Basket SKT Ieper is a basketball team based in

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(Ieper),

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. For a long time, it was known as ''Athlon Ieper'' and played in the First Division. From 2008 the team name was Melco Ieper. In 2020 they had a fusion with the female basketball club Blue Cats. Together, their new name is Basket SKT Ieper. In the 2000–01 season, Ieper reached the semi-finals of the

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/ref> After that season, Athlon pulled out of the professional First Division and started playing in amateur leagues.

Notable players

* Moussa Ouattara (1 season: 2014–15) * Roger Huggins (1 season: 2000–01) *

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(1 season: 1999–2000)

References

{{Belgian Basketball League, collapsed=yes Basketball teams in Belgium