Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen, also known as Kangoeroes or Kangoeroes Mechelen, is a professional basketball club based in Mechelen, Belgium. Founded in 2009, the club plays in the BNXT League. Kangoeroes have been playing in the top tier division in Belgium for years, since 2013.
Previously, the team played in Boom and Willebroek. In 2018, the club moved to Mechelen.
History
The club was founded in 2009, as a result of a merger between BBC Kangoeroes Willebroek and Boom BBC. The team name was BBC Kangoeroes Boom, but in summer 2013 the team was renamed Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek. In the 2013–14 season, Kangoeroes entered the professional first tier Ethias League. The Kangoeroes received a C-licence from the Belgium Basketball Federation. This license allowed the team to play with a considerably lower budget than other teams. Move to Mechelen In January 2018, Kangoroes announced it would move the team to the city of Mechelen starting from the 2018–19 season. The arena in Willebroek did not fulfill the needs of the Division I. With its merger the club would merge with Pitzemburg Basket and the new team was Kangoeres Basket Mechelen.
Since the 2021–22 season, Kangoeroes plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.
In the 2024–25 season, Kangoeroes won the BNXT League title, after finishing in the first position of the regular season with a 26–10 record. It was the Kangoeroes' first trophy at the highest level.
Arenas Duration Arena Location Capacity2013–2018 De Schalk Willebroek 1,100 2018–present Winketkaai Mechelen 1,500 Names BBC Kangoeroes-Boom (2009–2013) Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek (2013–2018) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (2018–present)
Honours BNXT League Winners (1): 2024–25 BNXT Belgian Championship Runners-up (2): 2021–22, 2024–25 Belgian Cup Runners-up (1): 2020–21 Belgian Second Division Winners (1): 2010–11 Runners-up (2): 2009–10, 2012–13
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueBelgian CupEuropean competitions2009–10 2 Second Division2nd 2010–11 2 Second Division 1st 2011–12 2 Second Division 5th 2012–13 2 Second Division 2nd Round of 162013–14 1 BLB 10th Quarterfinalist2014–15 1 BLB 9th Round of 162015–16 1 BLB 9th Quarterfinalist2016–17 1 BLB 8th Round of 162017–18 1 BLB 7th Round of 162018–19 1 BLB 8th Round of 162019–20 1 PBL 7th 2020–21 1 PBL 7th Runners-up2021–22 1 BNXT BE 2nd Quarterfinalist BNXT 5th2022–23 1 BNXT BE 3rd Quarterfinalist BNXT 9th2023–24 1 BNXT BE 5th Semifinalist BNXT 11th2024–25 1 BNXT BE 2nd Quarterfinalist BNXT 1st2025–26 1 BNXT BE 6th Quarterfinalist 4 Europe Cup BNXT 8th
Players Current roster
Notable players
Toarlyn Fitzpatrick (1 season: 2013–14) Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (1 season: 2013–14) Mohamed Kherrazi (1 season: 2020–21) Jito Kok (2 seasons: 2019–21) Domien Loubry (2 seasons: 2020–present) Wen Mukubu (1 seasons: 2021–2024)
Individual awards
BNXT League Dream Team Myles Stephens – 2022 Wen Mukubu – 2022 Trenton Gibson – 2025 Aundre Hyatt – 2025 BNXT League Player of the Year Wen Mukubu – 2022 BNXT League Coach of the Year Kristof Michiels – 2022
Head coaches
Paul Vervaeck (2009–2012) Tom Poppe (2012) Aleksander Peldic (2013–2014) Daniel Goethals (2014–2017) Damir Milačić (2017–2018) Yves Defraigne (2018) Paul Vervaeck (2018–2021) Kristof Michiels (2021–2024) Tony Van den Bosch (2024–2026) Paul Vervaeck (2026–present)
Women's basketball Current roster
References
External links Official website Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek at Ethias League website