Den Helder Suns (women)

Den Helder Suns
Den Helder Suns
Leagues	Women's Basketball League
Founded	1983; 41 years ago
Arena	Sporthal Sportlaan
Location	Den Helder, Netherlands
Head coach	Mario Bennes
2021–22 position	WBL, 1st of 9
Website	denhelderbasketball.nl

BV Den Helder, also known as Den Helder Suns, is a Dutch women's basketball club based in Den Helder. Established in 1983, it plays in the Women's Basketball League (WBL). The club has won sixteen national championships.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1983. Before, there was a team as part of BV Noordkop, however the ladies team decided to establish a separate club to further its ambitions.^[1] Since then, the team has played in the Dames Eredivisie.

Since the 2021–22 season, the team plays as Den Helder Suns, adopting the same name as the men's professional team from Den Helder.^[2] The organisations stayed separated from each other.

Honours[edit]

Women's Basketball League

Champions (16): 1985, 1988–1991, 1996, 1998–2000, 2004–2006, 2008, 2009, 2021, 2022

NBB Cup

Champions (8): 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2020, 2023

WBL Final Four

Champions (7): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Den Helder Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
F	3	van Linge, Mecx	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	4	Kopra, Shelaney	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
PG	6	Plagmeijer, Leonie	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
G	8	Lewakabessy, Amber	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
C	10	Toornstra, Lotte	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	11	Lewakabessy, Noa	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
G	16	van Es, Priscilla	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G		Karreman, Joa
		Biggott, Brooke
		Smith, Morgan

Head coach

Mario Bennes

Assistant coach(es)

Femke Slim

Team manager

Yngwie van der Velden

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 9, 2023

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

Notable players[edit]

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official WNBA match at any time.

Alda Leif Jónsdóttir

References[edit]

^ "Geschiedenis - BV Noordkop". Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "Mannen en vrouwen Den Helder gaan verder onder dezelfde basketbalnaam". www.nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[1] "Geschiedenis - BV Noordkop". Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[2] "Mannen en vrouwen Den Helder gaan verder onder dezelfde basketbalnaam". www.nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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