Standard Basketball Club Liège was a

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club that was based in

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. The club was also known as Standard Golden Ball Liège, for sponsorship reasons. It was the senior men's basketball department of the multi-sports club

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. The team was dissolved in 1985.

History

The club, without being a classical force for Belgian basketball, lived its golden era from the mid 60s, until the end of the next decade. In that time, Standard Liège won three national championships and three national cups. From 1969 to 1971, the club proved to be extremely competitive in European-wide competitions. They reached the semifinals of the

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, and were eliminated from the subsequent finalists

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. They also made the quarterfinals of the 1969–70 FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup, where they were also eliminated by the subsequent tournament finalists Jeanne d'Arc Vichy. They also made the quarterfinals of the

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, playing in a fairly difficult group, which included two powerhouses of European basketball,

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and Real Madrid, and the most important Bulgarian team, Akademik.

Honours and titles

Total titles: 6 *

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(3): ** Champions: 1967–68, 1969–70, 1976–77 *

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(3): ** Winners: 1962–63, 1968–69, 1976–77

Women's team

The women's section of the basketball club won the Belgian Cup six times; in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968. {{DEFAULTSORT:Standard Liège BC Defunct basketball teams in Belgium Basketball teams established in 1959 Basketball teams disestablished in 1985

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