Leuven Bears, for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears, is a
Belgian
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professional
basketball
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club from
Leuven. The club competes in the
BNXT League, the highest tier in Belgian basketball.
History
The team has played in the
Belgian First Division
The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 te ...
since 1999 and has participated in the
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
since 1954, winning the tournament in 2005. The Belgian Cup victory earned the team a place in the
2005–06 FIBA EuroCup
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where it finished fourth in its opening-round group and was eliminated.
Since the
2021–22 season, Leuven plays in the
BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.
Honours and titles
*
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
**Winners (1): 2004–05
Season by season
Players
Current roster
Notable players
List of head coaches
References
External links
Official siteEurobasket.com team page
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Basketball teams established in 1999
Basketball teams in Belgium
Pro Basketball League
Sport in Leuven
1999 establishments in Belgium