| Windrose Giants Antwerp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Leagues | BNXT League | |||
| Founded | 1995; 30 years ago (1995) | |||
| History | Racing Antwerpen 1995–2006 Antwerp Giants 2006–present | |||
| Arena | Lotto Arena | |||
| Capacity | 5,500 | |||
| Location | Antwerp,Belgium | |||
| Team colors | Red, White, Black, Yellow | |||
| President | Björn Verhoeven | |||
| General manager | Eddy Faus | |||
| Head coach | Roel Moors | |||
| Team captain | Jean-Marc Mwema | |||
| Championships | 1Belgian Championships 4Belgian Cups 2Belgian Supercups | |||
| Retired numbers | 1 (4) | |||
| Website | antwerpgiants.be | |||
Antwerp Giants, namedWindrose Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, is aBelgian professionalbasketball club based inAntwerp. Their home arena isLotto Arena. The club plays in theBNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketball.The club was created from the merger ofSobabee andRacing Mechelen. Then namedRacing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005.
Antwerp has won the Belgian championship once, in 2000. The team has won fiveBelgian Cups and twoBelgian Supercups.
In 1995,Sobabee fromAntwerp andRacing Mechelen merged intoRacing 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 asTelindus Antwerpen, by beatingOostende 3–1 in the Finals. The team had a setback after the championship year and ended in the 6th, 7th or 8th place for five seasons in a row. In 2007 the club won its third trophy, by winning theBelgian 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 againstSpirou Charleroi, in theSportpaleis.[1] In June 2017, it was announced thatTelenet would become the main sponsor of the team for three seasons.[2] The signing of this sponsor, previously the 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 theBasketball Champions League (BCL) after advancing past three qualifying rounds. Antwerp was the surprise of the BCL season, as the team beatMurcia andNizhny Novgorod in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. It qualified for theFinal Four which was hosted in the city of Antwerp in theSportpaleis. In the semi-finals, Antwerp lost toIberostar Tenerife, and it won the third place game overBrose Bamberg.[3] Domestically, Antwerp won theBelgian Basketball Cup for the first time in 12 years.[4] In the PBL, Antwerp lost toFilou Oostende 1–3 in the finals.
Since the2021–22 season, Antwerp plays in theBNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.[5]
On 12 March 2023, the Giants won their fifth Belgian Cup title after beatingOostende in the final.[6]
On 8 July, 2024 Antwerp got a new name sponsor. The companyWindrose Technology, which is located in electronic trucks are the new name sponsor. The new team name is Windrose Giants Antwerp.[7]
Due to sponsorship reasons, the name of the club has frequently changed:
| Antwerp Giants retired numbers | |||||
| N° | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  | Roel Moors | PG | 2000–2002, 2009–2015 | October 8, 2015[8] |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | W–L | BNXT | Belgian Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2010–11 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 18–17 | – | Semifinalist | 3EuroChallenge | L16 | 4–1–3 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 23–11 | Runner-up | 3EuroChallenge | T16 | 6–6 | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 17–13 | Last 16 | 3EuroChallenge | RS | 4–2 | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Division I | 4th | 21–21 | Runner-up | 3EuroChallenge | T16 | 7–5 | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Division I | 6th | 16–17 | Semifinalist | 3EuroChallenge | T16 | 6–6 | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Division I | 5th | 14–16 | Runner-up | 3FIBA Europe Cup | QF | 13–4 | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 25–17 | Quarterfinalist | 4FIBA Europe Cup | R2 | 8–4 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Division I | 2nd | 31–12 | Quarterfinalist | 3Champions League | QR3 | 5–1 | |
| 4FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 3–3 | |||||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Division I | 2nd | 35–9 | Champion | 3Champions League | 3rd | 15–9 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Division I | 3rd[a] | 11–6 | Champion | 3Champions League | RS | 4–10 | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Division I | 3rd | 20–11 | Quarterfinals | 2EuroCup | RS | 1–9 | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BNXT | 4th | 17–11 | 6th | Semifinalist | 4FIBA Europe Cup | R2 | 5–7 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BNXT | 2nd | 22–6 | 5th | Champion | 4FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 3–5 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BNXT | 2nd | 22–8 | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | BNXT | 6th | 23–13 | 6th | Semifinalist | 4FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 2–4 |
| Name | Nat. | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Arik Shivek |  | 2005–2007 |
| Sven van Camp | | 2007–2008 |
| Eddy Casteels | | 2008–2013 |
| Paul Vervaeck | | 2013–2015 |
| Roel Moors | | 2015–2019 |
| Christophe Beghin | | 2019–2022 |
| Luc Smout | | 2022 |
| Ivica Skelin |  | 2022–2024 |
| Geert Hammink |  | 2024 |
| Jill Lorent | | 2024–2025 |
| Roel Moors | | 2025–present |
A list of former players of Antwerp Giants since 2000
Kevin Punter (2017)Jordan Callahan (2014)Maxime De Zeeuw (2012–14)Yannick Driesen (2012–14)Marko Špica (2013–14)Frank Turner (2013–14)Clayton Vette (2013–14)Ralph Biggs (2010–13)Jason Love (2012–13)
Salah Mejri (2010–12)Michael Roll (2010–12)Julian Vaughn (2011–12)Christophe Beghin (2008–10)Thomas Gardner (2009–10)Nick Oudendag (2007–09)Brian Lynch (2008–09)
Mladen Sekularac (2005–08)Ryan Sears (2007–08)Ian Hanavan (2007–08)Ayinde Ubaka (2007–08)Len Matela (2003–07)Gur Shelef (2005–07)Domien Loubry (2001–06)Sebastien Bellin (2003–06)
Peter Lorant (2005–06)Ron Ellis (2004–05)
Shaun Stonerook (2000–01)Otis Hill (2000–01)Speedy Smith (2020)Milos Babic (2000–01)Andy Van Vliet (2014–15)Hans Vanwijn (2017–20)Jean-Marc Nwema (2009–16, 2021–24)
