USK Praha (official name: ZVVZ USK Praha) is a Czech professional women's

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club that was founded in 1953 in the city of

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. USK Praha plays in the

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, the highest competition in the

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. It is a 26-times national champion. On the international scene, the team’s greatest successes have been winning the

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in the 1975/76 season, the

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in the 2014/15 and 2024/25 seasons, and the FIBA SuperCup in 2015. Since 2014, USK Praha’s home is

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. Before this, the team played at Folimanka hall.

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 18 * Czechoslovak Women's Basketball Championship: **Winners (8) : 1970, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 **Runner up (7) : 1971, 1972, 1975, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990 *

Czech Women's Basketball League Czech Championship women's basketball (Czech language, Czech: ''Česká ženská basketbalová liga'') - basketball tournament among Czech women's teams. The first draw took place in 1993, which became the champions of the Prague team USK Praha (wo ...

: **Winners (18) : 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 **Runner up (10) : 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 National Cups – 6 * Czech Women's Basketball Cup: **Winners (6) : 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021 **Runner up (14) : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013

International

International titles –2 * Europe SuperCup Women: **Winners (1) :

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* EuroLeague Women: **Winners (2) :

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: **Winners (1) : 1976 **Runner up (1) : 1973 * Triple Crown (1) : 2014–15

Notable players

* Gabriela Andělová * Valériane Ayayi * Milka Bjelica *

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* Maite Cazorla *

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* Elīna Dikaioulaku *

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* Emese Hof * Brionna Jones *

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* Teja Oblak *

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* Sonja Petrović * Nyara Sabally *

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* Veronika Voráčková * Tereza Vyoralová *

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