Antwerp Giants
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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 2007 the club won its third trophy, by winning the Belgian Basketball Cup for the second time.
The second team of the club plays in the Belgian Second Division, while the women's team participates in the regional competition.
The team holds the attendance record for a basketball game in Belgium, with 17,135 spectators, on 31 January 2015, during their game against Spirou Charleroi, in the Sportpaleis.[1] In June 2017, it was announced that Telenet would become the main sponsor of the team for three seasons.[2] The signing of this sponsor, previously the main sponsor of Oostende, made the Giants one of the favorites in Belgian basketball.
In the 2018–19 season, Antwerp had its most successful season in club history. In Europe, it qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) after advancing past three qualifying rounds. Antwerp was the surprise of the BCL season, as the team beat Murcia and Nizhny Novgorod in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. It qualified for the Final Four which was hosted in the city of Antwerp in the Sportpaleis. In the semi-finals, Antwerp lost to Iberostar Tenerife, and it won the third place game over Brose Bamberg.[3] Domestically, Antwerp won the Belgian Basketball Cup for the first time in 12 years.[4] In the PBL, Antwerp lost to Filou Oostende 1–3 in the finals.
Since the 2021–22 season, Antwerp plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[5]
On 12 March 2023, the Giants won their fifth Belgian Cup title after beating Oostende in the final.[6]
On 8 July, 2024 Antwerp got a new name sponsor. The company Windrose Technology, which is located in electronic trucks are the new name sponsor. The new team name is Windrose Giants Antwerp. [7]
Trophies
Domestic competitions
- Champions (1): 1999–2000
- Winners (5): 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23
- Winners (2): 2007, 2016
European competitions
- Basketball Champions League
- Third place (1): 2018–19
Names
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Players
Retired numbers
| Antwerp Giants retired numbers | |||||
| N° | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Nat.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Player | Position | Tenure | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Template:Flagicon | Roel Moors | PG | 2000–2002, 2009–2015 | October 8, 2015[8] |
Current roster
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Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />W–LScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />BNXTScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Belgian Cup | European competitions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 18–17 | – | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />L16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–1–3 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 23–11 | Runner-up | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6–6 | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 17–13 | Last 16 | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–2 | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Division I | 4th | 21–21 | Runner-up | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7–5 | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Division I | 6th | 16–17 | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 6–6 | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 14–16 | Runner-up | 3 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 13–4 | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 25–17 | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 8–4 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Division I | 2nd | 31–12 | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QR3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–1 | |
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–3 | |||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Division I | 2nd | 35–9 | Champion | 3 Champions League | 3rd | 15–9 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Division I | 3rdTemplate:Efn | 11–6 | Champion | 3 Champions League | RS | 4–10 | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 20–11 | Quarterfinals | 2 EuroCup | RS | 1–9 | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BNXT | 4th | 17–11 | 6th | Semifinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–7 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BNXT | 2nd | 22–6 | 5th | Champion | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–5 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BNXT | 2nd | 22–8 | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | BNXT | 6th | 23–13 | 6th | Semifinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–4 |
Head coaches
| scope="col" style="Template:Basketball color cell"|Name | scope="col" style="Template:Basketball color cell"|<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Nat.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | scope="col" style="Template:Basketball color cell"|Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2005–2007 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2007–2008 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2008–2013 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2013–2015 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2015–2019 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2019–2022 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2022 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2022–2024 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2024 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2024–2025 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Template:Flagicon | 2025–present |
Notable former players
A list of former players of Antwerp Giants since 2000
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- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Kevin Punter (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Jordan Callahan (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Maxime De Zeeuw (2012–14)
- Template:Flagicon Yannick Driesen (2012–14)
- Template:Flagicon Marko Špica (2013–14)
- Template:Flagicon Frank Turner (2013–14)
- Template:Flagicon Clayton Vette (2013–14)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Ralph Biggs (2010–13)
- Template:Flagicon Jason Love (2012–13)
- Template:Flagicon Salah Mejri (2010–12)
- Template:Flagicon Michael Roll (2010–12)
- Template:Flagicon Julian Vaughn (2011–12)
- Template:Flagicon Christophe Beghin (2008–10)
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Gardner (2009–10)
- Template:Flagicon Nick Oudendag (2007–09)
- Template:Flagicon Brian Lynch (2008–09)
- Template:Flagicon Mladen Sekularac (2005–08)
- Template:Flagicon Ryan Sears (2007–08)
- Template:Flagicon Ian Hanavan (2007–08)
- Template:Flagicon Ayinde Ubaka (2007–08)
- Template:Flagicon Len Matela (2003–07)
- Template:Flagicon Gur Shelef (2005–07)
- Template:Flagicon Domien Loubry (2001–06)
- Template:Flagicon Sebastien Bellin (2003–06)
- Template:Flagicon Peter Lorant (2005–06)
- Template:Flagicon Ron Ellis (2004–05)
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Shaun Stonerook (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon Otis Hill (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon Speedy Smith (2020)
- Template:Flagicon Milos Babic (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon Andy Van Vliet (2014–15)
- Template:Flagicon Hans Vanwijn (2017–20)
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Nwema (2009–16, 2021–24)
References
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External links
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