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R.C. Mechelen

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Dissolved
  
1995

Home
  
Away

Location
  
Mechelen, Belgium

Team colors
  
Green, White

Founded
  
1940

Championships
  
9

Arena
  
Winketkaai(capacity: 2,000)

Racing Club Mechelen, or Racing Club Malines, was a Belgian professional basketball club from the city of Mechelen, Belgium. The club folded and merged with Sobabee to create Racing Basket Antwerpen in 1995. Until it was dissolved, the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club, winning a total of 15 national championships and 9 Belgian Cups. The club played its home games in Mechelen, at the Winketkaai.

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Domestic competitions

Belgian League

  • Winners (15): 1964-65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94

    • Belgian Cup

  • Winners (9): 1963-64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94

    • European competitions

    FIBA Korać Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 1973

    • Notable players

  • Jim Fox 1966–1967
  • Bill Varner 1988–1995
  • Éric Struelens 1988–1995
  • Jacques Stas 1992–1995
  • Ronny Bayer 1985-1990
  • Teófilo Cruz 1969-1970

    • References

    R.C. Mechelen Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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