BSW (basketball club)
| BSW | |||
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| Leagues | Dutch Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 1968 | ||
| Dissolved | 2017 | ||
| Arena | Sporthal Boshoven | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Location | Weert, Netherlands | ||
| Ownership | Stichting Basketball Stars Weert | ||
| Championships | 1 Dutch League | ||
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Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League.[1] Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven.
The club was a regular participant in the Dutch top division, as the side from Weert appeared in the Eredivisie (later DBL) for 34 straight seasons. The highlight of the club was the national championship in the 1993–94 season. The club finished three times as runner-up in the DBL: in 1988, 1993 and 2001. As well, BSW made European appearances with the most notable being the one in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, the highest European level, in 1994–95.
In 2017 the club was dissolved after financial problems and the inability to gain enough money to participate. However, the club was replaced by BAL from Weert.
Names[edit]
BSW has known a lot of different names in its history, mainly because of sponsorship reasons.
- 1982–1984 : Coveco
- 1984–1987 : Kaypro
- 1987–1990 : Miniware
- 1990–1993 : Selex
- 1993–1996 : Lanèche
- 1996–2000 : BS Weert
- 2000–2002 : Vanilla
- 2002–2003 : BS Weert
- 2003–2004 : Solskin
- 2004–2005 : BS Weert
- 2005–2010 : Upstairs Weert
- 2010–2011 : BS Weert
- 2011–2013 : Stepco
- 2013–2014 : Maxxcom
- 2014–2017: BS Weert[2]
Players[edit]
Notable players[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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List of head coaches[edit]
| Period | Coach | Nationality |
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| 2004–2010 | Olivier van Kempen | 
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| 2010–2011 | Terence Stansbury | 
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| 2011–2013 | Jim Meil |
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| 2013–2015 | Niels Vorenhout |
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| 2015–2016 | Radenko Varagic | 
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Honours[edit]
- Dutch Basketball League
- Winners (1): 1993–94
- NBB Cup
- Runners-up (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01
European record[edit]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home[A] | Away[A] | Agg[A] | |
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| 1988–89 | FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup |  T71 Dudelange
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94–40 | 94–64 | 188–104 |  | |
 Cholet
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56–75 | 42–80 | 98–155 |  | |||
| 1991–92 | FIBA Korać Cup |  Valladolid
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83–103 | 80–104 | 163–207 | | |
| 1994–95 | FIBA European League |  Thames Valley Tigers
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62–78 | 94–96 | 156–174 | |
- Notes
Season by season[edit]
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | NBB Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 1982–83 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | ||||
| 1983–84 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 1984–85 | 1 | Eredivisie | 6th | ||||
| 1985–86 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 1986–87 | 1 | Eredivisie | 6th | ||||
| 1987–88 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | ||||
| 1988–89 | 1 | Eredivisie | 3rd | 1 Cup Winners' Cup | R2 |
3–1
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| 1989–90 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | ||||
| 1990–91 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 1991–92 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | 3 Korać Cup | R1 |
0–2
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| 1992–93 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd
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Runner–up | |||
| 1993–94 | 1 | Eredivisie | 1st
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Runner–up | |||
| 1994–95 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | 1 European League | R1 |
0–2
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| 1995–96 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | ||||
| 1996–97 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | ||||
| 1997–98 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 1998–99 | 1 | Eredivisie | 3rd | ||||
| 1999–00 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 2000–01 | 1 | Eredivisie | 2nd | Runner–up | |||
| 2001–02 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | ||||
| 2002–03 | 1 | Eredivisie | 5th | ||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | ||||
| 2004–05 | 1 | Eredivisie | 10th | ||||
| 2005–06 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | ||||
| 2006–07 | 1 | Eredivisie | 4th | ||||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | ||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | Eredivisie | 7th | ||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Eredivisie | 8th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2010–11 | 1 | DBL | 7th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | DBL | 7th | Semifinalist | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 8th | Fourth round | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 10th | Fourth round | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | DBL | 8th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | DBL | 8th | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Official website BSW". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ^ "Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
External links[edit]
- Official website Archived 2017-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
