Ross Bekkering

Ross Bekkering
Personal information
Born	August 19, 1987 (age 36); Taber, Alberta
Nationality	Canadian / Dutch
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
High school	W. R. Myers (Taber, Alberta)
College	Calgary (2005–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–2016
Position	Power forward / center
Number	12
Career history
2010–2011	ZZ Leiden
2011–2012	Matrixx Magixx
2012–2013	ZZ Leiden
2013–2016	Donar
Career highlights and awards
	4× DBL champion (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016); 2× Dutch Supercup champion (2011, 2014); 2× All-DBL Team (2013, 2016); 2× DBL All-Defense Team (2014, 2016); DBL rebounding leader (2016); DBL Statistical Player of the Year (2016); 5× DBL All-Star (2011, 2013–2016);

Last updated January 12, 2024

Ross Bekkering (born August 19, 1987) is a former Canadian-Dutch professional basketball player. Bekkering played in the Dutch Basketball League.^[1] Bekkering is the younger brother of Henry Bekkering, who was a professional basketball player as well.

He played collegiately for Calgary, where he played five years. In 2010, he started his professional career in the Netherlands with ZZ Leiden, winning the Dutch Basketball League in his rookie year. The following year, he signed with Matrixx Magixx. After one year he returned to Leiden, where he won another DBL title in 2013. Afterwards, he played three years with league rival Donar, where he added two more championships. He retired in 2016.

Four years after his retirement, in 2020, Bekkering played 3x3 basketball for the Netherlands national team. He represented the country at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Professional career

Bekkering started his professional career with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden in 2010. With Leiden Bekkering won the Dutch championship. The following season Bekkering left for Matrixx Magixx to team up with his older brother Henry Bekkering. After a year with Magixx Bekkering signed again with Leiden, and in his second season he won the championship once again.

On June 10, 2013 Bekkering signed with the GasTerra Flames from Groningen along with Leiden teammate Arvin Slagter.^[2] Bekkering won his first NBB Cup with Flames, by beating his former team Leiden 79–71 in the Final. After the DBL regular season Bekkering was selected in the DBL All-Defense Team. He extended his contract with one year in July 2014.^[3]

On June 23, 2016, Bekkering announced his retirement at age 28.^[4]

3x3 basketball

In 2021, Bekkering joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team.^[5] He played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.^[6]

Honours

Professionally

4x Dutch Championship (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016)
2x NBB Cup (2014,2015)
2x Dutch Supercup (2011, 2014)

Individual awards

2x All-DBL Team (2013, 2016)
5x All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
2x DBL All-Defense Team (2014, 2016)
DBL rebounding leader (2015-2016)
DBL Statistical Player of the Year (2015-2016)
Eurobasket.com Player of the Year (2015-2016)

College

Calgary

2x All-Canada West Team (2009, 2010)
2x All-Canadian Team (2009, 2010)

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage
3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high		Led the league

DBL


Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010–11	ZZ Leiden	48^{[lower-alpha 1]}	24.1	.568	.267	.693	5.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	11.1
2011–12	Magixx	19	26.1	.520	.396	.637	6.8	1.1	0.8	0.9	11.4
2012–13	ZZ Leiden	46^{[lower-alpha 1]}	26.2	.550	.259	.580	8.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	12.0
2013–14	Donar	35	22.8	.622	.364	.586	5.9	1.5	1	0.4	8.8
2014–15	Donar	15	25.1	.622	.368	.609	6.4	2.4	1.3	0.3	11.4
2015–16	Donar	28	29.7	.607	.500	.650	10.5	2.5	1.2	1.0	13.5

1 2 Including Playoff games.

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References

↑ "Ross Bekkering". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
↑ "Bekkering van Leiden naar Flames". NOS.nl (in Dutch). June 10, 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
↑ "Ross Bekkering stays in Groningen". iBasketball (in Dutch). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
↑ "Ross Bekkering retires at 29". www.sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12.
↑ "Vier maanden in Nederland was tekort voor Ross Bekkering". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
↑ "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

External links

Ross Bekkering at fiba3x3.com

Ross Bekkering at Eurobasket.com

Ross Bekkering at RealGM

Ross Bekkering at Proballers

Ross Bekkering at Olympics.com

Ross Bekkering at Olympedia

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[playoffs-7] 1 2 Including Playoff games.

[1] "Ross Bekkering". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

[2] "Bekkering van Leiden naar Flames". NOS.nl (in Dutch). June 10, 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

[3] "Ross Bekkering stays in Groningen". iBasketball (in Dutch). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[4] "Ross Bekkering retires at 29". www.sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12.

[5] "Vier maanden in Nederland was tekort voor Ross Bekkering". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[6] "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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Personal information
Born	(1987-08-19) August 19, 1987 (age 36) Taber, Alberta
Nationality	Canadian / Dutch
Listed height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
High school	W. R. Myers (Taber, Alberta)
College	Calgary (2005–2010)
NBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–2016
Position	Power forward / center
Number	12
Career history
2010–2011	ZZ Leiden
2011–2012	Matrixx Magixx
2012–2013	ZZ Leiden
2013–2016	Donar

Career highlights and awards
4× DBL champion (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016) 2× Dutch Supercup champion (2011, 2014) 2× All-DBL Team (2013, 2016) 2× DBL All-Defense Team (2014, 2016) DBL rebounding leader (2016) DBL Statistical Player of the Year (2016) 5× DBL All-Star (2011, 2013–2016)