Highlife Cup (Netherlands)

●  frozen 2026-09-14 · API 0.7.0-stdlib

●  22 photographs recorded

Breda (4 June 2026) · 88 result rows

32nd edition, awarded on 4 June 2026 in Breda. New structure with three groups - coffeeshops, seed banks and, for the first time as full participants, producers from the Dutch regulated-cannabis trial (wietexperiment) - in 21 categories plus lab prizes and overall cups. Dizzy Duck won the weed cup and John & Co the hash cup. Club 69 with grower Hollandse Hoogtes won four trial categories in its first year. The juror-author's analysis of 133 lab-tested samples found winners' average THC almost identical to non-winners (19.67% vs 19.24%) but clearly higher terpene content (3.11% vs 2.05% field average); the two highest-THC samples did not place, and Zkittlez-type fruity profiles accounted for …

Source: cannabisindustrie.nl, softsecrets.com

Cannabisindustrie.nl: three sub-groups (coffeeshops, seed banks, wietexperiment); 21 categories plus lab-result prizes and overall weed/hash cups; lab data (Delta 9 Analytics by Spectral Fingerprints) analysed by the author for 133 samples.

68 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

1 photographs recorded for this edition · credits: cannabisindustrie.nl

Brabant · 52 result rows · judges: Derrick Bergman (weed jury, per CNNBS)

31st edition, awarded on 5 June 2025 in Best (Brabant); Cliff Cremer was honoured for years of organising the cup and Rob Tuinstra for 25 years as HighLife editor-in-chief. Coffeeshop and seed-bank categories were separated (fifteen categories). Weed and hash juries had over five weeks to rate appearance, smell, taste and effect; Delta 9 tested THC, CBD and terpenes and the final score weighted jury 80% and lab 20%. Marbella (The Hague) won the weed cup with Apple Banana Ice, Dizzy Duck the hash cup with Fruit Joy; potency cups went to Seed Stockers' Rucu Cucu OG (25.64% THC) and Fly's Lemon Cherry Gelato hash (62.31% THC). CNNBS notes several newcomer winners such as Club Animo (Gouda).

Source: cannabisindustrie.nl, cnnbs.nl

Cannabisindustrie.nl: coffeeshop and seed-bank categories split; coffeeshops max one entry per category and six in total; anonymous bags; Delta 9 tested cannabinoids/terpenes, terpene result counted 20% with jury 80%; potency cups for highest THC weed and hash.

32 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

5 photographs recorded for this edition · credits: cannabisindustrie.nl

Brabant (6 June 2024) · 40 result rows

30th-anniversary edition, awarded on 6 June 2024 at a lakeside venue in Brabant. The jury was split into weed and hash panels; hybrid, haze and autoflower categories were dropped and hash categories renamed (Old Skool, Modern, House Favourite, Special). One entry per category, all samples in identical anonymous bags, and Delta 9 lab-tested every sample: according to the juror-author, lab results counted about 20% and jury scores 80%, with separate potency cups. Dizzy Duck Downtown's Kosher Kush won the weed cup (345 points) and Solo's Wedding Cookies the hash cup (343.5).

Source: cannabisindustrie.nl

Cannabisindustrie.nl (author was a juror): jury split into weed and hash groups; one entry per category; samples in identical anonymous mylar bags; Delta 9 lab-tested cannabinoids and terpenes, lab result counted about 20% and jury 80%; separate potency cups for weed and hash.

20 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

1 photographs recorded for this edition · credits: cannabisindustrie.nl

Amsterdam (9 June 2023) · 40 result rows

29th edition, awarded on 9 June 2023 in Amsterdam (reportedly the last time at that harbour venue). Twelve categories plus weed and hash overall cups; the skunk category was folded into Old Skool, House Specials was new, and US genetics were split into NL-grown and imported. Entrants could submit only one sample per category, and entry codes and points were published. Cremers (The Hague) won the weed cup with Peach Champagne (504.5 points) and De Ambassade (Zwijndrecht) the hash cup with Kasjmiri hash (518 points).

Source: cannabisindustrie.nl, cannabiscupwinners.com

Cannabisindustrie.nl: winners in twelve categories plus two overall categories (weed, hash); one sample per category per entrant; points published per entry.

20 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

1 photographs recorded for this edition · credits: cannabisindustrie.nl

Amsterdam (10 June 2022) · 47 result rows · judges: Derrick Bergman (per CNNBS), Hanneke (hash juror, first name only as published)

First live ceremony after two digital editions, on 10 June 2022 in a converted hall on the Havenstraat, Amsterdam. Hague coffeeshops dominated: Dizzy Duck won four categories and the weed cup (Gelato), Magic two categories and the hash cup (Shaher Magic). Juror Derrick Bergman (VOC chair, on the jury since 2013) judged 176 weed samples, smoking them without tobacco, and felt the weakest entries were worse than ever; organiser Cliff Cremer mentioned possibly moving the event to The Hague and limiting the number of categories per entrant.

Source: cnnbs.nl, softsecrets.com

27 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

The Netherlands (live stream 4 June 2021) · 47 result rows

Winners were announced in a live stream on 4 June 2021 (second corona-era digital edition). Fifteen categories A-O; Dizzy Duck's Amnesia Haze won the weed cup and Magic's Shaher Magic the hash cup.

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, cnnbs.nl

CannabisCupWinners lists categories A-O (2021 via live stream).

27 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Netherlands · 47 result rows

2020 cup (a digital edition, per CNNBS's later remark about two corona-era editions) with fifteen lettered categories A-O, adding American varieties, outdoor, imported hash, Nederhash and extracts. The hash cup went to Relax Amsterdam's Relax Balls; CannabisCupWinners lists Dizzy Duck's White Amnesia on an unlabelled second overall line.

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, cnnbs.nl

CannabisCupWinners lists categories A-O (2021 via live stream).

27 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Holland (April 2019) · 40 result rows

April 2019 cup with lettered categories A-L (hydro, soil, autoflower, haze hydro/soil, kush, skunk, sativa, indica, CBD, hash, extractions). Overall weed winner Silver Haze from Coffeeshop Zero Zero (Arnhem); overall hash/extractions winner Cheese Dawg from Greenhouse Secret Farmers (The Hague).

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, seedfinder.eu

20 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Netherlands · 31 result rows

Highlife Cup (Netherlands) 2018 (SeedFinder #21) in Netherlands: 31 placings recorded across 11 categories (Automatics, Bio, Bio - Bio - Haze, CBD Flowers, Cannabis Cup / Best Cannabis, Hydro, Hydro - Hydro - Haze, Indica, Kush Strains, Sativa, ...), compiled from cannabiscupwinners.com, seedfinder.eu. No descriptive report was found on the saved pages.

Source: seedfinder.eu, cannabiscupwinners.com

11 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Netherlands · 37 result rows

2017 cup associated with Cannabis Liberation Day; categories grew to include skunk, sativa, indica, CBD and hash extracts, and Dutch Passion's Master Kush is recorded as overall best cannabis by SeedFinder. Coffeeshop Dizzy Duck placed in most flower categories.

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, seedfinder.eu

17 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Cannabis Liberation Day, Amsterdam · 22 result rows

Presented during Cannabis Liberation Day 2016 in Amsterdam; Coffeeshop Magic (The Hague) took the overall cup with Super Amnesia Haze, and Sumo Seeds won bio.

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, seedfinder.eu

2 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.

Cannabis Liberation Day, Amsterdam · 25 result rows

17th HighLife Cup, presented at Cannabis Liberation Day 2015 in Amsterdam; Coffeeshop Kosbor (Maastricht) won the overall cup with OG Kush. SeedFinder and CannabisCupWinners disagree on several haze and hydro placings.

Source: cannabiscupwinners.com, seedfinder.eu

5 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.