# Basketball Nederland > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basketball_Nederland > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basketball_Nederland.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Nederland > Source revision: 1354098662 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dutch basketball governing body Basketball Nederland Founded 15 July 1947; 78 years ago (1947-07-15) Affiliation FIBA Europe Headquarters Nieuwegein President John Voppen Official website basketball.nl **Basketball Netherlands** ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Basketbal Nederland*) is the governing body of [basketball](/source/Basketball) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). It was founded in 1947, and are headquartered in [Nieuwegein](/source/Nieuwegein). Basketball Nederland operates the [Netherlands men's national team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_basketball_team) and [Netherlands women's national team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_basketball_team). They organise national competitions in the Netherlands, for both the men's and women's senior teams, as well as the youth national basketball teams.[1] The top professional league in the Netherlands is the [BNXT League](/source/BNXT_League).[2] ## History ### Foundation (1947) The Dutch Basketball Association ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Nederlandse Basketball Bond*, *NBB*) was founded on 15 July 1947. After [World War II](/source/World_War_II) in which the Dutch were conquered by the [Nazis](/source/Nazism) it began a priority to build governing bodies for their national sports. Even much so that the Netherlands started a basketball federation before basketball power [United States](/source/United_States). Which didn't establish their own federation until the 1970s. ### Early years (1947–1961) At the beginning, the NBB started with less than a thousand members and 120 teams from [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Haarlem](/source/Haarlem) and [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam) joined. Basketball was a sport that wasn't practiced all over the country, but especially in Amsterdam. It is logical, therefore, that the NBB derives from the Amsterdam Basketball Federation, founded in 1945. ### Dutch Basketball Success (1962–1991) During the time period from 1962 to 1991 basketball saw huge growth in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). Partially due to the success of the [Dutch national team](/source/Netherlands_national_basketball_team), which made ten [European Championship](/source/EuroBasket) appearances in that span. Also during this time was the foundation and beginnings of the [Dutch Basketball League](/source/Dutch_Basketball_League) (DBL). Which received tons of fan support.[3] ### Regression (1991–2012) During the time period from 1991 to 2012 the national team took a deep decline, and failed to qualify for the European Championship. In June 2019, the organisation rebranded to **Basketball Nederland**.[4] ## See also - [Netherlands men's national basketball team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_basketball_team) - [Netherlands men's national under-20 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_under-20_basketball_team) - [Netherlands men's national under-18 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_under-18_basketball_team) - [Netherlands men's national under-16 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_under-16_basketball_team) - [Netherlands men's national 3x3 team](/source/Netherlands_men's_national_3x3_team) - [Netherlands women's national basketball team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_basketball_team) - [Netherlands women's national under-20 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_under-20_basketball_team) - [Netherlands women's national under-19 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_under-19_basketball_team) - [Netherlands women's national under-17 basketball team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_under-17_basketball_team) - [Netherlands women's national 3x3 team](/source/Netherlands_women's_national_3x3_team) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Netherlands FIBA Europe"](https://www.eurobasket.com/Holland/basketball.aspx). *eurobasket.com*. Retrieved 2022-10-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Dutch Professional league"](https://bnxtleague.com/nl). Retrieved 2022-10-19. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Home > Cios werkt samen > Nederlandse Basketball Bond. Nederlandse Basketball Bond. Adres: Wattbaan 31-49. 3439 ML Nieuwegein. Geo: POINT (5.103435 52.0353328)"](http://www.cios.nl/cios-werkt-samen/nederlandse-basketball-bond). Retrieved 14 May 2017.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Basketball Nederland gelanceerd: Ready to Roar!"](https://www.basketball.nl/nbb-organisatie/nieuws/nieuws/!/3605/basketball-nederland-gelanceerd-ready-to-roar). *Basketball.nl*. 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