Pro Basketball League

Pro Basketball League

Founded	1928; 91 years ago (1928)
Country	Belgium
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Belgian Cup
Supercup	Belgian Supercup
International cup(s)	Basketball Champions League FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions	Oostende (19th title) (2018)
Most championships	Oostende (19 titles)
President	Arthur Goethals
Website	euromillionsbasketball.be
2018–19 Pro Basketball League

The Pro Basketball League (PBL)^[1], for sponsorship reasons, known as the EuroMillions Basketball League, is the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for clubs. Through 2014, for sponsorship reasons, the league was previously known as the Ethias League, and from 2014–2016, it was known as the Scoore! League, for sponsorship reasons. The league is organized by the Basketball League Belgium. The current president of the league is Arthur Goethals.^[2]

The most successful team in the league is Oostende, which holds the record for the most league titles won, with 16, and the now defunct team of Racing Mechelen is second, with 15.

Contents

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  1 Sponsorship names
  


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  2 Format and rules
  


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  3 Licensing
  


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  4 Current clubs
  


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  5 Finals
  
  
  
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    5.1 Appearances by team
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Title holders
  


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  7 Performance by club
  


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  8 Individual awards
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

Sponsorship names

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  Until 2014: Ethias League


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  2014–2016: Scooore! League


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  2016–present EuroMillions Basketball League^[3]
  

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  Ethias League logo
  

  
  

  
  


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  Scooore! League logo (2014–2016)
  

  
  

  
  

Format and rules

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 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.

Licensing

Teams that play in the BLB all have to get a license to play in the league. There are three types of licenses:^[4][5]

• A-license: for teams who have more than a € 1 million budget. A-licensed team can qualify for European competitions.


• B-license: teams with at least a €750,000 budget. B-licensed teams can't qualify for European play.


• C-licence: given to teams that are on the rise, with a budget of at least €400,000. C-licenses do not allow teams to qualify for European play and have to get replaced by B-licenses after two years.

Current clubs

Club	City	Arena	Capacity
Basic-Fit Brussels	Brussels	Complexe sportif de Neder-Over-Hembeek	7003120000000000000♠1,200
Limburg United	Hasselt	Alverberg-sporthal	7003173000000000000♠1,730
Belfius Mons-Hainaut	Mons	Mons.Arena	7003400000000000000♠4,000
Proximus Spirou	Charleroi	Spiroudome	7003620000000000000♠6,200
Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek	Willebroek	Sporthal de Schalk	7003100000000000000♠1,000
Liège Basket	Liège	Country Hall Ethias Liège	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Okapi Aalstar	Aalst	Okapi Forum	7003280000000000000♠2,800
Port of Antwerp Giants	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	7003521800000000000♠5,218
Stella Artois Leuven Bears	Leuven	Sportoase	7003340000000000000♠3,400
Telenet Oostende	Ostend	Sleuyter Arena	7003500000000000000♠5,000

Finals

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.

Season	Champions	Score	Runners-up
2004–05	Bree	3–1	Spirou Charleroi
2005–06	Oostende	3–1	Mons-Hainaut
2006–07	Oostende	3–2	Bree
2007–08	Spirou Charleroi	3–0	Bree
2008–09	Spirou Charleroi	3–0	Mons-Hainaut
2009–10	Spirou Charleroi	3–1	Liège Basket
2010–11	Spirou Charleroi	3–0	Okapi Aalstar
2011–12	Oostende	3–2	Spirou Charleroi
2012–13	Oostende	3–0	Mons-Hainaut
2013–14	Oostende	3–2	Okapi Aalstar
2014–15	Oostende	3–1	Mons-Hainaut
2015–16	Oostende	3–1	Okapi Aalstar
2016–17	Oostende	3–1	Brussels
2017–18	Oostende	3–0	Antwerp Giants

Appearances by team

Team	Total appearances	Won	Lost
Oostende	9	9	0
Spirou Charleroi	5	4	2
Mons-Hainaut	4	0	4
Bree	3	1	2
Okapi Aalstar	3	0	3
Liège	1	0	1
Brussels	1	0	1
Antwerp Giants	1	0	1

Title holders

1927–28 Brussels A.C. 1928–29 Daring B.C. 1929–30 Brussels A.C. 1930–31 Brussels A.C. 1931–32 Daring B.C. 1932–33 Brussels A.C. 1933–34 Daring B.C. 1934–35 Amicale Sportive 1935–36 Amicale Sportive 1936–37 Fresh Air 1937–38 Fresh Air 1938–39 Royal IV 1939–41 Not held due to WWII 1941–42 Royal IV 1942–45 Not held due to WWII 1945–46 Semailles 1946–47 Semailles 1947–48 Semailles 1948–49 Semailles 1949–50 Semailles 1950–51 Semailles 1951–52 Royal IV 1953–53 Royal IV 1953–54 Royal IV 1954–55 Hellas Gent 1955–56 Antwerpse 1956–57 Royal IV 1957–58 Royal IV 1958–59 Antwerpse 1959–60 Antwerpse

1960–61 Antwerpse 1961–62 Antwerpse 1962–63 Antwerpse 1963–64 Antwerpse 1964–65 Racing Mechelen 1965–66 Racing Mechelen 1966–67 Racing Mechelen 1967–68 Standard Liège 1968–69 Racing Bell Mechelen 1969–70 Standard Liège 1970–71 Bus Fruit Lier 1971–72 Bus Fruit Lier 1972–73 Racing Antwerpen 1973–74 Maes Pils 1974–75 Maes Pils 1975–76 Maes Pils 1976–77 Standard Liège 1977–78 Fresh Air 1978–79 Fresh Air 1979–80 Maes Pils 1980–81 Sunair Oostende 1981–82 Sunair Oostende 1982–83 Sunair Oostende 1983–84 Sunair Oostende 1984–85 Sunair Oostende 1985–86 Sunair Oostende 1986–87 Maes Pils 1987–88 Sunair Oostende 1988–89 Maes Pils 1989–90 Maes Pils

1990–91 Maes Pils 1991–92 Maes Pils 1992–93 Maes Pils 1993–94 Maes Pils 1994–95 Sunair Oostende 1995–96 Spirou 1996–97 Spirou 1997–98 Spirou 1998–99 Spirou 1999–00 Telindus Racing Antwerpen 2000–01 Telindus Oostende 2001–02 Telindus Oostende 2002–03 Spirou 2003–04 Spirou 2004–05 Euphony Bree 2005–06 Telindus Oostende 2006–07 Telindus Oostende 2007–08 Spirou 2008–09 Spirou 2009–10 Spirou 2010–11 Spirou 2011–12 Telenet Oostende 2012–13 Telenet Oostende 2013–14 Telenet Oostende 2014–15 Telenet Oostende 2015–16 Telenet Oostende 2016-17 Telenet Oostende 2017-18 Telenet Oostende

Performance by club

Key

+	Denotes a team that has been dissolved.

Titles	Team	Seasons
19	Oostende	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
15	Racing Mechelen+	1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
10	Spirou	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
8	Antwerpse+	1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973
7	Royal IV+	1939, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958
6	Semailles+	1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
4	Fresh Air	1937, 1938, 1978, 1979
4	Brussels A.C.+	1928, 1930, 1931, 1933
3	Daring B.C.+	1929, 1932, 1934
3	Standard Liège+	1968, 1970, 1977
2	Lier+	1971, 1972
2	Amicale Sportive+	1935, 1936
1	Bree+	2005
1	Antwerp Giants	2000
1	Hellas Gent+	1955

Individual awards

Not all awards are official ones handed out by the league itself, but all are regarded and respected as BLB awards. As example the Belgian Player of the Year award is handed out by the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, but the league itself reports the winner on its website.

• Belgian Basketball Player of the year


• Coach of the Year


• MVP


• Star of the Coaches


• Young Player of the Year

References

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   ^ "Arthur Goethals nieuwe voorzitter Pro Basketball League". Het Nieuwsblad.
   


3. 
   ^ "Scooore! League makes way for Euromillions Basketball League". Scooore! League. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ "A, B en C-licentie in 2009-2010 in Ethias League". Nieuwsblad.be. March 12, 2009.
   


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   ^ "Licentiereglement vzw BLB ter deelname aan competitie – Types van licentie" (PDF). BLB.
   

External links

• Official website


• Eurobasket.com League Page

v t e EuroMillions Basketball League
Basketball League Belgium
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Clubs	2017–18 Giants Antwerp Oostende Kangoeroes Willebroek Excelsior Brussels Belfius Mons-Hainaut Okapi Aalstar Spirou Charleroi Leuven Bears Liège Limburg United Former Bree Gent Hawks R.C. Mechelen Wevelgem GSG Aarschot Melco Ieper Maccabi Brussels Standard Liège Wolves Verviers-Pepinster
Awards	Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Belgian Player of the Year Star of the Coaches Most Promising Player of the Year
Statistical leaders	Scoring Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks
Related competitions (awards)	Belgian Cup (Belgian Cup MVP) Belgian Supercup
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