Philip Mestdagh

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Philip Mestdagh giving his instructions to the Belgian Cats in Ostend

Philip Mestdagh (born 26 January 1963) is a Belgian basketball coach of the Belgian women's national team, which he coached at the EuroBasket Women 2017 and the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. [1] [2] He is the father of Kim and Hanne Mestdagh.

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References

  1. "Les Belgian Cats prêtes pour un Euro pétillant". basketbelgium.be. 15 June 2017.
  2. "Basketball Belgium | #basketballbelgium" (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-03.