BCM Gravelines

BCM Gravelines
Founded	1984
Hall	Sportica (3043 seats)
Homepage	www.bcmbasket.com
president	Christian Devos
Trainer	Christian Monschau
league	Per A
Colours	white / orange / navy blue
home Away
successes
French Cup Winner : 2005 French League Cup: 2011, 2013

Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral (or BCM Gravelines for short ) is a professional French basketball team from Gravelines in the Arrondissement of Dunkerque ( German  sub-prefecture of Dunkirk ) on the English Channel . The team plays in France's top national league, LNB Pro A, and has often participated in European club competitions in the past.

history

The team was founded in 1984 from a merger of the neighboring clubs from Grand-Fort-Philippe and Gravelines as "Basket Club Maritime Gravelines" and rose in 1988 for the first time in the top division of France. In 2002 the merger with a club from Dunkirk took place and under the new name the club was able to establish itself among the best teams in France. In 2003 they reached the final of the cup competition and in 2004 the championship final in France. After losing the final in the league cup "Semaine des As" in 2005, the trophy won a national title for the first time that year. After that, there were initially no further successes before they could move into the cup final again in 2010. After losing the cup final, they won the league cup for the first time in 2011. In 2012 they lost in a new edition of the league cup final from the previous year this time against Elan Chalon and could not defend the title. For this they won the regular season in France's top division and could move into the play-offs for the French championship as the main round first. There they were eliminated in the first round against the eighth-placed champion from 2010 Cholet Basket .

successes

National

• French cup winner : 2005
• Winner of the Semaine des As : 2011
• Leaders Cup winner : 2013

Known players

/ Larry Lawrence * 1985 – '88, '91 / '92 / Bill Varner 1987-1990 Xavier Wallez * 1988–91, 1996–2001 Steve Burtt, sr. 1988/89 Sam Williams 1988-1991 Frédéric Forte 1989-1991 Gerald Paddio 1989/90 Olivier Bourgain 1989-1994 Georges Vestris 1990-1993 Clarence William "Bill" Jones 1992/93 Moustapha Sonko 1993/94 / Sherron Mills 1993-1995 Hervé Dubuisson 1994/95 Jerry "Jamal" McCullough 1997/98

Gary Alexander 1998-2001 Terrell McIntyre 1999/2000 Sebastian Machowski 1999/2000 Frankie King 2002/03 Andre Woolridge 2002-2004 Dainius Adomaitis 2003-2007 Laurent Sciarra 2004/05 K'Zell Wesson 2004/05 Tyson Wheeler 2005/06 Saulius Kuzminskas 2005/06 Rickey Paulding 2006/07 Marcus Slaughter 2008 Dan McClintock 2008/09 Tony Skinn 2008-09

/ Yannick Bokolo since 2008 Demetris Nichols 2009/10 Jeff Greer 2010/11 Mouhamed Sené 2010/11 Andrew Albicy since 2011 Pape Sy since 2011

^* Featured players have been accepted into the club's hall of fame .

Web links

• Gravelines-Dunkerque - Club website on the Ligue Nationale de Basket website (French)
• The Club Scene: BCM Gravelines - Club history on the ULEB website (English) December 29, 2011
• Histoire - BCM - Club history on its own website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BCM GRAVELINES DUNKERQUE. FIBA Europe , accessed on May 11, 2012 (English, overview of participation in FIBA ​​competitions). 
2. ↑ BCM Gravelines. ULEB , accessed on May 11, 2012 (English, ULEB club profile). 
3. ^ NN: SDA: Finale: BCM / Chalon. ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) July 21, 2012 from BCM website; Gravelines, archived February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2019 (in French).
4. ↑ NN: Le BCM entre dans l'histoire! ( Memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) July 20, 2012 from BCM website; Gravelines, Archived May 6, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2019 (in French).