Slovan Orbis Praha BK was a basketball club part of the
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Slovan Orbis Praha
multi-sports club
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The men's team won two national championships in 1957 and 1959 and reached the semifinals of the
1960 European Cup, while the women's team won nine
national championships
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between 1954 and 1965 and reached the final of the
European Cup
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in 1961, 1963 and 1966. All three were lost to
Daugava Riga and
Slavia Sofia
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List of finals
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Titles
* Men
** Czechoslovak Championship
*** 1957, 1959
* Women
** Czechoslovak Championship
*** 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965
References
Women's basketball teams in the Czech Republic
Sport in Prague
EuroLeague Women clubs
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