2023–24 BNXT League

2023–24 BNXT League
League	BNXT League
Sport	Basketball
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 teams	20
Regular season
Season MVP	Damien Jefferson (Oostende)
Top scorer	Tyreke Key (Leuven Bears)
National playoffs
Belgian champions	Oostende (25th title)
Belgian runners-up	Antwerp Giants
Dutch champions	ZZ Leiden (6th title)
Dutch runners-up	Heroes Den Bosch
Finals
Champions	Oostende (1st title)
Runners-up	ZZ Leiden
Finals MVP	Damien Jefferson (Oostende)

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

Spurs

United

Suns

Aris

Feyenoord

Donar

Hammers

Den Bosch

BAL

Leiden

Spirou

Liège

Leuven

Oostende

Giants

Okapi

Mechelen

Mons

Limburg

Brussels

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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	Oostende	10	10	0	2522	2108	+414	39	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2	Heroes Den Bosch	10	5	5	2428	2156	+272	34	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
3	Antwerp Giants	10	6	4	2479	2159	+320	34	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
4	ZZ Leiden	10	5	5	2270	2152	+118	33	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
5	Limburg United	10	6	4	2327	2182	+145	33	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
6	Spirou	10	7	3	2236	2193	+43	31
7	Liege Basket	10	6	4	2426	2350	+76	31
8	Landstede Hammers	10	1	9	2249	2164	+85	28	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
9	Donar	10	3	7	2182	2214	−32	28
10	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	Kangoeroes Mechelen	12	10	2	2533	2446	+87	36	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (BE)
2	Mons-Hainaut	12	11	1	2533	2558	−25	36
3	Leuven Bears	12	10	2	2457	2452	+5	35
4	Phoenix Brussels	12	7	5	2529	2460	+69	34
5	Okapi Aalst	12	8	4	2486	2536	−50	32
6	Kortrijk Spurs	12	4	8	2573	2611	−38	30
7	LWD Basket	12	4	8	2464	2686	−222	29	Advance to National Playoffs Quarterfinals (NL)
8	Feyenoord	12	2	10	2390	2658	−268	28
9	Yoast United	12	3	9	2313	2585	−272	28
10	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	2–0	Leuven Bears	83–64	80–69	—
Antwerp Giants	2–0	Mons-Hainaut	80–64	86–71	—
Limburg United	2–1	Kangoeroes Mechelen	90–84	70–75	81–69
Spirou	0–2	Liege Basket	93–98	64–82	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Oostende	3–1	Liege Basket	82–64	77–72	89–95	83–63	—
Antwerp Giants	3–2	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	3–1	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	2–0	Yoast United	94–59	90–54	—
Donar	2–1	BAL	78–66	71–85	89–57
ZZ Leiden	2–0	Feyenoord	91–68	79–66	—
Landstede Hammers	2–0	LWD Basket	90–61	88–80	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ZZ Leiden	3–0	Landstede Hammers	68–60	64–58	79–71	—	—
Heroes Den Bosch	3–2	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 Bosch	1–3	ZZ 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	164–124	ZZ Leiden	85–58	79–66

Individual awards

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

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

External links

• Official website