Belfius Mons-Hainaut

Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Leagues Pro Basketball League
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1959 (1959)
History Quaregnon
(1959–1998)
Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut
(1998–2001)
Dexia Mons-Hainaut
(2001-–2012)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut
(2012–present)
Arena Mons.Arena
Capacity 3,700
Location Mons, Wallonia, Belgium
Team colors White, Blue, Lime Green
              
President Ronald Gobert
Head coach Yves Defraignes
Championships 2 Belgian Cups
Website monshainaut.be
Uniforms

Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the Pro Basketball League (PBL). The club's home arena is Mons.Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the club has been a regular in the Belgian first division as the club plays in the highest tier for 28 years, since the 1990–91 season.[1] Mons-Hainaut also participated in European competitions annually, mostly in the FIBA Europe Cup.

History

The club won the Belgian Cup in 2006, and reached the Belgian national league's final the same season. In 2008, Dexia Mons-Hainaut was the EuroChallenge runner-up. They won their second Belgian Cup in 2011.

Trophies

Runners-up (1): 2007–08
Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Belgian Cup European competitions
2008–091BLB 2nd 3 EuroChallengeT16
2009–101BLB 6th Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2010–111BLB 3rd Champion 2 EurocupT16
2011–121BLB 4th Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2012–131BLB 2nd Semifinalist 3 EuroChallengeRS
2013–141BLB 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupRS
2014–151BLB 2nd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallengeT16
2015–161BLB 7th Semifinalist 3 FIBA Europe CupRS
2016–171BLB 7th Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2017–181BLB 5th Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe CupR2

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Belfius Mons-Hainaut roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
SG 1 United States Upshur, Quinton 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PG 5 United States Jones, Chris 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 8 United States Cage, Justin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
SF 10 Belgium Houdart, Mathieu 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
SG 11 Belgium Mortant, Zaccharie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 13 Belgium François, Xavier-Robert 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
PF 14 Belgium Van Caeneghem, Sander 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
SG 15 Belgium Lasisi, Idris 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 19 Serbia Nikolić, Uroš 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
SG 20 Belgium Giancaterino, Lorenzo 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
SG 22 Belgium Ekamba, Joël 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
G/F 35 Armenia Hess, A. J. 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF 45 Armenia Chrabascz, Andrew 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Head coach
  • Belgium Daniel Goethals
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belgium Frank De Meulemeester
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2018-06-14

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Head coaches

Arena

Home games are played in Mons.Arena, where there is place for 3,700 people per game.

Sponsorship naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:

  • Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2001–2012)
  • Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2012–present)

The club has also used several logos:

References

  1. ↑ "Historique". Monshainaut.be. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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