Košarkarski klub ZM Lumar Maribor was a professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

team based in Maribor, Slovenia. The club competed in the Slovenian Basketball League during the 1990s and early 2000s and played in European basketball competitions such as Saporta Cup and

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

History

The club was founded as ''KK Miklavž'' in the early 1990s. Miklavž, competing under the sponsorship name ''TAM Bus'', debuted in international competitions in the

1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup The 1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup season occurred between September 8, 1993, and March 16, 1994. The final was played between PAOK B.C., PAOK Bravo and Pallacanestro Trieste, Stefanel Trieste. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how ...

, where they eliminated German side TTL Bamberg in the first round. In 1994, the club was renamed as ''Bavaria Wolltex'' or simply ''BW Maribor'' due to sponsorship reasons. After that, the team played in the 1995–96 and 1997–98 editions of the

. They also competed in the 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup, where BW was eliminated in the round of 32 by Fenerbahçe. In 1998, they were renamed as ''ZM Lumar Maribor''. A year later, the club merged with city rivals Branik Maribor and

ŽKK Maribor Železničarski košarkarski klub Maribor, commonly referred to as ŽKK Maribor or simply ŽKK, was a basketball team based in Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1946 and was dissolved after the 2005–06 season due to financial difficulti ...

. In 2005, KK ZM Lumar Maribor was dissolved due to financial difficulties.

Team names

*Maricom Miklavž (1993) *TAM Bus Miklavž/Maribor (1993–1994) *BWC Maribor / BW Maribor / Bavaria Wolltex (1994–1997) *Maribor Ovni (1997–1998) *ZM Lumar (1998–1999)

Honours

* Slovenian Basketball League ::Runners-up: 1993–94 ::Semifinals: 1992–93, 1994–95 *

Slovenian Basketball Cup The Slovenian Basketball Cup is an annual knockout basketball competition between the clubs from Slovenia. It is currently named Pokal Spar due to sponsorship reasons. Title holders * 1991–92 Smelt Olimpija * 1992–93 Smelt Olimpija * 1993 ...

::Runners-up: 1996

References

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