Belfius Mons-Hainaut

Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Nickname	Renards (Foxes)
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
History	List 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
Main sponsor	Belfius
President	Ronald Gobert
Head coach	Vedran Bosnić
Championships	2 Belgian Cups
Website	monshainaut.be

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 BNXT League. The club's home arena is the 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 34 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.

Since the 2021–22 season, Mons-Hainaut plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[2]

Titles and honors

• Belgian League
  • Runners-up (6): 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21

• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2010–11

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2011

Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Belfius Mons-Hainaut roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Thielemans, Omar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999 SG 3 Neri, Giuliano 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-03-16)16 March 1999 C 5 Harris, Steve 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-04-03)3 April 1995 SG 9 Mintogo, Igor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999 PG 11 Mortant, Zaccharie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 SG 13 Braxton, Keith 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-05-16)16 May 1997 F/C 25 Gavrilović, Alex 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991 G/F 29 Depuydt, Maxime 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 PF 31 Zubac, Jure 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 G 77 Castlin, Kyle 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1996-05-30)30 May 1996 PF Besselink, Max 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-04-04)4 April 2002 SF Þrastarson, Styrmir Snær 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2001-08-02)2 August 2001	Head coach Vedran Bosnić Assistant coach(es) Frank De Meulemeester Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 4, 2023

Notable players

Head coaches

• Chris Finch (2007–2009)
• Arik Shivek (2009–2012)
• Yves Defraigne (2012–2017)
• Vedran Bosnić (2019–Present)

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:

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

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

This page was last edited on 1 March 2024, at 06:26