TELENET BC OSTEND (OSTEND, BELGIUM)

Founded in 1970
Team colors: black and yellow
Honors: Belgian championship (1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2011-12, 2012-13), Belgian Cup (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2013)
Arena: Sleuyter Arena (capacity – 5000)
President: Arthur Goethals
Head coach: Dario Gjergja
Official website: www.bcoostende.be

Rimas Kurtinaitis, BC Khimki head coach:

— In the offseason BC Ostend played several games, and performed unevenly: it could have won "+13", and then lost "-15". For example, they lost in the Belgian SuperCup title game lately. Moreover they have problems with big men like Wright who missed some games of the team. At the same time, our opponent has good players in the roster like Djordjevic and Thompson. BC Ostend is a dangerous team, and we respect them. All our thoughts are about the upcoming game, so we do not look further so far. We have experience in preparing for such games.