RBC Verviers-Pepinster
| RBC Verviers-Pepinster | |||
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| Founded | 1938 | ||
| Hall | Halle du Paire (3500 seats) |
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| Homepage | http://www.rbcverviers-pepinster.be/ | ||
| president | Victor Bosquin | ||
| Trainer | Nenad Trajković | ||
| league |
Scoooreleague 2011/12: 9th place |
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| Colours | Blue / white / purple | ||
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| successes | |||
| Belgian runner-up in 2003 | |||
Royal Basket Club Verviers-Pepinster is a Belgian basketball club based in Pepinster in the Walloon province of Liege . The professional first team is sponsored by the telecommunications company VOO. Therefore, the first team competes under the name VOO Wolves .
In the past, the Belgian railway company was a name sponsor for a long time from 1990 onwards , so the team played under the name Go Pass Pepinster for a long time . Since 2001, the name of the next largest city, Verviers, has officially been included in the club name. The best-known player from the club is arguably the most important Belgian player of the 2000s, Axel Hervelle , who was involved financially and in the management of the club's professional gaming company in 2012 when it ran into financial difficulties. At the end of March 2013, however, there was another bankruptcy filing, just like five years earlier.
history
Founded in 1938, the club is managed by the Belgian Basketball Federation with registration number 0046. Only after the 25th anniversary of the club did the ambition to play basketball at competitive sport level arise. In the 1970s, the men's team rose from the fourth highest division to the second highest in Belgium. 1985 succeeded the promotion to the top national league of Belgium, to which the first men's team belongs since then. In 1990 the qualification for an international competition was achieved for the first time, where they played under the new name Go Pass Pepinster in the Korać Cup . It was possible to qualify for this international competition comparatively regularly in the 1990s without being able to achieve sweeping successes at national or even international level.
In the 1999/2000 season, the Croatian Nikša Bavčević took over the coaching office and Victor Bosquin became the new president, prompting the establishment of a youth center. In the following season, the only 17-year-old Hervelle from Liège was added to the squad of the professional team. In 2001 the neighboring Verviers was added to the club name as a place name. After one at the end of the 1999/2000 season was still third from bottom of the top division, one could advance in 2003 after a second place in the main round up to the final series for the championship, where one was however defeated by Spirou BC Charleroi . One season later, the main round placement was confirmed, but this time it was eliminated again in the play-off semifinal series for the championship. In 2004 both coach Bavčević, who moved to league competitor Dexia Mons-Hainaut , and the up-and-coming Axel Hervelle, who moved to Real Madrid in Spain , left the club. This ended a short period of sporting success for the first team, which then placed in the back of the first division. Twice they were even bottom of the table in 2009 and 2012, but are protected from relegation in Belgium's professional league, which has only comprised nine teams since 2008.
After the professional gaming company was almost dissolved in 2008 following a bankruptcy application, another bankruptcy application was filed for almost five years before at least gaming operations could be secured until the end of the season.
Known players
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Former trainers
- 1989–1991 Giovanni Bozzi
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- 1999-2004 Nikša Bavčević
- 2004-2006 Eddy Casteels
- 2006 Luc Smout
- 2006-2008 Ivica Skelin
- 2008–2010 Jürgen Van Meerbeeck
- 2010 Ivica Skelin
- 2010-2012 Aaron McCarthy
Web links
- Histoire . Royal Basket Club Verviers-Pepinster; Club history until 2003 (French)
- Palmarès. Royal Basket Club Verviers-Pepinster; Placements in various competitions since 1985 (French)
- List de joueurs. Royal Basket Club Verviers-Pepinster; Overview of former players of the professional team (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephane Druart: Axel Hervelle révolutionne Pepinster. Le Soir , October 13, 2012, p. 54 , accessed November 30, 2012 (French, article in the archive).
- ↑ Liquidation de l'asbl Verviers-Pepinster: sursis de 8 jours. De Persgroep Digital: 7sur7.be, April 14, 2008, accessed April 4, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Communiqué officiel. (No longer available online.) RBC Verviers-Pepinster, March 24, 2013, archived from the original on April 2, 2013 ; Retrieved on April 4, 2013 (French, media info). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Michaël Bouche: Verviers-Pepinster, c'est fini. De Persgroep Digital: 7sur7.be, March 25, 2013, accessed April 4, 2013 (French).
- ^ Verviers-Pepinster, repris par la société Zelos, terminera bien la Saison. Groupe Sudpresse: LaMeuse.be, March 28, 2013, accessed April 4, 2013 (in French).
- ^ Verviers-Pepinster terminera la Saison. (No longer available online.) RBC Verviers-Pepinster, March 28, 2013, archived from the original on April 2, 2013 ; Retrieved on April 4, 2013 (French, media info). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
