| Racing Club Mechelen | |||
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| Founded | 1940 | ||
| Dissolved | 1995 | ||
| Arena | Winketkaai | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Location | Mechelen,Belgium | ||
| Team colors | Green, White | ||
| Championships | 15Belgian Championships 9Belgian Cups 5Belgian Supercups | ||
Racing Club Mechelen, orRacing Club Malines, was aBelgian professionalbasketball club from the city ofMechelen, Belgium. It was the men's basketball section ofK.R.C. Mechelen. For sponsorship reasons, the club was also known asMaes Pils from the 1970s until the 1990s.
Founded in the 1940, the basketball section of KRC Mechelen obtained the number 71. The greatest period of the club was in the second part of the 20th century competing against other powerful clubs like RC Mechelen,Antwerpse BC andBus Fruit Lier from the largest cities of theAntwerp Province.
From the end of the 1960s until the end of the 1970s, RC Mechelen was always present as main rivals to theStandard BC Liège club and the Brussels sideFresh Air Basketball,BC Oostende in the 1980s, andSpirou Basket Club in the 1990s.
In total, the club won 24 Trophies between 1964 and 1994: 15 Belgian Championships and 9 Belgian Cups. Maes Pils also reached the final of theKorać Cup in 1973 where they were beaten by Italian sidePallacanestro Cantù.[1]
R.C. Mechelen folded and merged withSobabee to createRacing Basket Antwerpen, in 1995.[2] Until it was dissolved, the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club, after having won a total of 15Belgian national championships, 9Belgian Cups, and 5Belgian SuperCups.
R.C. Mechelen played its home games inMechelen, at the Winketkaai arena.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Jim Fox1966–1967
Teófilo Cruz1969–1970Ed Murphy1979–1981
Ronny Bayer1985–1990Jef Eygel1969–1970Éric Struelens1988–1995Bill Varner1988–1995Jacques Stas1992–1995Rick Raivio1985–1987Rik Samaey1985–1990
