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2008–09 Basketball League Belgium Division I
The 2008–09 Basketball League Belgium Division I, for sponsorship reasons named 2008–09 Ethias League, was the 81st season of the Basketball League Belgium, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium. Spirou Charleroi Spirou Basket, commonly known simply as Spirou, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in Charleroi. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier of basketball in Belgium. The club's home arena is the Spiroudome which ... won the 2009 national title, their second straight and eight total title. Regular season Playoffs References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Ethias League Pro Basketball League seasons Belgian Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 Basketball League Belgium Division I
The 2007–08 Basketball League Belgium Division I, for sponsorship reasons named 2007–08 Ethias League, was the 81st season of the Basketball League Belgium, the highest professional basketball league in Belgium. Spirou Charleroi won the 2008 national title, their seventh total title. Regular season Play-offs The play-offs start on May 13 and ended on May 31, 2008. In the quarterfinals and semifinals a best-of-three format was used, in the finals a best-of-seven format. References External links2007–08 seasonon Eurobasket.com Eurobasket.com, also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provides coverage of every professional and semi-professional club basketball league from around the world, as well as many amateur level lea ... {{DEFAULTSORT:2007-08 Basketball League Belgium Division I Pro Basketball League seasons 2007–08 in European basketball leagues 2007–08 in Belgian basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp Giants
Antwerp Giants, named Windrose Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was created from the merger of Sobabee and Racing Mechelen. Then named Racing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005. Antwerp has won the Belgian championship once, in 2000. The team has won five Belgian Cups and two Belgian Supercups. History In 1995, Sobabee from Antwerp and Racing Mechelen merged into ''Racing Basket Antwerpen''. The club made its debut on the highest stage in Belgium in the 1998–99 season. Antwerp was one of the top 3 teams until 2001. In the 1999–2000 season the club won its first national championship as ''Telindus Antwerpen'', by beating Oostende 3–1 in the Finals. The team had a setback after the championship year and ended in the 6th, 7th or 8th place for five seasons in a row. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pro Basketball League Seasons
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Play-offs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a single-elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament. In team sports in the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional divisions of teams. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games in their division than outside it, but the league's best teams might not play against each other in the regular season. Therefore, in the postseason a playoff series is organized. Any group-winning team is eligible to participate, and as playoffs became more popular they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RBC Verviers-Pepinster
Royal Basketball Club Pepinster is a Belgian basketball club that is located in the Verviers-Pepinster area of Liège Province, Belgium. The club currently competes in the Belgian Fifth Division, the fifth tier of Belgian basketball. Before, the team used to be a regular participant of the Basketball League Belgium. The team club plays its home games at the 4,000 seat Hall du Paire. History Verviers-Pepinster was the runner-up of the Belgian League twice: in 2003 and 2014. The club also won the Belgian Cup in 1980, and the Belgian Supercup in 2003. On 29 June 2016, it was announced that the club would leave the Belgian League, due to a lack of budget. Honors and titles *Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ... **Winners (1): 1979–80 * Belgian Supercup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optima Gent
Gent Hawks, for sponsorship reasons Wanty Gent Hawks, is a Belgian professional basketball club that is located in the Gent area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the second basketball division in Belgium. The team was founded in 1950 as ''Hellas Gent''. The team plays home games at the 2,374 seat Tolhuis. The club has played in the Belgian highest division since 2007. The season before, they became champion in the second division. Names Season by season Honors and titles Domestic competitions Belgian League: *Champions (1): 1955 Belgian Cup: *Winners (1): 1992 Belgian 2nd Division: *Champions (2): 2007, 2017 European competitions * 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup The 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup was the 21st edition of FIBA's FIBA Korać Cup, Korać Cup basketball competition. The Italian Il Messaggero Roma defeated the Italian Scavolini Pesaro in the final. This was Il Messaggero Roma's second time winning the ...: Second Round External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Base Oostende
Basketball Club Oostende, for sponsorship reasons Filou Oostende, is a Belgian professional basketball team. The club is based in Ostend and was founded in 1970. The club competes domestically in the BNXT League and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. Oostende is the most successful basketball club in Belgian history, as the club's honour list includes a record twenty-six Belgian League championships, a record nineteen Belgian Cups and eleven Belgian Supercups. History The club was founded on 25 May 1970 and started playing as ''Sunair Oostende''. The team colors were blue and yellow. ''BCO'' – a nickname of the club – started in the Belgian Second Division but promoted in its first season after it took the title. But in the First Division the team relegated immediately. But BCO bounced back and promoted once again and got its final spot in the First Division, as they never relegated since. In the 1974–75 season the club made its first appearance in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
