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(1910–1972) Racing Basket Antwerpen (1972–1973) Racing Ford Antwerpen (1973–1974) Racing Thorens Antwerpen (1974–1975) Sobabee (1975–1995) Location Antwerp, Belgium Championships 8 Belgian Championships **Antwerpse Basketball Club** was a professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) club based in the city of [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp), [Belgium](/source/Belgium). ## History Antwerpse was founded in May 1910 Jos De Combe Sr. and became a very successful club in Belgian basketball mostly from the mid-'50s to the mid-'70s winning eight titles in the [BLB](/source/Basketball_League_Belgium_Division_I) Belgian Cup twice. The women's team also won seven national titles. In 1972 the club changed its official name to **Racing Basket Antwerpen**. In the next season (1973–74) it adopted for sponsorship reasons the name **Racing Ford Antwerpen**, and then **Racing Thorens Antwerpen**. In 1975 In 1975 the club moved to Lier for one season and played under the name Immo Scheers Lier. In 1976 the club moved back to [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp) and merged with various Antwerp clubs such as **Zaziko**, **Brabo**, **Tunnel** and other teams which formed a new club with the name **Sobabee**. At the end of the 1982-83 season, the debt-laden club was forced to sell out players and remain inactive for the following season. From the 1984-1985 season they played in the second division. Finally in 1995 Sobabee merged with the other legendary club of Belgian basketball, [Racing Mechelen](/source/R.C._Mechelen), and created a new club based in Antwerp which now is known as [Antwerp Giants](/source/Antwerp_Giants). ## Honours and achievements **[Belgian League](/source/List_of_Belgian_basketball_champions)** - **Champions** (8): 1955–56, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1972–73 **[Belgian Cup](/source/Belgian_Basketball_Cup)** - **Winners** (3): 1960–61, 1971–72, 1973–74 - Runners-up (2): 1955–56, 1958–59 **[Second division](/source/Top_Division_Men_One) (1)**: - **Champions**: 1979-80 ## European participations The club has competed for 9 seasons in European competitions organized by [FIBA Europe](/source/FIBA_Europe) from 1958 until 1974. - [FIBA Euroleague/Suproleague](/source/FIBA_European_Champions_Cup_and_EuroLeague_history): 7 times (1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1973–74) - [Cup Winners' Cup](/source/Saporta_Cup): 2 times (1972–73, 1974–75)[1] ## Rivalries A well-known rivalry was the city derby against Zaziko BBC, an Antwerp club founded in 1949. ## Notable players - [Michael Huger](/source/Michael_Huger) - [Willy Steveniers](/source/Willy_Steveniers) - [Josef du Jardin](/source/Josef_du_Jardin) - [Jef Eygel](/source/Jef_Eygel) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Belgium clubs - sathanasias](https://web.archive.org/web/20141113092540/http://sathanasias.bravepages.com/b-teams/bt-bel.html#Standard) v t e Pro Basketball League Basketball League Belgium Seasons 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 replaced by BNXT League Clubs 2020–21 season Mons-Hainaut Okapi Aalst Oostende Limburg United Kangoeroes Mechelen Phoenix Brussels Spirou Charleroi Leuven Bears Antwerp Giants Liège Basket Former Antwerpse Bree Fresh Air Gent Hawks GSG Aarschot Lier Maccabi Brussels SKT Ieper R.C. Mechelen Standard Liège Wevelgem Wolves Verviers-Pepinster Awards Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Belgian Player of the Year Star of the Coaches Rising Star Lifetime Achievement Award Statistical leaders Scoring Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Related competitions (awards) Belgian Cup (Belgian Cup MVP) Belgian Supercup replaced by BNXT Supercup Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Antwerpse B.C.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerpse_B.C.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerpse_B.C.?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.