter to advance to the next round.

Round and draw dates

Round	Draw date	Dates
First round	October 2017^[1]	14 October 2017
Second round		6 November 2017
Third round		25 November 2017
Fourth round	28 November 2017^[2]	13 December 2017–9 January 2018
Quarter-finals	21 December 2017^[3]	16 January–1 February 2018
Semi-finals	1 February 2018^[4]	13 February–13 March 2018
Final	1 February 2018^[4]	25 March 2018

Bracket

Fourth round		Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

9 January

Apollo Amsterdam	58
		16–31 January
New Heroes	104
		New Heroes	85	49	134
20 December
		Aris Leeuwarden	58	84	142
BV Groningen	57
						6–13 March
Aris Leeuwarden	86
						ZZ Leiden	80	65	145
14 December
						New Heroes	60	73	133
Onze Gezellen	58
		25 January
Solar-systemen Grasshoppers	74
		Solar-systemen Grasshoppers			60
21 December
		ZZ Leiden			87
ZZ Leiden	101
										25 March
Forward Lease Rotterdam	87
										ZZ Leiden	71
4 January
										Donar	87
BAL 2	65
		16–25 January
Den Helder Suns	90
		Den Helder Suns	69	47	116
14 December
		Landstede	74	95	169
Almere Pioneers	51
						13–18 January
Landstede	83
						Donar	95	80	175
5 January
						Landstede	51	77	128
The Black Eagles	75
		1 February
Racing Beverwijk	85
		Racing Beverwijk			56

		Donar			98
Donar	w/o

BAL^[a]

Fourth round

Walkover^[a]	Donar	20–0	BAL	Groningen
19:30 GMT+1
				Arena: MartiniPlaza

13 December 2017	Almere Pioneers	51–83	Landstede	Almere
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 12–17, 11–17, 12–28
		Report		Arena: Topsportcentrum Almere

20 December 2017	BV Groningen	57–86	Aris Leeuwarden	Groningen
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 11–20, 13–15, 14–19
		Report		Arena: Oude Alo

21 December 2017	ZZ Leiden	101–87	Forward Lease Rotterdam	Leiden
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 29–24, 25–20, 22–31
	Pts: De Jong 27 Rebs: Love 9 Asts: Love 6	Report	Pts: Kanda 22 Rebs: Kanda, Setty 6 Asts: Kanda 9	Arena: Vijf Meihal

4 January 2018	BAL 2	65–90	Den Helder Suns	Weert
18:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–16, 20–28, 11–23
		Report		Arena: Sporthal Boshoven

9 January 2018	Apollo Amsterdam	58–104	New Heroes Den Bosch	Amsterdam
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 10–36, 14–14, 13–25, 21–29
	Pts: Van Schaik 13 Rebs: Van Schaik 8 Asts: Markusse 3	Report	Pts: Miklusak 21 Rebs: Oudendag 11 Asts: Sherrill 6	Arena: Apollohal

Quarter-finals

First leg

16 January 2018	Den Helder Suns	69–74	Landstede	Den Helder
19:30 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–16, 21–22, 10–15
	Pts: Koopman 17 Rebs: Koopman, McConico 7 Asts: De Paula, Thran 3	Report	Pts: House 19 Rebs: House, Van Oostrum 7 Asts: three players 3	Arena: Sporthal Sportlaan

16 January 2018	New Heroes	85–58	Aris Leeuwarden	's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 17–10, 28–10, 16–19
	Pts: Sherrill 19 Rebs: Oudendag 16 Asts: Marshall 11	Report	Pts: Van der List 17 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Kumelis 5	Arena: Maaspoort Sports & Events

25 January 2018	Solar-systemen Grasshoppers	60–87	ZZ Leiden	Katwijk
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 19–20, 12–19, 18–22
	Pts: Schelvis 13 Rebs: Van der Linden 5 Asts: Schelvis 4	Report	Pts: De Jong 17 Rebs: Olah 7 Asts: Love 6	Arena: Kleinduijn

1 February 2018	Racing Beverwijk	56–98	Donar	Beverwijk
19:30 GMT+1
		Report

Second leg

25 January 2018	Landstede	95–47	Den Helder Suns	Zwolle
19:30 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 27–15, 22–14, 24–12
	Pts: Gregory 25 Rebs: Dahlman 8 Asts: Van Oostrum 6		Pts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 16 Rebs: Dahlman 8 Asts: 2 players 2	Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

31 January 2018	Aris Leeuwarden	49–84	New Heroes	Leeuwarden
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 8–21, 13–25, 14–17
	Pts: Kratch 14 Rebs: van der List 13 Asts: Mladenovic 3	Report	Pts: Miklusak 25 Rebs: Oudendag 13 Asts: Sherrill 5	Arena: Kalverdijkje

Semi-finals

First leg

13 February 2018	Donar	95–51	Landstede	Groningen
19:30 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 26-13, 27–9, 15–20, 27–9
	Pts: Curry 21 Rebs: Curry 9 Asts: Koenis 4	Report	Pts: Dahlman 15 Rebs: Van Oostrum 6 Asts: five players 1	Arena: MartiniPlaza

6 March 2018	ZZ Leiden	80–60	New Heroes	Leiden
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 11–25, 19–14, 34–9
	Pts: Vette 31 Rebs: Kherazi 8 Asts: Love 12	Report	Pts: Sherrill 20 Rebs: Wessels 15 Asts: Sherrill 6	Arena: Vijf Meihal

Second leg

18 February 2018	Landstede	77–80	Donar	Zwolle
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 10–12, 20–30, 24–18
	Pts: Gregory 29 Rebs: House 6 Asts: Dorsey-Walker 4	Report	Pts: Curry 17 Rebs: Bruinsma 8 Asts: Curry 4	Arena: Landstede Sportcentrum

17 March 2018	New Heroes	73–65	ZZ Leiden	's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 16–10, 21–17, 10–15
	Pts: Sherill 31 Rebs: Oudendag 7 Asts: Bouwknecht 5	Report	Pts: Love 17 Rebs: Love 5 Asts: Love 5	Arena: Maaspoort

Final

25 March 2018	Donar	87–61	ZZ Leiden	Groningen
14:00 GMT+1	Scoring by quarter: 38–21, 16–13, 20–17, 13–20
	Pts: Curry 26 Rebs: Koenis 18 Asts: Bruinsma 6	Report	Pts: Love 15 Rebs: Kherrazi 6 Asts: Love, Voorn 4	Arena: MartiniPlaza

Notes

^ ^a ^b On 10 December 2017, BAL withdrew its first team from the tournament.^[5] Consequently, Donar automatically advanced to the quarter-finals.

References

^ "Loting NBB-Beker 2017-18" [Draw NBB Cup 2017–2018] (PDF) (in Dutch). Basketball.nl. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ "Loting NBB Bekertoernooi". Dutch Basketball League. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ "Loting kwartfinale NBB-beker". 21 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ "Loting halve finale". Dutch Basketball League. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ "Basketballers BAL trekken zich terug uit bekertoernooi" [Basketball club BAL withdraws from cup competition] (in Dutch). Limburger.nl. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.