The AED Studio's in Lint will be the scene where on May 22nd the Belgian basketball awards event will be revitalized after an 8-year absence. The Pro Basketball League is relaunching the event with its media partners Het Nieuwsblad, La Dernière Heure and DB Video aiming to put Belgian basketball in the spotlights.

Players, coaches and referees of both the EuroMillions Basketball League (= EMBL) and the Top Division Women (= TDW) will be honoured. Doors will open at 20.00. Here are the individual awards that will be given for both EMBL & TDW :

- MVP (Most Valuable Player, all nationalities)
- Player of the Year (Belgian)
- Rising Star
- Coach of the Year
- Referee of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement Award

The Het Nieuwsblad award "Star of the Coaches" will no longer be given as a separate award. The points that EMBL coaches give each week to the best performing players of the games of each round will be incorporated in the MVP vote. Both an all offensive and all defensive team will be designated by a mix of fan voting and jury voting. The nominees for the individual Awards will be communicated on May 7 th .

Entrance to the event is free. Fans wanting to attend the event should register on www.belgianbasketballawards.be to receive the entrance voucher.

To find out more on the Belgian League, please click here. Follow the Euromillions Basketball League on Twitter at @EuroMillionsBL.