Racing Club Mechelen was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club from the city of Mechelen

Mechelen

Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...

, Belgium. The club folded and merged with Sobabee to create Racing Basket Antwerpen

Antwerp Diamond Giants

Antwerp Giants is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena.Antwerpse, Zaziko, Brabo, Oxaco, Tunnel and more Antwerp basketball teams formed a union called SOBABEE which merged with Racing Mechelen BC. The club was called Racing Basket Antwerpen then...

 in 1995. Until it was dissolved the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club winning a total of 15 national championships and 9 Belgian cups. The club played its home games in nearby Antwerp at the Sporthal Arena

Sporthal Arena

Sporthal Arena is an Indoor arena in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium. Built it 1966, it has a capacity for 2,100 people, 1,196 of which are seating capacity. An 800,000 Euro renovation works took place between April 2008-February 2009...

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Titles

• Ethias League
  Basketball League Belgium
  The Basketball League Belgium , also known as the Ligue Ethias or Ethias League, is the highest professional basketball league in Belgium.-Teams:* Antwerp Giants* Belgacom Liège Basket* Dexia Mons-Hainaut* Generali Okapi Aalstar...
  
  :(15)
  • 1964-65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Belgian Basketball Cup:(9)
  • 1963-64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Radivoj Korać Cup
  Korac Cup
  The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...
  
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  • Finalist (1):1972-73

Notable players

Bill varner Éric Struelens Éric Struelens Éric Struelens is a former Belgian basketball player. Struelens won the Belgian championship 7 times and the Belgian Cup 4 times . He also won twice the Player of the Year award in Belgium...  (1988–1995) Jacques Stas