Basket Brno Explained

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Leagues:NBL
ENBL
Arena:Sportovní hala Sokola Brno
Capacity:1,100
Location:Brno, Czech Republic
Championships:21 Czechoslovak Championships
3 Czech Championships
Website:www.basketbrno.cz
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Basketball Club Brno (Czech: Basketbalový Klub Brno), for sponsorship reasons Brno Next Generation, is a Czech professional basketball club based in the city of Brno. The team plays in the Czech National Basketball League – the highest competition in the Czech Republic.

Home games of Brno are played in the Sportovní hala Sokola Brno, which has a capacity of 1,100 people.

The club owned by True Player Group with the idea to "unite the city top two youth clubs to one elite club and push the players to professional level, providing the best coaches, mentoring, nutrition programs, strength programing, rehab, etc."[1]

History

The team was a European powerhouse from 1945 through the 1960s and mid-1970s. Brno was the most successful basketball club in Czechoslovakia, winning 21 championship titles through the 1970s, and another three titles from 1994 to 1996. Brno lost two FIBA European Champion Cup finals in 1964 and 1968, both times to Spanish champions Real Madrid. The 1974 loss in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final to Crvena zvezda marked the end of a golden era for the club in European competitions.

On January 25 and 26, 1969 Spartak ZJŠ Brno participated in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup at Macon, Georgia, the second time a basketball club from Czechoslovakia participated in the competition after Slavia VŠ Praha had done so in 1967. In the 1969 semifinal, Spartak beat European champions, Real Madrid but lost the final 71–84 to the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, a basketball team of workers at the Goodyear Tire Company in Akron, Ohio.

Since 2022 Brno team participates also in the newly founded international league European North Basketball League. In the debut season Brno won 4 games out of 5 in the regular season, finishing second in the standings. Later in the Final Four Brno lost to Šiauliai team from Lithuania and won the bronze medal.

Current roster

Depth chart

Sponsorship names

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

Honours

Total titles: 24

Domestic

Czechoslovak League

Czech League

European

EuroLeague

FIBA Saporta Cup

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

International record

See main article: BC Brno in European and worldwide competitions.

SeasonAchievementNotes
EuroLeague
1962–63Semi-finalseliminated by Real Madrid, 79–60 (W) in Brno and 67–90 (L) in Madrid
1963–64Finallost to Real Madrid, 110–99 (W) in Brno and 64–84 (L) in Madrid in the double finals of European Champions Cup
1964–65Quarter-finalseliminated by Ignis Varese, 84–90 (L) in Varese and 72–67 (W) in Brno
1967–68Finallost to Real Madrid, 95–98 in the final (Lyon)
1968–69Semi-finalseliminated by CSKA Moscow, 66–101 (L) in Moscow and 92–83 (W) in Brno
1976–77Semi-final group stage6th place in group with Mobilgirgi Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid & Maes Pils
FIBA Saporta Cup
1966–67Semi-finalseliminated by Ignis Varese, 83–84 (L) in Brno and 53–58 (L) in Varese
1972–73Quarter-finals3rd place in a group with Spartak Leningrad and Mobilquattro Milano
1973–74Finallost to Crvena zvezda, 75–86 in the final (Udine)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
1969Finallost to Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, 71–84 in the final (Macon)

The road to the great European journeys

1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup

RoundTeam  Home     Away  
1st round Handelsministerium79–62105–71
2nd round Maccabi Tel Aviv96–5158–60
Quarter-finals Steaua București104–7592–94
Semi-finals OKK Beograd85–7594–103
Final Real Madrid110–9964–84
1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup
RoundTeam  Home     Away  
2nd round Altınordu102–6965–61
Quarter-finals Real Madrid113–9778–85
Racing Bell Mechelen76–6779–80
Maccabi Tel Aviv105–7688–77
Semi-finals Simmenthal Milano103–8663–64
Final Real Madrid95–98
1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
RoundTeam  Home     Away  
1st round Embassy All Stars123–76103–84
2nd round Royal IV114–8396–94
Quarter-finals Steaua București96–8664–77
Estudiantes Monteverde117–9372–74
Semi-finals Saclà Asti88–7170–86
Final Crvena zvezda75–86

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: uleb.com . 2016-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131208022317/http://uleb.com/director1.htm . 2013-12-08 . dead .