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In a full Coretec Dome Filou Oostende did what was expected of them against the underdog Leuven Bears and got the 67-58 victory for their 21st Belgian Cup Trophy in its history. Oostende got off to a furious start, immediately pulling away to a 15-1 lead. Even though Leuven did manage to close the g

Self-Styled as the new up- and coming league with a focus on the development of young talent, the BNXT League has the lofty ambition of improving and securing the future of Belgian and Dutch Basketball. Now in its 4th season we at TIB figured it was about time to see exactly how this is playing…

In Game 4 of the Belgian Finals Filou Oostende managed to hold off the Kangoeroes to capture their 11th consecutive title (23rd title in the club’s history) with the 83-91 final score to take the series 3-1. Despite BNXT MVP Levi Randolph struggling Oostende could count on an excellent Phil Booth wh

Mikael Jantunen signs with Oostende. Oostende announced the signing of the Finnish power forward Mikael Jantunen (2m03). Jantunen, 21 years old, played last season in the NCAA for Utah where he averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds. Jantunen is a regular member of the Finnish national team, with whom

Games of the EMBL Final will be available on a big screen in Oostende, like BCO already did for the semi-final. Before the semi-final against Limburg, Filou Oostende decided to set up a large LED screen of 16m2 outside of the Versluys Dôme. This big screen will also be available now for the games of

Oostende’s next two games are postponed due to COVID 19 cases in Dario Gjergja’s team. Oostende will not play this Friday against Aalst and this Sunday at Liège after several cases of Covid-19 were detected in the reigning champion team. Indeed, several cases of Covid-19 have been detected recently

Kaleb Wesson leaves Oostende, without wearing Oostende’s jersey. What is going with new centers in Oostende ? Jon Teske left Oostende only a couple of days after arriving in Belgium for “personnal reasons”, now Kaleb Wesson will also leave Oostende without playing a game for Dario Gjergja’s team ! I

Oostende easily beats Brussels (58-90). Quick start from Oostende, but Brussels reacted well thanks mainly thanks to his bench. After a time-out from Coach Gjergja, Oostende ended the quarter on a 3 from Gillet (14-18 atfer 10′). Oostende started the quarter strongly with a nice and one play from Va

Kaleb Wesson signs with Oostende to replace Jon Teske. Kaleb Wesson (21 yo/ 2M11) is Oostende’s new center. With Thomas Welsh’s injury, Oostende was looking for a center. They first signed Jon Teske, but he leaved the team before playing, for personnal reasons. But Oostende quickly signed Kaleb Wess

Jon Teske leaves Oostende, before playing for the team. A few days after arriving in Oostende, the American Jon Teske has already left the club. The center is returning to the United States for personal reasons. Teske was supposed to replace the injured Thomas Welsh, but he will not wear Oostende’s

The Belgian Cup final will be played between Oostende and Mechelen ! In the second leg, it was a draw between Oostende and Aalst (84-84). Oostende won the first leg easily (101-76) and will play against Kangoeroes. Mechelen lost the first leg at home against Leuven (70-79). But the Kangoeroes reacte

Michael Gilmore officially signs with Oostende, the club announced today. He signed a “trainee contract” for the rest of the 2020-2021 season where he will play only if one of the 12 players from Oostende’s list can not play. But he will train with Oostende for the rest of the season. He also signed

Michael Gilmore signs with Oostende according to Het Nieuwsblad. Michael Gilmore played his first minutes last month with the Belgian Lions. And it seems that Dario Gjergja liked what he saw because he decided to sign him. Before joining the Lions, Gilmore already spent some time with Oostende as he

Oostende beats the Champions League winner at home Tuesday night (99-98). After a fast start, Oostende was only down by 2 at the end of the first quarter (24-26). In the second quarter, Olivier Troisfontaines scored 11 points and Oostende was only down by 1 at halftime (52-53). Returning from the lo

This morning, the draw for the Belgian Cup took place, Antwerp and Oostende will play against each other ! This season, only the 10 teams from the Euromillions Basketball League will play the Belgian Cup due to the pandemic. In the first play-in, Aalst will play against Liège. Both games will be pla

First game of the season in Champions League and first loss for Dario Gjergja’s team against Darüssafaka (79-74). Without Simon Buysse and Haris Bratanovic, both injured, Oostende started the game well (6-12 after 5′). But Darüssafaka ended the first quarter strongly (20-18 after 10′). The team from

Yesterday, Tenerife defeated Oostende (62-54) and the Spanish team will go to the Final 8 in Athens. The Spanish team started strong the first quarter, and Dario Gjergja could almost only count on Thomas Welsh (6 points in the 1st quarter) to score points for Oostende (17-10 after 10′). But in the s

He is back ! After spending 3 seasons abroad in France and in Spain, Pierre-Antoine Gillet decided to sign a 3 year contract with Oostende. Gillet already played for Oostende between 2013 and 2017. The power-forward is also an important member of the Belgian Lions.

On May 25th Basketball Club Ostend celebrates its 50th anniversary. The past nine years, Filou Oostende turned out to be unbeatable in the Finals of Belgian basketball. In the last century, there was yet another period of success. Ostend was not exactly a top team in the seventies, until a young tal

While we were busy preparing our website there have already been several transfers as the EMBL teams are preparing for next season. Here’s a little overview: Most active so far on the transfer market has been Liège Basket as they have signed several youngsters (who will be competing for both their f