Résultats

Ligue BNXT 05/12 13:00 3 [9] Donar Groningen v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 89-57
BNXT - Pays-Bas 05/10 18:00 3 Basketball Academie Limburg v Donar Groningen W 85-71
BNXT - Pays-Bas 05/08 17:30 3 Donar Groningen v Basketball Academie Limburg L 78-66
Ligue BNXT 05/03 18:30 - [7] Liege Basket v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 86-70
Ligue BNXT 05/01 18:00 1 [10] Basketball Academie Limburg v Limburg United [6] L 72-84
Ligue BNXT 04/27 18:30 1 [1] Oostende v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 112-60
Ligue BNXT 04/20 18:00 1 [10] Basketball Academie Limburg v Spirou Charleroi [7] L 58-98
Ligue BNXT 04/12 18:00 1 [3] Antwerp Giants v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 89-68
Ligue BNXT 04/05 18:30 - [7] Spirou Charleroi v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 82-80
Ligue BNXT 03/30 19:00 1 [10] Basketball Academie Limburg v Antwerp Giants [5] L 68-82
Ligue BNXT 03/23 19:00 1 [10] Basketball Academie Limburg v Liege Basket [7] W 86-84
Ligue BNXT 03/15 19:30 1 [6] Limburg United v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] L 75-60

Wikipedia - BAL (basketball club)

Basketball Academie Limburg, commonly known as BAL, is a Dutch basketball club based in Weert in the province of Limburg. The club was founded in 2013 as an academy to develop youth players from the province of Limburg. The club entered the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season after the dissolution of the professional team BSW. Currently, the team plays in the BNXT League.

In 2021, BAL won its first-ever trophy when it won the DBL Cup in surprising fashion as the team was ranked eight in the DBL that season.

History

Foundation

The club was established on 9 April 2013 to function as a club for regional talent from the province of Limburg. In its first years, the team played with several youth teams in domestic competitions.

In the 2017 offseason the professional club BSW from Weert and BAL intended a merger, which would integrate BSW into BAL. Following BSW going defunct during this offseason, BAL decided to take its place in the DBL. As BAL played in the same home arena and the team consisted of several of the same players, the team can be considered a phoenix club. Radenko Varagić coached the team.

First DBL seasons

In its debut season, BAL finished in the ninth and last place in the DBL, winning 4 out of its 32 games. The team consisted of a selection of young promising players, such as guard Sam van Dijk who was named the DBL Most Improved Player in the club's debut season. On 1 August 2018, BAL signed its first ever foreign player when American center Tony Washington signed for one year. In its second season, BAL once again finished last in the DBL with this time five wins in 2018–19.

In the 2020–21 season, BAL reached the playoffs for the first time after finishing in the eight seed. This season the team also won the 2021 DBL Cup, the club's first-ever trophy. In the semi-finals, BAL upset first-seeded ZZ Leiden and in the final the team was too strong for Yoast United. Trevor Jasinsky led the team in scoring in the final with 27 points.

Since the 2021–22 season, BAL plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Le club de basket-ball néerlandais "Weert" est basé dans la ville de Weert, dans le sud des Pays-Bas. Fondé en 1954, le club a évolué dans différentes divisions néerlandaises au fil des ans. L'équipe première joue actuellement en deuxième division néerlandaise, appelée Eerste Divisie. Le club dispose également d'une académie des jeunes avec des équipes dans différentes catégories d'âge. Les couleurs du club sont le bleu et le blanc. La salle de sport du club s'appelle "Sporthal Boshoven".