Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines, France. They currently play in the LNB Élite, the highest professional league in France. The team formerly played its home games at Sportica before that arena was destroyed by fire on 24 December 2023.
History During the summer of 2012, Gravelines secured the services of a player who would become a club legend, Dwight Buycks. His teammates included Ludovic Vaty, JK Edwards, Ousmane Camara, and Yannick Bokolo, and they formed one of the greatest teams in the club's history.
The team did not compete for the French championship title and was eliminated in the round of 16. However, it won the Leaders Cup (formerly known as Semain edes As) for the second time in its history
The 2020–21 season brought severe challenges as the club struggled with the Covid breaks plus had to compensate for the injuries of key players such as Erik McCree and Briante Weber. Yet, the arrival of new head coach JD Jackson brought some victories so that the team was able to stay in the country's prime division.
For the 2021–2022 season, the club is extending coach JD Jackson. They signed during the summer, players like Vafessa Fofana, Marcquise Reed, Brandon Taylor, and Dominik Olejniczak. The club will go to the 1/2 finals of the Coupe de France and will finish in 12th place in the standings.
During the 2022/23 season the club announced the arrivals of many players during the summer, such as JaJuan Johnson and DJ Seeley. However, after 11 games, the club separated from coach JD Jackson and signed the former coach of Bourg, Laurent Legname! The new coach made a rise in the standings, going from 15th place in November to 8th place for a time. Only two players left the team, and Kenny Boynton will replace DJ Seeley, who returned to the EuroLeague at Bayern Munich. Legname and his team played in the playoffs during the final day against SLUC Nancy. The BCM failed by a few points at home and will send Strasbourg to 8th place.
The European Cup The club experienced its first qualification in the European Cup Korac Cup in 1990. Qualified for the 2nd round, the BCM then faced CB Estudiantes. It was after two memorable matches that the BCM lost to the great Spanish club.
During the 2002–2003 season, the BCM competed in the EuroCup and achieved one of the best runs of this first edition.
Participation during the 2007–2008 season in the preliminary round of the FIBA Europe Cup. The club automatically qualified for the FIBA Europe Cup during the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 seasons.
For the 2011–2012 season, the BCM participated for the first time in its history in the qualifying round of the largest European competition, the EuroLeague. The club lost against ASVEL. They participated in the EuroCup this year.
Return to the FIBA Europe Cup the following season, with a Final Four at the end in Turkey.
During the 2013–2014 season the club participated in the EuroCup but experienced a very difficult season.
In 3 seasons the BCM would be in the European Cup again in the FIBA Europe Cup for the 2016–2017 season.
On 19 June 2023, the club formalized its return to the FIBA Europe Cup more than six years after its last appearance. On 22 November the BCM qualified for the Top 16 of the FIBA Europe Cup.
Prize list LNB Pro A Finalists (1): 2003–2004. French Cup Winners (1): 2004–2005. Finalists (2): 2002–2003 / 2009–2010. Leaders Cup Winners (2): 2010-2011 / 2012–2013. Finalists (2): 2004–2005 / 2011–2012. Pro B Winners (1): 1987–1988.
Participations in European Cups EuroLeague qualifyers (1) 2011-2012 Eurocup (5) 2002-2003 / 2003–2004 / 2004-2005 / 2011-2012 / 2013-2014 FIBA Europe Cup (6) 2007-2008 / 2009-2010 / 2010-2011 / 2012-2013 / 2016-2017 / 2023-2024 Korac Cup (1) 1990-1991
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueFrench CupLeaders CupEuropean competitions2010–111 Pro A 4th QuarterfinalistChampion 1 EuroChallenge 2011–121Pro A1stSemifinalistRunner-up 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2012–131 Pro A 1st Round of 16Champion 1 EuroChallenge 2013–141 Pro A 12th Round of 16 2 Eurocup 2014–151 Pro A 9th Round of 162015–161 Pro A 6thSemifinalistQuarterfinalist2016–171 Pro A 9th Round of 16Quarterfinalist 1 FIBA Europe Cup 2017–181 Pro A 13th Round of 162018–191 Pro A 11th Round of 322019–201 JeepELITE 17thQuarterfinalist2020–211 JeepELITE 15thQuarterfinalist2021–221 BetclicELITE 12thSemifinalist 2022–231 BetclicELITE 10th Round of 162023–241 BetclicELITE 15th Round of 16 4 FIBA Europe Cup2024–251 BetclicELITE 11th Round of 32
Players Current roster
Notable players
Head coaches Christian Devos (1986–1989) Jean Galle (1989–1995) Abdou N'Diaye (1991–1994) Jean-Denys Choulet (1996–2000) Jean-Luc Monschau (2000–2004) Fabrice Courcier (2004–2006) Frédéric Sarre (2006–2008) Christian Monschau (2008–2017) Julien Mahé (2017–2019) Eric Bartecheky (2019–2020) Serge Crevecoeur (2020–2021) J. D. Jackson (2021–2022) Laurent Legname (2022–2023) Jean-Christophe Prat (2023–present)
References
External links Official website