After World War II in which the Dutch were conquered by the Nazis it began a priority to build governing bodies for their national sports.

At the beginning, the NBB started with less than a thousand members and 120 teams from Amsterdam, Haarlem and Rotterdam joined.

It is logical, therefore, that the NBB derives from the Amsterdam Basketball Federation, founded in 1945.

Partially due to the success of the Dutch national team, which made ten European Championship appearances in that span.

[3] During the time period from 1991 to 2012 the national team took a deep decline, and failed to qualify for the European Championship.