Matrixx Magixx was a professional

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team based in

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and later

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. The club played in the

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(DBL), the

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top-tier league. Home games of the Magixx were played in Sporthal De Arcus since 2012, therefore De Horstacker was used. The long time main sponsor of the team was The Matrixx. In 2014, Magixx departed from the DBL after the club could not find funding. Founded as a new team from Nijmegen after the departure of

, the club played in the DBL for nine straight seasons. Its biggest success was the

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championship in 2006–07, when Magixx beat

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in the final. In the 2011–12 season, Magixx finished as runners-up in the DBL.

History

Magixx was founded after Eredivisie-team EiffelTowers Nijmegen left the city to merge with EBBC Den Bosch. Main reason was the small arena in Nijmegen, which didn't allow the club to play in European competitions. After the departure of the EiffelTowers in 2005, Matrixx Magixx was founded. Main sponsor was club The Matrixx, and the club stayed in the Horstacker. In the first season as Matrixx Magixx, the club won the national

and reached the Dutch finals. In the Finals the team would lose to

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, the club that adopted Eiffel as its new main sponsor. The following years the team would not reach further than the quarterfinals of the play-offs. In

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Magixx won the

for the second time after defeating

in the final. In 2011 the team moved from Nijmegen to

, because the Horstacker didn't meet the requirements of the Magixx. After the 2013–14 season, Magixx decided to leave the DBL. After long-time main sponsor The Matrixx ended its contract, Magixx did not have the financial means to sustain its professional team.Magixx krijgt begroting niet rond
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Honours

**Runners-up (1): 2006–07 * Dutch Cups **Winners (1): 2006–07 ***Runners-up (1): 2011–12

Season by season

Players

Notable players

* Alhaji Mohammed (1 season: 2005–06) * Ransford Brempong (2 seasons: 2005–07) * Chris Copeland (2007–08) *

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(7 seasons: 2007–14) *

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(1 season: 2008–09) *

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(1 season: 2009–10) * Markel Humphrey (3 seasons: 2009–12) * Patrick Richard (1 season: 2013–14) * Antoine Jordan (2 seasons: 2007-09)

Individual award winners

;

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* Ryan Sears – 2007 * Alhaji Mohammed – 2007 * Ransford Brempong – 2007 * Antoine Jordan – 2007 * Tyler Smith – 2007 * Markel Humphrey – 2012 * Patrick Richard – 2014

References

External links

Official website
{{Dutch Basketball League Defunct basketball teams in the Netherlands Basketball teams established in 2005 Former Dutch Basketball League teams Basketball teams disestablished in 2014 Sports clubs in Wijchen Sports clubs in Nijmegen History of Nijmegen