MBK Ružomberok is a women's
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
club in
Ružomberok
Ružomberok (; german: Rosenberg; hu, Rózsahegy; pl, Rużomberk) is a town in northern Slovakia, in the historical Liptov region. It has a population of around 27,000 inhabitants (45,000 with nearby villages).
Etymology
The name of the initia ...
. It was established in 1941 and plays in the elite leagues since 1979 (then in
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
). It is the most successful female basketball team in
Slovak history. It won three Czechoslovak and 11 Slovak league titles and two
EuroLeague Women titles in 1999 and 2000 when
Natália Hejková
Natália Hejková (born 7 April 1954) is a Slovak basketball coach and former player. In 2019 she was included in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Biography
Hejková was born on 7 April 1954 to Vsevolod Hejk, a Russian-Czech engineer, who was posted to ...
was with the team as its manager (trainer).
Winners
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EuroLeague Women(2): 1999, 2000.
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Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga
Slovak Women's Basketball Extraliga (currently through sponsorship also Niké Women's Extraliga) is a tournament composed of Slovak women's basketball teams. The first draw took place in 1993. Young Angels Košice is the most successful team with ...
(10): 1993-2003, 2020, 2021
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Slovak Women's Basketball Cup(2): 1997, 2019.
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Czechoslovak Women's Basketball Championship
The Czechoslovak Women's Basketball Championship was the premier women's basketball league in former Czechoslovakia. Founded in 1933, it was disestablished sixty years later following the country's dissolution and replaced by the Czech League an ...
(3):1991-1993.
Current roster
Notable players
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Iveta Bieliková
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Klaudia Lukačovičová
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Slávka Bučáková
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Mária Felixová
Mária is a Hungarian and Slovak form of Maria (given name) or Mary (given name).
* The name is found in the Mária Valéria Bridge between Hungary and Slovakia on the middle of the bridge named after Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria and may ...
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Janka Minčíková
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Katarína Tetemondová
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Lara Mandić
External links
Official site
Ružomberok
Women's basketball teams in Slovakia
Basketball teams established in 1941
1941 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Sport in Žilina Region
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