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19-04 registrations for 2012 X-Mas Tournament are open
The registrations for the 2012 Belgacom Altia X-Mas Tournament are now open. Below you will find a link to the invitation for the tournament and the registration document. Teams wanting to register can forward this registration form completed to peter.delepeleire@telenet.be. We will at this stage accept a limited number of registrations per country. (attention: for the MU18 Invitational, a separate invitation will be send out)
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7-05 Altia Hotel Neuville en Ferrain will be again a main sponsor
We are glad to announce that Altia Hotel, in Neuville en Ferrain, will be again the X-Mas Tournament's main sponsor in 2012. Thanks to the excellent cooperation in the past editions, the tournament was able to host several teams in the outstanding accommodation of the Altia Hotel. This year again, Altia Hotel will be the central point for accommodation. We thank Mrs Els Delaere, the hotel director, for the trust she is showing in the organization of the Altia X-Mas Tournament 2012.
History of the Tournament: BS Waregem (Belgium) has the most participations
A Quick study of the past editions of the Altia Belgacom X-Mas Tournament showed us that Bent Shoes Waregem is the club with the most participations in the past editions. Nine teams from this club participated in the first six editions of the Tournament. From abroad, Black Eagles Rosmalen (Holland) and Sparta Bertrange (Luxemburg) showed to be the most regular competitors, followed from nearby by the english national teams. Below is shown the top 10 participants.
| INV | MU18 | MU16 | MU14 | WU18 | WU16 | TOTAL | |||
| 1 | BS Waregem | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 2 | Bavi Vilvoorde | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Black Eagles Rosmalen | HOL | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Kortrijk Sport CB | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Leuven Bears | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 6 | Sparta Bertrange | LUX | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 7 | VBL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 8 | England NT | ENG | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | Power Wevelgem | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 10 | Okapi Aalst | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
27-04 Almonte Eindhoven (Netherlands) will be back in 2012
Another traditional participant registered earlier this week for the tournament. Almonte Eindhoven will be participating in MU18, MU16 and MU14. We are very happy having the teams from the Philips City on our roster.
27-04 MU18 2011 runner up Falco Gent is first Belgian team to register
It's becoming a tradition: Falco Gent is this year again the first Belgian team to register for the Belgacom Altia X-Mas Tournament. Falco Gent is one of the best youth programs in Belgian aand has a lot of its former youth players acting on the highest level in Belgium. This year the club, managed by well-known former Division 1 coach Pat Gevaert, will compete in MU18 and MU16.
21-04 First registration in the Men Under 18 Invitational
Last week, Basketball Team Salva/University of Tarta was the first team to accept our invitation for our main event. This Estonian team is one of the participants in the North European Youth Basketball League (NEYBL). We warmly welcome our first Estonian participant in the MU18 competition. Visit their website at basket.ut.ee.
21-04 - KK Grosuplje, Slovenia registers for the MU18 Invitational
We are very happy to announce the participation of KK Grosuplje, Slovenian national champions in this age group, in the MU18 Invitational. KK Grosuplje is one of the exponents of the high level Slovenian basketball, and will be our first Balkan team to participate. Visit their website at www.kklub-grosuplje.si
21-04 Belgium MU18 in Invitational
Our National team will this year again participate in our Invitational Tournament. We thank the VBL for the confidence in our event and we are glad to announce at this moment that the VBL selections MU16 and MU15 will also participate in our event, respectively in the age groups MU18 (normal tournament) and MU16
For avoiding confusion: what’s the difference between the MU18 Belgacom Invitational Tournament and the MU18 Floralux Cup ?
The Belgacom MU18 Invitational Tournament is the main event in our tournament. Eight teams will be gathered upon individual invitation. Our aim is, as last year, to organize a top level tournament with some of the better European club teams and national selections. Last year this competition was won by Atletas Kaunas, after a thrilling final against the famous Canarias Basketball Academy from Spain.
Eight teams will compete in this event (5 complete games)
The MU18 Floralux Cup is an open competition in which all teams can register, under one single condition: they must play at the national level in their respective countries (landelijk in Flanders, regional in Wallonia, Eredivisie in Holland, Jügend Bundesliga in Germany, cadets France in France,....). Registrations will be accepted in chronological order, and with a maximum of two teams per country.
Eight or twelve teams will compete in this event (6 games of 4 x 8 minutes stopped chrono)
First news about the Altia Belgacom Tournament 2012
Although we just finished the 2011 edition, we are already looking forward to the 2012 Altia Belgacom X-Mas Tournament. We can announce at this stage:
- the Altia Belgacom X-Mas Tournament 2012 will be held from Friday December 28th till Sunday December 30th
- the tournament will take three days, instead of 2 and a half.
- teams will play 6 games (4 x 8’) or 5 games (4 x 10’ in the Invitational categories)
- A new category will be added: Women Under 16.
The different categories will be:
- Men Under 18 Invitational (8 teams)
- Women Under 18 Invitational (8 teams)
- Men Under 18 (16 teams)
- Men Under 16 (16 teams)
- Women Under 16 (8 teams)
- Men Under 14 (16 teams)
Thank you !
we thank all the participants in the 2011 Altia Belgacom X-Mas Tournament and hope meeting you again in 2012 !!!
X-Mas 2011 Ieper BK Petrzalka
photographer: Alexander - BK Petrzalka
Photos and media
If you have some photos or other media (video, ...) and you want to publish it on the X-Mas site ?
Send a mail to webmaster(at)x-mastournament.be and we will publish it.
X-Mas 2011 - Ieper - Day 2
photographer: Marie Lee
X-Mas Wevelgem
photographer: Philippe Bolen
Photo link
Photo link cadets AWBB Royal Nivelles Basket Ball: http://www.foto-basket.net/
X-Mas 2011 Rennes - Leuven
photographer: Roel Peerlinck
X-Mas 2011 Ieper - Day 1 - Holland
photographer: Robbert Slim
X-Mas 2011 Ieper - Day 2 - Holland
photographer: Robbert Slim
Photos X-Mas 2011 Day 3 part II
photographer: Pascal Deconinck
X-Mas Day 3 - Leuven Bears Kadet - Belgium U16
photographer: Roel Peerlinck
Photos X-Mas 2011 Day 3
photographer: Philippe Dekoker (for high resolution photo’s, just send an email : p.dekoker@skynet.be)
Photos X-Mas 2011 Day 2 Part III
photographer: Philippe Dekoker
X-Mas 2011 Day 3 - Ceremony Wevelgem
photographer: Patricia Dhont
X-Mas 2011 Day 2 - Weert - Leuven Bears
photographer: Roel Peerlinck
Photos X-Mas 2011 - Kortrijk Sport CB
photographer: Patricia Dhont
Photos X-Mas 2011 Day 2 Part II
photographer: Pascal Deconinck
Photos X-Mas 2011 Day 2 Part I
photographer: Pascal Deconinck
Photos X-Mas 2011 day 1
photographer: Pascal Deconinck
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X-Mas Tournament 2011
Presented by:
MVP U14
Karel Vanhoutte (Bent Shoes Waregem)
MVP U16
Niels Foerts (Willibis Antwerpen)
MVP WU18
Lisanne de Jonge (Lekdetec.nl Batouwe)
MVP U18
Paul-Lou duwiquet (BCM Gravelines)
MVP U18 Invitanional
Rokas Gustys (Atletas Kaunas)
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