Red Giants is a Dutch

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club based in

Meppel Meppel (; Drents: ''Möppelt'') is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It constitutes the southwestern part of the province of Drenthe. Meppel is the smallest municipality in Drenthe, with a total area of about . As of 1 July ...

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

. Founded in 1974 as Alcides, the club reached the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

in 1987. It played in the Dutch highest tier league until 1996. In 1994, Red Giants won the

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. Currently, it plays in the

Promotiedivisie The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion. ...

. Home games are played in the Sportcentrum Ezinge.

Honours

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*Winners (1): 1993–94 ;

*Winners (1): 2015–16

List of head coaches

References

{{Dutch Basketball League Basketball teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs and teams in Meppel