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BC Omniworld Almere
Almere Pioneers is a Dutch amateur basketball team based in Almere. The team plays in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second tier league. History The club was founded in 1999 as a professional basketball club named BC Omniworld Almere and participated in the top-tier Eredivisie. The team played its home games in the Topsportcentrum Almere. The 2002–03 season was the best season in Almere's history, as the team reached the Eredivisie finals. In these finals Omniworld lost 0–4 to Amsterdam. In January 2008, the team went bankrupt and was forced to leave the Eredivisie. A year later, the club changed its name to Almere Pioneers and started playing in the second-tier amateur league Promotiedivisie. In 2013, Pioneers tried to make a comeback to the Eredivisie but failed due to a lack of budget. In 2020, Almere Sailors was established by the Pioneers board. This separate professional club now plays at the highest level of Dutch basketball. Season by season Notable players * Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promotiedivisie
The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion. The champion technically earns the right to promote to the Dutch Basketball League, although it only happens in exceptional cases, because a club has to turn professional to play in the league. In 2012, Apollo Amsterdam became the first Promotiedivise champion to promote to the next season of the Dutch Basketball League. Lokomotief is the most successful team with three won titles. Current teams There were 12 teams in the 2022–23 season. Finals Performance by club Teams shown in ''italics'' are no longer in existence. Awards Most Valuable Player *2010 Zeeger van Leeuwen (MSV Noordwijk) *2013 Richard Maxwell (Rotterdam Basketbal 2) *2014 Vaidas Tamasauskas (Rotterdam Basketbal Feyenoord Basketball, for sponsorship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |