2023–24 BNXT League

2023–24 BNXT League
LeagueBNXT League
SportBasketball
Duration
  • 22 September 2023–17 February 2024 (National phase)
  • 1 March–3 May 2024 (Cross-border phase)
  • 8 May–12 June 2023 (Playoffs)
Number of teams20
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Damien Jefferson (Oostende)
Top scorerUnited States Tyreke Key (Leuven Bears)
National playoffs
Belgian championsOostende (25th title)
  Belgian runners-upAntwerp Giants
Dutch championsZZ Leiden (6th title)
  Dutch runners-upHeroes Den Bosch
Finals
ChampionsOostende (1st title)
  Runners-upZZ Leiden
Finals MVPDamien Jefferson (Oostende)
BNXT seasons

The 2023–24 BNXT League was the third season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Competition formula

Teams entering in this round
National regular season
(20 teams)
  • 11 Belgian teams
  • 9 Dutch teams
  • All teams play each other home and away
Elite Gold
(10 teams)
  • Best 5 Dutch teams
  • Best 5 Belgian teams
  • Teams play 10 games
Elite Silver
(10 teams)
  • Bottom-4 Dutch teams
  • Bottom-6 Belgian teams
  • Teams play 12 games
National play-offs
(8 teams)
  • All Gold teams from each country go quarterfinals
  • Best three Silver teams joins the quarter-finals
BNXT League play-offs
(2 teams)
  • Belgian and Dutch national champions will compete for the title of BNXT League Champion.

Teams

Arenas and locations

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Location of teams in the BNXT League
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club Location Venue Capacity
Netherlands
BAL Weert Sporthal Boshoven 1,000
Den Helder Suns Den Helder Sporthal Sportlaan 1,000
Donar Groningen MartiniPlaza 4,350
Feyenoord Rotterdam Topsportcentrum Rotterdam 2,500
Heroes Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2,800
Landstede Hammers Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1,200
LWD Basket Leeuwarden Kalverdijkje 1,700
Yoast United Bemmel De Kooi 650
ZZ Leiden Leiden Vijf Meihal 2,000
Belgium
Antwerp Giants Antwerp Lotto Arena 5,218
Brussels Basketball Brussels Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek 1,200
Kangoeroes Mechelen Mechelen Winketkaai 1,500
Kortrijk Spurs Kortrijk Sportcampus Lange Munte 2,400
Leuven Bears Leuven Sportoase 3,400
Liège Basket Liège Country Hall 5,000
Limburg United Hasselt Alverberg Sporthal 1,730
Mons-Hainaut Mons Mons Arena 4,000
Okapi Aalst Aalst Okapi Forum 2,800
Oostende Ostend Coretec Dôme 5,000
Spirou Charleroi Spiroudome 6,200

National Round

Netherlands

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Heroes Den Bosch 16 15 1 1323 1084 +239 31 Advance to Elite Gold
2 ZZ Leiden 16 12 4 1255 1131 +124 28
3 Landstede Hammers 16 11 5 1236 1082 +154 27
4 Donar 16 8 8 1133 1086 +47 24
5 BAL 16 8 8 1131 1148 −17 24
6 Feyenoord 16 6 10 1163 1285 −122 22 Advance to Elite Silver
7 LWD Basket 16 4 12 1210 1315 −105 20
8 Den Helder Suns 16 4 12 1054 1259 −205 20
9 Yoast United 16 4 12 1186 1301 −115 20
Source: BNXT League

Belgium

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Oostende 20 18 2 1600 1414 +186 38 Advance to Elite Gold
2 Antwerp Giants 20 16 4 1655 1440 +215 36
3 Hubo Limburg United 20 14 6 1555 1440 +115 34
4 Liège Basket 20 12 8 1572 1567 +5 32
5 Spirou 20 11 9 1474 1504 −30 31
6 Brussels Basketball 20 10 10 1562 1535 +27 30 Advance to Elite Silver
7 Kangoeroes Mechelen 20 8 12 1506 1540 −34 28
8 Kortrijk Spurs 20 8 12 1552 1623 −71 28
9 Leuven Bears 20 5 15 1483 1589 −106 25
10 Mons-Hainaut 20 5 15 1479 1632 −153 25
11 Okapi Aalst 20 3 17 1516 1670 −154 23
Source: BNXT League


International Round

Elite Gold

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Belgium Oostende 10 10 0 2522 2108 +414 39 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2 Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch 10 5 5 2428 2156 +272 34 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
3 Belgium Antwerp Giants 10 6 4 2479 2159 +320 34 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
4 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 10 5 5 2270 2152 +118 33 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
5 Belgium Limburg United 10 6 4 2327 2182 +145 33 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
6 Belgium Spirou 10 7 3 2236 2193 +43 31
7 Belgium Liege Basket 10 6 4 2426 2350 +76 31
8 Netherlands Landstede Hammers 10 1 9 2249 2164 +85 28 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
9 Netherlands Donar 10 3 7 2182 2214 −32 28
10 Netherlands BAL 10 1 9 2110 2324 −214 26
Source: BNXT League

Elite Silver

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Belgium Kangoeroes Mechelen 12 10 2 2533 2446 +87 36 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2 Belgium Mons-Hainaut 12 11 1 2533 2558 −25 36
3 Belgium Leuven Bears 12 10 2 2457 2452 +5 35
4 Belgium Phoenix Brussels 12 7 5 2529 2460 +69 34
5 Belgium Okapi Aalst 12 8 4 2486 2536 −50 32
6 Belgium Kortrijk Spurs 12 4 8 2573 2611 −38 30
7 Netherlands LWD Basket 12 4 8 2464 2686 −222 29 Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
8 Netherlands Feyenoord 12 2 10 2390 2658 −268 28
9 Netherlands Yoast United 12 3 9 2313 2585 −272 28
10 Netherlands Den Helder Suns 12 1 11 2131 2590 −459 26
Source: BNXT League

National Playoffs

In the national playoffs, quarterfinals will be played best-of-three format (1–1–1), semifinals and finals will be played in a best-of-five format (1–1–1–1–1).

Belgium

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Oostende 2
8 Leuven Bears 0
1 Oostende 3
5 Liege Basket 1
4 Spirou 0
5 Liege Basket 2
1 Oostende 3
2 Antwerp Giants 1
2 Antwerp Giants 2
7 Mons-Hainaut 0
2 Antwerp Giants 3
3 Limburg United 2
3 Limburg United 2
6 Kangoeroes Mechelen 1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Oostende Belgium 2–0 Belgium Leuven Bears 83–64 80–69 —
Antwerp Giants Belgium 2–0 Belgium Mons-Hainaut 80–64 86–71 —
Limburg United Belgium 2–1 Belgium Kangoeroes Mechelen 90–84 70–75 81–69
Spirou Belgium 0–2 BelgiumLiege Basket 93–98 64–82 —

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Oostende Belgium 3–1 Belgium Liege Basket 82–64 77–72 89–95 83–63 —
Antwerp Giants Belgium 3–2 Belgium Limburg United 76–81 77–66 90–68 70–71 76–64

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Oostende Belgium 3–1 Belgium Antwerp Giants 93–89 66–87 82–69 74–71 —

Netherlands

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Heroes Den Bosch 2
8 Yoast United 0
2 ZZ Leiden 3
3 Landstede Hammers 0
4 Donar 2
5 BAL 1
1 Heroes Den Bosch 1
2 ZZ Leiden 3
2 ZZ Leiden 2
7 Feyenoord 0
1 Heroes Den Bosch 3
4 Donar 2
3 Landstede Hammers 2
6 LWD Basket 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Heroes Den Bosch Netherlands 2–0 Netherlands Yoast United 94–59 90–54 —
Donar Netherlands 2–1 Netherlands BAL 78–66 71–85 89–57
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 2–0 Netherlands Feyenoord 91–68 79–66 —
Landstede Hammers Netherlands 2–0 Netherlands LWD Basket 90–61 88–80 —

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 3–0 Netherlands Landstede Hammers 68–60 64–58 79–71 — —
Heroes Den Bosch Netherlands 3–2 Netherlands Donar 90–79 75–82 100–90 80–88 90–83

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Heroes Den BoschNetherlands 1–3 NetherlandsZZ Leiden 89–96 65–83 79–65 81–92 —

BNXT Playoffs

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oostende Belgium 164–124 Netherlands ZZ Leiden 85–58 79–66

Individual awards

The winner of individual awards were announced on May 6, 2024.[1]

Category Player Team Nominees Ref.
Most Valuable Player (MVP) United States Damien Jefferson Belgium Oostende Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet (Filou Oostende)
United States Damien Jefferson (Filou Oostende)
United States Rasir Bolton (Antwerp Giants) 		[1]
Referee of the Year (Netherlands) Netherlands Tijmen Last – Netherlands Mohamed Shouman
Netherlands Tijmen Last
Netherlands Bert Van Slooten 		[1]
Referee of the Year (Belgium) Belgium Nick Van Den Broeck – Belgium Renaud Geller
Belgium Tom Delange
Belgium Nick Van Den Broeck

References

  1. ^ a b c "BNXT Awards winners announced!". bnxtleague.com. May 6, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.