Gent Hawks, for sponsorship reasons Wanty Gent Hawks, is a Belgian professional

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club that is located in the

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area of the Province of East-Flanders, Belgium. The club competes in the second basketball division in

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. The team was founded in 1950 as ''Hellas Gent''. The team plays home games at the 2,374 seat Tolhuis. The club has played in the Belgian highest division since 2007. The season before, they became champion in the second division.

Names

Season by season

Honors and titles

Domestic competitions

Belgian League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: *Champions (1): 1955

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: *Winners (1): 1992 Belgian 2nd Division: *Champions (2): 2007, 2017

European competitions

1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup The 1991–92 FIBA Korać Cup was the 21st edition of FIBA's FIBA Korać Cup, Korać Cup basketball competition. The Italian Il Messaggero Roma defeated the Italian Scavolini Pesaro in the final. This was Il Messaggero Roma's second time winning the ...

: Second Round

External links

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