Racing Club Mechelen, or Racing Club Malines, was a Belgian professional basketball club from the city of

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

, Belgium. It was the men's basketball section of K.R.C. Mechelen. For sponsorship reasons, the club was also known as Maes Pils for a long time.

History

R.C. Mechelen folded and merged with Sobabee to create Racing Basket Antwerpen, in 1995.Antwerp Giants
/ref> Until it was dissolved, the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club, after having won a total of 15 Belgian national championships, 9 Belgian Cups, and 5 Belgian SuperCups.

Arena

R.C. Mechelen played its home games in

, at the Winketkaai arena.

Titles and honors

Domestic competitions

* Belgian League : Champions (15): 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 * Belgian Cup : Winners (9): 1963–64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

: Winners (5): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

European competitions

* FIBA Korać Cup : Runners-up (1):

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The Korac Cup
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In European and worldwide competitions

Notable players

* Jim Fox 1966–1967 * Teófilo Cruz 1969–1970 * Ronny Bayer 1985–1990 *

Éric Struelens Éric Struelens (born 3 November 1969) is a former Belgian professional basketball player. Professional career Struelens won the Belgian Basketball League, Belgian League championship 7 times (6 with R.C. Mechelen (basketball), Racing Mechelen ...

1988–1995 *

Bill Varner William Joseph Varner is a former American-Belgian professional basketball player. He played on several European clubs, including R.C. Mechelen. College career Varner played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame, with the Notre Dam ...

1988–1995 *

Jacques Stas Jacques Stas (born 6 February 1969) is a Belgian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of ...

1992–1995 *

Rick Raivio Richard Raivio is an American former professional basketball player. Career In high school, Raivio played basketball and football for Benson in Portland, Oregon. In basketball, he was a member of three PIL (Portland Interscholastic League) cham ...

1985–1987 * Rik Samaey 1985–1990

References

Basketball teams established in 1940 Defunct basketball teams in Belgium Sports clubs disestablished in 1995 R.C. Mechelen (basketball) {{Europe-basketball-team-stub