Landstede Hammers
Leagues	BNXT League European North Basketball League
Founded	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
History	List Cees Lubbers The Hammers (1995–1996) Landstede Hammers (1996–1999) Landstede Basketbal (1999–2019) Landstede Hammers (2019–present)
Arena	Landstede Sportcentrum
Capacity	1,200
Location	Zwolle, Netherlands
Main sponsor	Landstede
President	Gerrard Vinke
General manager	Aleksandar Todorov
Head coach	Gaëlle Bouzin
2021–22 position	BNXT League, 9th of 21
Championships	1 Dutch League 2 Dutch Supercups
Retired numbers	1 (7)
Website	landstedehammers.nl
Home Away Third

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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

On 22 September 2019, Hammers won its second Supercup trophy after beating ZZ Leiden 78–66 in its home arena.^[4] In the 2019–20 season, Landstede played in the FIBA Europe Cup, which marked the club's first European appearance in 19 years.^[5] On 19 August 2019, the club announced they returned to the name Landstede Hammers.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

The team has a supporters' club which was founded in 2016 and is known as SV Hammers.^[10]

The mascot of the Hammers is the bird "Victory".

• Dutch Basketball League^[11]
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Runners-up (3): 2004–05, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Dutch Cup^[11]
  • Runners-up (6): 2004–05, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Dutch Supercup^[12]
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2019

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

Landstede Hammers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Penn, Dylan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-11-19)19 November 1999 SG 2 Olsthoorn, Jasper 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2007-11-25)25 November 2007 SG 3 Issidorides, Kiron 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2006-02-27)27 February 2006 SG 4 Vrecken, Nino 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-07-19)19 July 2003 SG 5 Anderson, Quincy 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1999-09-21)21 September 1999 F 6 Stolk, Coen 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-06-26)26 June 1997 SF 8 Turner, Chandler 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-09-05)5 September 2001 SF 9 Elbers, Merlijn 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2000-05-31)31 May 2000 PG 13 van der Vuurst de Vries, Boyd 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-08-16)16 August 1999 F 23 Sutherland, Luke 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-12-20)20 December 2000 C 25 Edwards, Kai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2002-10-08)8 October 2002 C 33 Golden, Bryce 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-11-11)11 November 1999 G Williams, Leon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1991-07-25)25 July 1991	Head coach Gaëlle Bouzin Assistant coach(es) Roberto Oosterwolde Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: December 15, 2024

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home[A]	Away[A]	Agg[A]
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
			Kapfenberg Bulls	89–64	100–67
			Keravnos	78–72	85–88
		Second Round	Ventspils	87–89	74–111	4th
			Kyiv-Basket	68–77	76–89
			Körmend	90–94	80–87

Notes

The Hammers have had four different head coaches in their history, with Herman van den Belt coaching the team the most seasons.^[14]

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

• Official site (in Dutch)
• Landstede Basketbal fan site (in Dutch)
• Eurobasket.com Landstede Page