UBC Güssing Knights

Güssing Knights
Leagues Landesliga
Founded 1957 (1957)
History UBC Güssing Knights
(2004–present)
Arena Aktiv Park Güssing
Capacity 1,000
Team colors Black, White
         
Main sponsor Magnofit
Championships 2 Austrian Championships
1 Austrian Cup
Website guessing-knights.at
Uniforms

UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights is a professional basketball club based in Güssing, Austria. The team played in the Austrian ÖBL, but in April 2016 the team was disqualified from the league.[1]

History

In the 2013–14 season, the Knights shocked Austria by taking the national title by beating top seeded ece Bulls Kapfenberg 3–2 in the Finals. They turned around a 0–2 deficit to the Bulls. Before the season the Knight were predicted to end on the 7th place by surveys around the league.[2] The following season, the Knights would make their debut in Europe. The team entered the 2014–15 EuroChallenge regular season.

After another national title in 2015, things were looking bright for Knights. However, in the 2015–16 season the team had financial problems. This eventually resulted in the licence of the club being taken by the ÖBL, and the team was disqualified from the ÖBL season in April 2016.[1]

Sponsorship names

  • Until 2004: UBBC Guttomat Güssing
  • 2004–2008: Güssing Knights
  • 2008–2012: UBC ökoStadt Güssing Knights
  • 2012–2016: UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights

Trophies

2014, 2015
2015

Current roster

UBC magnofit Güssing Knights roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
F 11 United States Watts, Dane
F 13 United States Wright, Jerrell
PG 8 Austria Lanegger, Moritz
F 5 Austria Koch, Sebastian
PG 10 Austria Klepeisz, Thomas
F 15 United States Larson, Cody
G 6 United States Lacy, Davonte
G/F 4 United States Burgess, Bradford
SG 9 Austria Jandrasits, Manuel
G/F 7 Austria Soldo, Marko
G 19 Austria Ernst, Jakob
G 12 Austria Koch, Bernhard
PF 17 Austria Gaspar, Luka
Head coach

Germany Matthias Zollner

Assistant coach(es)

Daniel Mullner

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 16 December 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Austrian Cup European competitions
2007–08 1 ÖBL 9th Semifinalist
2008–09 1 ÖBL 9th
2009–10 1 ÖBL 9th
2010–11 1 ÖBL 11th
2011–12 1 ÖBL 6th Semifinalist
2012–13 1 ÖBL 7th
2013–14 1 ÖBL 1st
2014–15 1 ÖBL 1st Winner 3 EuroChallenge
L16

References

  1. 1 2 Lizenzentzug: Aus für Güssing Knights!
  2. ↑ "Die Sensation ist perfekt: Die Knights sind Meister". Oebl.at (in German). 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
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