Basketball Club Brno ( cs, Basketbalový Klub Brno), for sponsorship reasons Brno Next Generation, is a

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professional

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based in the city of

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. The team plays in the

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– the highest competition in the

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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

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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

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. The 1974 loss in the

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final to

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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

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, the second time a basketball club from Czechoslovakia participated in the competition after

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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

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, a basketball team of workers at the

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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

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* Winners (3): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96

European

EuroLeague * ''Runners-up (2)'': 1963–64, 1967–68

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* ''Runners-up (1)'': 1973–74

Worldwide

* ''Runners-up (1)'':

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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

* Jan Bobrovský (1963–1972 & 1973–1978) *

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(1950–1951 & 1954–1968) * Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988) * Vlastimil Havlík (1975–1983 & 1984–1988) * Zdeněk Konečný (1955–1967) *

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) * Leoš Krejčí (1983–1988, 1989–1990 & 1994–1998) *

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(1966–1968) * Petr Novický (1966–1974) * Jiří Okáč (1980–1984, 1986–1990 & 2003–2004) * Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980) *

Vladimír Pištělák Vladimír Pištělák (born 30 July 1940) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Playing career Club career Pištělák won five Czechoslovakian League championships (196 ...

(1958–1969 & 1971–1973) * Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974) *

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(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