Basketbal Ladies Club Sparta Praha is a women's

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club from

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founded in 1939 as a section of omnisport club

Sparta Praha ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

. Sparta was the most successful team in the Czechoslovak Championship with 23 titles between 1948 and 1987, and in 1976 it defeated

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in the

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's final to become the first Czechoslovak team to win the competition, ending the 12-years winning streak of Daugava Riga, which had defeated Sparta in its previous five appearances in the final. Sparta reached the final for the last time in 1978, losing to

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. The club declined following the

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, and currently plays in the second tier.Top-flight teams
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Coaches and final league standings

* 1947-1954 : Josef Ezr: 5x champion (1948-1950, 1952-1953), 2nd (1951), 4th (1954) * 1954-1955 : Miloslav Kříž: 5th (1955) * 1955-1957 : Jiří Adamíra: 2x 2nd (1956-1957) * 1957-1964 :

Miloslav Kříž Miloslav Kříž (29 May 1924 – 20 May 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he played first for Uncas Prague, and later for Sparta Prague, but he was better known as a head coach and trainer, especially as the ...

: 2 x champion (1958, 1963), 2nd (1964), 3 x 3rd (1959-1961), 6th (1962) * 1964-1965 :

Jiří Baumruk Jiří Baumruk (27 June 1930 – 23 November 1989) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. Club career Baumruk spent his club career playing with Slavia Prague (1952–1953), and namely with Sparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–196 ...

: 4th (1965) * 1965-1972 : Zbyněk Kubín: 6 x champion (1966–69, 1971-1972), 2nd (1970) * 1972-1978 : Lubomír Dobrý: 5 x champion (1974-1978), 2nd (1973) * 1978-1981 : Karel Herink: 3 x champion (1979-1981) * 1981-1987 : Petr Pajkrt: 2 x champion (1986-1987), 3 x 2nd (1982-1984), 3rd (1985) * 1987-1990 : Ludvík Rúžička: 2 x 3rd (1988-1989), 5th (1990) * 1990-1992 :

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: 2nd (1991), 5th (1992) * 1992-1993 : Milena Jindrová: 12th (1993)

Titles

* European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs **

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

** runner-up (6) : 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1978 * Czechoslovak Championship ** (23) 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987 *

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** (6) 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1978

References

External links

Official website

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

Basketball teams established in 1939

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