D.B.V. Rowic is a Dutch

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team based in

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. Founded on 1 April 1964, the team played in the first-level

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during the 1970s and 1980s. The team was known as Frisol/Rowic for sponsorships reasons, playing in green jerseys as this was the sponsor's color. After Frisol stopped as main sponsor, the team played in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. Rowic won the

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in 1981, under the sponsored named "Snel Reizen". In 2018, a new professional team from Dordrecht played in the

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with Dutch Windmills.

Honours

NBB Cup * Champions (1): 1980–81

Sponsorship names

Due to numerous sponsorship deals, Rowic knew the following names: * Frisol/Rowic: (1972–1981) * Snel Reizen: (1981–1982) * Kador/Rowic: (1982–1984)

Players

All-time leaders

''From the Dutch Basketball federation database.''

Individual awards

References

{{Basketball-team-stub Basketball teams in the Netherlands Sport in Dordrecht Basketball teams established in 1964