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BAL (basketball)

Basketball Academie Limburg, commonly known as BAL and for sponsorship reasons as PrismaWorx BAL, is a Dutch basketball club based in Weert in the province of Limburg. The club was founded in 2013 as an academy to develop youth players from the province of Limburg. The club entered the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season after the dissolution of the professional team BSW. Currently, the team plays in the BNXT League.

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PrismaWorx BAL
PrismaWorx BAL logo
LeaguesPromotiedivisie
Founded9 April 2013 (2013-04-09)
HistoryBAL
(2013–present)
ArenaSporthal Boshoven
Capacity1,000
Location Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
PresidentJeroen van Veen1
Team captainRoel van Overbeek
Championships1 Dutch Cup
Websitebasketbalacademielimburg.nl
Former logo of the club, used until 2017 source ↗

Basketball Academie Limburg, commonly known as BAL and for sponsorship reasons as PrismaWorx BAL, is a Dutch basketball club based in Weert in the province of Limburg. The club was founded in 2013 as an academy to develop youth players from the province of Limburg. The club entered the Dutch Basketball League for the 2017–18 season after the dissolution of the professional team BSW. Currently, the team plays in the BNXT League.

In 2021, BAL won its first-ever trophy when it won the DBL Cup in surprising fashion as the team was ranked eight in the DBL that season.2

History

Foundation

The club was established on 9 April 2013 to function as a club for regional talent from the province of Limburg. In its first years, the team played with several youth teams in domestic competitions.

In the 2017 offseason the professional club BSW from Weert and BAL intended a merger, which would integrate BSW into BAL.3 Following BSW going defunct during this offseason, BAL decided to take its place in the DBL. As BAL played in the same home arena and the team consisted of several of the same players, the team can be considered a phoenix club. Radenko Varagić coached the team.

First DBL seasons

In its debut season, BAL finished in the ninth and last place in the DBL, winning 4 out of its 32 games. The team consisted of a selection of young promising players, such as guard Sam van Dijk who was named the DBL Most Improved Player in the club's debut season. On 1 August 2018, BAL signed its first ever foreign player when American center Tony Washington signed for one year.4 In its second season, BAL once again finished last in the DBL with this time five wins in 2018–19.

In the 2020–21 season, BAL reached the playoffs for the first time after finishing in the eight seed. This season the team also won the 2021 DBL Cup, the club's first-ever trophy.2 In the semi-finals, BAL upset first-seeded ZZ Leiden and in the final the team was too strong for Yoast United. Trevor Jasinsky led the team in scoring in the final with 27 points.

Since the 2021–22 season, BAL plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.5

In June 2024, BAL signed its first name sponsorship contract and agreed to be named PrismaWorx BAL for three years, starting from the 2024–25 season.6

Voluntary relegation

In march 2026, the club announced that they would not apply for a license for the BNXT League season 26-27. The club was unable to find sufficient sponsors and capabale management to remain competitive in the league. The club hopes to join the new Dutch league which is to be founded as a level between Promotiedivisie and BNXT League. 7

Honours

DBL Cup2

Dutch Supercup

  • Runners-up (1): 2021

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. NBB Cup
BAL
2016–17 4 1e divisie 9th
2017–18 1 DBL 9th Withdrew
2018–19 1 DBL 9th Eightfinals
2019–20 1 DBL 6tha Eightfinals
2020–21 1 DBL 8th Champion
2021–22 1 BNXT League NL 7th Fourth Round
BNXT 15th
2022–23 1 BNXT League NL 8th Fourth Round
BNXT 18th
2023–24 1 BNXT League NL 5th Quarterfinals
BNXT 10th
2024–25 1 BNXT League NL 8th Eightfinals
BNXT 18th
2025–26 1 BNXT League NL 8th Eightfinals
BNXT 18th
  1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

BAL roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 2 Netherlands Sibilo, Romano 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2004-05-14)14 May 2004
F 3 France Bonfils, Lucas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2004-09-05)5 September 2004
C 4 Netherlands Afolabi, Adekule 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2005-05-07)7 May 2005
SF 7 Netherlands Ondaan, Kenyuoe 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999
PG 8 Netherlands Strojil, Armin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2003-06-24)24 June 2003
SG 11 Netherlands Vogelaar, Renars 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2004-02-09)9 February 2004
PG 13 Slovenia Ličan, Lon 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2005-01-31)31 January 2005
F/C 14 Netherlands van Holst, Niels 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2004-08-26)26 August 2004
SF 17 Switzerland Muhr, Ryan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2002-08-17)17 August 2002
F 33 Netherlands De Graff, Kjell 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1999-09-08)8 September 1999
F 81 France Senegal Sene, Kara 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2006-07-10)10 July 2006
C 91 Belgium Hautekeet, Milo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2004-06-07)7 June 2004
Head coach
  • Vacant
Assistant coach(es)
  • Netherlands Koen van Gerwen
  • Spain Manuel Luis Suárez Marín-Ricky
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 30, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Individual awards

BNXT League Rising Star of the Year
DBL Most Improved Player
DBL All-Rookie Team
  • Jacco Fritz – 2018
  • Nino Gorissen – 2018
  • Ivan Simic – 2019

Top scorers by seasons

The following players led BAL in scoring in each DBL or BNXT League season:8

Season Name PPG
2017–18 Netherlands Sam van Dijk 12.2
2018–19 United States Tony Washington 12.2
2019–20 United States Trey Burch-Manning 14.5
2020–21 United States Trevor Jasinsky 15.8
2021–22 Republic of Ireland D. J. Mitchell
16.0
2022–23 Belgium Noel Botuli
11.9
2023–24 Belgium Noel Botuli
12.7
2024–25 France Lionel Colson
14.9
2025–26 Senegal Kara Sene
14.4

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

Category Player Record
Games played Wietze Nossek 120
Points scored Wietze Nossek 754
Rebounds Roel Aarts 443
Assists Roel van Overbeek 329
Steals Roel van Overbeek 94
Blocks Roel Aarts 41
Three-point field goals Sander Hollanders 141
Notes

Notes

References

References

  1. BAL verwelkomt plan voor invoering BENE-League
  2. "Basketball Academie Limburg uit Weert verovert nationale beker". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. "BSW wordt Basketbal Academie Limburg en wil nieuwe hal". L1Limburg.nl. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  4. "BAL Weert haalt Amerikaanse center in huis". 1Limburg - Nieuws en sport uit Limburg. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. "BAL sluit driejarig contract met PrismaWorx". basketbalacademielimburg.nl. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  7. "If all these people bought a ticket each week, we would still be in the BNXT League". limburger.nl. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  8. "Basketball Academie Limburg Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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