2014–15 Dutch Basketball League
Dutch Basketball League | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2014–15 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 10 October 2014 – 28 May 2015 | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 32 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 9 | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Top seed | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | ||||||||||||
Season MVP | |||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch (16th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Donar | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | ZZ Leiden Landstede Zwolle | ||||||||||||
Playoffs MVP | |||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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← 2013–14 2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2014. |
The 2014–15 season was the 55th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The defending champion was Donar from Groningen.
The league started the season with nine teams, after Matrixx Magixx did not enter. In December the number of teams was reduced to eight, after Den Helder Kings went bankrupt.
Top seeded SPM Shoeters won the league, by beating Donar 4–1 in the Finals.
Teams
[edit]Before the season Matrixx Magixx announced it was withdrawing from the DBL, because the club could not complete its budget.[1] Consequently, the league started with nine teams instead of ten. In December 2014, Port of Den Helder Kings left as well following its bankruptcy.
Colors | Club | City | Arena | Capacity | Head coach | Main sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
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Apollo Amsterdam | Apollohal | 1,500
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– | Peak | |||
KingsDome | 1,500
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Port of Den Helder | Macron | ||||
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | Maaspoort | 2,800
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SPM Shoes & Boots | Joma | |||
Donar | MartiniPlaza | 4,310
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– | Kix | |||
Challenge Sports Rotterdam | Topsportcentrum | 1,000
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Challenge Sports | Kelme | |||
Aris Leeuwarden | Sporthal Kalverdijkje | 1,700
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Univé | Jako | |||
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | Vijf Meihal | 2,000
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Zorg en Zekerheid | Panzari Sports | |||
BSW 2 | Sporthal Boshoven | Maxxcom | Spalding | ||||
Landstede Basketbal | Landstede Sportcentrum | 1,200
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Landstede | Hummel |
Transactions
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2374 | 1884 | +490 | 48 | Qualification to semifinals |
2 | ZZ Leiden | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2418 | 2006 | +412 | 44 | |
3 | Donar | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2225 | 1903 | +322 | 42 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
4 | Landstede | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2322 | 1999 | +323 | 40 | |
5 | Challenge Sports Rotterdam | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2204 | 2426 | −222 | 16[a] | |
6 | Aris Leeuwarden | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2202 | 2464 | −262 | 16[a] | |
7 | Apollo Amsterdam | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1880 | 2297 | −417 | 10 | |
8 | BSW | 28 | 4 | 24 | 1765 | 2322 | −557 | 8 | |
9 | Port of Den Helder Kings (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled |
- ^ a b Challenge Sports Rotterdam won head-to-head 2–2 (+40) vs Aris Leeuwarden.
Results
[edit]AMS | DBO | GRO | LEE | ROT | LEI | WEE | ZWO | |
Apollo Amsterdam | 52–88 | 56–85 | 76–82 | 66–90 | 75–87 | 61–64 | 46–77 | |
70–92 | 60–77 | 82–62 | 87–80 | 73–76 | 82–62 | 58–72 | ||
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | 111–60 | 76–59 | 93–66 | 81–59 | 82–77 | 95–57 | 79–56 | |
87–57 | 84–79 | 108–80 | 108–65 | 91–78 | 80–61 | 70–92 | ||
Donar Groningen | 79–55 | 78–67 | 86–54 | 85–75 | 70–72 | 92–62 | 74–78 | |
74–55 | 69–63 | 80–56 | 93–77 | 70–65 | 92–50 | 68–78 | ||
Aris Leeuwarden | 89–97 | 72–94 | 92–86 | 91–92 | 81–101 | 73–61 | 79–87 | |
97–91 | 75–89 | 79–97 | 87–73 | 76–89 | 91–85 | 77–83 | ||
Challenge Sports Rotterdam | 96–70 | 65–90 | 52–70 | 110–85 | 73–86 | 93–81 | 88–92 | |
72–68 | 74–95 | 78–104 | 74–75 | 72–109 | 84–58 | 58–89 | ||
Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden | 95–66 | 66–67 | 72–81 | 113–81 | 97–89 | 102–55 | 76–54 | |
97–61 | 65–69 | 76–72 | 94–83 | 107–76 | 85–45 | 93–80 | ||
BS Weert | 75–64 | 56–88 | 53–71 | 65–94 | 81–83 | 59–73 | 56–84 | |
69–80 | 49–80 | 64–67 | 86–75 | 83–82 | 53–99 | 62–83 | ||
Landstede Zwolle | 77–74 | 82–81 | 73–84 | 89–77 | 94–89 | 79–86 | 85–59 | |
68–66 | 65–66 | 81–83 | 84–56 | 94–85 | 73–82 | 84–54 |
Playoffs
[edit]Because the number of teams in the DBL decreased to nine, a new play-off format was chosen. After the seeds 3–6 played a best-of-three series in the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and finals would be played in a best-of-seven format.[3]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 Landstede | 105 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 Challenge Sports Rotterdam | 62 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 SPM Shoeters | 85 | 66 | 74 | 86 | 82 | 68 | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 Landstede | 70 | 87 | 88 | 73 | 63 | 78 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 SPM Shoeters | 93 | 70 | 80 | 62 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Donar | 54 | 61 | 72 | 67 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Donar | 101 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Aris Leeuwarden | 66 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 ZZ Leiden | 86 | 63 | 69 | 59 | 85 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Donar | 80 | 78 | 79 | 63 | 56 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship team
[edit]Awards
[edit]Individual statistics
[edit]Points
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
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1 | Challenge Sports Rotterdam | 19.64 | |
2 | Aris Leeuwarden | 16.30 | |
3 | Donar | 15.80 |
Rebounds
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
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1 | BSW | 11.00 | |
2 | Aris Leeuwarden | 10.15 | |
3 | Aris Leeuwarden | 8.04 |
Assists
[edit]Rank | Name | Team | APG |
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1 | Donar | 4.96 | |
2 | SPM Shoeters | 4.92 | |
3 | ZZ Leiden | 4.85 |
Notable occurrences
[edit]- On May 29, 2014, health insurance company Zorg en Zekerheid extended its sponsorship contract with ZZ Leiden for three more years.[4]
- On May 13, 2014, it was announced ZZ Leiden and head coach Toon van Helfteren, who won six trophies with the club, would part ways.[5] On May 30, the Belgian Eddy Casteels coach was hired as new head coach.[6]
- On June 6, 2014, Matrixx Magixx announced the club was close to bankruptcy after having difficulties in finding a new main sponsor to replace The Magixx.
- On July 21, 2014, Magixx announced it would withdraw its participation for this season, after they couldn't reach a high enough budget.[1]
- On September 29, 2014, the first game ever of the Dutch Talent League (DTL) was played. This league was the newly formed development league of the DBL, mainly made for players under age 25.
- On August 9, 2014, Apollo Amsterdam announced that it would play in the DBL after working a long time to reach the DBL budget standard.[7] This would mean the return of a team from Amsterdam since the departure of ABC in 2010.
- On August 16, 2014, GasTerra Flames announced it would be named "Donar" again.[8]
- On August 29, 2014, the DBL announced for the season a new play-off system would be used. Six teams would qualify this season, compared to eight last year. In the quarter-finals, the first and second seeds received byes.[3]
- On December 2, 2014, Den Helder Kings was declared bankrupt. Consequently, the club was expelled from the DBL.[9]
In European competitions
[edit]Club | Competition | Result | W–L | Ref |
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SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | EuroChallenge | Last 16 | 4–8 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Magixx krijgt begroting niet rond". Magixx.nl. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ a b "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "Zorg en Zekerheid verlengt hoofdsponsorschap Leiden Basketball". Zorgenzekerheid.nl. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "ZZ Leiden niet verder met coach Toon van Helfteren". Omroepwest.nl. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "Casteels coach ZZ Leiden". Nos.nl. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ "BC Apollo Amsterdam blijft in de DBL". DBL. 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ De Kings is officieel failliet verklaard De Kings is officieel failliet verklaard
- ^ "EuroChallenge (2015) Official Website". Fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.