The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion.
The champion technically earns the right to promote to the Dutch Basketball League, although it only happens in exceptional cases, because a club has to turn professional to play in the league. The bottom team relegates to the , the national third division.
History In 2012, Apollo Amsterdam became the first Promotiedivise champion to promote to the next season of the Dutch Basketball League. Lokomotief is the most successful team with three won titles.
Ahead of the 2023–24 season, the Promotiedivisie was expanded to 24 teams with two groups of twelve (Group A and Group B).
For the 2025–26 season, the Promotiedivisie was reduced to 17 teams again. It was the first year a team from the BNXT League was relegated from the BNXT League to the Promotiedivisie, as GET United was relegated due to sportive results. This relegation once again served as an example that the gap between the BNXT and the Promotiedivisie was too big and the case for a new division to fill the gap would be beneficial to Dutch Basketball. With the pull-back of a further three BNXT teams, this call for a new Dutch League became even bigger. The new league, with the working title Men's Basketball League, was however not ready to be implemented yet for the 2026–27 season. This meant that the association was forced to open the Promotiedivisie again for more teams. For a single year, the teams were not decided by just sportive results, but ambitious clubs were also allowed to apply. This 2026–27 season would therefore serve as a year to test which clubs are capable of joining the MBL in its inaugural 2027–28 season.
Current teams There are 18 teams in the 2026–27 season. Team CityApollo AmsterdamAmsterdam Attacus Veghel Basketball Academie Limburg Weert Biks Shots Hilvarenbeek BV Amsterdam Amsterdam Den Helder Suns Den HelderGET UnitedBemmel De Groene Uilen GroningenHot Pepper HeatZwanenburg Lokomotief RijswijkMBCAAmstelveenOrange Lions AcademyAmsterdamRiver TrottersHardinxveld-GiessendamTriple ThreatHaarlem Utrecht Basketball Utrecht Utrecht Bull's Utrecht Uitsmijters Almelo ZZ Leiden II Leiden
Finals Year Winner Runner-up Score 1982–83Orca'sVirtus Werkendam1983–84BC Markt UtrechtBV Amsterdam1984–85BC Markt UtrechtInterbril Greyhounds1985–86ICL ZaandamDAS Delft1986–87AkridesRed Giants1987–88Gunco RotterdamBV Voorburg1988–89BV VoorburgBC Eindhoven1989–90Akrides (2)Goba Gorinchem1990–91Basketiers '71Gunco Rotterdam1991–92BV DakplanFesto BVV1992–93Akrides (3)GOBA Gorinchem1993–94Festo BVVPSV–Almonte Basketbal1994–95BV VoorburgDe Dunckers1995–96RZG DrentheImage Center Hank1996–97Prisma CollegeDAS Delft1997–98Orca's (2)Libertel Doplhins 21998–99Akrides (4)Ricoh Astronauts 21999–2000Akrides (5)De Groene Uilen2000–01Early BirdAkrides2001–02Early BirdASVU2002–03Early BirdEiffelTowers Den Bosch 22003–04BV ArisEarly Bird2004–05MSV NoordwijkOmniworld 2 2005–06 Demon Astronauts 2 MSV Noordwijk 2006–07 EBBC ASVU align=center 2007–08 MSV Noordwijk Amsterdam 2 2008–09 GOBA MSV Noordwijk 2009–10 Amsterdam 2 Binnenland 2010–11 Binnenland De Hoppers 2011–12 Apollo Amsterdam Binnenland 2012–13 Orca's (3) Binnenland 2013–14 De Groene Uilen Binnenland 2014–15 De Groene Uilen (2) Red Giants 2015–16 Red Giants Binnenland 2016–17 Landslake Lions Grasshoppers 2017–18 Lokomotief Grasshoppers 2018–19 Lokomotief (2) Grasshoppers 2019–20 Seasons cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–212021–22Lokomotief (3)Attacus2022–23Lokomotief (4)UBALL102–792023–24BV Noordkop/SunsHot Pepper Heat78–582024–25AttacusLokomotief 79-742025–26GET UnitedApollo Amsterdam 83-72
Performance by club Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. ClubWinsSeasons won Akrides51987, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2000 Lokomotief42018, 2019, 2022, 2023 32001, 2002, 2003 Orca's31983, 1998, 2013 Amsterdam 2 2 2006, 2010 De Groene Uilen2 2014, 2015 MSV Noordwijk22005, 2008 Red Giants Meppel12016 BV Noordkop/Suns12024 Attacus12025 GET United12026
Awards Most Valuable Player 2010 Zeeger van Leeuwen (MSV Noordwijk) 2013 Richard Maxwell (Rotterdam Basketbal 2) 2014 Vaidas Tamasauskas (Rotterdam Basketbal 2) Coach of the Year 2010 Joost van Rangelrooy
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