United Basketball

United Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as QSTA United, is a Dutch basketball club based in Bemmel, Gelderland. Established in 2020, the team plays in the Promotiedivisie, after being relegated from the BNXT League following the 2024–25 season. Home games are played at De Kooi, which has a capacity of 650 people.

QSTA United
Leagues	Promotiedivisie
Founded	May 2020; 5 years ago (May 2020)
Arena	De Kooi
Capacity	650
Location	Bemmel, Netherlands
Main sponsor	QSTA
President	Sjang van de Wiel
Head coach	Jeroen van Vugt
Website	www.qstaunited.nl//
Home Away

History

The organization was founded in May 2020 under the temporary name of Basketball Community Gelderland with the aim of bringing back professional basketball to the province of Gelderland. Since the folding of Matrixx Magixx in 2014, the province had been without a club in the first-tier Dutch Basketball League (DBL).

On 5 August, the club announced it was taking the step to the DBL and had acquired a provisional license for the 2020–21 season.^[1] On 9 August, the club announced Matthew Otten as its first head coach.^[2] On 13 August, the club signed its first player in American Kaleb Warner.^[3] Yoast SEO signed a three-year contract to become main sponsor of the team, which was named Yoast United for its inaugural season.^[4] On 4 October, 2021, Yoast United won its first-ever DBL game away against BAL Weert, 91–59.^[5]

United had an incredible 2021 Dutch Cup campaign in its debut season. It defeated favored Donar and Landstede Hammers in the quarter- and semifinals. Point guard Austin Luke, also assists leader of the DBL, led the team with 52 points in the semifinal that was won after overtime.^[6] In the final, Yoast lost to eight-seeded BAL.^[7]

Starting from the 2021–22 season, United plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands are combined. Head coach Otten signed with Donar Groningen, and Paul Vervaeck signed a 2-year contract to become his successor.^[8]

In June 2024, United announced it had signed a sponsorship agreement with QSTA and will be named QSTA United starting from the 2024–25 season.^[9] That season, United finished in the last place and was officially relegated from the league, and then opted to play in the second-level Promotiedivisie starting from 2025–26.^[10]

Arena

Yoast United plays its games at Sportcentrum De Kooi, which had been used by amateur club Batouwe Basketball before as well.^[11] With a capacity of 650 people, it is the smallest arena in the BNXT League.

Players

Current roster

QSTA United roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 van Schaik, Bart 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1999-07-09)9 July 1999 SG 2 Quincy Biliosa, Daniël 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2004-12-22)22 December 2004 C 4 Rijkers, Florian 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 19 – (2005-08-30)30 August 2005 SF 7 Carlson, Ben 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 SF 10 Helfrich, Keime 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-09-05)5 September 1997 SF 12 Taylor, Evan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-07-05)5 July 2001 SF 17 van Hout, Niels 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2006-01-09)9 January 2006 PG 18 Saveljic, Marko 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 18 – (2007-07-23)23 July 2007 PG 19 Molenaar, Tobias 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 17 – (2008-04-09)9 April 2008 PG 20 Arvidsson, Jonatan 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1998-03-31)31 March 1998 C 44 Williams, Tre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 SF 91 de Vaal, Tjall 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2005-01-21)21 January 2005	Head coach Jeroen van Vugt Assistant coach(es) Matthew van Tongeren Joost Vennema Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player Injured Roster Updated: June 21, 2025

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Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 NBA match at any time.

• Andrés Ibargüen (1 season: 2020–21)
• Austin Luke (1 season: 2020–21)

Individual awards

DBL All-Rookie Team

• Bob Berghuis – 2021

Honours

DBL Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2021

Season by season

Key

*	National playoff berth
	Relegated
DNQ	Did not qualify

Season	Tier	League	Regular season				National Playoffs	BNXT Playoffs	Dutch Cup	Head coach
			Finish	Wins	Losses	Win%
Yoast United
2020–21	1	DBL	7th*	16	5	.762	Lost in Quarterfinals (Den Bosch, 161–174)	–	Runners-up	Matthew Otten
2021–22	1	BNXT League	18th	9	21	.300	DNQ	Lost in First Round (BAL), 152–163	Eightfinalist	Paul Vervaeck
2022–23	1	BNXT League	15th*	13	15	.464	Lost in quarterfinals (Donar), 2–0	Lost in Second Run (Mons-Hainaut), 168–166	Eightfinalist
2023–24	1	BNXT League	19th*	7	21	.250	Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2	N/A	Quarterfinalist	Jeroen van Vugt
2024–25	1	BNXT League	19th	4	32	.111	DNQ	N/A	Quarterfinalist

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref.
2020–2024	Jako	Yoast SEO	[12]
2024–present		QSTA	[9]

Head coaches

Main category: Yoast United coaches

Period	Head coach
2020–2021	Matthew Otten
2021–2023	Paul Vervaeck
2023–present	Jeroen van Vugt