Belfius Mons-Hainaut

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Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Belfius Mons-Hainaut logo.png
NicknameRenards (Foxes)
Leagues BNXT League
Founded1959;65 years ago (1959)
History
List
  • Quaregnon
    (1959–1998)
    Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut
    (1998–2001)
    Dexia Mons-Hainaut
    (2001-–2012)
    Belfius Mons-Hainaut
    (2012–present)
Arena Mons.Arena
Capacity3,700
Location Mons, Wallonia, Belgium
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Lime Green
   
Main sponsor Belfius
PresidentRonald Gobert
Head coach Vedran Bosnić
Championships2 Belgian Cups
Website monshainaut.be

Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the club has been a regular in the Belgian first division as the club plays in the highest tier for 34 years, since the 1990–91 season. [1] Mons-Hainaut also participated in European competitions annually, mostly in the FIBA Europe Cup.

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History

The club won the Belgian Cup in 2006, and reached the Belgian national league's final the same season. In 2008, Dexia Mons-Hainaut was the EuroChallenge runner-up. They won their second Belgian Cup in 2011.

Since the 2021–22 season, Mons-Hainaut plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged. [2]

Titles and honors

Runners-up (1): 2007–08
Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. Belgian Cup European competitions
2008–091 BLB 2nd3 EuroChallenge T16
2009–101 BLB 6thSemifinalist2 Eurocup RS
2010–111 BLB 3rdChampion2 Eurocup T16
2011–121 BLB 4thSemifinalist2 Eurocup RS
2012–131 BLB 2ndSemifinalist3 EuroChallenge RS
2013–14 1 BLB 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup RS
2014–15 1 BLB 2nd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge T16
2015–16 1 BLB 7th Semifinalist 3 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2016–17 1 BLB 7th Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2017–18 1 BLB 5th Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe Cup R2
2018–19 1 BLB 6thSemifinalist4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2019–20 1 BLB 2nd
2020–21 1 BLB 2nd

Players

Current roster

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

Belfius Mons-Hainaut roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lambot, Anthony 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)30 – (1994-11-03)3 November 1994
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Marquise 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)29 – (1994-12-22)22 December 1994
SG 5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mbanze, Jérémy 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)20 – (2004-01-26)26 January 2004
PF 7 Flag of the United States.svg Thioune, Lahat 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)24 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999
PG 11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mortant, Zaccharie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)26 – (1998-03-22)22 March 1998
F/C 13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Moors, James 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)24 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
G 16 Flag of the United States.svg Garrison, Conley 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)25 – (1999-02-19)19 February 1999
F 22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dedroog, Leander 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)25 – (1999-08-05)5 August 1999
PG 24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Baertsoen, Louis 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)20 – (2004-01-06)6 January 2004
F 30 Flag of the United States.svg Cunningham, Brock 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)25 – (1998-12-13)13 December 1998
SF 34 Flag of Iceland.svg Þrastarson, Styrmir Snær 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)23 – (2001-08-02)2 August 2001
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frank De Meulemeester

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: November 3, 2024

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

Head coaches

Arena

Home games are played in Mons.Arena, where there is place for 3,700 people per game.

Sponsorship naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:

The club has also used several logos:

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References

  1. "Historique". Monshainaut.be. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.