{{short description|German basketball tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox basketball league |name = BBL-Pokal |image = BBL-Pokal logo (2018).png |pixels = |caption = |country = Germany |other countries= |confed = |founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1966}} |first = 1966–67 |folded = |divisions = |teams = 16 |feeds = |promotion = |relegation = |levels = |domest_cup = |supercup = |overseas_tournament= |confed_cup = |champions = Bamberg Baskets (7th title) |season = 2025–26 |most_champs = Alba Berlin (11 titles) |top_scorer = |tv = |sponsor = |website = {{URL|www.easycredit-bbl.de/}} |related_comps = Basketball Bundesliga |current = 2025–26 BBL-Pokal }} '''Netto Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal''', commonly known as the '''BBL-Pokal''', is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/easycredit-bbl/historie/meister-und-pokalsieger/|title=Meister und Pokalsieger|publisher=Easycredit-bbl.de|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> Since 2009, the competition has been conducted only between the top-ranked clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
==History and format== 150px|thumb|left|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.
150px|thumb|right|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2018/april/klub-vertreter-votieren-strategisch-wichtige-beschluesse/|title=Höherer Mindest-Etat und neuer Pokal-Wettbewerb: Klub-Vertreter votieren für strategisch wichtige Beschlüsse|date=24 April 2018|publisher=Easycredit-bbl.de|language=de}}</ref>
==Winners== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * 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) * 2024–25 Mitteldeutscher BC * 2025–26 Bamberg Baskets (7) {{div col end}}
==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<ref>[https://fcbayern.com/basketball/en/fcbb/history/summary Bayern history]</ref> *'''1968–69''', 14.06.69, Hamburg: Giessen 46ers – Osnabrück 75–74<ref>[https://jobstairs-giessen46ers.de/tradition/chronik/ Giessen history]</ref> *'''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 <ref>[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]</ref> *'''1972–73''', 08.06.73 Hagen: Giessen 46ers – MTV Wolfenbüttel 90–86<ref>[https://jobstairs-giessen46ers.de/erinnerungen-an-grosse-zeiten/ 49ers history ]</ref> *'''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 <ref>[https://www.wp.de/sport/lokalsport/hagen/vor-25-jahren-gatlin-fuehrt-hagen-zum-deutschen-pokal-id216115915.html Pokal 1975]</ref> *'''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<ref>[https://www.usc-hd.de/verein/usc-historie/saison-19761977 US season 76–77]</ref> *'''1977–78''', 09/17.05.78 Heidelberg & Hagen: USC Heidelberg – SV Hagen 78:69 & 82:90<ref>[https://www.usc-hd.de/verein/usc-historie/saison-19771978 US season 77–78]</ref> *'''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<ref>[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]</ref> *'''1980–81''', 01/11.02.81 Hagen & Köln: Saturn Köln – SVV Hagen 82:77 & 85:82<ref>[https://www.express.de/sport/basketball/15-maerz-1981-bsc-saturn-koeln-basketball-vom-anderen-stern-29465 Saturn cup 1981]</ref> *'''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<ref>[https://www.kurier.de/inhalt.1985-als-aufsteiger-gleich-im-europacup.f093db8e-a75c-48c5-b736-9cacff634868.html Bayreuth 1985]</ref> *'''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<ref>[https://www.inbayreuth.de/vor-30-jahren-deutscher-meister/ Bayreuth history]</ref> *'''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<ref>[https://www.wbeyersdorf.de/archiv/saison/saison92.htm Bamberg 91 92]</ref>
===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.
200px|thumbnail|right|Former logo of the Top Four {| class="wikitable" width=70% |- ! Year !! Host city !! Champion !! Runner-up !! Score !MVP |- |align="center"|1993 || Bayreuth || Bayer 04 Leverkusen || Brandt Hagen|| align="center" |81–60 | rowspan="27" |''Not awarded'' |- |align="center"|1994 || Bamberg || Brandt Hagen|| ratiopharm Ulm || align="center"|86–72 |- |align="center"|1995 || Würzburg || Bayer 04 Leverkusen || ratiopharm Ulm || align="center"|77–76 |- |align="center"|1996 || Berlin || ratiopharm Ulm || Bayer 04 Leverkusen || align="center"|80–79 |- |align="center"|1997 || Gießen || Alba Berlin || Gießen 46ers || align="center"|82–73 |- |align="center"|1998 || Frankfurt || TBB Trier || Dragons Rhöndorf || align="center"|97–88 |- |align="center"|1999 || Frankfurt || Alba Berlin || Gießen 46ers || align="center"|69–48 |- |align="center"|2000 || Frankfurt || Skyliners Frankfurt || Alba Berlin || align="center"|76–68 |- |align="center"|2001 || Frankfurt || TBB Trier || Hagen || align="center"|96–83 |- |align="center"|2002 || Berlin || Alba Berlin || EWE Baskets Oldenburg || align="center"|105–55<ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2001-2002.aspx 02 final at Eurobasket.com]</ref> |- |align="center"|2003 || Berlin || Alba Berlin || RheinEnergie Köln || align="center"|82–80<ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2002-2003.aspx 03 final at Eurobasket.com]</ref> |- |align="center"|2004 || Frankfurt || RheinEnergie Köln || Opel Skyliners || align="center"|80–71 |- |align="center"|2005 || Frankfurt || RheinEnergie Köln || Telekom Baskets Bonn || align="center"|85–75 |- |align="center"|2006 || Bamberg || Alba Berlin || GHP Bamberg || align="center"|85–73 |- |align="center"|2007 || Hamburg || RheinEnergie Köln || Artland Dragons || align="center"|60–58<ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2006-2007.aspx 07 final at Eurobasket.com]</ref> |- |align="center"|2008 || Hamburg || Artland Dragons || EnBW Ludwigsburg || align="center"|74–60<ref>[https://www.kicker.de/pokalsieger-2008_artland-dragons-378121/artikel Dragons win final]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2007-2008.aspx 08 final]</ref> |- |align="center"|2009 || Hamburg || Alba Berlin || Telekom Baskets Bonn || align="center"|69–44<ref>[https://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/Basketball-Bundesliga_2008-2009.aspx 09 final at Eurobasket.com]</ref> |- |align="center"|2010 || Frankfurt || Brose Baskets || Deutsche Bank Skyliners || align="center"|76–75 |- |align="center"|2011 || Bamberg || Brose Baskets || Phantoms Braunschweig || align="center"|69–66 |- |align="center"|2012 || Bonn || Brose Baskets || Telekom Baskets Bonn || align="center"|82–73 |- |align="center"|2013 || Berlin || Alba Berlin || ratiopharm Ulm || align="center"|85–67 |- |align="center"|2014 || Ulm || Alba Berlin || ratiopharm Ulm || align="center"|86–80 |- |align="center"|2015 || Oldenburg || EWE Baskets Oldenburg || Brose Baskets || align="center"|72–70 |- |align="center"|2016 || Munich || Alba Berlin || Bayern Munich || align="center"|67–65 |- |align="center"|2017 || Berlin || Brose Bamberg || Bayern Munich || align="center"|74–71 |- |align="center"|2018 || Ulm || Bayern Munich || Alba Berlin || align="center" |80–75 |- |align="center"|2019 || Bamberg || Brose Bamberg || Alba Berlin || align="center" |83–82 |- |align="center"|2021 || Munich || Bayern Munich || Alba Berlin || align="center" |85–79 |Vladimir Lučić<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBV-GS |date=16 May 2021 |title=Bayern holt sich den BBL-Pokal |url=https://basketballverband-bayern.de/bayern-holt-sich-den-bbl-pokal/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=BBV |language=de-DE}}</ref> |- |align="center"|2022 || Berlin || Alba Berlin || Crailsheim Merlins || align="center" |86–76 |Maodo Lô<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2022/februar/berlin-record-cup-champs-lo-leads-way-for-alba-chemnitz-beat-bayern-again |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de}}</ref> |- |align="center"|2023 || Oldenburg || Bayern Munich || Baskets Oldenburg || align="center"|90–78 |Nick Weiler-Babb<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2023/februar/bayern-claim-4th-german-cup-weiler-babb-mvp-rubit-suffers-major-injury |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de}}</ref> |- |align="center"|2024 || Munich || Bayern Munich || ratiopharm Ulm || align="center"|81–65 |Sylvain Francisco<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bayern defend Cup title for 5th crown / Francisco named MVP / Bayern take over first place |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2024/februar/bayern-defend-cup-title-for-5th-crown-francisco-named-mvp-bayern-take-over-first-place |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de}}</ref> |- |align="center"|2025 || Weißenfels || Mitteldeutscher BC || Bamberg Baskets || align="center"|97–87 |Michael Devoe<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devoe wins MVP as Wolves hoist first German Cup trophy / Fru’s career night carries Braunschweig / Rostock lose Amaize for season |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2025/februar/devoe-wins-mvp-as-wolves-hoist-first-german-cup-trophy-frus-career-night-carries-braunschweig-rostock-lose-amaize-for-season |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de}}</ref> |- | align="center" |2026 |Munich |BMA365 Bamberg Baskets |Alba Berlin | align="center" |74–72 |Demarcus Demonia |}
===Knockout tournament (2020)=== In 2020 on, a knockout tournament was held to determine the winner of the BBL-Pokal.
{| class="wikitable" width=70% |- ! Year !! Host city !! Champion !! Runner-up !! Score !MVP |- |align="center"|2020 || Berlin || Alba Berlin || EWE Baskets Oldenburg || align="center" |89–56 |Martin Hermannsson<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin finally win No. 9, Hermannsson named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach |url=https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2020/juni/weekly-news-29-2 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.easycredit-bbl.de}}</ref> |}
==Performance by club== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Team !! Winners !! Runners-up !! Years |- | align="left" | Alba Berlin | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 5 | align="left" | 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022 |- | align="left" | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995 |- | align="left" | Bamberg Baskets | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2026 |- | align="left" | Bayern Munich | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | 1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 |- | align="left" | Gießen 46ers | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 4 | align="left" | 1969, 1973, 1979 |- | align="left" | BSC Saturn Köln | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | 1980, 1981, 1983 |- | align="left" | Köln 99ers | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | 2004, 2005, 2007 |- | align="left" | SSV Hagen | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 6 | align="left" | 1975, 1994 |- | align="left" | MTV Wolfenbüttel | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | 1972, 1982 |- | align="left" | medi Bayreuth | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | 1988, 1989 |- | align="left" | USC Heidelberg | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | 1977, 1978 |- | align="left" | ASC 1846 Göttingen | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | 1984, 1985 |- | align="left" | TBB Trier | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0 | align="left" | 1998, 2001 |- | align="left" | ratiopharm Ulm | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 5 | align="left" | 1996 |- | align="left" | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | 2015 |- | align="left" | VfL Osnabrück | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | 1967 |- | align="left" | Skyliners Frankfurt | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | 2000 |- | align="left" | Artland Dragons | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | 2008 |- | align="left" | Mitteldeutscher BC | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0 | align="left" | 2025 |- | align="left" | Telekom Baskets Bonn | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | EnBW Ludwigsburg | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | Phantoms Braunschweig | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | ATV 1877 Düsseldorf | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | USC Mainz | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | Hamburger Turnerbund | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | Dragons Rhöndorf | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | |- | align="left" | Crailsheim Merlins | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 1 | align="left" | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== *[https://sport-record.de/basketball/basketball-dbb-dm.html All cup finals and scores] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195527/https://sport-record.de/basketball/basketball-dbb-dm.html |date=6 September 2018 }}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090928080740/http://www.basketball-bundesliga.de/ Basketball Bundesliga] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090819192150/http://www.basketball-bundesliga.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=12&topmenu=5&keepmenu=inactive History of BBL] {{in lang|de}}
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