BC Brno
mmcité Brno | |||
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Leagues | NBL | ||
Founded | 1926 | ||
History |
Sokol Brno I (1926–1945) Spartak ZJŠ Brno (1945–1976) Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno (1976–1977) Zbrojovka Brno (1977–1991) BVC Bioveta Ivanovice na Hané (1991–1992) BC Brno (1992–present) | ||
Location | Brno, Czech Republic | ||
Championships |
21 Czechoslovak Championships 3 Czech Championships | ||
Website | www.basketbrno.cz | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Basketball Club Brno (Czech: Basketbalový Klub Brno) is a Czech professional basketball club based in the city of Brno. They used to play in the Czech National Basketball League – the highest competition in the Czech Republic.
History
After 1945, Brno is the most successful basketball club in Czechoslovakia when it won 21 championship titles. Three more titles then, joined the club in 1994–1996. A European powerhouse during the 1960s and until the mid '70s, they lost two FIBA European Champion Cup finals in 1964 and 1968, twice against the Spanish Real Madrid. In 1974, the loss in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final against Crvena zvezda meant the end of a golden era for the club in the European competitions.
In January 1969 (25 & 26) Spartak ZJŠ Brno participated in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup at Macon, Georgia (the second participation to a basketball club from Czechoslovakia after Slavia VŠ Praha in 1967) and reached the final where it lost 71–84 to American Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, a basketball team by workers at the Goodyear Tire Company in Akron, Ohio. In the semifinal, Spartak beat European champions, Real Madrid.
Sponsorship names
Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:
- Sokol Brno I (1926–1945)
- Spartak ZJŠ Brno (1945–1976)
- Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno (1976–1977)
- Zbrojovka Brno (1977–1991)
- BVC Bioveta Ivanovice na Hane (1991–1992)
- Bioveta COOP Banka Brno (1992–1995)
- Stavex Brno (1995–1998)
- Draci Brno (1998–1999)
- BC BVV ŽS Brno (1999–2003)
- A plus ŽS Brno BC (2003–2008)
- BC Brno (2009–2013)
- mmcité Brno (2013–2018)
Honours
Total titles: 24
Domestic
- Winners (21): 1945–46, 1947, 1947–48, 1948*, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951*, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90
- Winners (3): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
European
- Runners-up (1): 1973–74
Worldwide
- Runners-up (1): 1969
International record
Season | Achievement | Notes | |
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EuroLeague | |||
1962–63 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Real Madrid, 79–60 (W) in Brno and 67–90 (L) in Madrid | |
1963–64 | Final | lost to Real Madrid, 110–99 (W) in Brno and 64–84 (L) in Madrid in the double finals of European Champions Cup | |
1964–65 | Quarter-finals | eliminated by Ignis Varese, 84–90 (L) in Varese and 72–67 (W) in Brno | |
1967–68 | Final | lost to Real Madrid, 95–98 in the final (Lyon) | |
1968–69 | Semi-finals | eliminated by CSKA Moscow, 66–101 (L) in Moscow and 92–83 (W) in Brno | |
1976–77 | Semi-final group stage | 6th place in group with Mobilgirgi Varese, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid & Maes Pils | |
FIBA Saporta Cup | |||
1966–67 | Semi-finals | eliminated by Ignis Varese, 83–84 (L) in Brno and 53–58 (L) in Varese | |
1972–73 | Quarter-finals | 3rd place in a group with Spartak Leningrad and Mobilquattro Milano | |
1973–74 | Final | lost to Crvena zvezda, 75–86 in the final (Udine) | |
FIBA Intercontinental Cup | |||
1969 | Final | lost to Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, 71–84 in the final (Macon) |
The road to the great European journeys
1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
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1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup
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1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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Notable players
Jan Bobrovský (1963–1972 & 1973–1978) Zdeněk Bobrovský (1950–1951 & 1954–1968) Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988) Vlastimil Havlík (1975–1983 & 1984–1988) Zdeněk Konečný (1955–1967) František Konvička (1957–1969 & 1971–1973) Leoš Krejčí (1983–1988, 1989–1990 & 1994–1998) Robert Mifka (1966–1968) Petr Novický (1966–1974) Jiří Okáč (1980–1984, 1986–1990 & 2003–2004) Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980) Vladimír Pištělák (1958–1969 & 1971–1973) Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974) Jaroslav Tetiva (1951–1953)