BV Groningen, also known as BVG, is a Dutch

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

club based in

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

. In the 1979–80 season, the team played in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

, the highest tier of Dutch basketball. The club was established on 17 December 1969 by Bil Pijl and Dick Jager. In 1979, the team promoted to the Eredivisie. In its first season, the team had a 2–38 record. The team disappeared in 1994 before it was re-founded in 2004.

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Official website
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