BAL (basketball club)

BAL
BAL
Leagues	Dutch Basketball League
Founded	9 April 2013; 11 years ago
History	BAL; (2013–present)
Arena	Sporthal Boshoven
Capacity	1,000
Location	Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
President	Jeroen van Veen
Head coach	Radenko Varagić
2019–20 position	DBL, 6th of 9
Website	basketballacademielimburg.nl
Home	Away

Former logo of the club, used until 2017

Basketball Academie Limburg, commonly known as BAL, is a professional basketball club based in Weert, Limburg, Netherlands. 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.

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.^[2] 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.

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.^[3] In its second season, BAL once again finished last in the DBL with this time five wins in 2018–19.

Season by season

Key
MIP	Most Improved Player

Season	Tier	League	Regular season					Playoffs	NBB Cup	Head coach	Individual awards
Season	Tier	League	Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Win%	Playoffs	NBB Cup	Head coach	Individual awards
BAL
2017–18	1	DBL	8th	32	4	28	.125	–	Withdrew	Radenko Varagić	Sam van Dijk (MIP)
2018–19	1	DBL	9th	34	5	29	.147	–	Eightfinals		–
2019–20^{[note 1]}	1	DBL	6th	24	9	15	.375	–	Eightfinals		–
2020–21	1	DBL					–

Players

Current roster

BAL roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
SF	4	Ackermans, Tom	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
SG	–	de Vries, Jef
G	6	de Windt, Jamayro	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G	7	Hollanders, Sander	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF	–	Jasinsky, Trevor	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF	–	Masnic, Neil	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
PF	12	Nossek, Wietze	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
PG	5	Simic, Ivan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	13	Vrede, Nathilio	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF	–	Wilson, Quattarius	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
F	8	Wirjo, Elay	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)