Royal Basketball Club Pepinster is a
Belgian basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club that is located in the
Verviers
Verviers (; wa, Vervî) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Ensival, Heusy, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Verviers. It is also ...
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Pepinster
Pepinster ( or ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Pepinster had a total population of 9,560. The total area is 24.79 km2 which gives a population density of 386 inhabitants per km2. ...
area of
Liège Province
Liège (; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Liège Province is the only Belgian province that has borders with three countries. It borders (clockwise from the north) the D ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
. The club currently competes in the Belgian Fifth Division, the fifth tier of Belgian basketball. Before, the team used to be a regular participant of the
Basketball League Belgium. The team club plays its home games at the 4,000 seat
Hall du Paire.
History
Verviers-Pepinster was the runner-up of the
Belgian League twice: in 2003 and 2014. The club also won the
Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
in 1980, and the
Belgian Supercup
The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...
in 2003.
On 29 June 2016, it was announced that the club would leave the
Belgian League, due to a lack of budget.
Honors and titles
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Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
**Winners (1): 1979–80
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Belgian Supercup
The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champio ...
**Winners (1): 2003
Season by season
Notable players
Head coaches
Sponsorship names
Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:
*Go Pass Verviers-Pepinster (1995–1996)
*VOO Verviers-Pepinster (2007–2013)
*VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (2013–2015)
Logos
VOO Wolves logo.png, The logo of the VOO Wolves (2013–2015)
References
External links
Official SiteEurobasket.com Team Page
{{Ethias League
Basketball teams in Belgium
Basketball teams established in 1938
Sport in Liège Province
Pepinster
Verviers