DSBV Punch
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| leagues = Promotiedivisie
| founded = 1952
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| arena = Sportcentrum TU Delft
| location = Delft, Netherlands
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| championships = 2 Dutch Championships
1 Dutch Cup
| website = punch-basketball.nl
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Delftse Studenten Basketball Vereniging Punch or simply Punch Delft is a Dutch amateur basketball team from the city of Delft. The team plays in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second division.{{Cite web |url=http://www.punch-basketball.nl/nl/node/2 |title=About Punch Basketball |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221030332/http://www.punch-basketball.nl/nl/node/2 |archive-date=2014-12-21 |url-status=dead }}[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Holland/Punch_Delft/5989 Punch Delft] at Eurobasket.com
Punch was active as a professional team from 1960 till 1982 in the Dutch first division, the Dutch Basketball League. The team won the Dutch national championship in 1969 and 1975. The team won the NBB Cup in 1974.
Punch also played in European competitions in multiple seasons in its history, for example in the 1969–70 FIBA European Champions Cup. In the 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup it faced of against the elite Greek team Olympiacos.
Honours
Dutch League (1st tier)
- Winners (2): 1968–69, 1974–75
- Winners (1): 1973–74
Eerste divisie (3rd tier)
- Winners (2): 1963–64, 2002–03,
European record
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! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! |
rowspan="1" | 1969–70
| rowspan="1" | FIBA European Champions Cup | {{center| R1}} | {{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd| 74–80 | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd | 84–79 |17px |
rowspan="1" | 1972–73
| rowspan="1" | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | {{center| R1}} | {{flagicon|GRE|1970}} Olympiacos | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#dfd| 88–68 | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd | 107–77 |17px |
rowspan="2" | 1973–74
| rowspan="2" | FIBA Korać Cup | {{center| R1}} | {{flagicon|BEL}} Bus Fruit Lier | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#dfd| 80–76 | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#ffd | 74–74 |17px |
{{center| R2}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Snaidero Udine | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#dfd| 76–74 | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd | 87–71 |17px |
rowspan="2" | 1974–75
| rowspan="2" | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup | {{center| R1}} | {{flagicon|GRE|old}} AEK | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd| 0–2* | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#fdd | 72–71 |17px |
(*) Match not played.
Notable players
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- {{flagicon|NED}} Toon van Helfteren
- {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Rogers
- {{flagicon|NLD}} Jan Sikking
References
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{{Dutch Basketball League}}