FIBA Europe Cup 01/12 19:30 3 [2] Reggio Emilia v Antwerp Giants [4] L 86-72
BNXT League 01/09 14:00 1 [2] Antwerp Giants v Okapi Aalstar [7] W 103-95
BNXT League 01/07 19:30 1 [4] Kangoeroes Basket v Antwerp Giants [2] L 79-75
BNXT League 12/26 14:00 1 [2] Antwerp Giants v Liege Basket [10] W 87-66
BNXT League 12/22 19:30 1 [10] Brussels Basketball v Antwerp Giants [2] W 65-103
BNXT League 12/19 14:00 1 [2] Antwerp Giants v Leuven Bears [5] L 68-88
FIBA Europe Cup 12/15 18:00 2 [3] Crailsheim Merlins v Antwerp Giants [4] L 91-86
FIBA Europe Cup 12/08 17:00 1 Kyiv Basket v Antwerp Giants L 90-82
BNXT League 11/21 14:00 1 [3] Antwerp Giants v Spirou Charleroi [8] W 90-81
FIBA Europe Cup 11/17 19:30 6 [4] Belfius Mons Hainaut v Antwerp Giants [3] L 86-82
BNXT League 11/13 19:30 1 Okapi Aalstar v Antwerp Giants W 69-91
FIBA Europe Cup 11/09 19:00 5 [2] Antwerp Giants v Ionikos Nikaias [3] L 87-90
BNXT League 11/07 14:00 1 Antwerp Giants v Oostende L 85-88
FIBA Europe Cup 11/03 17:00 4 [2] Sporting CP v Antwerp Giants [1] L 77-53
BNXT League 11/01 19:00 1 Antwerp Giants v Brussels Basketball W 80-74
FIBA Europe Cup 10/27 18:00 3 [2] Antwerp Giants v Belfius Mons Hainaut [4] W 77-63
BNXT League 10/22 18:30 1 Liege Basket v Antwerp Giants W 75-100
FIBA Europe Cup 10/20 16:00 2 [2] Ionikos Nikaias v Antwerp Giants [1] W 81-92
BNXT League 10/17 13:00 1 Leuven Bears v Antwerp Giants L 84-67
FIBA Europe Cup 10/13 18:00 1 [3] Antwerp Giants v Sporting CP [3] W 80-75
BNXT League 10/02 18:00 1 Antwerp Giants v Mons-Hainaut W 73-62
BNXT League 09/29 18:00 1 Antwerp Giants v Kangoeroes Basket L 85-90
BNXT League 09/26 13:00 1 Spirou Charleroi v Antwerp Giants W 65-83
BNXT League 09/24 18:30 1 Limburg United v Antwerp Giants W 72-81
Amicale intercluburi 09/05 14:00 - Donar Groningen v Antwerp Giants L 95-86
Belgia - Liga de Baschet 05/31 18:30 2 [1] Mons-Hainaut v Antwerp Giants [2] L 86-76
Belgia - Liga de Baschet 05/29 18:30 2 Antwerp Giants v Mons-Hainaut W 86-74
Belgia - Liga de Baschet 05/27 18:30 2 [1] Mons-Hainaut v Antwerp Giants [2] L 75-64
Belgia - Liga de Baschet 05/21 18:30 3 [4] Leuven Bears v Antwerp Giants [2] W 62-92
Belgia - Liga de Baschet 05/19 18:30 3 [2] Antwerp Giants v Leuven Bears [4] W 82-63

Wikipedia - Antwerp Giants

Antwerp Giants, named Telenet Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was created from the merger of Sobabee and Racing Mechelen. Then named Racing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005.

Antwerp has won the Belgian championship once, in 2000. The team has won five Belgian Cups and two Belgian Supercups.

History

In 1995, Sobabee from Antwerp and Racing Mechelen merged into Racing Basket Antwerpen. The club made its debut on the highest stage in Belgium in the 1998–99 season. Antwerp was one of the top 3 teams until 2001. In the 1999–2000 season the club won its first national championship as Telindus Antwerpen, by beating Oostende 3–1 in the Finals. The team had a setback after the championship year and ended on the 6th, 7th or 8th place for five seasons in a row. In 2007 the club won its third trophy, by winning the Belgian Basketball Cup for the second time.

The second team of the club plays in the Belgian Second Division, while the women's team participates in the regional competition.

The team holds the attendance record for a basketball game in Belgium, with 17,135 spectators, on 31 January 2015, during their game against Spirou Charleroi, in the Sportpaleis. In June 2017, it was announced that Telenet would become the main sponsor of the team for three seasons. The signing of this sponsor, previously main sponsor of Oostende, made the Giants one of the favorites in Belgian basketball.

In the 2018–19 season, Antwerp had its most successful season in club history. In Europe, it qualified for the Basketball Champions League (BCL) after advancing past three qualifying rounds. Antwerp was the surprise of the BCL season, as the team beat Murcia and Nizhny Novgorod in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. It qualified for the Final Four which was hosted in the city of Antwerp in the Sportpaleis. In the semi-finals, Antwerp lost to Iberostar Tenerife, and it won the third place game over Brose Bamberg. Domestically, Antwerp won the Belgian Basketball Cup for the first time in 12 years. In the PBL, Antwerp lost to Filou Oostende 1–3 in the finals.

Since the 2021–22 season, Antwerp plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

On 12 March 2023, the Giants won their fifth Belgian Cup title after beating Oostende in the final.

Antwerp Giants sunt o echipă de baschet belgiană din Anvers, Belgia. Clubul a fost fondat în 2004 și joacă în prezent în prima ligă belgiană. Arena de acasă a clubului este Lotto Arena, cu o capacitate de 5.218 locuri.

Antwerp Giants au câștigat două titluri de ligă, în 2012 și 2014, și o Cupă a Belgiei, în 2019. De asemenea, au participat la mai multe competiții europene, inclusiv EuroCup și Liga Campionilor de Baschet.

Echipa este cunoscută pentru stilul său de joc rapid și agresiv, bazat pe atletism și aruncări de la distanță. Jucători notabili din istoria clubului includ Axel Hervelle, Matt Lojeski și Nate Mason.

În sezonul 2022-2023, Antwerp Giants sunt conduși de antrenorul principal Roel Moors. Echipa are un nucleu puternic de jucători belgieni, inclusiv Hans Vanwijn, Ismaël Bako și Kevin Tumba.