USK Praha (official name: ZVVZ USK Praha) is a Czech women's
basketball
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club that was founded in 1953 in the city of
Prague
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. USK Praha plays in the
Czech League, the highest competition in the
Czech Republic
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. It is a 21-times national champion. On the international scene, the greatest success was the win of the
Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'') was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the Euro ...
in the 1975/76 season, of the
EuroLeague in the 2014/15 season and subsequently of the
FIBA SuperCup in 2015.
Since 2014, its home is
Královka Arena
Královka Arena or Královka sports Hall (Czech: Sportovní hala Královka) is multipurpose hall located in Prague 7 district Letná, near to the Generali Arena. Sports and cultural events are held there. It has capacity for maximum 2500 people, ...
. Before, this team inhabited
Folimanka hall.
Honours
Domestic
National Championships – 17
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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 ...
:
**Winners (8) : 1970, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989
**Runner up (7) : 1971, 1972, 1975, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
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Czech Women's Basketball League:
**Winners (16) : 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
**Runner up (10) : 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
National Cups – 4
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Czech Women's Basketball Cup:
**Winners (4) : 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
**Runner up (14) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
International
International titles –2
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Europe SuperCup Women:
**Winners (1) :
2015
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EuroLeague Women:
**Winners (1) :
2015
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Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchetti'') was an annual women’s basketball European club competition held by FIBA between the years 1972 and 2002. It was the second competition in European basketball, after the Euro ...
:
**Winners (1) : 1976
**Runner up (1) : 1973
Famous players
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Milka Bjelica
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Laia Palau
Laia Palau Altés (born 10 September 1979) is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 314, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team, after being in ...
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Sonja Petrović
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Jana Veselá
See also
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USK Praha
USK Praha, ( cs, Univerzitní Sportovní Klub Praha, University Sports Club Prague), formerly known as Slavia VŠ Praha ( cs, Slavia Vysoké Školy Praha), is a Czech professional basketball club that was founded in 1953 in the city of Prague. ...
References
External links
Official websiteProfileat eurobasket.com
Women's basketball teams in the Czech Republic
Basketball teams established in 1953
Sport in Prague
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