Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen

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Kangoeroes Mechelen
Kangoeroes Mechelen logo.png
Leagues BNXT League
Founded2009;15 years ago (2009)
HistoryBBC Kangoeroes Boom
(2009–2013)
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
(2013–2018)
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
(2018–present)
ArenaWinketkaai
Capacity1,500
Location Mechelen, Belgium
Team managerPaul de Peuter
Head coachKristof Michiels
Championships1 Belgian Second Division
Website kangoeroesbasket.be

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known as Kangoeroes or Kangoeroes Mechelen, is a basketball club based in Mechelen, Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in the BNXT League. Kangoeroes have been playing in the top tier division in Belgium for 11 years, since 2013.

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Previously, the team played in Boom and Willebroek. In 2018, the club moved to Mechelen.

History

The logo of the club when it was based in Boom Kangoeroes Basket logo.png
The logo of the club when it was based in Boom

The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes entered the professional first tier Ethias League. The Kangoeroes received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams. [1]

Move to Mechelen

In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city of Mechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team was Kangoeres Basket Mechelen. [2]

Since the 2021–22 season, Kangoeroes plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged. [3]

Arenas

DurationArenaLocationCapacity
2013–2018De Schalk Willebroek 1,100
2018–presentWinketkaai Mechelen 1,500

Names

Honours

BNXT Belgian Championship

Belgian Cup

Belgian Second Division

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos. Belgian Cup
2009–102 Second Division 2nd
2010–112 Second Division 1st
2011–122 Second Division 5th
2012–132 Second Division 2nd Round of 16
2013–14 1 BLB 10th Quarterfinalist
2014–15 1 BLB 9th Round of 16
2015–16 1 BLB 9th Quarterfinalist
2016–17 1 BLB 8th Round of 16
2017–18 1 BLB 7th Round of 16
2018–19 1 BLB 8thRound of 16
2019–20 1 PBL 7th
2020–21 1 PBL 7th Runners-up

Players

Current roster

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

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dammen, Yannick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)25 – (1999-04-26)26 April 1999
PG 3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loubry, Domien 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)39 – (1985-03-03)3 March 1985
F 5 Flag of Sweden.svg Bangala, Zaba 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)22 – (2001-11-13)13 November 2001
F 7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg De Wilde, Vic 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)21 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003
SG 9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marchant, Dorian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)30 – (1994-04-24)24 April 1994
PG 10 Flag of the United States.svg Heath, Joshua 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)29 – (1994-12-28)28 December 1994
PG 11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Van Eyck, Evert 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)19 – (2005-01-01)1 January 2005
PG 12 Flag of Lithuania.svg Pečiukevičius, Augustas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)33 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991
F 15 Flag of the United States.svg Hyatt, Aundre 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)21 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003
C 25 Flag of the United States.svg Parker, Brayden 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)22 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002
PF 32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willems, Seppe 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)25 – (1999-10-19)19 October 1999
SG 33 Flag of the United States.svg Gibson, Trenton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)24 – (2000-04-19)19 April 2000
Head coach
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tony Van den Bosch
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pieter De Groof
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: November 1, 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.

Individual awards

BNXT League Dream Team
BNXT League Player of the Year
BNXT League Coach of the Year
  • Kristof Michiels – 2022

Head coaches

Women's basketball

Current roster

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

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Dames roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 1 Flag of France.svg Berkani, Lisa 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)27 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997
PG 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Van Gils, Eva 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)21 – (2002-12-15)15 December 2002
PG 4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Denys, Renée 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)20 – (2004-10-13)13 October 2004
F 6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Courthiau, Alicia 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)18 – (2005-12-06)6 December 2005
C 7 Flag of Chile.svg Morrison, Ziomara 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)35 – (1989-02-15)15 February 1989
F 8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kibedi, Annie 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)16 – (2008-05-24)24 May 2008
SF 10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Résimont, Laure 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998
SG 11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg De Vooght, Liese 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)21 – (2003-08-04)4 August 2003
F 12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nauwelaers, Heleen 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)28 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996
PF 20 Flag of Poland.svg Rembiszewska, Amalia 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)28 – (1996-03-02)2 March 1996
F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Bertsch, Morgan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)27 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997
F 33 Flag of Egypt.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ibrahim, Tamara 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)20 – (2004-09-26)26 September 2004
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 2022-12-08

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References

  1. ↑ "C-licentie voor Kangoeroes/Boom, niet voor Brussel". Nieuwsblad.be. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Kangoeroes Willebroek verhuist naar Mechelen" [Kangoeroes Willebroek moves to Mechelen] (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad.be. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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