The BNXT League Dutch Play-offs is the concluding elimination tournament part of the BNXT League, which determines the Dutch national basketball champions. The playoffs were introduced in the 1977âÂÂ78 season, modelled after the American National Basketball Association (NBA) which already used the system. The playoffs were part of the Eredivisie (later the Dutch Basketball League) until 2021, when they became part of the BNXT League, which is a fusion league with Belgium.
The play-offs generally commence in May and finish in June or July.
Several different formats have been used of the existence of the playoffs.
In 1982, the finals were expanded to a best-of-five series.
From 1993 to 2015, eight teams qualified for the playoffs each year. The quarterfinals were a best-of-three, the semifinals a best-of-five, and the finals a best-of-seven.
Because the number of teams in 2014 was reduced to nine, the number of teams qualifying for the playoffs was reduced as well. The semi-finals became a best-of-seven series as well.
In 2020, the quarter-finals were played in a two-legged series with the team with the most aggregated points winning. The finals were shortened to a best-of-five.
Since 2021, under the umbrella of the BNXT League. Teams are ranked based on their standings in the Elite Gold and the Elite Silver.
This is a listing of Dutch national basketball playoffs series, grouped by club. Bolded years indicate wins, <u>underlined</u> years are finals. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by the number of series, then the number of wins, and then by year of first occurrence.
Numbers in brackets after team names refer to the seed as which they came into the playoffs.