Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen

Kangoeroes Mechelen
Leagues Pro Basketball League
Founded 2009 (2009)
History BBC Kangoeroes Boom
(2009–2013)
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek
(2013–present)
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
(2018–present)
Arena Winketkaai
Capacity 1,500
Location Mechelen, Belgium
Team manager Paul de Peuter
Head coach Paul Vervaeck
Website kangoeroesbasket.be
Uniforms

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known as Kangoeroes or Kangoeroes Mechelen, is a basketball club based in Mechelen, Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in the Pro Basketball League (PBL), the top tier division in Belgium since 2013.

Previously, the team played in Boom and Willebroek. In 2018, the club moved to Mechelen.

History

The logo of the club when it was based in Boom

The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes started playing in the professional Ethias League, after the club received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams.[1]

In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city of Mechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team name will be Kangoeres Basket Mechelen.[2]

Arenas

Duration Arena Location Capacity
2013–2018De SchalkWillebroek1,100
2018–presentWinketkaaiMechelen1,500

Names

  • 'BBC Kangoeroes-Boom (2009–2013)
  • Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek (2013–2018)
  • Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (2018–present)

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Belgian Cup
2009–10 2 Nationale II 2nd
2010–11 2 Nationale II 1st
2011–12 2 Nationale II 5th
2012–13 2 Nationale II 2nd Round of 16
2013–14 1 BLB 10th Quarterfinalist
2014–15 1 BLB 9th Round of 16
2015–16 1 BLB 9th Quarterfinalist
2016–17 1 BLB 8th Round of 16
2017–18 1 BLB 7th Round of 16

Current roster

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

Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 5 United States Cheatham, Kwan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
F 10 Belgium Oveneke, Randy 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F 12 Belgium Bogaerts, Bram 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
F 22 Belgium Creppy, Thomas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
G/F Slovenia Čebašek, Jakob 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
F/C Croatia Vraneš, Ivan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
G United States Love, Carrington 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G United States Barton, Charles 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F/C United States Edogi, T.K. 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
PG Belgium De Vreught, Sacha 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
C Romania Olah, Alexandru 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
PF Belgium Iarochevitch, Ioann 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
F Belgium Janssens, Benjamin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
G Belgium Swillen, Wout 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2018-06-19

Players

Notable players

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

Head coaches

  • Belgium Yves Defrainge (February–May 2018)
  • Belgium Paul Vervaeck (2018–present)

References

  1. ↑ "C-licentie voor Kangoeroes/Boom, niet voor Brussel". Nieuwsblad.be. 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Kangoeroes Willebroek verhuist naar Mechelen" [Kangoeroes Willebroek moves to Mechelen] (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad.be. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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