2025–26 BNXT League

2025–26 BNXT League
LeagueBNXT League
SportBasketball
Duration
  • 26 September 2025–9 May 2026 (Regular Season)
Teams18
Regular season
National playoffs

The 2025–26 BNXT League will be the fifth season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The season will start on 26 September 2025 and will finish with the playoffs in 2026.

The format is kept the same as the 2024-25 season with a round-robin regular season, in which each team will play one home game and one away game against each other team.[1] The winner of the regular season will be crowned BNXT Champion. In addition, the top teams of each country will qualify for the national play-offs. The national play-offs decide which teams become the national champions.

Competition formula

Round Teams entering in this round
Regular season
(18 teams)
  • 10 Belgian teams
  • 8 Dutch teams
  • All teams play each other home and away
  • Bottom team relegated
  • The team that finishes the Regular Season at the top of the standings is crowned as the BNXT League champion.
National play-offs
(14 teams)
  • Best 6 Dutch teams
  • Top two Dutch teams go directly to semifinals
  • Four other Dutch teams play in quarterfinals
  • Best 8 Belgian teams
  • All Belgian teams play in quarterfinals


Teams

In the 2025–26 season, had a maximum of 18 spots for teams. QSTA United would be demoted based on the results of the 2024-25 season,[2] but could however still apply for a license in case a different team failed to obtain a license. Therefore, all 19 teams from the 2024-25 team applied for a license. Initially, the license request from two teams, QSTA United and Den Helder Suns were rejected[3] due to economic uncertainties.[4] The teams received a month to make another request for a license.[5] QSTA United opted not to make another application, having already accepted their demotion due to competitive results.[6] The Suns reapplied and received their license a month later [7][8]

The 2025-26 season will therefore consist of 10 Belgian teams and 8 Dutch teams.

Arenas and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club Location Venue Capacity
Netherlands
BAL Weert Sporthal Boshoven 1,000
Den Helder Suns Den Helder Sporthal Quelderduijn 1,250
Donar Groningen MartiniPlaza 4,350
Heroes Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch Maaspoort 2,800
Landstede Hammers Zwolle Landstede Sportcentrum 1,200
LWD Basket Leeuwarden Kalverdijkje 1,700
Rotterdam City Basketball Rotterdam Topsportcentrum Rotterdam 2,500
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
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

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT
1 Windrose Giants Antwerp 11 10 1 1083 836 +247 .909
2 Filou Oostende 11 10 1 994 879 +115 .909
3 Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 10 8 2 818 754 +64 .800
4 Brussels Basketball 12 9 3 1055 982 +73 .750
5 ZZ Leiden 11 8 3 1018 887 +131 .727
6 Okapi Aalst 11 7 4 1019 968 +51 .636
7 Heroes Den Bosch 10 6 4 869 816 +53 .600
8 Hubo Limburg United 11 6 5 951 854 +97 .545
9 Donar Groningen 11 6 5 887 892 −5 .545
10 House of Talents Spurs Kortrijk 11 6 5 939 908 +31 .545
11 Union Mons-Hainaut 11 5 6 1004 1048 −44 .455
12 Spirou Basket 11 5 6 902 986 −84 .455
13 Stella Artois Leuven Bears 11 4 7 874 911 −37 .364
14 Landstede Hammers 11 3 8 883 921 −38 .273
15 LWD Basket 12 3 9 1064 1166 −102 .250
16 Den Helder Suns 11 1 10 858 968 −110 .091
17 Rotterdam City Basketball 11 1 10 864 1054 −190 .091
18 PrismaWorx BAL 11 1 10 742 994 −252 .091
Updated to match(es) played on December 17, 2025. Source: BNXT League


Results

Home \ Away BRU DHE DON HDB OOS SPU LIM MEC LAN ARI OKA BAL SPI ROT LEU MON ANT ZZL
Brussels Basketball 91–76 81–96 85–89 88–69 85–68 97–80
Den Helder Suns 80–83 91–83 68–76 84–90 68–84
Donar Groningen 85–78 85–61 86–59 82–76 74–94
Heroes Den Bosch 95–70 97–94 98–76 97–60 78–86
Filou Oostende 101–91 86–76 97–81 97–85 86–73 88–64
House of Talents Spurs Kortrijk 80–76 98–47 71–69 89–93 82–76
Hubo Limburg United 84–85 79–82 91–77 82–64 94–62 96–74 84–75
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen 85–81 70–66 118–83 57–81 74–61
Landstede Hammers 79–91 97–82 71–79 83–87 94–96
LWD Basket 74–84 82–94 90–100 91–97 94–105 98–85 73–122
Okapi Aalst 93–74 93–76 81–95 108–89 108–83
PrismaWorx BAL 62–92 71–77 72–86 85–75 78–110 64–83
Spirou Basket 89–73 64–73 87–75 98–84 60–87
Rotterdam City Basketball 80–110 74–92 68–88 93–94 103–102
Stella Artois Leuven Bears 83–88 84–71 76–80 100–96 91–95 52–104
Union Mons-Hainaut 104–97 87–93 76–93 101–107 103–78
Windrose Giants Antwerp 90–70 104–80 106–103 103–91 103–63
ZZ Leiden 101–72 98–90 108–89 111–68 107–89
Updated to match(es) played on December 14, 2025. Source: BNXT League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Individual awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Young player of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club
September Jalen Blackmon Hugo Limburg United Siebe Ledegen Okapi Aalst [9][10]
October
November Dante Maddox Okapi Aalst Onyeka Joe Agu Brussels Basketball [11][12]

BNXT clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Filou Oostende Champions League Regular Season
Heroes Den Bosch Qualifying round
Windrose Giants Antwerp Qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Qualifying round
  • Italics indicate ongoing progress

BNXT clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Donar Groningen European North Basketball League Regular season
Brussels Basketball Regular season

References

  1. ^ "BNXT League Calendar 2025-2026" (in Dutch). June 17, 2025.
  2. ^ "QSTA United: Demotion as start of a new chapter" (in Dutch). May 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "Licenses BNXT League 2025-2026" (in Dutch). May 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Possibly no license for Den Helder Suns, participation in BNXT League in danger" (in Dutch). May 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Suns have a month to meet requirements for license" (in Dutch). May 9, 2025.
  6. ^ "QSTA United will not appeal for BNXT license" (in Dutch). May 8, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  7. ^ "At last a license for Den Helder Suns" (in Dutch). June 12, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Reconstruction of a heavy month at Den Helder Suns" (in Dutch). June 21, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  9. ^ "Jalen Blackmon Named BNXT Player of the Month". BNXT League. October 31, 2025. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  10. ^ "Siebe Ledegen Named BNXT Young Player of the Month". BNXT League. October 31, 2025. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  11. ^ "Dante Maddox Jr. Named BNXT Player of the Month". BNXT League. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  12. ^ "Onyeka Joe Agu Named BNXT Young Player of the Month". BNXT League. December 2, 2025. Retrieved December 2, 2025.