Homenetmen Beirut B.C.
| Homenetmen Antelias BC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
| League | Lebanese Basketball League (Pepsi FLB League): Div.1 | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Arena | Tenjoukian Stadium, Mzher | ||
| Location | Mzher, Lebanon | ||
| Team colors | Orange, Black | ||
| President | Guy Manoukian | ||
| Head coach | Joe Moujaess | ||
| Team captain | Sevag Ketendjian | ||
| Uniforms | |||
|
|||
Homenetmen Beirut Basketball Club (Arabic: نادي الهومنتمن Armenian: Հայ Մարմնակրթական Ընդհանուր Միութիւն (ՀՄԸՄ) standing for "Armenian General Union of Body Culture") is the basketball department of Homenetmen, a Lebanese-Armenian multi-sports club based in Beirut. The club was established in 1924 and is part of the worldwide pan-Armenian Homenetmen association. Also known simply as Homenetmen, Homenetmen Beirut Basketball Club is the professional basketball team of the major Beirut based multi-sport club Homenetmen.
The basketball team was founded in 1924 and is one of the oldest in the country. Homenetmen Beirut has a long-running program for basketball in the Lebanese Basketball League for both men and women and has been one of the pioneers of the sports from the day of its foundation in Lebanon.
Having played for a long time in the first division of Lebanese Basketball League and winning the Lebanese Basketball Championship several times, the club presently plays in the first division.
In 2003, Homenetmenk; was relegated from the Lebanese basketball first division. The club played for the first time in history in the Lebanese basketball second division. After playing for 2 seasons in the second division the club qualified back to the first division in 2005 but was unable to play due to financial reasons. For years, the club fought for a place in the play-offs of the second division but ended getting knocked out. In 2012, Homenetmen reached the playoff semifinals but lost the series. In 2013, Homenetmen became the champions of the second division and got qualified to the Lebanese Basketball first division.
Homenetmen ended a 10-year wait for top-flight promotion to Lebanese basketball’s first division as they claimed the final series comfortably 3-0 after a 58-51 victory over Tadamon Zouk. The Armenian side will play in the first division for the first time since the 2004-05 season. Homenetmen had already, in their squad, several players accustomed to the top division. One of these players is Ghatas, who played for Sagesse for eight years, as well as Champville. With the start of the 2013-2014 season, Homenetmen signed Terrence Leather, Justin Gray, Hayg Gyokchyan, and even the veteran Joe Vogel. Homenetmenagan and fan favorite youngster Sevag Ketendjian was named captain of the team. The season started poorly with just 2 wins out of 6. Homenetmen fired their Serbian coach Nenad Krzic, released Justin Gray from the team and signed the American high-flier Dion Dixon and Bosnian coach Alan Abaz who guided the team to the first division the previous year. Under Abaz, the team found its winning form with a winning record of 8-1 without losing a game at home, defeating reigning champions Riyadi 70-63 at home and beating Sagesse 68-63 away. The club finished the regular season 6th and would face Amchit in the playoffs. The series ended 3-0 for Amchit.
...
Wikipedia