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Antwerp Giants
Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, are a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was created from the merger of Sobabee and Racing Mechelen. Then named Racing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005. Antwerp has won the Belgian championship once, in 2000. The team has won four Belgian Cups, in 2000, 2007, 2019 and 2020. History In 1995, Sobabee from Antwerp and Racing Mechelen merged into ''Racing Basket Antwerpen''. The club made its debut on the highest stage in Belgium in the 1998–99 season. Antwerp was one of the top 3 teams until 2001. In the 1999–2000 season the club won its first national championship as ''Telindus Antwerpen'', by beating Oostende 3–1 in the Finals. The team had a setback after the championship year and ended on the 6th, 7th or 8th place for five seasons in a row. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roel Moors
Roel Moors (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian retired professional basketball player and current head coach of BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. Playing career Moors usually played at the point guard position. He was also a member of the Belgian national basketball team, whom he played with at the European championships of 2011 and 2013. He played more than 100 matches for the Belgian national team. On 8 October 2015 Moors' jersey number 4 was retired by Antwerp Giants. Coaching career Antwerp Giants Starting from the 2015–16 season, Moors was an assistant coach with Antwerp Giants. In November 2015, after Paul Vervaeck was fired, he was promoted to head coach. In September 2016, Moors won his first trophy as coach when his team won the Belgian Supercup over Oostende. In the 2018–19 campaign, Moors unexpectedly led Antwerp to the third place in the Basketball Champions League. He was also awarded with the title Basketball Champions League Best Coach. He won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNXT League
The BNXT League, for sponsorship reasons the betFirst BNXT League, is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the Dutch Basketball League, DBL and Pro Basketball League, PBL. The inaugural season was the 2021–22 BNXT League, 2021–22 season, which started in September 2021. The BNXT League plays national playoffs as well as a cross-border playoffs to determine a Dutch champion, Belgian champion and BNXT champion. History On 10 December 2020, it was announced that the Belgian Pro Basketball League and Dutch Basketball League would merge to form a new multinational league. All clubs from the Dutch DBL voted for, while 9 of 10 teams in Belgium voted in favor of the decision. Serious talks about the initiative had been ongoing since fall 2019. On 20 May 2021, the new name "BNXT League" and logo of the league were announced. The league started its 2021–22 BNXT League, inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenet (Belgium)
Telenet Group N.V. is the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium. Its business comprises the provision of analog and digital cable television, fixed and mobile telephone services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. In addition, Telenet offers services to business customers all across Belgium and in Luxembourg under its brand Telenet Solutions. Since 11 October 2005, Telenet has been listed on the Euronext stock exchange under the ticker TNET. Internet Telenet has offered its residential service since 1997 under the brand name Telenet Internet through the combination of its broadband cable network, which passes some 2.4 million homes in Flanders and a part of the Brussels region. All of the networks through which Telenet offers residential services in Flanders have been upgraded to a two way digital hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) standard, and Telenet has direct relationships with all of its Internet and telephony customers. Its main compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanex
Sanex is a brand of personal care products owned by Colgate-Palmolive. It is sold in European countries (including United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Poland, Norway and Croatia) and South Africa. In 2011, the brand was acquired from Unilever for £580 million. History In 1970, the year of the establishment under the name of the Enterprise of Fine Ceramic Products for Constructions — Sanex; the production of sanitary ware begins. In 1971, production of faience tiles begins. In 1973, production of ceramic tiles begins. In 1975–1980, the product range is expanded by the production of pigments and chips, special refractory parts, bricks and ceramic blocks. In 1990, the company changes its name to Sanex and becomes a joint stock company. In 1992, the extensive refurbishment project begins. In 1994, two fast-burning lines are put into operation, one for tiles and the other for tiles. In 1996: * The production line for decorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telindus
Telindus was a legal entity based in Belgium that offered ICT services and solutions to the corporate and public sector, both in Belgium and internationally. These solutions also contained management and support services in relation to their ICT contracts. Telindus was founded by John Cordier in 1969. Based in Heverlee, which is a part of Leuven, it was listed on the stock market in 1985 and grew in Europe by taking over various companies. In 2005, it achieved a turnover of €618 million, had 2,750 employees, and was present in 6 western European countries. In January 2006 Belgium's largest telecommunications provider Belgacom Group, today named Proximus Group acquired Telindus for it to become its IT services subsidiary. Telindus continued to operate under the brand name ''Telindus - Proximus ICT''. On January 4, 2010 the existence of Telindus as a legal entity ended as it was then fully absorbed into the Proximus Group. The Group retains Telindus as a brand name. Company h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Basketball Champions League
The 2018–19 Basketball Champions League was the third season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2018, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded in May 2019. It featured 19 domestic champions including two from France and Italy. The Final Four was held in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on 3 and 5 May 2019. Virtus Bologna won its first BCL championship. As such, the team qualified for the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Eligibility of players In 2017, FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got fewer players. Team allocation A total of 56 teams (19 of which are champions) from 28 countries will participate in the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League. On July 11, 2018, Kalev/Cramo was replaced by Z-Mobile Prishtina. On July 12, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethias League
The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs. In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. Through 2014, for sponsorship reasons, the league was previously known as the Ethias League, and from 2014 to 2016, it was known as the Scoore! League, also for sponsorship reasons. The league is organized by the Basketball League Belgium. The current president of the league is Maarten Bostyn. The most successful team in the league is Oostende, which holds the record for the most league titles won, with 22, and the now defunct team of Racing Mechelen is second, with 15. History On 15 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the season was prematurely cancelled. Based on the standings in the regular season, Filou Oostende was crowned national champions. Sponsorship names *Until 2014: Ethias League * 2014–2016: Scooore! League * 2016–present EuroMillions Basketball League File:Ethias Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Antwerp Giants Logo
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes throughout their histories. Ports are extremely important to the global economy; 70% of global merchandise trade by value passes through a port. For this reason, ports are also often densely populated settlements that provide the labor for processing and handling goods and related services for the ports. Today by far the greatest growth in port development is in Asia, the continent with some of the world's largest and busiest ports, such as Singapore and the Chinese ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 BNXT League
The 2021–22 BNXT League is the inaugural season of the BNXT League, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. It replaces the Dutch Basketball League and the Pro Basketball League. The season started with the BNXT Supercup on 19 September, while the regular season began on 24 September 2021. The season ended on 11 June 2022 with the final game of the Finals. ZZ Leiden won the inaugural BNXT championship. Heroes Den Bosch won the Dutch national championship while Filou Oostende won the Belgian national championship. Creation On 10 December 2020, it was announced that the Belgian Pro Basketball League and Dutch Basketball League would merge to form a new multinational league. All clubs from the Dutch DBL voted for, while 9 of 10 teams in Belgium voted in favor of the decision. Serious talks about the initiative had been ongoing since fall 2019. On 20 May 2021, the new name "BNXT League" and logo of the league were revealed. Competition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filou Oostende
Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. Oostende is the most successful basketball club in Belgian history, as the club's honour list includes a record twenty-two Belgian League championships, a record nineteen Belgian Cups and eleven Belgian Supercups. History The club was founded on 25 May 1970 and started playing as ''Sunair Oostende''. The team colors were blue and yellow. ''BCO'' – a nickname of the club – started in the Belgian Second Division but promoted in its first season after it took the title. But in the First Division the team relegated immediately. But BCO bounced back and promoted once again and got its final spot in the First Division, as they never relegated since. In the 1974–75 season the club made its first appearance in Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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