# Landstede Hammers

Landstede Hammers is a Dutch basketball club based in Zwolle. The club plays in the BNXT League, the Dutch top tier division. The club was founded as Cees Lubbers The Hammers in 1995. In 1999, the club’s name was changed into Landstede Hammers. In 2001, the club received its current name Landstede Basketbal as the team became part of the same-named educational institution in Zwolle. The home games of the club are played in the Landstede Sportcentrum.
In its existence, Landstede won the DBL championship one time in 2019. In 2017, the club captured its first trophy when it won the Dutch Supercup.

## History

The club was founded as Cees Lubbers/The Hammers and was based in Meppel in the first season of the club. The club played with the license of Red Giants Meppel, and moved to Zwolle, partly because arena 'Het Vledder' in Meppel diid not meet requirements. After a short time Landstede became the main sponsor of the club, that was named Landstede Hammers and later Landstede Basketbal. In the 2004–05 season Landstede reached the Dutch Finals for the first time in club history. It lost 4–0 to Amsterdam. In 2010 the club got a new arena in the Landstede Sportcentrum.
In 2017, Landstede won its first trophy in team history by winning the Dutch Supercup over Donar, winning 77–69.
In the 2018–19 season, Landstede finished in the second place in the regular season. The team had a 28–6 record in the regular season, and had All-DBL Team performers Noah Dahlman and Kaza Kajami-Keane on its roster. In the playoffs, Landstede defeated New Heroes Den Bosch 1–3 in the semi-finals. In the finals, Landstede beat defending champions Donar to win its first domestic championship.
On 22 September 2019, Hammers won its second Supercup trophy after beating ZZ Leiden 78–66 in its home arena. In the 2019–20 season, Landstede played in the FIBA Europe Cup, which marked the club's first European appearance in 19 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers. In its first FIBA Europe Cup season, Landstede advanced past the regular season before losing six straight games in the second round.
Since the 2021–22 season, Hammers plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.
The Hammers will join the European North Basketball League (ENBL) in the 2023-24 season, which makes them the first Dutch team to play in the league.

## Club identity

When founded, the club was named Cees Lubbers The Hammers, named after main sponsor Cees Lubbers. The name Hammers stayed with the team through its supporters, who used its nickname for the following years. From 1996, the team was known as Landstede Hammers after new sponsor Landstede. In 1999, the club was named Landstede Basketbal, a name they kept for 20 years. On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers.
The team has a supporters' club which was founded in 2016 and is known as SV Hammers.
The mascot of the Hammers is the bird "Victory".

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

* Dutch Basketball League
** Winners (1): 2018–19
** Runners-up (3): 2004–05, 2015–16, 2016–17
* Dutch Cup
** Runners-up (6): 2004–05, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
* Dutch Supercup
** Winners (2): 2017, 2019

### Friendly competitions

* Basketball Days
** Winners (2): 2011, 2012

## Players
### Retired numbers

Landstede Hammers retired numbers :
| N° | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony date |
| 7 | Nigel van Oostrum | Guard | 2016–2022 | 30 April 2022 |

### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
* Kaza Kajami-Keane
* Tyson Hinz
* Noah Dahlman
* Grant Gibbs
* Robby Bostain
* Josh Magette
* Zack Novak
* Justin Stommes
* Clayton Vette
* J. T. Tiller
* Darryl Webb
* Joe Burton
* Alexandre De Sa
* Leon Williams
* Arno Bunnig
* Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan
* Jessey Voorn
* Nick Oudendag
* Rein van der Kamp

### Individual awards

DBL Play-offs MVP
* Kaza Kajami-Keane – 2019

#### All-DBL Team

* Greg Stevenson – 2005
* Darnell Hinson – 2006
* Zack Novak – 2013
* Joe Burton – 2015
* Grant Gibbs – 2016
* Tyson Hinz – 2016
* J.T. Tiller – 2017
* Clayton Vette – 2017
* Noah Dahlman – 2018, 2019
* Kaza Kajami-Keane – 2019

#### DBL Coach of the Year

* Herman van den Belt – 2002, 2005, 2016
DBL Defensive Player of the Year
* J.T. Tiller – 2017

#### DBL Rookie of the Year

* Freek Vos – 2016
* Olaf Schaftenaar – 2017

#### DBL MVP Under 23

* Leon Williams – 2012

#### DBL Most Improved Player

* Grant Gibbs – 2016

#### DBL Statistical Player of the Year

* Joe Burton – 2015

## Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:
| Category | Player | Record |
| Games played | Alexandre De Sa | 336 |
| Points scored | Nikki Hulzebos | 2,211 |
| Rebounds | Nikki Hulzebos | 1,464 |
| Assists | Scott Ungerer | 664 |
| Steals | Nikki Hulzebos | 320 |
| Blocks | Nikki Hulzebos | 168 |
| Three-point field goals | Sherron Dorsey-Walker | 244 |

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg |
| 2000–01 | FIBA Korać Cup | First round | CAB Madeira | 67–68 | 74–84 | 141–152 |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | Ironi Nes Ziona | 88–94 | 90–96 | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | Kapfenberg Bulls | 89–64 | 100–67 | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season | Keravnos | 78–72 | 85–88 | 2nd |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Second Round | Ventspils | 87–89 | 74–111 | 4th |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Second Round | Kyiv-Basket | 68–77 | 76–89 | 4th |
| 2019–20 | FIBA Europe Cup | Second Round | Körmend | 90–94 | 80–87 | 4th |

### Notes

* ^ Landstede points are listed first.

## Arenas

Arenas :
| Arena | City | Tenure |
| Het Vledder | Meppel | 1995–1996 |
| Stilohal | Zwolle | 1996–2010 |
| Landstede Sportcentrum | Zwolle | 2010–present |

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | National playoffs | Basketball Cup | Basketball Cup | Basketball Cup | Basketball Cup | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| Season | Tier | League | Finish | Pld | W | L | Win% | National playoffs | Pld | W | L | Result | | | |
| 1995–96 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1996–97 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1997–98 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1999–00 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2000–01 | 1 | Eredivisie | 11th | | | | | | | | | | 3 Korać Cup | R1 | 0–2 |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | | | | | | | | | Runner-up | | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Eredivisie | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Eredivisie | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Eredivisie | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | DBL | 9th | | | | | | | | | Fourth round | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | DBL | 5th | 28 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 2nd in Group B of the second stage (2–2) Lost semifinals (Leiden, 1–3) | | | | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 5th | 36 | 19 | 17 | .528 | Lost quarterfinals (Aris, 0–3) | | | | Runner-up | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 5th | 36 | 22 | 14 | .611 | Lost quarterfinals (Leiden, 1–2) | | | | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 4th | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | Won quarterfinals (Rotterdam, 2–0) Lost semifinals (Den Bosch, 4–3) | | | | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | DBL | 1st | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | Won semifinals (Den Bosch, 4–2) Lost finals (Donar, 1–4) | | | | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | Won semifinals (Leiden, 4–3) Lost finals (Donar, 1–4) | | | | Runner-up | | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | 34 | 24 | 8 | .750 | Lost semifinals (Leiden, 0–4) | | | | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | Won quarterfinals (Aris, 2–0) Won semifinals (Den Bosch, 3–1) Won finals (Donar, 4–2) | | | | Runners-up | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | DBL | 1st | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | | | | Semifinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | T16 | 3–9 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | DBL | 4th | 21 | 13 | 8 | .619 | Won quarterfinals (Feyenoord, 180–158) Lost semifinals (Leiden, 1–2) | | | | Semifinalist | | | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BNXT League | 9th | 30 | 14 | 16 | .467 | Won quarterfinals (Feyenoord, 2–0) Lost semifinals (Leiden, 0–3) | 3 | 1 | 2 | Quarterfinalist | | | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BNXT League | 7th | 30 | 14 | 14 | .500 | Lost quarterfinals (Aris, 1–2) | 5 | 3 | 1 | Runners-up | | | |
* ↑ The 2019–20 season was cancelled in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, Landstede was first in the standings but no champion was named.

## Head coaches

The Hammers have had four different head coaches in their history, with Herman van den Belt coaching the team the most seasons.
| Dates | Name | Honours | Notes |
| 1996–2000 | Marco van den Berg | – | – |
| 2000 | Peter Krüsmann | – | – |
| 2000–2009 | Herman van den Belt | | |
| 2009–2010 | Marten Scheepstra | | |
| 2010–2023 | Herman van den Belt | DBL champion: 2019 Dutch Supercup: 2017, 2019 | |
| 2023 | Mark van Schutterhoef | | |
| 2023–2024 | Jean-Marc Jaumin | | |
| 2024–present | Gaëlle Bouzin | | |