| Kangoeroes Mechelen | |||
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| Leagues | BNXT League | ||
| Founded | 2009; 16 years ago (2009) | ||
| History | BBC Kangoeroes Boom (2009–2013) Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek (2013–2018) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (2018–present) | ||
| Arena | Winketkaai | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Location | Mechelen,Belgium | ||
| Team manager | Paul de Peuter | ||
| Head coach | Tony Van den Bosch | ||
| Championships | 1BNXT League 1Belgian Second Division | ||
| Website | kangoeroesbasket.be | ||
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known asKangoeroes orKangoeroes Mechelen, is a professionalbasketball club based inMechelen,Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in theBNXT League. Kangoeroes have been playing in the top tier division in Belgium for 12 years, since 2013.
Previously, the team played inBoom andWillebroek. In 2018, the club moved toMechelen.
The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes entered the professional first tierEthias League. The Kangoeroes received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams.[1]
In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city ofMechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team was Kangoeres Basket Mechelen.[2]
Since the2021–22 season, Kangoeroes plays in theBNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[3]
In the 2024–25 season, Kangoeroes won the BNXT League title, after finishing in the first position of the regular season with a 26–10 record. It was the Kangoeroes' first trophy at the highest level.[4]
| Duration | Arena | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2018 | De Schalk | Willebroek | 1,100 |
| 2018–present | Winketkaai | Mechelen | 1,500 |
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Belgian Cup | European competitions | |
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| 2009–10 | 2 | Second Division | 2nd | |||
| 2010–11 | 2 | Second Division | 1st | |||
| 2011–12 | 2 | Second Division | 5th | |||
| 2012–13 | 2 | Second Division | 2nd | Round of 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | 1 | BLB | 10th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2014–15 | 1 | BLB | 9th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | BLB | 9th | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | BLB | 8th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | BLB | 7th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | BLB | 8th | Round of 16 | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | PBL | 7th | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | PBL | 7th | Runners-up | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | BNXT | BE 2nd | Quarterfinalist | ||
| BNXT 5th | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 1 | BNXT | BE 3rd | Quarterfinalist | ||
| BNXT 9th | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 1 | BNXT | BE 5th | Semifinalist | ||
| BNXT 11th | ||||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | BNXT | BE 2nd | Quarterfinalist | ||
| BNXT 1st | ||||||
| 2025–26 | 1 | BNXT | BE | 4Europe Cup | QR | |
| BNXT | ||||||
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Toarlyn Fitzpatrick(1 season: 2013–14)
Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca(1 season: 2013–14)
Mohamed Kherrazi(1 season: 2020–21)Jito Kok(2 seasons: 2019–21)
Domien Loubry(2 seasons: 2020–present)Wen Mukubu(1 seasons: 2021–2024)Paul Vervaeck (2009–2012) Tom Poppe (2012)
Aleksander Peldic (2013–2014) Daniel Goethals (2014–2017)
Damir Milačić (2017–2018) Yves Defraigne (2018)Paul Vervaeck (2018–2021) Kristof Michiels (2021–2024) Tony Van den Bosch (2024–present)Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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