Belgian Player of the Year (basketball)

The Belgian Prayer of the Year (Belgische Speler van het Jaar in Dutch) is an annual Basketball League Belgium Division I award given to the best player with a Belgian nationality. The award is organised by the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad.

Winners

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Season Player Position[a] Team Ref(s)
1958–59 Jef Eygel PG Antwerpse
1959–60 John Loridon Brabo
1960–61 Jef Eygel (2×) PG Antwerpse
1961–62 René Aerts Antwerpse
1962–63 Jef Eygel (3×) PG Antwerpse
1963–64 Jef Eygel (4×) PG Antwerpse
1964–65 Willy Steveniers SG R.C. Mechelen
1965–66 Willy Steveniers (2×) SG R.C. Mechelen
1966–67 Willy Steveniers (3×) SG R.C. Mechelen
1967–68 Gilbert Ibens Pitzemburg Basket
1968–69 Theo Hillen R.C. Mechelen
1969–70 Willy Steveniers (4×) SG Standard Liège
1970–71 Jack Verdeyen Bus Lier
1971–72 Robert Van Herzele Bus Lier
1972–73 Jos Peeters R.C. Mechelen
1973–74 Etienne Geerts Antwerpse
1974–75 Robert Van Herzele (2×) Bus Lier
1975–76 Etienne Geerts (2×) Antwerpse
1976–77 Etienne Geerts (3×) Standard Liège
1977–78 François Huysmans Verviers
1978–79 Ivo Van Poppelen Fresh Air
1979–80 François Huysmans (2×) Verviers
1980–81 Rik Samaey SF Oostende
1981–82 Rik Samaey (2×) SF Oostende
1982–83 Rik Samaey (3×) SF Oostende
1983–84 Rik Samaey (4×) SF Oostende
1984–85 Rik Samaey (5×) SF Oostende
1985–86 Rik Samaey (6×) SF R.C. Mechelen
1986–87 Rik Samaey (7×) SF R.C. Mechelen
1987–88 Rik Samaey (8×) SF R.C. Mechelen
1988–89 Rik Samaey (9×) SF R.C. Mechelen
1989–90 Ronny Bayer PG R.C. Mechelen
1990–91 Éric Struelens PF/C R.C. Mechelen
1991–92 Éric Struelens (2×) PF/C R.C. Mechelen
1992–93 Herman Bruyninckx Leuven Bears
1993–94 Rik Samaey (10×) SF R.C. Mechelen
1994–95 Jean-Marc Jaumin PG Oostende
1995–96 Jaques Stas Spirou Charleroi
1996–97 Jean-Marc Jaumin (2×) PG Oostende
1997–98 David Desy Spirou Charleroi
1998–99 Jaques Stas (2×) Spirou Charleroi
1999–00 Yves Dupont C Racing Basket Antwerpen [1]
2000–01 Tomas Van Den Spiegel C Telindus Oostende [1]
2001–02 Christophe Beghin PF/C Telindus Oostende [1]
2002–03 Roel Moors PG Spirou Charleroi [1]
2003–04 Roel Moors (2×) PG Spirou Charleroi [1]
2004–05 Yves Dupont (2×) C Euphony Bree [1]
2005–06 Jean-Marc Jaumin (3×) PG Telindus Oostende [1]
2006–07 Sam Van Rossom PG Telindus Oostende [2]
2007–08 Sam Van Rossom (2×) PG Base BC Oostende [3]
2008–09 Christophe Beghin (2×) PF/C Antwerp Diamond Giants [4]
2009–10 Christophe Beghin (3×) PF/C Antwerp Diamond Giants [5]
2010–11 Roel Moors (3×) PG Antwerp Diamond Giants [6]
2011–12 Jorn Steinbach PG Generali Okapi Aalstar [7]
2012–13 Roel Moors (4×) PG Port of Antwerp Giants [8]
2013–14 Maxime De Zeeuw PF Port of Antwerp Giants [9]
2014–15 Pierre-Antoine Gillet PF Telenet Oostende [10]
2015–16 Quentin Serron PG/SG Telenet Oostende [11]
2016–17 Olivier Troisfontaines SG/SF Crelan Okapi Aalstar
2017–18 Jean Salumu G/SF Oostende [12]
2018–19 Hans Vanwijn PF Antwerp Giants
2019–20 Hans Vanwijn (2) PF Antwerp Giants [13]
2020–21 Loïc Schwartz SG Oostende [14]
2021–22 Wen Mukubu SF Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
2022–23 Pierre-Antoine Gillet PF Oostende
2023–24 Pierre-Antoine Gillet PF Oostende

Awards by player

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Player Total
Rik Samaey 10
Jef Eygel 4
Willy Steveniers 4
Roel Moors 4
Jean-Marc Jaumin 3

Notes

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  1. ^ The player's primary position is listed.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Speler van het jaar". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ vrijdag 11 mei 2007 Om 0u00 Door BELGA Bron: BELGA (10 January 2014). "Sam Van Rossom is Belgisch basketbalspeler van het jaar - Sportwereld". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Zaalsporten - Sam Van Rossom opnieuw speler van het jaar". Gva.be. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Speler van het jaar 2009". Vlaamsebasketballiga.be. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Antwerp Giants - official website" (in Dutch). Portofantwerpgiants.be. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Roel Moors is Speler van het Jaar in basketbal - Meer Sport - De Morgen" (in Dutch). Demorgen.be. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ zaterdag 2 juni 2012 Om 12u05 Door cpm (2 June 2012). "Rik Samaey overhandigt trofee Speler van het Jaar aan Jorn S... - Sportwereld". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Roel Moors (Antwerp) is opnieuw beste Belgische basketspeler". Het Nieuwsblad. 12 May 2013.
  9. ^ zondag 11 mei 2014 Om 11u05 Bron: BELGA (11 May 2014). "Maxime De Zeeuw van Antwerp Giants is Speler van het Jaar - Sportwereld". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Pierre-Antoine Gillet is Belgische Speler van het Jaar". Het Nieuwsblad. 3 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Serron Basketbalspeler van het Jaar, Moors beste coach". Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Salumu (Oostende) verkozen tot MVP, Akyazili (Antwerp) belofte van het jaar" (in Dutch). HLN.be. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Hans Vanwijn earns Belgian Player & Seppe D'Espallier Rising Star of the Year". EuroMillions Basketball League. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Loïc Schwartz (Oostende) is beste Belgische Speler van het Jaar, Vladimir Mihailovic (Aalst) verkozen tot MVP in Euromillions Basketball League". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 10 July 2021.