Leuven Bears

Leuven Bears
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
History	List Telindus Leuven (1999–2001) Vastiau-Godeau Leuven (2001–2003) Basket Groot Leuven (2003–2007) Spotter Leuven (2007–2009) Leuven Bears (2009–present)
Arena	Sportoase
Capacity	3,400
Location	Leuven, Belgium
Team colors	Black, Orange, White
Main sponsor	Stella Artois
President	Ben De Goignies
Head coach	Kristof Michiels
Championships	1 Belgian Cup
Website	leuvenbears.be
Home Away

Leuven Bears, for sponsorship reasons also called Stella Artois Leuven Bears, is a Belgian professional basketball club from Leuven. The club competes in the BNXT League, the highest tier in Belgian basketball.

The team has played in the Belgian First Division since 1999 and has participated in the Belgian Cup since 1954, winning the tournament in 2005. The Belgian Cup victory earned the team a place in the 2005–06 FIBA EuroCup where it finished fourth in its opening-round group and was eliminated.

Since the 2021–22 season, Leuven plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[1]

• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2004–05

Leuven Bears roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 2 Benson, Casey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1995-04-10)10 April 1995 F 4 Mukubu, Wen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 41 – (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 PF 6 Vanderstraeten, Viktor 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2006-05-03)3 May 2006 SF 7 Baumann, Noah 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-01-17)17 January 1999 SF 8 Nunes, Remco 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2002-01-15)15 January 2002 PG 9 Willems, Wouter 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-03-30)30 March 2000 SF 10 Nunes, Tiago 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2002-01-15)15 January 2002 PG 11 Bucumi, Roel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2003-08-11)11 August 2003 C 14 Rogiers, Roby 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 G 15 Freidel, Noah 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-11-26)26 November 2000 PG 17 Schauvlieger, Steff 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2002-09-19)19 September 2002 SF 22 Overton, Jamison 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-09-23)23 September 1999 PF 24 Carver, Aaron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 C 31 Palinckx, Mattias 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-02-17)17 February 1997	Head coach Kristof Michiels Assistant coach(es) Tom Van Den Bosch Matthias Tobback Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent Injured Roster Updated: November 3, 2024

Period	Coach
2005–2007	Peter van Noord
2008–2010	Ivica Skelin
2016–2018	Ferried Naciri
2018–2024	Eddy Casteels
2024–present	Kristof Michiels

• Official site (in Dutch)
• Eurobasket.com team page