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

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professional

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club based in the city of

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. The team plays in the Czech National Basketball League – 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 Slavia VŠ Praha 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 Goodyear Tire Company in

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. Since 2022 Brno team participates also in the newly founded international league

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. In the debut season Brno won 4 games out of 5 in the regular season, finishing second in the standings. Later in the Final Four Brno lost to Šiauliai team from Lithuania and won the bronze medal.

Current roster

Depth chart

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

European

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* ''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) *

Zdeněk Bobrovský Zdeněk Bobrovský (1 December 1933 – 21 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team. National team career With the senior Czechoslovak national team, Bobrovský competed in the men's tou ...

(1950–1951 & 1954–1968) * Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988) *

Vlastimil Havlík Vlastimil Havlík (born 26 January 1957) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Professional career During his club career, Havlík won six Czechoslovakian League champio ...

(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) * * * Petr Novický (1966–1974) * * Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980) * Vladimír Pištělák (1958–1969 & 1971–1973) * Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974) *

Jaroslav Tetiva Jaroslav Tetiva (alternate spelling: Tětiva; 4 February 1932 – 2 March 2021) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Tetiva competed in th ...

(1951–1953) * Aapeli Alanen (2021)

References

External links

Eurobasket.com BC Brno Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Basket Brno Sport in Brno Basketball teams established in 1926 Basketball teams in the Czech Republic Basketball in Czechoslovakia 1926 establishments in Czechoslovakia