| Color 1 | white |
|---|---|
| Color 2 |
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| Color 3 |
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| Leagues | BNXT League |
| Founded | 1959 (age 67) |
| Arena | Mons.Arena |
| Capacity | 3,700 |
| Location | Mons, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Colors | White, Blue, Lime Green |
| President | Ronald Gobert |
| Captain | Sigfredo Casero-Ortiz |
| Championships | 2 Belgian Cups |
| Website | monshainaut.be |
Union Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the club has been a regular in the Belgian first division as the club plays in the highest tier for years, since the 1990–91 season.[1] Mons-Hainaut also participated in European competitions annually, mostly in the FIBA Europe Cup.
History
The club won the Belgian Cup in 2006, and reached the Belgian national league's final the same season. In 2008, Dexia Mons-Hainaut was the EuroChallenge runner-up. They won their second Belgian Cup in 2011.
Since the 2021–22 season, Mons-Hainaut plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[2]
Titles and honors
- Belgian Cup
- Winners (2): 2005–06, 2010–11
- Runners-up (1): 2007–08
- Belgian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2011
- Runners-up (1): 2006
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Belgian Cup | European competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | 1 | BLB | 2nd | 3 EuroChallenge | T16 | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | BLB | 6th | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2010–11 | 1 | BLB | 3rd | Champion | 2 Eurocup | T16 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | BLB | 4th | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2012–13 | 1 | BLB | 2nd | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RS |
| 2013–14 | 1 | BLB | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2014–15 | 1 | BLB | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | T16 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BLB | 7th | Semifinalist | 3 FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BLB | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| 2017–18 | 1 | BLB | 5th | Runner-up | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BLB | 6th | Semifinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BLB | 2nd | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | BLB | 2nd | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QF | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BNXT | BE 5th | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| BNXT 8th | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | BNXT | BE 8th | |||
| BNXT 13th | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | BNXT | BE 7th | Round of 16 | ||
| BNXT 12th | ||||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | BNXT | BE 8th | Round of 16 | ||
| BNXT 9th | ||||||
| 2025–26 | 1 | BNXT | BE 10th | Round of 16 | ||
| BNXT 16th | ||||||
Players
Notable players
- Ronny Bayer
- Lionel Bosco
- Jean-Marc Jaumin
- Max Besselink
- Omar Cook
- Nate Reinking
- Evaldas Jocys
- Brandon Costner
- George Evans
- Sean Singletary
- Jerel McNeal
- Justin Gray
Head coaches
- Chris Finch (2007–2009)
- Arik Shivek (2009–2012)
- Yves Defraigne (2012–2017)
- Vedran Bosnić (2019–Present)
Arena
Home games are played in Mons.Arena, where there is place for 3,700 people per game.
Sponsorship naming and logos
Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:
References
- ^ "Historique". Monshainaut.be. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend" (in Dutch). Basketball League. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
External links
- Official website (in French)