Basketball team in Leuven, Belgium
Leuven Bears Leagues BNXT League Founded 1999; 25 years ago (1999 ) History
Telindus Leuven (1999–2001) Vastiau-Godeau Leuven (2001–2003) Basket Groot Leuven (2003–2007) Spotter Leuven (2007–2009)Leuven Bears (2009–present)
Arena Sportoase Capacity 3,400 Location Leuven , Belgium Team colors Black, Orange, White Main sponsor Stella Artois President Ben De Goignies Head coach Eddy Casteels Championships 1 Belgian Cup Website leuvenbears.be
Leuven Bears , for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears , is a Belgian professional basketball club from Leuven . The club competes in the BNXT League , the highest tier in Belgian basketball.
The team has played in the Belgian First Division since 1999 and has participated in the Belgian Cup since 1954, winning the tournament in 2005. The Belgian Cup victory earned the team a place in the 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup where it finished fourth in its opening-round group and was eliminated.
Since the 2021–22 season , Leuven plays in the BNXT League , in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[1]
A home game of Leuven Bears in February 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Leuven Bears roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Nat.
Name
Ht.
PG
4
Willems, Wouter
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
24 – (2000-03-30 ) 30 March 2000
PG
5
Heath, Joshua
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
29 – (1994-12-28 ) 28 December 1994
G
7
Allen, KeVaughn
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
28 – (1995-10-10 ) 10 October 1995
PF
9
Fulkerson, John
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
27 – (1997-04-29 ) 29 April 1997
SF
10
Nunes, Tiago
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
22 – (2002-01-15 ) 15 January 2002
PG
11
Bucumi, Roel
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
20 – (2003-08-11 ) 11 August 2003
PF
14
Kherrazi, Mohamed
2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
34 – (1990-06-29 ) 29 June 1990
C
15
Stilmant, Kevin
2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
24 – (2000-02-29 ) 29 February 2000
SG
21
Snyers, Darnell
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
26 – (1998-06-16 ) 16 June 1998
SF
22
Janssens, Thomas
22 – (2002-06-23 ) 23 June 2002
SF
23
Nunes, Remco
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
22 – (2002-01-15 ) 15 January 2002
PG
24
Ven, Lucas
1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
23 – (2001-04-07 ) 7 April 2001
G
Benson, Casey
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
29 – (1995-04-10 ) 10 April 1995
Head coach
Kristof Michiels
Assistant coach(es)
Tom Van Den Bosch
Matthias Tobback
Legend
(C) Team captain Injured
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.
List of head coaches [ edit ]
Head coach: Casteels
Assistant coaches: Lorent
Seasons
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
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1947–48
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1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
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1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
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1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
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2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
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2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
Clubs
Awards Statistical leaders Related competitions (awards)
Seasons Playoffs
BNXT Finals Netherlands Belgium
Clubs
Belgium Netherlands Former teams
Awards Associated competitions