Almere Sailors was a Dutch basketball club based in Almere . Established in 2020, the team played one season in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL), the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands. Home games are played in the Topsportcentrum Almere , which has a capacity of 3,000 people. A year later, the team left the league due to financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy a few months later.
6-578: In July 2020, the Almere Pioneers announced their plans to enter the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , entry requirements for the league were eased. Since its disappearance in the 2006–07 season , Almere had not played at the highest level. To separate its activities from the amateur club Pioneers, a new organisation was established. On 3 August, the name Almere Sailors
12-597: The Topsportcentrum Almere . The 2002–03 season was the best season in Almere's history, as the team reached the Eredivisie finals. In these finals Omniworld lost 0–4 to Amsterdam . In January 2008, the team went bankrupt and was forced to leave the Eredivisie. A year later, the club changed its name to Almere Pioneers and started playing in the second-tier amateur league Promotiedivisie . In 2013, Pioneers tried to make
18-719: The Netherlands have been merged. Tjin-a-Koeng remained as head coach. On 12 August 2021, the club however announced it decided not to join the new season due to the lack of necessary financial means. A few months later, on 13 October 2021, the Almere Sailors organisation was declared bankrupt. The following was the Sailors roster that played in the 2020–21 Dutch Basketball League : Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. The following players were
24-556: The leading scorers for the Sailors in each DBL season: Almere Pioneers Almere Pioneers is a Dutch amateur basketball team based in Almere . The team plays in the Promotiedivisie , the Dutch second tier league. The club was founded in 1999 as a professional basketball club named BC Omniworld Almere and participated in the top-tier Eredivisie . The team played its home games in
30-584: Was announced for the professional team. The name was chosen as the city of Almere was created after reclaiming land from the sea . On 13 August, the Sailors announced Eric Kropf as their first head coach. On 27 August, the DBL announced the Sailors obtained a license for the 2020–21 season . On 16 September, the Sailors signed their first player in Papito Hersisia. The Sailors played their first ever DBL game on 3 October, losing 124–64 to power house Donar . The season
36-472: Was suspended and later resumed behind closed doors because of the ongoing pandemic. On 21 January 2021, the Sailors won their first ever DBL game against Apollo Amsterdam , 74–64 after overtime. Kropf was fired on 10 March 2021, assistant Gregory Tjin-A-Koeng was promoted to interim head coach. In the 2021–22 season , the Sailors applied to play in the BNXT League , in which the national leagues of Belgium and
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