BSW (basketball club)

For the active professional club from Weert, see Basketball Academie Limburg.

BSW
Leagues	Dutch Basketball League
Founded	1968
Dissolved	2017
Arena	Sporthal Boshoven
Capacity	1,000
Location	Weert, Netherlands
Ownership	Stichting Basketball Stars Weert
Championships	1 Dutch League
Home Away

Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League. Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven.

The club was a regular participant in the Dutch top division, as the side from Weert appeared in the Eredivisie (later DBL) for 34 straight seasons. The highlight of the club was the national championship in the 1993–94 season. The club finished three times as runner-up in the DBL: in 1988, 1993 and 2001. As well, BSW made European appearances with the most notable being the one in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, the highest European level, in 1994–95.

In 2017 the club was dissolved after financial problems and the inability to gain enough money to participate. However, the club was replaced by BAL from Weert.

Names

BSW has known a lot of different names in its history, mainly because of sponsorship reasons.

• 1982–1984 : Coveco
• 1984–1987 : Kaypro
• 1987–1990 : Miniware
• 1990–1993 : Selex
• 1993–1996 : Lanèche
• 1996–2000 : BS Weert
• 2000–2002 : Vanilla
• 2002–2003 : BS Weert
• 2003–2004 : Solskin
• 2004–2005 : BS Weert
• 2005–2010 : Upstairs Weert
• 2010–2011 : BS Weert
• 2011–2013 : Stepco
• 2013–2014 : Maxxcom
• 2014–2017: BS Weert

Players

See also: Category:BSW (basketball club) players

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

• Kevin McDuffie
• Richard van Poelgeest
• Sonique Nixon
• Ralph Biggs
• Terence Stansbury
• Rahmon Fletcher
• Glenn Stokes
• Niels Vorenhout
• Jeremy Ormskerk
• Kenneth van Kempen

List of head coaches

Period	Coach	Nationality
2004–2010	Olivier van Kempen
2010–2011	Terence Stansbury
2011–2013	Jim Meil
2013–2015	Niels Vorenhout
2015–2016	Radenko Varagic

Honours

• Dutch Basketball League
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
• NBB Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg
1988–89	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	T71 Dudelange	94–40	94–64	188–104
		Second round	Cholet	56–75	42–80	98–155
1991–92	FIBA Korać Cup	First round	Valladolid	83–103	80–104	163–207
1994–95	FIBA European League	First round	Thames Valley Tigers	62–78	94–96	156–174

Notes

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	NBB Cup	European competitions
1982–83	1	Eredivisie	7th
1983–84	1	Eredivisie	5th
1984–85	1	Eredivisie	6th
1985–86	1	Eredivisie	5th
1986–87	1	Eredivisie	6th
1987–88	1	Eredivisie	2nd
1988–89	1	Eredivisie	3rd		1 Cup Winners' Cup	R2	3–1
1989–90	1	Eredivisie	4th
1990–91	1	Eredivisie	5th
1991–92	1	Eredivisie	4th		3 Korać Cup	R1	0–2
1992–93	1	Eredivisie	2nd	Runner–up
1993–94	1	Eredivisie	1st	Runner–up
1994–95	1	Eredivisie	5th		1 European League	R1	0–2
1995–96	1	Eredivisie	7th
1996–97	1	Eredivisie	4th
1997–98	1	Eredivisie	5th
1998–99	1	Eredivisie	3rd
1999–00	1	Eredivisie	5th
2000–01	1	Eredivisie	2nd	Runner–up
2001–02	1	Eredivisie	8th
2002–03	1	Eredivisie	5th
2003–04	1	Eredivisie	8th
2004–05	1	Eredivisie	10th
2005–06	1	Eredivisie	8th
2006–07	1	Eredivisie	4th
2007–08	1	Eredivisie	8th
2008–09	1	Eredivisie	7th
2009–10	1	Eredivisie	8th	Quarterfinalist
2010–11	1	DBL	7th	Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	DBL	7th	Semifinalist
2012–13	1	DBL	8th	Fourth round
2013–14	1	DBL	10th	Fourth round
2014–15	1	DBL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	DBL	8th
2016–17	1	DBL	8th

External links

• Official website Archived 2017-05-03 at the Wayback Machine