BBL-Pokal explained

BBL-Pokal
Country:	Germany
First:	1966–67
Teams:	16
Champions:	Bayern Munich (5th title)
Season:	2023–24
Most Champs:	Alba Berlin (11 titles)
Related Comps:	Beko BBL BBL Champions Cup
Current:	2024–25 BBL-Pokal

Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany.^[1] Since 2009, the title has been awarded to the winner of a tournament competition between top clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) season.

History and format

The competition was founded in 1966, by the German Basketball Federation. The first final of the German Basketball Cup took place on 11 June 1967, in Oberhausen. Since 1993, the cup championship is decided in a final four format, which is held over one weekend. The host team of the cup's final four, is automatically set as one of the participants. The three remaining teams are determined by three quarterfinal matches, played between the winners of the earlier round matches.

Starting from the 2018–19 season, the format was changed to a sixteen team knock-out tournament, with the sixteen highest seeded teams from the previous season qualifying.^[2]

Winners

• 1966–67 Vfl Osnabrück (1)
• 1967–68 Bayern Munich (1)
• 1968–69 Gießen 46ers (1)
• 1969–70 TuS 04 Leverkusen (1)
• 1970–71 TuS 04 Leverkusen (2)
• 1971–72 Wolfenbüttel (1)
• 1972–73 Gießen 46ers (2)
• 1973–74 TuS 04 Leverkusen (3)
• 1974–75 SSV Hagen (1)
• 1975–76 TuS 04 Leverkusen (4)
• 1976–77 USC Heidelberg (1)
• 1977–78 USC Heidelberg (2)
• 1978–79 Gießen 46ers (3)
• 1979–80 Saturn Köln (1)
• 1980–81 Saturn Köln (2)
• 1981–82 Wolfenbüttel (2)
• 1982–83 Saturn Köln (3)
• 1983–84 ASC 1846 Göttingen (1)
• 1984–85 ASC 1846 Göttingen (2)
• 1985–86 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (5)
• 1986–87 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6)
• 1987–88 Steiner Bảyeuth (1)
• 1988–89 Steiner Bảyeuth (2)
• 1989–90 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7)
• 1990–91 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8)
• 1991–92 TTL Bamberg (1)
• 1992–93 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9)
• 1993–94 Brandt Hagen (2)
• 1994–95 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (10)
• 1995–96 ratiopharm Ulm
• 1996–97 Alba Berlin (1)
• 1997–98 TBB Trier (1)
• 1998–99 Alba Berlin (2)
• 1999–00 Skyliners Frankfurt (1)
• 2000–01 TBB Trier (2)
• 2001–02 Alba Berlin (3)
• 2002–03 Alba Berlin (4)
• 2003–04 RheinEnergie Köln (1)
• 2004–05 RheinEnergie Köln (2)
• 2005–06 Alba Berlin (5)
• 2006–07 RheinEnergie Köln (3)
• 2007–08 Artland Dragons (1)
• 2008–09 Alba Berlin (6)
• 2009–10 Brose Baskets (2)
• 2010–11 Brose Baskets (3)
• 2011–12 Brose Baskets (4)
• 2012–13 Alba Berlin (7)
• 2013–14 Alba Berlin (8)
• 2014–15 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
• 2015–16 Alba Berlin (9)
• 2016–17 Brose Bamberg (5)
• 2017–18 Bayern Munich (2)
• 2018–19 Brose Bamberg (6)
• 2019–20 Alba Berlin (10)
• 2020–21 Bayern Munich (3)
• 2021–22 Alba Berlin (11)
• 2022–23 Bayern Munich (4)
• 2023–24 Bayern Munich (5)

Finals

Single and two-legged Finals Era (1967–1992)

The first DBB Cup final took place on 11 June 1967 in Oberhausen between VfL Osnabrück and ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86:74 (HT 39:36).

• 1966-67, 11.06.67, Oberhausen: Osnabrück - ATV 1877 Düsseldorf 86-74
• 1967-68, 09.06.68, Darmstadt: Bayern Munich - Wolfenbüttel 59-55 ^[3]
• 1968-69, 14.06.69, Hamburg: Giessen 46ers - Osnabrück 75-74 ^[4]
• 1969-70, 31.05.70 Braunschweig: Bayer Giants Leverkusen - Osnabrück 73-49
• 1970-71, 17.10.71 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen - USC Mainz 101-64
• 1971-72, 07.05.72, Hilden: MTV Wolfenbüttel - Hagen 72-65 ^[5]
• 1972-73, 08.06.73 Hagen: Giessen 46ers - MTV Wolfenbüttel 90-86 ^[6]
• 1973-74, 08.06.74 Hagen: Bayer Leverkusen - Hamburger 88-61
• 1974-75, 15/22.03.75 Hagen & Heidelberg: SSV Hagen - USC Heidelberg 79:58 & 56:66 ^[7]
• 1975-76, 03/11.04.76 Leverkusen & Wolfenbüttel: TuS 04 Leverkusen - MTV Wolfenbüttel 84:77 & 62:66
• 1976-77, 30.03 /06.04.77 Heidelberg & Leverkusen: USC Heidelberg - Bayer Leverkusen 88:70 & 72:87 ^[8]
• 1977-78, 09/17.05.78 Heidelberg & Hagen: USC Heidelberg - SV Hagen 78:69 & 82:90 ^[9]
• 1978-79, 21/28.03.79 Göttingen & Gießen: Giessen 46ers - ASC 1846 Göttingen 77-72 & 75-77.
• 1979-80, 26/29.03.80 Köln + Gießen: Saturn Köln - Giessen 46ers 78-62 & 68-70 ^[10]
• 1980-81, 01/11.02.81 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln - SVV Hagen 82:77 & 85:82 ^[11]
• 1981-82,16/24.03.82 Wolfenbüttel & Köln: Wolfenbüttel - Saturn Köln 97:79 & 76:93
• 1982-83, 19/27.03.83 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln - Hagen 78:66 & 92:85
• 1983-84, 04/07.03.84 Köln & Göttingen: ASC 46 Göttingen - Saturn Köln 75:76 & 83:65
• 1984-85, 10.03.85 Osnabrück: ASC 1846 Göttingen - Medi Bayreuth (div2) 85-72 ^[12]
• 1985-86, 22.03.86 Bamberg: Bayer Leverkusen - Medi Bayreuth 80-68
• 1986-87, 05.04.87 Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Giessen 46ers 92:71
• 1987-88, 07.05.88 Ludwigsburg: Medi Bayreuth - Saturn Köln 105–88 ^[13]
• 1988-89, 1989, 02.04.89 Leverkusen: Medi Bayreuth - Bayer Giants Leverkusen 89-67
• 1989-90, 14/16.04.90 Bamberg & Leverkusen:TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Brose Bamberg 84:83 & 99:78
• 1990-91, 17/23.03.91 Braunschweig & Leverkusen: TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen - MTV Braunschweig 98:71 & 126:80 (OT)
• 1991-92, 06/08.03.92 Stuttgart & Bamberg: Brose Bamberg - Riesen Ludwigsburg 69-72 & 74-68 ^[14]

Top Four Era (1993–2019, 2021–present)

From 1993 to 2019, a final four tournament was held in a host city to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score	MVP
1993			Brandt Hagen	81–60	Not awarded
1994		Brandt Hagen		86–72
1995				77–76
1996				80–79
1997				82–73
1998				97–88
1999				69–48
2000				76–68
2001				96–83
2002				105–55 ^[15]
2003				82–80 ^[16]
2004				80–71
2005				85–75
2006				85–73
2007				60–58 ^[17]
2008				74–60 ^[18] ^[19]
2009				69–44 ^[20]
2010				76–75
2011				69–66
2012				82–73
				85–67
				86–80
				72–70
				67–65
				74–71
				80–75
				83–82
				85–79	Vladimir Lučić^[21]
				86–76	Maodo Lô^[22]
				90–78	Nick Weiler-Babb^[23]
				81–65	Sylvain Francisco

Knockout tournament (2020)

In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years
Alba Berlin	11	4	1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	10	3	1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
Bamberg Baskets	6	3	1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
Bayern Munich	5	2	1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
Gießen 46ers	3	4	1969, 1973, 1979
BSC Saturn Köln	3	3	1980, 1981, 1983
Köln 99ers	3	1	2004, 2005, 2007
SSV Hagen	2	6	1975, 1994
MTV Wolfenbüttel	2	3	1972, 1982
medi Bayreuth	2	2	1988, 1989
USC Heidelberg	2	1	1977, 1978
ASC 1846 Göttingen	2	1	1984, 1985
TBB Trier	2	0	1998, 2001
ratiopharm Ulm	1	5	1996
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	1	3	2015
VfL Osnabrück	1	2	1967
Skyliners Frankfurt	1	2	2000
Artland Dragons	1	1	2008
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	3
EnBW Ludwigsburg	0	2
Phantoms Braunschweig	0	2
ATV 1877 Düsseldorf	0	1
USC Mainz	0	1
Hamburger Turnerbund	0	1
Dragons Rhöndorf	0	1
Crailsheim Merlins	0	1

See also

• BBL Champions Cup

Sources

• All cup finals and scores

External links

• Basketball Bundesliga
• History of BBL

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meister und Pokalsieger. Easycredit-bbl.de. 6 April 2018.
2. Web site: Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse. 24 April 2018. Easycredit-bbl.de. de.
3. https://fcbayern.com/basketball/en/fcbb/history/summary Bayern history
4. https://jobstairs-giessen46ers.de/tradition/chronik/ Giessen history
5. Im Pokalwettbewerb war der hiesige MTV bekanntlich erfolgreicher: Fünfmal im Finale: 1972 gegen Hagen und 1982 gegen Köln sogar als MTV history cup 1972 and 1982 finals
6. https://jobstairs-giessen46ers.de/erinnerungen-an-grosse-zeiten/ 49ers history
7. https://www.wp.de/sport/lokalsport/hagen/vor-25-jahren-gatlin-fuehrt-hagen-zum-deutschen-pokal-id216115915.html Pokal 1975
8. https://www.usc-hd.de/verein/usc-historie/saison-19761977 US season 76-77
9. https://www.usc-hd.de/verein/usc-historie/saison-19771978 US season 77-78
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023124612/http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a3714_Koeln-99ers_Grosse-und-kleine-Geschichten-um-die-Koelner-Pokalerfolge.htm Saturn cup 1980
11. https://www.express.de/sport/basketball/15-maerz-1981-bsc-saturn-koeln-basketball-vom-anderen-stern-29465 Saturn cup 1981
12. https://www.kurier.de/inhalt.1985-als-aufsteiger-gleich-im-europacup.f093db8e-a75c-48c5-b736-9cacff634868.html Bayreuth 1985
13. https://www.inbayreuth.de/vor-30-jahren-deutscher-meister/ Bayreuth history
14. https://www.wbeyersdorf.de/archiv/saison/saison92.htm Bamberg 91 92
15. https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2001-2002.aspx 02 final at Eurobasket.com
16. https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2002-2003.aspx 03 final at Eurobasket.com
17. https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2006-2007.aspx 07 final at Eurobasket.com
18. https://www.kicker.de/pokalsieger-2008_artland-dragons-378121/artikel Dragons win final
19. https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2007-2008.aspx 08 final
20. https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2008-2009.aspx 09 final at Eurobasket.com
21. Web site: BBV-GS . 2021-05-16 . Bayern holt sich den BBL-Pokal . 2023-04-24 . BBV . de-DE.
22. Web site: Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again . 2023-04-24 . www.easycredit-bbl.de.
23. Web site: Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury . 2023-04-24 . www.easycredit-bbl.de.
24. Web site: Berlin finally win No. 9, Knight named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach . 2023-04-24 . www.easycredit-bbl.de.