Basketball Club Brno ( cs, Basketbalový Klub Brno), for sponsorship reasons Brno Next Generation, is a
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based in the city of
Brno. The team plays in the
Czech National Basketball League
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– the highest competition in the
Czech Republic
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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."
History
The team was a European powerhouse from 1945 through the 1960s and mid-1970s. Brno was the most successful basketball club in
Czechoslovakia
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, 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
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final to
Crvena zvezda
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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
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at
Macon, Georgia, the second time a basketball club from Czechoslovakia participated in the competition after
Slavia VŠ Praha
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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
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, a basketball team of workers at the
Goodyear Tire Company
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in
Akron, Ohio
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Sponsorship names
Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:
Honours
Total titles: 24
Domestic
Czechoslovak League
* 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
Czech League
* Winners (3): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
European
EuroLeague
* ''Runners-up (2)'':
1963–64,
1967–68
FIBA Saporta Cup
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* ''Runners-up (1)'':
1973–74
Worldwide
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
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* ''Runners-up (1)'':
1969
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* January 5
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International record
The road to the great European journeys
1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup
1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup
1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
Notable players
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Jan Bobrovský (1963–1972 & 1973–1978)
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Zdeněk Bobrovský
Zdeněk Bobrovský (1 December 1933 – 21 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.
National team career
With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Bobrovský competed in the ...
(1950–1951 & 1954–1968)
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Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988)
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Vlastimil Havlík (1975–1983 & 1984–1988)
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Zdeněk Konečný (1955–1967)
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František Konvička
František Konvička (born August 11, 1938 in Okříšky, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 6'3 " tall (1.92 m), he played at the small forward position.
Playing career Club career
Konvička spent his ...
(1957–1969 & 1971–1973)
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Leoš Krejčí (1983–1988, 1989–1990 & 1994–1998)
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Robert Mifka
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(1966–1968)
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Petr Novický (1966–1974)
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Jiří Okáč (1980–1984, 1986–1990 & 2003–2004)
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Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980)
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Vladimír Pištělák (1958–1969 & 1971–1973)
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Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974)
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Jaroslav Tetiva (1951–1953)
References
External links
Eurobasket.com BC Brno Page{{National Basketball League (Czech Republic)
Sport in Brno
Basketball teams established in 1926
Basketball teams in the Czech Republic
Basketball in Czechoslovakia