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.
6-578: 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
12-442: A license to play in the league. There are three types of licenses: Since 2005, play-offs are played to decide which team is crowned the champion of each season. The finals series are played in a best-of-five format, with the team which had the higher seed in the regular season having home court advantage. Not all awards are official ones handed out by the league itself, but all are regarded and respected as BLB awards. As example
18-505: Is second, with 15. On 15 March 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the season was prematurely cancelled. Based on the standings in the regular season, Filou Oostende was crowned national champions. The BLB is played by the international FIBA rules . Since 2014–15 the BLB season has a new format. In the regular season, all teams play each other first home and away. After that first round
24-511: The Netherlands have been merged. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either: Basketball League Belgium Division I The Pro Basketball League ( PBL ),
30-460: The league is divided in two groups based on standings; in the first group teams ranked 1–6 play and in the second 7–11. After the split each team plays all others in its group once home and once away. After that the Playoffs are played by eight teams. The quarterfinals consist of best-of-three series and the semi- and finals are played in a best-of-five format. Teams that play in the BLB all have to get
36-623: Was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs . In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League . The league is organized by the Basketball League Belgium . The current president of the league is Maarten Bostyn. The most successful team in the league is Oostende , which holds the record for the most league titles won, with 22, and the now defunct team of Racing Mechelen
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