Goba Gorinchem 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 Gorinchem. Established on 1 May 1970, the team played three seasons 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. GOBA entered the Eredivisie in 1993 and left in 1996. In the 1994–95 season, the team won the national

NBB Cup The Basketball Cup, formerly the NBB Cup ( nl, NBB-Beker), is an annual cup competition for Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can participate by signing up for the preliminary rounds. Profes ...

. In the 1995–96 season, Goba played two European games against Finnish club

Namika Lahti Namika Lahti was a basketball club based in Lahti, Finland. The club played in the Korisliiga, the top Finnish championship league. The club was established in 1898 in Vyborg and moved to Lahti in 1947. In 2015, the club was dissolved, after econom ...

Honours

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*Winners (1): 1994–95 ;Haarlem Basketball Week *Runner-up (1): 1994 ;

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. ...

*Winners (1): 2008–09

European record

;Notes

Notable players

Richard van Poelgeest Richard van Poelgeest (born 23 March 1966) is a Dutch retired basketball player. He played for several clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium in his career. He was also a member of the Netherlands national basketball team. Career Van Poelgeest start ...

(2 seasons: '94-'96) * Michael Huger (1 season: '94-'95) * Tico Cooper * Jeff Malham * Okke te Velde

References

External links

Official website
Basketball teams established in 1970 Former Dutch Basketball League teams Basketball teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs and teams in Gorinchem {{Europe-basketball-team-stub