Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional

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team based in

Weert Weert (; li, Wieërt ) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal. Popu ...

, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the

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. Home games of the team are played in the Sporthal Boshoven. The club was a regular participant in the Dutch top division, as the side from Weert appeared in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

(later DBL) for 34 straight seasons. The highlight of the club was the national championship in the 1993–94 season. The club finished three times as runner-up in the DBL: in 1988, 1993 and 2001. As well, BSW made European appearances with the most notable being the one in the

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, the highest European level, in 1994–95. In 2017 the club was dissolved after financial problems and the inability to gain enough money to participate. However, the club was replaced by BAL from Weert.

Names

BSW has known a lot of different names in its history, mainly because of sponsorship reasons. *1982–1984 : Coveco *1984–1987 :

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*1987–1990 : Miniware *1990–1993 : Selex *1993–1996 : Lanèche *1996–2000 : BS Weert *2000–2002 : Vanilla *2002–2003 : BS Weert *2003–2004 : Solskin *2004–2005 : BS Weert *2005–2010 : Upstairs Weert *2010–2011 : BS Weert *2011–2013 : Stepco *2013–2014 : Maxxcom *2014–2017: BS Weert

Players

Notable players

List of head coaches

Honours

** Winners (1): 1993–94 *

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**Runners-up (3): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01

European record

;Notes

Season by season

References

External links

Official website
{{Dutch Basketball League Defunct basketball teams in the Netherlands Basketball teams established in 1968 Former Dutch Basketball League teams Basketball teams disestablished in 2017 Sports clubs in Weert