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
Notable players
List of head coaches Period Coach Nationality 2004–2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016
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 AwayAgg 1988–89 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup T71 Dudelange 94–40 94–64188–104 Cholet 56–75 42–8098–155 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup Valladolid 83–103 80–104 163–207 1994–95 FIBA European League Thames Valley Tigers 62–78 94–96156–174 Notes
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueNBB Cup European competitions1982–831 Eredivisie 7th 1983–841 Eredivisie 5th 1984–851 Eredivisie 6th 1985–861 Eredivisie 5th 1986–871 Eredivisie 6th 1987–881 Eredivisie 2nd 1988–891 Eredivisie 3rd 1 Cup Winners' Cup 1989–901 Eredivisie 4th 1990–911 Eredivisie 5th 1991–921 Eredivisie 4th 3 Korać Cup 1992–931 Eredivisie Runner–up 1993–941 Eredivisie Runner–up 1994–951 Eredivisie 5th 1 European League 1995–961 Eredivisie 7th 1996–971 Eredivisie 4th 1997–981 Eredivisie 5th 1998–991 Eredivisie 3rd 1999–001 Eredivisie 5th 2000–011 Eredivisie 2ndRunner–up 2001–021 Eredivisie 8th 2002–031 Eredivisie 5th 2003–041 Eredivisie 8th 2004–051 Eredivisie 10th 2005–061 Eredivisie 8th 2006–071 Eredivisie 4th 2007–081 Eredivisie 8th 2008–091 Eredivisie 7th 2009–101 Eredivisie 8th Quarterfinalist2010–111 DBL 7th Quarterfinalist2011–121 DBL 7th Semifinalist 2012–131 DBL 8th Fourth round 2013–141 DBL 10th Fourth round 2014–151 DBL 8th Quarterfinalist 2015–161 DBL 8th 2016–171 DBL 8th
References
External links Official website