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.

BBL-Pokal

Founded	1966
First season	1966–67
Country	Germany
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Alba Berlin (10th title) (2019–20)
Most championships	Alba Berlin Bayer Giants Leverkusen (10 titles)
Website	www.easycredit-bbl.de
2020 BBL-Pokal

History and format

Former BBL-Pokal Top Four logo

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.

Logo of the Top Four of the BBL-Pokal, used until 2018

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 1967–68 Bayern Munich 1968–69 Gießen 46ers 1969–70 TuS 04 Leverkusen 1970–71 TuS 04 Leverkusen 1971–72 Wolfenbüttel 1972–73 Gießen 46ers 1973–74 TuS 04 Leverkusen 1974–75 SSV Hagen 1975–76 TuS 04 Leverkusen 1976–77 USC Heidelberg 1977–78 USC Heidelberg 1978–79 Gießen 46ers 1979–80 Saturn Köln 1980–81 Saturn Köln 1981–82 Wolfenbüttel 1982–83 Saturn Köln 1983–84 ASC 1846 Göttingen

1984–85 ASC 1846 Göttingen 1985–86 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1986–87 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1987–88 Steiner Bayreuth 1988–89 Steiner Bayreuth 1989–90 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1990–91 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1991–92 TTL Bamberg 1992–93 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1993–94 Brandt Hagen 1994–95 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1995–96 ratiopharm Ulm 1996–97 Alba Berlin 1997–98 TBB Trier 1998–99 Alba Berlin 1999–00 Skyliners Frankfurt 2000–01 TBB Trier 2001–02 Alba Berlin

2002–03 Alba Berlin 2003–04 RheinEnergie Köln 2004–05 RheinEnergie Köln 2005–06 Alba Berlin 2006–07 RheinEnergie Köln 2007–08 Artland Dragons 2008–09 Alba Berlin 2009–10 Brose Baskets 2010–11 Brose Baskets 2011–12 Brose Baskets 2012–13 Alba Berlin 2013–14 Alba Berlin 2014–15 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2015–16 Alba Berlin 2016–17 Brose Bamberg 2017–18 Bayern Munich 2018–19 Brose Bamberg 2019–20 Alba Berlin

Finals

Top Four Era (1993–2019)

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

Former logo of the Top Four

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Bayreuth	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Brandt Hagen	81–60
1994	Bamberg	Brandt Hagen	ratiopharm Ulm	86–72
1995	Würzburg	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	ratiopharm Ulm	77–76
1996	Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	80–79
1997	Gießen	Alba Berlin	Gießen 46ers	82–73
1998	Frankfurt	TBB Trier	Dragons Rhöndorf	97–88
1999	Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	Gießen 46ers	69–48
2000	Frankfurt	Skyliners Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	76–68
2001	Frankfurt	TBB Trier	Hagen	96–83
2002	Berlin	Alba Berlin	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	105–55
2003	Berlin	Alba Berlin	RheinEnergie Köln	82–80
2004	Frankfurt	RheinEnergie Köln	Opel Skyliners	80–71
2005	Frankfurt	RheinEnergie Köln	Telekom Baskets Bonn	85–75
2006	Bamberg	Alba Berlin	GHP Bamberg	85–73
2007	Hamburg	RheinEnergie Köln	Artland Dragons	60–58
2008	Hamburg	Artland Dragons	EnBW Ludwigsburg	74–60
2009	Hamburg	Alba Berlin	Telekom Baskets Bonn	69–44
2010	Frankfurt	Brose Baskets	Deutsche Bank Skyliners	76–75
2011	Bamberg	Brose Baskets	Phantoms Braunschweig	69–66
2012	Bonn	Brose Baskets	Telekom Baskets Bonn	82–73
2013	Berlin	Alba Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	85–67
2014	Ulm	Alba Berlin	ratiopharm Ulm	86–80
2015	Oldenburg	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Brose Baskets	72–70
2016	Munich	Alba Berlin	Bayern Munich	67–65
2017	Berlin	Brose Bamberg	Bayern Munich	74–71
2018	Ulm	Bayern Munich	Alba Berlin	80–75
2019	Bamberg	Brose Bamberg	Alba Berlin	83–82

Knockout tournament (2020–present)

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

Year	Host city	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2019–20	Berlin	Alba Berlin	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	89–56

Performance by club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years
Alba Berlin	10	3	1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019–20
Brose Bamberg	5	2	2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
Köln 99ers	3	1	2004, 2005, 2007
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	2	1	1993, 1995
TBB Trier	2	0	1998, 2001
ratiopharm Ulm	1	4	1996
SSV Hagen	1	2	1994
Skyliners Frankfurt	1	2	2000
Bayern Munich	1	2	2018
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	1	2	2015
Artland Dragons	1	1	2008
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	3
Gießen 46ers	0	2
Dragons Rhöndorf	0	1
EnBW Ludwigsburg	0	1
Phantoms Braunschweig	0	1

References

1. "Meister und Pokalsieger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse" (in German). Easycredit-bbl.de. 24 April 2018.

External links

• Basketball Bundesliga (in German)
• History of BBL (in German)