Basketball Bundesliga-Pokal, commonly known as the BBL-Pokal, is the annual national basketball cup competition in Germany.[1] Since 2009, the title has been awarded to the winner of a tournament competition between top clubs of each Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) season.
History and format
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.
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.[2]
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^Bayern history
^Giessen history
^[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]
^49ers history
^Pokal 1975
^US season 76-77
^US season 77-78
^Saturn cup 1980
^Saturn cup 1981
^Bayreuth 1985
^Bayreuth history
^Bamberg 91 92
^02 final at Eurobasket.com
^03 final at Eurobasket.com
^07 final at Eurobasket.com
^Dragons win final
^08 final
^09 final at Eurobasket.com
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^"Berlin record cup champs / Lo leads way for ALBA / Chemnitz beat Bayern again". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^"Bayern claim 4th German Cup / Weiler-Babb MVP / Rubit suffers major injury". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
^"Berlin finally win No. 9, Knight named MVP, Calles new Hamburg head coach". www.easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 2023-04-24.