Leuven Bears, for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears, is a

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professional

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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

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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 The 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup was the 3rd season of the FIBA EuroCup, the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. A total number of 32 teams from 20 countries participated in competition. The season finished with the EuroCup Final ...

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

**Winners (1): 2004–05

Season by season

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Players

Current roster

Notable players

List of head coaches

References

External links

Official site

Eurobasket.com team page
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