RBC Pepinster

Royal Basketball Club Pepinster is a Belgian basketball club that is located in the Verviers-Pepinster area of Liège Province, Belgium. The club currently competes in the Belgian Fifth Division, the fifth tier of Belgian basketball. Before, the team used to be a regular participant of the Basketball League Belgium. The team club plays its home games at the 4,000 seat Hall du Paire.

RBC Pepinster
Leagues	Belgian First Division
Founded	1938; 85 years ago (1938)
History	R.B.C. Verviers-Pepinster (1938–2013) Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (2013–2016) RBC Pepinster (2016–present)
Arena	Halle du Paire
Capacity	4,000
Location	Pepinster, Belgium
Team colors	Blue, White
Championships	1 Belgian Cup 1 Belgian Supercup
Website	rbcpepinster.be
Home Away

History

Verviers-Pepinster was the runner-up of the Belgian League twice: in 2003 and 2014. The club also won the Belgian Cup in 1980, and the Belgian Supercup in 2003.

On 29 June 2016, it was announced that the club would leave the Belgian League, due to a lack of budget.^[1]

Honors and titles

• Belgian Cup
  • Winners (1): 1979–80
• Belgian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2003

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Belgian Cup	European competitions
2011–12	1	Belgian League	9th
2012–13	1	Belgian League	8th	Semifinalist
2013–14	1	Belgian League	9th	Round of 16
2014–15	1	Belgian League	8th	Round of 16
2015–16	1	Belgian League	10th	Round of 16

Notable players

See also: Category:RBC Pepinster players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

•   Axel Hervelle
•   Tornike Shengelia
•   Maxime De Zeeuw
•   Jamal Olasewere
•   Arizona Reid

Head coaches

See also: Category:RBC Verviers-Pepinster coaches

Coach	Period
Ivica Skelin	2006–2008
Jurgen Van Meerbeeck	2008–2010
Ivica Skelin	2010
Aaron McCarthy	2010–2012
Nenad Trajković	2012–2013
Julien Marnegrave	2013–2014
Thibaut Petit	2014–2015
Jérôme Jacquemin	2015–2016
Aleksandar Zečević	2016–2017
Pascal Mossay	2017–

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:^[2]

• Go Pass Verviers-Pepinster (1995–1996)
• VOO Verviers-Pepinster (2007–2013)
• VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (2013–2015)

Logos

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  The logo of the VOO Wolves (2013–2015)

References

1. "Basketploeg Verviers-Pepinster trekt zich terug uit Scooore League" (in Dutch). HLN.be. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
2. "VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster Team Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-10-23.

External links

• Official Site (in French)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page