Belfius Mons-Hainaut

Belfius Mons-Hainaut is a Belgian professional basketball club that is based in Mons, Wallonia. The club competes in the highest division of the country, the BNXT League. The club's home arena is the Mons Arena. Founded as Quaregnon in 1959, the club has been a regular in the Belgian first division as the club plays in the highest tier for 34 years, since the 1990–91 season.^[1] Mons-Hainaut also participated in European competitions annually, mostly in the FIBA Europe Cup.

Belfius Mons-Hainaut
Nickname	Renards (Foxes)
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
History	List Quaregnon (1959–1998) Telindus Union Mons-Hainaut (1998–2001) Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2001-–2012) Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2012–present)
Arena	Mons.Arena
Capacity	3,700
Location	Mons, Wallonia, Belgium
Team colors	White, Blue, Lime Green
Main sponsor	Belfius
President	Ronald Gobert
Head coach	Vedran Bosnić
Championships	2 Belgian Cups
Website	monshainaut.be

History

The club won the Belgian Cup in 2006, and reached the Belgian national league's final the same season. In 2008, Dexia Mons-Hainaut was the EuroChallenge runner-up. They won their second Belgian Cup in 2011.

Since the 2021–22 season, Mons-Hainaut plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[2]

Titles and honors

• Belgian League
  • Runners-up (6): 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21

• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2010–11

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2011

Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup	European competitions
2008–09	1	BLB	2nd		3 EuroChallenge	T16
2009–10	1	BLB	6th	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	BLB	3rd	Champion	2 Eurocup	T16
2011–12	1	BLB	4th	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2012–13	1	BLB	2nd	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2013–14	1	BLB	3rd	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2014–15	1	BLB	2nd	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	T16
2015–16	1	BLB	7th	Semifinalist	3 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2016–17	1	BLB	7th	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2017–18	1	BLB	5th	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2
2018–19	1	BLB	6th	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2019–20	1	BLB	2nd
2020–21	1	BLB	2nd

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Belfius Mons-Hainaut roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 9 Mintogo, Igor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999 G/F 10 Depuydt, Maxime 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 PG 11 Mortant, Zaccharie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-03-22)22 March 1998 G 16 Garrison, Conley 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1999-02-19)19 February 1999 SF 34 Þrastarson, Styrmir Snær 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2001-08-02)2 August 2001 G 77 Castlin, Kyle 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1996-05-30)30 May 1996 PF Thioune, Lahat 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1999-11-09)9 November 1999 F/C Moors, James 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000 F Cunningham, Brock 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-12-13)13 December 1998 G Moore, Marquise 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1994-12-22)22 December 1994 G/F Lambot, Anthony 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-11-03)3 November 1994	Head coach Vedran Bosnić Assistant coach(es) Frank De Meulemeester Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 19, 2024

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Ronny Bayer
• Lionel Bosco
• Jean-Marc Jaumin
• Max Besselink
• Omar Cook
• Nate Reinking
• Evaldas Jocys
• Brandon Costner
• George Evans
• Sean Singletary
• Jerel McNeal
• Justin Gray

Head coaches

• Chris Finch (2007–2009)
• Arik Shivek (2009–2012)
• Yves Defraigne (2012–2017)
• Vedran Bosnić (2019–Present)

Arena

Home games are played in Mons.Arena, where there is place for 3,700 people per game.

Sponsorship naming and logos

Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:

• Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2001–2012)
• Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2012–present)

The club has also used several logos:

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  Dexia Mons-Hainaut (2001–2012)
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  Belfius Mons-Hainaut (2012–present)

References

1. "Historique". Monshainaut.be. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
2. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)