2021–22 BNXT League

2021–22 BNXT League
2021–22 BNXT League
League	BNXT League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	24 September 2021 – 11 June 2022
Teams	21
TV partner(s)	Sporza; NPO 1; Ziggo Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Oostende
Season MVP	Levi Randolph (Oostende)
Top scorer	Emmanuel Nzekwesi (Mons-Hainaut)
National playoffs
Belgian champions	Oostende (23rd title)
Belgian runners-up	Kangoeroes Mechelen
Dutch champions	Heroes Den Bosch (17th title)
Dutch runners-up	ZZ Leiden
Finals
Champions	ZZ Leiden (1st title)
Runners-up	Donar
Finals MVP	Worthy de Jong (ZZ Leiden)
BNXT seasons
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The 2021–22 BNXT League was the inaugural season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. It replaced the Dutch Basketball League and the Pro Basketball League.

LeagueBNXT League

SportBasketball

Duration24 September 2021 – 11 June 2022

Teams21

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The season started with the BNXT Supercup on 19 September, while the regular season began on 24 September 2021. The season ended on 11 June 2022 with the final game of the Finals.

ZZ Leiden won the inaugural BNXT championship.^[1] Heroes Den Bosch won the Dutch national championship while Filou Oostende won the Belgian national championship.

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		Teams entering in this round
National regular season (21 teams) 24.09.2021.–20.02.2022.		10 Belgian teams 11 Dutch teams All teams play each other home and away
Elite Gold (10 teams) 27.02.2022–29.04.2022.		Best 5 Dutch teams Best 5 Belgian teams Teams play 10 games
Elite Silver (11 teams) 27.02.2022.–29.04.2022.		Bottom-6 Dutch teams Bottom-5 Belgian teams Teams play 10 games
National play-offs (6 teams) 03.05.2022.–29.05.2022.		Top two Gold teams from each country go directly to semifinals Three other Gold teams play in quarter-finals Best Silver team joins the quarter-finals
BNXT League play-offs (20 teams) 04.05.2022.–11.06.2022.		Bottom Elite Silver removed from competition Elite Silver playoff (8 teams) BNXT playoffs R1: 4 Winners Elite Silver Playoff vs. 4 national PO . quarter-finalists dropping out BNXT playoffs R2: Winners BNXT PO1 vs. losing semi-finalists national PO BNXT playoffs R3: BNXT PO2 winners compete against each other BNXT Quarter-finals: Winners BNXT PO3 vs. losing finalists national PO BNXT Semi-finals: Winners BNXT PO4 vs. champions national PO BNXT Finals: Winners BNXT PO5 will compete for the title of BNXT League Champion.

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Netherlands
Apollo Amsterdam	Amsterdam	Apollohal	1,500
Aris Leeuwarden	Leeuwarden	Kalverdijkje	1,700
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
The Hague Royals	The Hague	Sportcampus Zuiderpark	3,500
Yoast United	Bemmel	De Kooi	650
ZZ Leiden	Leiden	Vijf Meihal	2,000
Belgium
Antwerp Giants	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	5,218
Kangoeroes Mechelen	Mechelen	Winketkaai	1,500
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
Phoenix Brussels	Brussels	Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek	1,200
Spirou	Charleroi	Spiroudome	6,200

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Antwerp Giants	Luc Smout	Jean-Marc Mwema	Spalding	Telenet
Apollo Amsterdam	Wierd Goedee	Sergio De Randamie	Nike	Behind The Arc
Aris Leeuwarden	Vincent van Sliedregt	Tim Hoeve	Craft	Vriezon
BAL	Radenko Varagić	Roel van Overbeek	Spalding	Enerparking
Den Helder Suns	Peter van Noord	Nino Gorissen	Spalding	TekPark
Donar	Matthew Otten	Thomas Koenis	Macron	FlexVirtual^[10]
Feyenoord	Toon van Helfteren	Jeroen van der List	Adidas	Zeeuw & Zeeuw
Heroes Den Bosch	Erik Braal	Boy van Vliet	Macron	Inamood
Kangoeroes Mechelen	Kristof Michiels	Wen Mukubu	Spalding	Bengal
Landstede Hammers	Herman van den Belt	Nigel van Oostrum	Acerbis	Landstede
Leuven Bears	Eddy Casteels	Joshua Heath	Spalding	Stella Artois
Liège Basket	Lionel Bosco	François Lhoest	Ohka	Solidbeton
Limburg United	Raymond Westphalen	Clifford Hammonds	K1x	Hubo Belgium
Mons-Hainaut	Vedran Bosnić	Justin Cage	Olympic	Belfius
Okapi Aalst	Yves Defraigne	Senne Geukens	Spalding	CheckNet
Oostende	Dario Gjergja	Dušan Đorđević	Spalding	Filou
Phoenix Brussels	Jean-Marc Jaumin	Terry Deroover	Macron	None
Spirou	Sam Rotsaert	Alex Libert	Spalding	RTL
The Hague Royals	Bert Samson	Deividas Kumelis	Burned	None
Yoast United	Paul Vervaeck	Nate Britt	Jako	Yoast SEO
ZZ Leiden	Geert Hammink	Marijn Ververs	Peak	Zorg en Zekerheid

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Kangoeroes Mechelen	Paul Vervaeck	End of contract	27 February 2021 ^[11]	Pre-season	Kristof Michiels	13 April 2021 ^[12]
Donar	Pete Miller	End of interim contract	25 May 2021^[13]		Matthew Otten	25 May 2021^[14]
Yoast United	Matthew Otten	Signed with Donar	25 May 2021^[15]		Paul Vervaeck	13 June 2021^[16]
Heroes Den Bosch	Jean-Marc Jaumin	End of contract	3 June 2021^[17]		Erik Braal	15 June 2021 ^[18]
Aris Leeuwarden	Ferried Naciri	End of contract	3 June 2021^[19]		Vincent van Sliedregt	8 June 2021^[20]
Apollo Amsterdam	Edwin van der Hart	End of contract	4 June 2021^[21]		Wierd Goedee	25 June 2021^[22]
Limburg United	Sacha Massot	Fired	30 September 2021^[23]	10th (0–3)	Raymond Westphalen	30 September 2021
Phoenix Brussels	Ian Hanavan	Fired	18 October 2021^[24]	10th (1–3)	Jean-Marc Jaumin	19 October 2021^[25]
Antwerp Giants	Christophe Beghin	Mutual Agreement	14 January 2022^[26]	2nd (10–5)	Luc Smout	14 January 2022^[27]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Heroes Den Bosch	20	18	2	1764	1399	+365	38	Advance to Elite Gold
2	ZZ Leiden	20	17	3	1749	1331	+418	37
3	Donar	20	14	6	1510	1271	+239	34
4	Landstede Hammers	20	14	6	1612	1433	+179	34
5	Feyenoord	20	10	10	1549	1564	−15	30
6	Aris Leeuwarden	20	9	11	1586	1630	−44	29	Advance to Elite Silver
7	Yoast United	20	8	12	1622	1681	−59	28
8	Apollo Amsterdam	20	7	13	1346	1574	−228	27
9	Den Helder Suns	20	6	14	1501	1698	−197	26
10	BAL	20	6	14	1356	1556	−200	26
11	The Hague Royals	20	1	19	1275	1733	−458	21

Home \ Away	AMS	ARI	BAL	DON	DHE	FEY	HDB	LAN	THR	YOA	ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam	—	72–77	73–68	0–20	87–76	71–81	57–103	71–63	47–46	79–69	58–88
Aris Leeuwarden	95–75	—	83–74	81–80	86–78	76–81	83–90	73–94	91–75	87–69	70–94
BAL	94–68	76–69	—	0–20	64–61	49–74	77–87	73–101	66–61	87–81	59–85
Donar	96–60	81–69	83–40	—	93–52	84–75	62–68	67–69	85–58	84–85	63–92
Den Helder Suns	80–75	77–103	98–97	78–88	—	83–80	75–94	77–74	73–87	79–65	63–82
Feyenoord	71–77	69–66	81–62	79–93	82–78	—	82–72	76–80	103–69	79–69	50–83
Heroes Den Bosch	90–63	93–78	97–56	100–87	90–61	113–70	—	87–70	102–70	90–85	72–64
Landstede Hammers	83–68	82–75	83–73	63–75	99–98	74–61	49–65	—	95–58	88–71	68–75
The Hague Royals	70–103	62–73	64–81	52–91	79–89	78–88	54–97	45–101	—	71–93	27–88
Yoast United	103–79	94–83	93–92	81–87	84–57	86–84	71–84	72–96	87–83	—	82–88
ZZ Leiden	101–63	114–68	94–68	69–71	89–68	101–83	85–70	73–80	80–66	104–82	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oostende	18	18	0	1625	1325	+300	36	Advance to Elite Gold
2	Kangoeroes Mechelen	18	13	5	1529	1432	+97	31
3	Mons-Hainaut	18	12	6	1406	1383	+23	30
4	Antwerp Giants	18	11	7	1527	1429	+98	29
5	Leuven Bears	18	10	8	1391	1336	+55	28
6	Spirou	18	9	9	1396	1375	+21	27	Advance to Elite Silver
7	Limburg United	18	8	10	1414	1460	−46	26
8	Okapi Aalst	18	5	13	1338	1425	−87	23
9	Phoenix Brussels	18	2	16	1305	1537	−232	20
10	Liège Basket	18	2	16	1339	1568	−229	20

Home \ Away	ANT	BRU	LEU	LIE	LIM	MEC	MON	OKA	OOS	SPI
Antwerp Giants	—	80–74	68–88	87–66	94–82	85–90	73–62	103–95	85–88	90–81
Phoenix Brussels	65–103	—	70–75	90–98	77–82	76–112	85–88	78–72	51–105	71–85
Leuven Bears	84–67	77–62	—	78–62	73–59	75–69	96–91	103–73	77–90	87–92
Liège Basket	75–100	71–86	94–97	—	79–92	99–103	72–84	70–55	65–112	65–91
Limburg United	72–81	72–69	72–71	86–83	—	78–98	67–68	90–73	81–88	67–72
Kangoeroes Mechelen	79–75	79–74	74–65	82–72	89–86	—	88–86	71–77	76–79	82–68
Mons-Hainaut	83–71	103–69	71–68	67–61	86–90	82–81	—	87–84	70–88	83–73
Okapi Aalst	69–91	78–62	68–57	77–71	79–72	87–92	68–69	—	74–79	55–68
Oostende	111–91	80–78	79–56	98–64	99–82	89–76	79–53	88–84	—	100–90
Spirou	65–83	77–68	75–64	83–72	81–84	79–88	70–73	74–70	72–73	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oostende	10	8	2	2460	2050	+410	36	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (BE)
2	Kangoeroes Mechelen	10	8	2	2292	2096	+196	34	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (BE)
3	ZZ Leiden	10	6	4	2489	2053	+436	33	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (NL)
4	Leuven Bears	10	8	2	2175	2031	+144	32	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
5	Heroes Den Bosch	10	4	6	2423	2132	+291	31	Advance to National Playoffs Semifinals (NL)
6	Antwerp Giants	10	6	4	2393	2204	+189	31	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
7	Donar	10	5	5	2206	2025	+181	30	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
8	Mons-Hainaut	10	5	5	2200	2170	+30	30	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
9	Landstede Hammers	10	0	10	2228	2230	−2	25	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
10	Feyenoord	10	0	10	2085	2258	−173	24	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)

Home \ Away	ANT	DON	FEY	HDB	LAN	LEU	MEC	MON	OOS	ZZL
Antwerp Giants	—	93–95	98–65	69–53	102–70	—	—	—	—	83–92
Donar	81–75	—	—	—	—	68–72	71–66	81–75	70–87	—
Feyenoord	71–91	—	—	—	—	61–67	0–20	54–73	69–72	—
Heroes Den Bosch	95–81	—	—	—	—	76–74	75–76	83–80	75–66	—
Landstede Hammers	61–78	—	—	—	—	57–82	56–70	85–86	76–86	—
Leuven Bears	—	88–83	78–72	84–65	87–61	—	—	—	—	86–57
Kangoeroes Mechelen	—	86–61	104–74	84–66	92–84	—	—	—	—	98–93
Mons-Hainaut	—	74–83	76–67	88–85	102–95	—	—	—	—	74–80
Oostende	—	98–74	96–81	100–69	83–54	—	—	—	—	78–70
ZZ Leiden	92–96	—	—	—	—	95–66	84–67	74–66	87–69	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spirou	10	10	0	2323	1994	+329	34	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2	Limburg United	10	8	2	2331	2216	+115	31	Advance to BNXT Playoffs
3	Okapi Aalst	10	9	1	2242	2060	+182	31	Advance to BNXT Playoffs
4	Aris Leeuwarden	10	5	5	2318	2399	−81	28	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
5	BAL	10	5	5	1994	2220	−226	27	Advance to BNXT Playoffs
6	Phoenix Brussels	10	7	3	2112	2264	−152	27
7	Liège Basket	10	6	4	2160	2356	−196	26
8	Yoast United	10	1	9	2253	2458	−205	24
9	Apollo Amsterdam	10	2	8	1991	2351	−360	24
10	Den Helder Suns	10	2	8	2177	2538	−361	24
11	The Hague Royals	10	0	10	1846	2568	−722	20

Home \ Away	AMS	ARI	BAL	BRU	DHE	LIE	LIM	OKA	SPI	THR	YOA
Apollo Amsterdam	—	—	—	66–81	—	87–78	76–89	66–102	—	88–80	—
Aris Leeuwarden	79–62	—	—	75–85	—	103–87	—	82–75	79–93	—	—
BAL	—	—	—	62–56	—	68–70	83–78	58–68	65–80	—	—
Phoenix Brussels	—	90–91	77–83	—	99–87	—	—	—	—	85–71	89–81
Den Helder Suns	—	—	—	—	—	90–79	70–85	66–86	73–113	—	80–85
Liège Basket	76–62	89–80	82–84	—	85–72	—	—	—	—	87–67	—
Limburg United	91–75	91–94	91–65	—	113–66	—	—	—	—	—	75–74
Okapi Aalst	118–65	87–75	88–56	—	—	—	—	—	—	98–40	97–69
Spirou	71–61	92–50	—	—	98–50	—	—	—	—	95–58	81–66
The Hague Royals	—	—	—	53–82	82–94	—	69–93	58–85	60–111	—	—
Yoast United	—	—	59–85	58–63	—	75–88	84–111	—	57–93	—	—

Quarterfinals 3–7 May			Semifinals 10–14 May			Finals 21 May–29 May

			1	ZZ Leiden	3
4	Landstede Hammers	2	4	Landstede Hammers	0
5	Feyenoord	0				1	ZZ Leiden	2
						2	Heroes Den Bosch	3
			2	Heroes Den Bosch	3
3	Donar	2	3	Donar	0
6	Aris Leeuwarden	1

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Donar	2–1	Aris Leeuwarden	69–72	99–62	99–82
Landstede Hammers	2–0	Feyenoord	88–79	81–71	–

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ZZ Leiden	3–0	Landstede Hammers	91–79	89–79	71–69	–	–
Heroes Den Bosch	3–0	Donar	77–65	73–67	81–72	–	–

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Leuven Bears	2–1	Spirou	80–63	66–73	90–77
Antwerp Giants	1–2	Mons-Hainaut	111–79	73–77	64–74

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Den Helder Suns	163–201	Limburg United	79–93	84–108
Liège Basket	145–147	Phoenix Brussels	65–72	80–75
Yoast United	152–163	BAL	82–82	70–81
Apollo Amsterdam	128–179	Okapi Aalst	71–91	57–88

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Limburg United	160–136	Spirou	84–75	76–61
Phoenix Brussels	155–180	Telenet Giants Antwerp	63–95	92–85
BAL	138–158	Feyenoord	69–68	69–90
Aris Leeuwarden	128–161	Okapi Aalst	61–78	67–83

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Limburg United	158–188	Donar	70–78	88–110
Landstede Hammers	118–183	Telenet Giants Antwerp	79–89	39–94
Feyenoord	143–162	Mons-Hainaut	72–74	71–88
Okapi Aalst	137–147	Leuven Bears	71–73	66–74

Quarterfinals 3–7 May			Semifinals 10–18 May			Finals 21–27 May

			1	Oostende	3
4	Antwerp Giants	1	4	Mons-Hainaut	0
5	Mons-Hainaut	2				1	Oostende	3
						2	Kangoeroes Mechelen	1
			2	Kangoeroes Mechelen	3
3	Leuven Bears	2	3	Leuven Bears	2
6	Spirou	1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Donar	185–165	Telenet Giants Antwerp	97–63	88–102
Mons-Hainaut	130–151	Leuven Bears	74–69	55–82

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Donar	173–171	Kangoeroes Mechelen	84–86	89–85
Leuven Bears	141–149	ZZ Leiden	82–68	59–81

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Donar	169–168	Heroes Den Bosch	68–68	101–100
ZZ Leiden	172–160	Oostende	84–82	88–78

Category	Player	Team	Nominees	Ref.
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Levi Randolph	Filou Oostende	Asbjørn Midtgaard Emmanuel Nzekwesi Levi Randolph	^[29]
BNXT Finals MVP	Worthy de Jong	ZZ Leiden	–	^[30]
Belgian Playoff Finals MVP	Keye van der Vuurst de Vries	Filou Oostende	–	^[31]
Dutch Playoff Finals MVP	Thomas van der Mars	Heroes Den Bosch	–	^[32]
Dream Team	Myles Stephens	Kangoeroes Mechelen	–	^[29]
	Levi Randolph	Filou Oostende
	Emmanuel Nzekwesi	Belfius Mons-Hainaut
	Asbjørn Midtgaard	ZZ Leiden
	Wen Mukubu	Kangoeroes Mechelen
Dutch Player of the Year	Worthy de Jong	ZZ Leiden	Worthy de Jong Ralf de Pagter Thomas van der Mars
Belgian Player of the Year	Wen Mukubu	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Pierre-Antoine Gillet Domien Loubry Wen Mukubu
Rising Star of the Year (Netherlands)	Sander Hollanders	BAL	Sander Hollanders José Dimitri Maconda Stan van den Elzen
Rising Star of the Year (Belgium)	Haris Bratanovic	Filou Oostende	Haris Bratanovic Joppe Mennes Niels Van Den Eynde
Sixth Man of the Year	Mikael Jantunen	Filou Oostende	Worthy de Jong Mikael Jantunen Domien Loubry
Defensive Player of the Year	Worthy de Jong	ZZ Leiden	Worthy de Jong Josh Heat Wen Mukubu
Coach of the Year (Netherlands)	Geert Hammink	ZZ Leiden	Geert Hammink Vincent van Sliedregt Radenko Varagić
Coach of the Year (Belgium)	Kristof Michiels	Kangoeroes Mechelen	Eddy Casteels Dario Gjergja Kristof Michiels
Referee of the Year (Netherlands)	Tijmen Last	–	Arnoud van Bochove Tijmen Last John Van Dam
Referee of the Year (Belgium)	Nick van den Broeck	–	Renaud Geller Nick van den Broeck Samir Krehic
Lifetime Achievement	Ton Boot	–	–
Lifetime Achievement	Arthur Goethals	–	–

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Results

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Results

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