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

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club from

Leuven Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...

. The club competes in the

BNXT League The BNXT League is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the Dutch Basketball League, DBL and Pro Basketball League, PBL. The inaugural season ...

, 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 () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

since 1999 and has participated in the

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 ...

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. It was the first season of the competition under the new name ''EuroCup'' which is now used for the formerly known ...

where it finished fourth in its opening-round group and was eliminated. Since the 2021–22 season, Leuven plays in the

, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Honours and titles

**Winners (1): 2004–05 ** Runners-up (1): 2024–25

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

List of head coaches

References

External links

Official site

Eurobasket.com team page
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