Belfius Mons-Hainaut

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 33 years, since the 1990–91 season.[1] Mons-Hainaut also participated in European competitions annually, mostly in the FIBA Europe Cup.

Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Belfius Mons-Hainaut logo
NicknameRenards (Foxes)
LeaguesBNXT League
Founded1959 (1959)
History
List
  • Quaregnon
    (1959–1998)
    Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut
    (1998–2001)
    Dexia Mons-Hainaut
    (2001-–2012)
    Belfius Mons-Hainaut
    (2012–present)
ArenaMons.Arena
Capacity3,700
LocationMons, Wallonia, Belgium
Team colorsWhite, Blue, Lime Green
     
Main sponsorBelfius
PresidentRonald Gobert
Head coachVedran Bosnić
Championships2 Belgian Cups
Websitemonshainaut.be

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
Runners-up (1): 2007–08
Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Belgian Cup European competitions
2008–091BLB 2nd 3 EuroChallengeT16
2009–101BLB 6th Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2010–111BLB 3rd Champion 2 EurocupT16
2011–121BLB 4th Semifinalist 2 EurocupRS
2012–131BLB 2nd Semifinalist 3 EuroChallengeRS
2013–141BLB 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupRS
2014–151BLB 2nd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallengeT16
2015–161BLB 7th Semifinalist 3 FIBA Europe CupRS
2016–171BLB 7th Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2017–181BLB 5th Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe CupR2
2018–191BLB 6th Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2019–201BLB 2nd
2020–211BLB 2nd

Players

Current roster

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

Belfius Mons-Hainaut roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 0 Belgium Thielemans, Omar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999
SG 3 Belgium Neri, Giuliano 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-03-16)16 March 1999
C 5 United States Harris, Steve 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-04-03)3 April 1995
SG 9 Belgium Mintogo, Igor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999
PG 11 Belgium Mortant, Zaccharie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-03-22)22 March 1998
SG 13 United States Braxton, Keith 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-05-16)16 May 1997
F/C 25 France Gavrilović, Alex 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1991-11-25)25 November 1991
G/F 29 Belgium Depuydt, Maxime 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992
PF 31 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zubac, Jure 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belgium Frank De Meulemeester
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: April 4, 2023

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

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

References
  1. "Historique". Monshainaut.be. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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