German Basketball Cup

BBL-Pokal

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 BBL-Pokal
Logo used for the Final Fours
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1966–67 season
No. of teams	7
Country	Germany
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Alba Berlin (9th title)
Most titles	Bayer Giants Leverkusen (10 titles)
Related competitions	Beko BBL BBL Champions Cup

The German Basketball Cup, known as the BBL-Pokal for sponsorship reasons, is the top annual national basketball cup competition in Germany. Since 2009, the title has been awarded to the winner of a final four competition between clubs of the BBL. The final stages are also known as the Beko BBL TOP FOUR.

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 June 11th, 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.

Title holders

1966–67 Osnabrück 1967–68 Bayern Munich 1968–69 Gießen 46ers 1969–70 04 Leverkusen 1970–71 04 Leverkusen 1971–72 Wolfenbüttel 1972–73 Gießen 46ers 1973–74 04 Leverkusen 1974–75 Hagen 1975–76 04 Leverkusen 1976–77 Heidelberg 1977–78 Heidelberg 1978–79 Gießen 46ers

1979–80 Saturn Köln 1980–81 Saturn Köln 1981–82 Wolfenbüttel 1982–83 Saturn Köln 1983–84 Göttingen 1984–85 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 Trier 1998–99 Alba Berlin 1999–00 Skyliners Frankfurt 2000–01 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 2015–16 Alba Berlin

Finals

Top Four Era (1993–present)

Former logo of the Top Four

Year	Host	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	Trier	Dragons Rhöndorf	97–88
1999	Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	Gießen 46ers	69–48
2000	Frankfurt	Skyliners Frankfurt	Alba Berlin	76–68
2001	Frankfurt	Trier	Hagen	96–83
2002	Berlin	Alba Berlin	EWE Baskets	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	Brose Baskets	72–70
2016	Munich	Alba Berlin	Bayern Munich	67–65

Cups by team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years
Alba Berlin	9	1	1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016
Brose Baskets	3	2	2010, 2011, 2012
Köln 99ers	3	1	2004, 2005, 2007
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	2	1	1993, 1995
Trier	2	0	1998, 2001
ratiopharm Ulm	1	4	1996
Hagen	1	2	1994
Skyliners Frankfurt	1	2	2000
Artland Dragons	1	1	2008
EWE Baskets	1	1	2015
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	3
Gießen 46ers	0	2
Dragons Rhöndorf	0	1
EnBW Ludwigsburg	0	1
Phantoms Braunschweig	0	1
Bayern Munich	0	1

See also

• Basketball in Germany
• German Basketball League
• German Basketball League Champions
• German Basketball League Awards
• German Basketball Supercup
• German League All-Star Game

External links

• Basketball Bundesliga (German)
• AG 2. Bundesliga (German)
• History of German Basketball (German)
• History of BBL (German)