The EiffelTowers is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 professional 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...

 team that plays in the FEB Eredivisie

Dutch Basketball League

The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...

. The team has also been a regular at international competitions, lastly when it played in the EuroChallenge 2009–10. They play their home games at the Maaspoort Sports end Events

Maaspoort Sports end Events

Maaspoort Sports end Events is an Indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on September 2, 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue for EiffelTowers basketball team....

 in Den Bosch.

History

On October 18, 1952, 's-Hertogenbosch's first Basketball Club (EBBC) was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962 it played in the Eredivisie for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently the team degraded again.

Decades later, EiffelTowers The Bosch was established in June 2005 and comes from two other Eredivisie

Dutch Basketball League

The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...

 clubs, namely EBBC Den Bosch and EiffelTowers Nijmegen. The club has one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they can and could attract good players like Leon Rodgers. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch Championship

Dutch Basketball League

The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...

 title. The year after that (2006-2007) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the Matrixx Magixx from Nijmegen.

EBBC Den Bosch
One of the oldest Dutch basketball teams in the Eredivisie is EBBC The Bosch. The name of the club is known by various large clubs in Europe. They have won 12 Dutch championship titles and three Dutch Cup titles.

National

Dutch Championships

Dutch Basketball League

The Dutch Basketball League , is the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The league has a closed system...

(14x)

1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007

Runner-up: 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2009

NBB beker (5x)

1993, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009

Ricoh Cup (1x)

2000

International

Euroleague

Euroleague

Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...

(0x)

Final Poule: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987

European Cup Winners' Cup

Saporta Cup

Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...

(0x)

Runner-up: 1979

Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup (basketball)

The World Cup for Champion Clubs, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup, was a basketball competition endorsed by FIBA to gather the best clubs from the federations affiliated to FIBA and to officially decide the best club of the world, contended mainly by the continents of higher...

(0x)

Runner-up: 1982  (Jones Cup)

EuroChallenge

EuroChallenge

The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...

(0x)

Top 16: 2009, 2010

Friendly

Haarlem Basketball Week (1x)

2006 

Runner-up: 1986, 1988

Current Roster

Notable former players

Willie-Jan Ackermans 2 seasons: '03-'05 Sjors Besseling 1 season: '04-'05 Ron Borstel 2 seasons: '99-'01 Serdar Akyuz 1 season: '05 Lawrence Abney 1 season: '09 Jerome Beasley

Jerome Beasley

Jerome Beasley is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for APOEL in Cyprus.-High school:Beasley graduated from Moreno Valley High School in California in 1999...

 2 seasons: '08-'10 Damone Brown

Damone Brown

Damone Lamar Brown is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He is a 6'9" and 212 lb forward. After playing college basketball at Syracuse University, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft...

 1 season: '07-'08 Darnell Clavon 1 season: '04 Leon Rodgers  2 seasons: '05-07

Notable former coaches

Don Beck 1 season: '09-'10

October 2008

External links

• Official Site