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Former logo of the club, used until 2017

Basketball Academie Limburg, commonly known as BAL, is a Dutch basketball club based in Weert in the province of Limburg. The club was founded in 2013 as an academy to develop youth players from the province of Limburg. The club entered the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season after the dissolution of the professional team BSW. Currently, the team plays in the BNXT League.

In 2021, BAL won its first-ever trophy when it won the DBL Cup in surprising fashion as the team was ranked eight in the DBL that season.

History

Foundation

The club was established on 9 April 2013 to function as a club for regional talent from the province of Limburg. In its first years, the team played with several youth teams in domestic competitions.

In the 2017 offseason the professional club BSW from Weert and BAL intended a merger, which would integrate BSW into BAL. Following BSW going defunct during this offseason, BAL decided to take its place in the DBL. As BAL played in the same home arena and the team consisted of several of the same players, the team can be considered a phoenix club. Radenko Varagić coached the team.

First DBL seasons

In its debut season, BAL finished in the ninth and last place in the DBL, winning 4 out of its 32 games. The team consisted of a selection of young promising players, such as guard Sam van Dijk who was named the DBL Most Improved Player in the club's debut season. On 1 August 2018, BAL signed its first ever foreign player when American center Tony Washington signed for one year. In its second season, BAL once again finished last in the DBL with this time five wins in 2018–19.

In the 2020–21 season, BAL reached the playoffs for the first time after finishing in the eight seed. This season the team also won the 2021 DBL Cup, the club's first-ever trophy. In the semi-finals, BAL upset first-seeded ZZ Leiden and in the final the team was too strong for Yoast United. Trevor Jasinsky led the team in scoring in the final with 27 points.

Since the 2021–22 season, BAL plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Honours

DBL Cup

• Champions (1): 2021

Dutch Supercup

• Runners-up (1): 2021

Season by season

Key

	Champions
	Playoff berth
(X)	National ranking standings
MIP	Most Improved Player
RS	Rising Star of the Year

Season	Tier	League	Regular season					National playoffs	Dutch Cup	BNXT playoffs	Head coach	Individual awards
			Finish	Played	Wins	Losses	Win%
BAL
2017–18	1	DBL	8th	32	4	28	Шаблон:Winning percentage	–	Withdrew	–	Radenko Varagić	Sam van Dijk (MIP)
2018–19	1	DBL	9th	34	5	29	Шаблон:Winning percentage	–	Eightfinals			–
2019–20Шаблон:Refn	1	DBL	6th	24	9	15	Шаблон:Winning percentage	–	Eightfinals			–
2020–21	1	DBL	8th	21	12	9	Шаблон:Winning percentage	Lost quarterfinals to ZZ Leiden (148–183)	Champions
2021–22	1	BNXT League	15th (7th)	30	11	19	Шаблон:Winning percentage	–	Fourth Round	Won first round (Yoast, 163–152) Lost second round (Feyenoord, 138–158)		Sander Hollanders (RS)
2022–23	1	BNXT League	18th	28	7	21	Шаблон:Winning percentage	–	Fourth Round	Lost, first round (Liège Basket, 161–188)		Oshean Brathwaite (RS)

Players

Individual awards

BNXT League Rising Star of the Year

• Sander Hollanders – 2022

DBL Most Improved Player

• Sam van Dijk – 2018

DBL All-Rookie Team

• Jacco Fritz – 2018
• Nino Gorissen – 2018
• Ivan Simic – 2019

Top scorers by seasons

The following players led BAL in scoring in each DBL season:

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2017–18	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam van Dijk	12.2
2018–19	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Washington	12.2
2019–20	Шаблон:Flagicon Trey Burch-Manning	14.5
2020–21	Шаблон:Flagicon Trevor Jasinsky	15.8
2021–22	Шаблон:Flagicon D. J. Mitchell	Шаблон:Center

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

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Games played	Wietze Nossek	120
Points scored	Wietze Nossek	754
Rebounds	Roel Aarts	443
Assists	Roel van Overbeek	329
Steals	Roel van Overbeek	94
Blocks	Roel Aarts	41
Three-point field goals	Sander Hollanders	141

External links

• Eurobasket.com BAL Page