World Class Aviation Academy Giants

WCAA Giants

Nickname

Giants

Founded

2003

Dissolved

2011

Arena

Sporthal de Boulevard

Capacity

900

Location

Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Team colors

Maroon, White

Website

westbrabantgiants.nl

Uniforms

Home

Away

West-Brabant Giants was a Dutch professional basketball club based in Bergen op Zoom. The club was established in 2003 and dissolved in 2011. The team played its games at Sporthal de Boulevard and its main colors were red and white.

History

The club was established in 2003 and was called Fun 4 All, for sponsorship reasons.^[1] The club entered the Dutch Basketball League, and ended 10th in the regular season. The next season the club was named the Myleasecar Giants,^[2] and the team reached the play-offs for the first time in its history. From 2005 till 2007 the club had the name Polynorm Giants,^[3] in these seasons the Giants made the postseason once. In 2008 and 2009 the Giants were semi-finalist in the play-offs. In 2010 the club had its best season, under the name Giants the team reached the Dutch finals. In the best-of-seven play-off series the Giants lost 4-1 to the GasTerra Flames from Groningen. After a season in which the Giants were quarterfinalists, the club was dissolved on September 9, 2011.^[4]

Notable players

Daniel Faris 1 seasons: 2009–10
Arvin Slagter 3 seasons: 2007–10
Jordan Collins 2 season: 2008–10
Tim Blue 3 seasons: 2007–09, 2010–11
Thomas Koenis 2 season: 2009–11

Results

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Dutch Cup
2003–04	1	DBL	10	–	–
2004–05	1	DBL	8	Semifinalist	–
2005–06	1	DBL	9	–	–
2006–07	1	DBL	7	Quarterfinalist	–
2007–08	1	DBL	3	Semifinalist	–
2008–09	1	DBL	4	Semifinalist	–
2009–10	1	DBL	2	Finalist	Semifinalist
2010–11	1	DBL	6	Quarterfinalist	Finalist

References

↑ Wijnand Nijs. "Fun 4 All is club én sponsor". Rparticles.kobala.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
↑ Wijnand Nijs. "Fun 4 All verandert in Myleasecar.nl/Giants". Rparticles.kobala.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
↑ Wijnand Nijs. "Polynorm hoofdsponsor van Giants". Rparticles.kobala.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
↑ "Reusachtige klap voor Bergen op Zoom". Villamedia.nl. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

Dutch Basketball League

Seasons

1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Playoffs

Clubs

2015–16	Leeuwarden Apollo Donar BSW Rotterdam Den Bosch Landstede Leiden

Former	ABC Almere Werkendam Den Helder Punch Magixx Haarlem Bergen op Zoom RZ DED The Wolves SVE Blue Stars AMVJ

Awards

Statistical leaders

Associated competitions

Category

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