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Hubo Limburg United
Hubo Limburg United
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	2014; 11 years ago
History	Limburg United ; (2014–present)
Arena	Sporthal Alverberg
Capacity	2,012
Location	Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
Team colors	Red,Blue, White ;
Main sponsor	Hubo
President	Maarten Bostyn
Team manager	Danny Marguillier
Head coach	Raymond Westphalen
Championships	2 Belgian Cup
Website	limburgunited.be

Limburg United, for sponsorship reasons named Hubo Limburg United, is a professional basketball club based in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium.

Founded in 2014, the club plays in the BNXT League, the first tier of basketball in Belgium. The team plays its home games in Sporthal Alverberg. Limburg has won one trophy, the Belgian Cup in 2022.

History

Around the beginning of 2014 Limburg United was founded in the city of Hasselt. The name expressing the founders' motivation for there to be a top tier basketball team from Limburg province in the aftermath of Bree B.B.C. relegating from BLB Division I in 2008 and eventually disbanding. Limburg United asked for a B-licence for the 2014–15 Basketball League Belgium, and eventually got it. Former Antwerp Giants assistant Brian Lynch signed a 5-year contract to become United's head coach.^[2] The long-term goal of the club was expressed to "become a club in the subtop of Belgium in 3 or 5 years."^[3] In the 2016–17 season, Limburg reached the Final of the Belgian Basketball Cup but lost to Telenet Oostende.^[4]

Since the 2021–22 season, United plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[5] On 14 March 2022, Limburg United won its first-ever trophy when it captured the Belgian Cup after defeating Oostende in the final.^[6]

Honours

Belgian Basketball Cup

Champions (2): 2021–22, 2023–24
Runner-up (1): 2016–17

Sponsorship names

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

Hubo Limburg United (2014–present)

Roster

Current roster

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

Hubo Limburg United roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	2	Raedschelders, Alexander	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	19 – (2005-06-09)9 June 2005
SG	5	Serron, Quentin	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	34 – (1990-02-25)25 February 1990
SG	6	Lesuisse, Jarne	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (2000-08-02)2 August 2000
PF	9	Delalieux, Jonas	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-10-28)28 October 1992
F/C	10	Ceyssens, Toon	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-09-13)13 September 1997
PF	12	Jones, Robert	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	23 – (2001-07-03)3 July 2001
PG	13	Holmes, Jaren	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-11-24)24 November 1998
C	15	Giltay, Oskar	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	18 – (2006-12-27)27 December 2006
F	16	Leemans, Wout	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	23 – (2001-12-11)11 December 2001
C	21	Vanderhaegen, Thibault	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1998-02-16)16 February 1998
PG	25	Hammonds, Cliff	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	39 – (1985-12-18)18 December 1985
G/F	55	Pemberton, Elijah	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	27 – (1997-05-31)31 May 1997
PG		Van Buggenhout, Jo	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	21 – (2003-06-06)6 June 2003

Head coach

Raymond Westphalen

Assistant coach(es)

Niels Marnegrave

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 15, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Maxime De Zeeuw	Yannick Desiron
PF	Jonas Delalieux	Toon Ceyssens	Leander Dedroog
SF		Yannick Dammen	Anthony Lambot
SG	Alex Stein	Ferre Vanderhoydonck	Jarne Lesuisse
PG	Cliff Hammonds	Quentin Serron

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	Belgian Cup	European competitions			Other competitions
2014–15	1	First Division	5th	16–16	Quarterfinals
2015–16	1	First Division	4th	19–16	Quarterfinals
2016–17	1	First Division	6th	19–20	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS	1–5
2017–18	1	First Division	6th	16–22	Semifinalist				Supercup	RU
2018–19	1	First Division	4th	18–22	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	PBL	4th	10–7
2020–21	1	PBL	4th	16–15
2021–22	1	BNXT	12th	16–12

Players

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.