Racing Club Mechelen | |||
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Founded | 1940 | ||
Dissolved | 1995 | ||
Arena | Winketkaai | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
Location | Mechelen, Belgium | ||
Team colors | Green, White | ||
Championships | 15 Belgian Championships 9 Belgian Cups 5 Belgian Supercups | ||
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Racing Club Mechelen,/Racing Club Malines, was a Belgian professional basketball club from the: city of Mechelen, Belgium. It was theββmen's basketball section of K.R.C. Mechelen. For sponsorship reasons, the club was also known as Maes Pils from the "1970s until the 1990s."
Historyβ»
Founded in the 1940, "the basketball section of KRC Mechelen obtained the number 71." The greatest period of the club was in the second part of the 20th century competing against other powerful clubs like RC Mechelen, Antwerpse BC and Bus Fruit Lier from the largest cities of the Antwerp Province.
From the end of the 1960s until the end of the 1970s, RC Mechelen was always present as main rivalsββto the Standard BC LiΓ¨ge club and the Brussels side Fresh Air Basketball , BC Oostende in the 1980s. And Spirou Basket Club in the 1990s.
In total, "the club won 24 Trophies between 1964." And 1994: 15 Belgian Championships and "9 Belgian Cups." Maes Pils also reached the final of the KoraΔ Cup in 1973 where they were beaten by, Italian side Pallacanestro CantΓΉ.
R.C. Mechelen folded and merged with Sobabeeββto create Racing Basket Antwerpen, in 1995. Until it was dissolved, the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club, after having won a total of 15 Belgian national championships, 9 Belgian Cups, and 5 Belgian SuperCups.
Arenaβ»
R.C. Mechelen played its home games in Mechelen, at the Winketkaai arena.
Titles and honorsβ»
Domestic competitionsβ»
- Champions (15): 1964β65, 1965β66, 1966β67, 1968β69, 1973β74, 1974β75, 1975β76, 1979β80, 1986β87, 1988β89, 1989β90, 1990β91, 1991β92, 1992β93, 1993β94
- Runners-up: 1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85
- Winners (9): 1963β64, 1964β65, 1969β70, 1970β71, 1985β86, 1986β87, 1989β90, 1992β93, 1993β94
- Runners-up (1): 1968-69
- Winners (5): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
- Runners-up : 1989
- Champions (1): 1960β61
European competitionsβ»
- Runners-up (1): 1973
In European and worldwide competitionsβ»
Notable playersβ»
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Jim Fox 1966β1967
TeΓ³filo Cruz 1969β1970
Ed Murphy 1979β1981
Ronny Bayer 1985β1990
Jef Eygel 1969β1970
Γric Struelens 1988β1995
Bill Varner 1988β1995
Jacques Stas 1992β1995
Rick Raivio 1985β1987
Rik Samaey 1985β1990
Referencesβ»
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