Homenetmen Beirut (basketball)

2003–2013: Second Division years In 2003, Homenetmen was relegated from the Lebanese Basketball first division. The club played for the first time in history in the Lebanese basketball’s second division. After playing for one season in the second division the club qualified back to the first division in 2004 but was unable to play due to financial crisis. For years, the club fought for a place in the play-offs of the second division but ended up 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. 2013–present Back to First Division Homenetmen ended a 10-year wait for top-flight promotion to the Lebanese basketball’s first division. 2013–2014 The season started poorly with just 2 wins out of 6 games. The club finished the regular season 6th and faced Amchit in the playoffs. The series ended 3–0 for Amchit. Before the start of the 2014–2015 season and due to problems with the Basketball Committee and with the President Guy Manoukian, Homenetmen’s Central Committee formed a new Basketball committee. Homenetmen finished the regular season 7th and faced Sagesse in the playoffs. Sagesse won the series 3–1 with a one-point win in the last match. 2014–2015 The 2014–2015 season was horrible to the Homenetmen family because of the poor results. The Homenetmen Central Committee dissolved the newly assigned Basketball Committee and reassigned the former Basketball Committee. 2015–2016 Homenetmen qualified for the semi-finals for the first time in the history of LBL, but got knocked out of semi-finals by Al Riyadi Club 2–4. Homenetmen played the Lebanese Cup that year and was knocked out after losing in the semifinals against Tadamon Zouk 2016–2017 Homenetmen finished the season top of the league with 17 wins and 1 loss and routing the second round with 6 wins. In the Finals Homenetmen faced Al Riyadi and were defeated 2–4. 2017–2018 Homenetmen won the Lebanese Cup by beating Al Riyadi 77–70, on May 2, 2018. ==Arena==