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| Racing Club Mechelen | |
| Founded: | 1940 |
| Dissolved: | 1995 |
| Arena: | Winketkaai |
| Capacity: | 2,000 |
| Location: | Mechelen, Belgium |
| Colors: | Green, White |
| Championships: | 15 Belgian Championships 9 Belgian Cups 5 Belgian Supercups |
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Racing Club Mechelen, or Racing Club Malines, was a Belgian professional basketball club from the city of Mechelen, Belgium. It was the men's basketball section of K.R.C. Mechelen. For sponsorship reasons, the club was also known as Maes Pils from the 1970s until the 1990s.
Founded in the 1940, the basketball section of KRC Mechelen obtained the number 71. The greatest period of the club was in the second part of the 20th century competing against other powerful clubs like RC Mechelen, Antwerpse BC and Bus Fruit Lier from the largest cities of the Antwerp Province.
From the end of the 1960s until the end of the 1970s, RC Mechelen was always present as main rivals to the Standard BC Liège club and the Brussels side Fresh Air Basketball, BC Oostende in the 1980s, and Spirou Basket Club in the 1990s.
In total, the club won 24 Trophies between 1964 and 1994: 15 Belgian Championships and 9 Belgian Cups. Maes Pils also reached the final of the Korać Cup in 1973 where they were beaten by Italian side Pallacanestro Cantù.[1]
R.C. Mechelen folded and merged with Sobabee to create Racing Basket Antwerpen, in 1995.[2] Until it was dissolved, the club's senior team was the most successful Belgian basketball club, after having won a total of 15 Belgian national championships, 9 Belgian Cups, and 5 Belgian SuperCups.
R.C. Mechelen played its home games in Mechelen, at the Winketkaai arena.
Champions (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
Runners-up: 1980-81, 1982-83, 1984-85
Winners (9): 1963–64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1993–94
Runners-up (1): 1968-69
Winners (5): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Runners-up : 1989
Champions (1): 1960–61
See main article: R.C. Mechelen in international competitions.
Jim Fox 1966–1967 Ed Murphy 1979–1981
Ronny Bayer 1985–1990 Jef Eygel 1969–1970 Éric Struelens 1988–1995 Bill Varner 1988–1995 Jacques Stas 1992–1995 Rick Raivio 1985–1987 Rik Samaey 1985–1990