Founded: 1970 (they took over V.G. Oostende)
Team names: VG Oostende (1959-1970), BC (1970-1971), Sunair BC (1971-1999), Orange (1999-2000), Telindus BC (2000-2008), Base BC (2008-2010), Telenet BC (2010-2018), Filou (2018-)
League positions:
BEL1959-(2), 60-5(1), 61-2, 62-2, 63-2, 64-2, 65-3, 66-2, 67-7, 68-9, 69-10, 70-12(1), 71-(2), 72-11(1), 73-(2), 74-8(1), 75-8, 76-6, 77-9, 78-9, 79-5, 80-8, 81-1, 82-1, 83-1, 84-1, 85-1, 86-1, 87-3, 88-1, 89-2, 91-2, 93-6, 94-4, 95-1, 96-2, 98-3, 99-3, 2000-2, 01-1, 02-1, 03-3, 04-4, 05-4, 06-1, 07-2, 08-3, 09-7, 10-3, 11-4, 12-1, 13-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1, 18-1, 19-2, 20-1, 21-1, 22-1, 23-1, 24-1
League achievements:
Belgian League Champion -1981, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 95, 01, 02, 06, 07, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Belgian League Semifinals -1987, 89, 90, 92, 94, 98, 99, 03, 04, 05, 10, 11
Belgian League Regular Season Champion -1981, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 95, 2000, 01, 02, 06, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21
Belgian League Regular Season Runner-Up -1990, 91, 96, 97, 07, 19
Belgian Cup Winner -1979, 81, 82, 83, 85, 89, 91, 97, 98, 01, 08, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25
Belgian Cup Finalist -1980, 92, 96, 99, 2000, 04, 11, 19, 22, 23
Belgian Supercup Winner -1981, 82, 88, 89, 98, 2000, 15, 16, 18, 19
Belgian Supercup Finalist -1979, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 01, 02, 14, 17
Belgian League Finalist -1991, 96, 97, 2000
European cups:
1985-1986: European Cup of Champions
1986-1987: European Cup of Champions
1987-1988: Korac Cup
1988-1989: European Cup of Champions
1989-1990: European Cup
1990-1991: Korac Cup
1992-1993: Korac Cup
1993-1994: Korac Cup
1994-1995: Korac Cup
1997-1998: Korac Cup
1998-1999: Korac Cup
2000-2001: FIBA Suproleague: took 7th place (8-10) in Group B), lost to CSKA Moscow (RUS) in the play-off 1st round
2001-2002: Euroleague: Stage 1: took 8th place (3-11) in Group D
2002-2003: ULEB Cup: took 6th (last) place in Group B
2003-2004: FIBA Europe League: took 4th place (6-6) in Group A: lost to Dynamo Moscow in the 1/8 finals
2004-2005: ULEB Cup: took 5th place (3-7) in Group C
2006-2007: ULEB Cup: took 6th last place (4-6) in Group C
2007-2008: ULEB Cup: took 2nd place (6-4) in Group F
2008-2009: lost in qualifications to Eurocup; EuroChallenge: took 3rd place (2-4) in Group G
2010-2011: EuroChallenge: took 1st place (4-2) in Group H of Regular Season, took 1st place (5-1) in Group L of Top 16, lost to Krka (SLO) 65-79 in the Semifinals, beat Spartak SP (RUS) 94-92, OT in the 3rd Place Game (!!!)
2011-2012: Eurocup: beat Norrkoping in the Qualifying Round, took 3rd place (2-4) in Group D of Regular Season
2012-2013: Eurocup: took 3rd place (2-4) in Group F of the Regular Season
2013-2014: Eurocup: took 2nd place (8-2) in Group A of the Regular Season, took 3rd place (3-3) in Group O of the Second Stage
2014-2015: Eurocup: took 2nd place (6-4) in Group B of the Regular Season, took 3rd place (2-4) in Group L of the Second Stage
2015-2016: FIBA Europe Cup: took 1st place (4-2) in Group C of the Regular Season, took 2nd place (5-1) in Group Q of the Second Stage, lost to Chalon 1-2 in the 1/8 Finals
2016-2017: Basketball Champions League: took 5th place (6-8) in Group D; FIBA Europe Cup: joined the cup just for the play-offs, lost to Chalon 85-80, 65-83 in the Semifinals (!!!)
2017-2018: Basketball Champions League: took 6th place (6-8) in Group D; FIBA Europe Cup: lost to Mornar Bar 84-71, 63-90 in the 1/8 Finals
2018-2019: Basketball Champions League: took 6th place (7-7) in Group D; FIBA Europe Cup: lost to Openjobmetis Varese 0-2 in the Quarterfinals
2019-2020: Basketball Champions League: took 3rd place (8-6) in Group A, lost to Tenerife 1-2 in the 1/8 Finals
2020-2021: Basketball Champions League: took 3rd place (2-4) in Group H of Stage One
2021-2022: Basketball Champions League: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group F of Stage One, took 3rd (last) place (1-3) in Group K of Second Stage; 2021-2022: BNXT League: took 1st place (18-0) in Group Belgioum of Domestic Stage, took 1st place (8-2) in Group Elite Gold of Stage Two, lost to ZZ Leiden 0-2 in the Semifinals
2022-2023: Basketball Champions League: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group C of Stage One; 2022-2023: BNXT League: took 1st place (14-4) in Group Belgium of Domestic Stage, took 2nd place (8-2) in Group Elite Gold of Stage Two, lost to ZZ Leiden 1-2 in the Finals (!!!)
2023-2024: Basketball Champions League: took 3rd place (3-3) in Group E of Stage One; BNXT League: took 1st place (18-2) in Group Belgium of Domestic Stage, took 1st place (10-0) in Group Elite Gold of Stage Two, beat ZZ Leiden 2-0 in the Final (!!!)
European cups achievements:
EuroChallenge Semifinals -2011
FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals -2017
FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals -2019
BNXT League Champion -2024
BNXT League Finalist -2023
BNXT League Semifinals -2022
BNXT League Group B Champion -2022, 24
BNXT Supercup Winner -2022, 23, 24 |