2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I

Scooore! League1

Season| 2015–16
Duration| October 2, 2015 – June 8, 2016
Number of games| 32 or 30
Number of teams| 11
Regular season
Season MVP|  John Tofi
Finals
Champions| Telenet Oostende (17th title)
Runners-up| Crelan Okapi Aalstar
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Ben Madgen|  19.0

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Rebounds|  Killian Larson|  9.0
Assists|  Niels Marnegrave|  5.8

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

1 Sponsored league name, referring to Scooore!.

The 2015–16 Basketball League Belgium Division I season, for sponsorships reasons named the Scooore! League, was the 89th season of the first tier of basketball in Belgium. The season started on October 2, 2015 and ended on 8 June 2016.[1] The defending champion was Oostende, and it successfully defended its title.

## Teams[edit]

Spirou

Liège

Leuven

Oostende

Verviers

Giants

Okapi

Willebroek

Mons

Limburg

Brussels

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Location of the 2015–16 Belgian Basketball League teams

The name of Okapi Aalstar was changed to Crelan Okapi Aalstar due to sponsorship reasons on June 3, 2015.[2]

Club  | City  | Arena  | Capacity  | Lic.[3]

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Basic-Fit Brussels | Brussels | Piscine de Neder-Over-Hembeek  | 1,200 | B
Hubo Limburg United | Hasselt | Alverberg-sporthal  |

1,730

| A
Belfius Mons-Hainaut | Mons | Mons Arena | 4,000 | A
Kangoroes Willebroek | Willebroek | Sporthal de Schalk  | 1,000 | C
betFirst Liège Basket | Liège | Country Hall Ethias | 5,000 | A
Crelan Okapi Aalstar | Aalst | Okapi Forum  | 2,800 | A
Port of Antwerp Giants | Antwerp | Lotto Arena | 5,218 | A
Proximus Spirou | Charleroi | Spiroudome | 6,200 | A
Stella Artois Leuven Bears | Leuven | Sportoase  | 3,400 | B
Telenet Oostende | Ostend | Sleuyter Arena | 5,000 | A
VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster | Verviers | Halle du Paire  | 4,000 | B

### Personnel and kits[edit]

Team  | Coach  | Kit manufacturer  | Shirt sponsor

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Basic-Fit Brussels  |  Serge Crevecoeur  | Mass  | Basic-Fit
Hubo Limburg United  |  Brian Lynch | K1X  | Hubo
Belfius Mons-Hainaut  |  Yves Defraigne  | Joma | Belfius
Kangeroes Basket Willebroek  |  Daniel Goethals  | –  | –
betFirst Liège Basket  |  Fulvio Bastianini  | Jako | betFirst
Crelan Okapi Aalstar  |  Brad Dean  | Jartazi  | Crelan
Port of Antwerp Giants  |  Paul Vervaeck  | Spalding  | Port of Antwerp
Proximus Spirou  |  Jacques Stas  | Joma | Proximus
Stella Artois Leuven Bears  |  Tom Johnson  | Jako | Stella Artois
Telenet BC Oostende  |  Dario Gjergja | Spalding | Telenet
VOO Verviers-Pepinster Wolves  |  Thibaut Petit  | Peak  | VOO

### Managerial changes[edit]

Team  | Outgoing manager  | Manner of departure  | Date of vacancy  | Position in table  | Incoming manager  | Date of appointment

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Stella Artois Leuven Bears  |  Jurgen van Meerbeeck | End of contract  | –  | Pre-season |  Tom Johnson | March 26, 2015[4]
Stella Artois Leuven Bears  |  Tom Johnson | Sacked  | December 1, 2015  | 11th  |  Stefan Sappenberghs | December 1, 2015[5]

## Regular season[edit]

The regular season started on October 2, 2015 with the game Basic-Fit Brussels–Telenet Oostende.

### Standings[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Telenet Oostende | 28  | 23  | 5  | 2451  | 2144  | +307  | 51  | Qualification to playoffs
2  | Proximus Spirou | 28  | 18  | 10  | 2235  | 2142  | +93  | 46
3  | Crelan Okapi Aalstar | 28  | 17  | 11  | 2426  | 2337  | +89  | 45
4  | Hubo Limburg United | 28  | 15  | 13  | 2419  | 2358  | +61  | 43
5  | Port of Antwerp Giants | 28  | 14  | 14  | 2354  | 2272  | +82  | 42
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6  | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 30  | 18  | 12  | 2424  | 2295  | +129  | 48  | Qualification to playoffs
7  | Basic-Fit Brussels | 30  | 17  | 13  | 2544  | 2423  | +121  | 47
8  | betFIRST Liège | 30  | 14  | 16  | 2542  | 2647  | −105  | 44
9  | Kangoeroes Willebroek | 30  | 10  | 20  | 2492  | 2651  | −159  | 40  |
10  | VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster | 30  | 8  | 22  | 2460  | 2769  | −309  | 38
11  | Stella Artois Leuven Bears | 30  | 6  | 24  | 2362  | 2671  | −309  | 36

Source: Scooore League

## Playoffs[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 1 | Telenet Oostende | 2 | | |
| 8 | betFIRST Liège | 0 |
| | 1 | Telenet Oostende | 3 |
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| | | 4 | Hubo Limburg United | 2 |
| 4 | Hubo Limburg United | 2 |

| 5 | Port of Antwerp Giants | 0 |
| | 1 | Telenet Oostende | 3 |
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| | | 3 | Crelan Okapi Aalstar | 1 |
| 2 | Proximus Spirou | 0 | |

| 7 | Basic-Fit Brussels | 2 |
| | 7 | Basic-Fit Brussels | 2 |
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| | | 3 | Crelan Okapi Aalstar | 3 |
| 3 | Crelan Okapi Aalstar | 2 |

| 6 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 0 |

## Awards[edit]

Player and team awards for the 2015–16 season

Most Valuable Player[6]

* John Tofi – Crelan Okapi Aalstar

Coach of the Year[7]

* Roel Moors − Port of Antwerp Giants

Player of the Year[8]

* Quentin Serron − Telenet Oostende

Best Young Player[8]

* Hans Vanwijn − Hubo Limburg United

Star of the Coaches[9]

* John Tofi  − Crelan Okapi Aalstar

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Belgian Basketball". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
2. ^ "Crelan wordt hoofdsponsor van Okapi Aalstar". Crelan.be. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
3. ^ "Licences Scooore League saison 2015-2016" (in French). Belfius Mons Hainaut. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
4. ^ "Leuven Bears | Overeenkomst Tom Johnson". Leuvenbears.be. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
5. ^ 01-12-15, 12.17u - Bron: Belga Lees later (2015-12-01). "Rode lantaarn Leuven Bears wisselt van trainer" (in Dutch). Demorgen.be. Retrieved 2016-12-04.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. ^ "Amerikaan Tofi beste basketballer in België". Sporza.be. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
7. ^ "ROEL MOORS COACH OF THE YEAR". Scoooreleague.be. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
8. ^ a b "HANS VANWIJN BEST YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Scoooreleague.be. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
9. ^ "JOHN TOFI IS STAR OF THE COACHES". Scoooreleague.be. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

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