UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights is a professional
basketball
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club based in
Güssing
Güssing (; hu, Németújvár, Német-Újvár, hr, Novi Grad) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at , with a population of 3,578 (2022), and is the administrative center of the Güssing district. For centuries the town occupied an i ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. The team played in the Austrian
ÖBL, but in April 2016 the team was disqualified from the league.
History
In the 2013–14 season, the Knights shocked Austria by taking the national title by beating top seeded
ece Bulls Kapfenberg
Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria.
History
Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austri ...
3–2 in the Finals. They turned around a 0–2 deficit to the Bulls. Before the season the Knight were predicted to end on the 7th place by surveys around the league.
The following season, the Knights would make their debut in Europe. The team entered the
2014–15 EuroChallenge
The 2014–15 EuroChallenge was the 12th and last edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The winner and the runner-up of this competition earned a place at the group stage of next ...
regular season.
After another national title in 2015, things were looking bright for Knights. However, in the 2015–16 season the team had financial problems. This eventually resulted in the licence of the club being taken by the ÖBL, and the team was disqualified from the ÖBL season in April 2016.
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Sponsorship names
*Until 2004: UBBC Guttomat Güssing
*2004–2008: Güssing Knights
*2008–2012: UBC ökoStadt Güssing Knights
*2012–2016: UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights
Honours
* Austrian Championship (2):
: 2013–14, 2014–15
*Austrian Cup
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(1):
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Season by season
External links
Team profile at eurobasket.comOfficial website
References
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Basketball teams in Austria
Güssing
Basketball teams established in 1957