BSW (basketball club)

BSW
BSW logo
LeaguesDutch Basketball League
Founded1968
Dissolved2017
ArenaSporthal Boshoven
Capacity1,000
LocationWeert, Netherlands
OwnershipStichting Basketball Stars Weert
Championships1 Dutch League

Basketball Stars Weert, commonly known as BSW, was a professional basketball team based in Weert, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1968 and played in the Dutch Basketball League.[1] 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 (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 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 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.

  1. ^ "Official website BSW". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.