BSW (basketball club)

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BSW
BS Weert logo.png
Leagues Dutch Basketball League
Founded1968
Dissolved2017
ArenaSporthal Boshoven
Capacity1,000
Location Weert, Netherlands
OwnershipStichting Basketball Stars Weert
Championships1 Dutch League

Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League. [1] Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven.

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The club was a regular participant in the Dutch top division, as the side from Weert appeared in the Eredivisie (later DBL) for 34 straight seasons. The highlight of the club was the national championship in the 1993–94 season. The club finished three times as runner-up in the DBL: in 1988, 1993 and 2001. As well, BSW made European appearances with the most notable being the one in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, the highest European level, in 1994–95.

In 2017 the club was dissolved after financial problems and the inability to gain enough money to participate. However, the club was replaced by BAL from Weert.

Names

BSW has known a lot of different names in its history, mainly because of sponsorship reasons.

Players

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

List of head coaches

PeriodCoachNationality
2004–2010 Olivier van Kempen Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2010–2011 Terence Stansbury Flag of the United States.svg
2011–2013 Jim Meil Flag of the United States.svg
2013–2015 Niels Vorenhout Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2015–2016 Radenko Varagic Flag of Serbia.svg

Honours

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHome [A] Away [A] Agg [A]
1988–89 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Flag of Luxembourg.svg T71 Dudelange 94–4094–64188–104
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Flag of France.svg Cholet 56–7542–8098–155
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1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup Flag of Spain.svg Valladolid 83–10380–104163–207
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1994–95 FIBA European League Flag of England.svg Thames Valley Tigers 62–7894–96156–174
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Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    BSW points are listed first.

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. NBB Cup European competitions
1982–831 Eredivisie 7th
1983–841 Eredivisie 5th
1984–851 Eredivisie 6th
1985–861 Eredivisie 5th
1986–871 Eredivisie 6th
1987–881 Eredivisie 2nd
1988–891 Eredivisie 3rd1 Cup Winners' Cup
R2
3–1
1989–901 Eredivisie 4th
1990–911 Eredivisie 5th
1991–921 Eredivisie 4th3 Korać Cup
R1
0–2
1992–931 Eredivisie
2nd
Runner–up
1993–941 Eredivisie
1st
Runner–up
1994–951 Eredivisie 5th1 European League
R1
0–2
1995–961 Eredivisie 7th
1996–971 Eredivisie 4th
1997–981 Eredivisie 5th
1998–991 Eredivisie 3rd
1999–001 Eredivisie 5th
2000–011 Eredivisie 2ndRunner–up
2001–021 Eredivisie 8th
2002–031 Eredivisie 5th
2003–041 Eredivisie 8th
2004–051 Eredivisie 10th
2005–061 Eredivisie 8th
2006–071 Eredivisie 4th
2007–081 Eredivisie 8th
2008–091 Eredivisie 7th
2009–10 1 Eredivisie 8thQuarterfinalist
2010–11 1 DBL 7thQuarterfinalist
2011–12 1 DBL 7thSemifinalist
2012–13 1 DBL 8th Fourth round
2013–14 1 DBL 10th Fourth round
2014–15 1 DBL 8th Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 DBL 8th
2016–17 1 DBL 8th

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References

  1. ↑ Official website BSW
  2. ↑ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
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