Basket Brno

egoé Brno
egoé Brno
Leagues	NBL; ENBL
Founded	1926; 98 years ago
History	List Sokol Brno I; (1926–1945); Spartak ZJŠ Brno; (1945–1976); Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno; (1976–1977); Zbrojovka Brno; (1977–1991) ; BVC Bioveta Ivanovice na Hané; (1991–1992) ; BC Brno; (1992–present);
Arena	Sportovní hala Sokola Brno
Capacity	1,100
Location	Brno, Czech Republic
Championships	21 Czechoslovak Championships ; 3 Czech Championships
Website	www.basketbrno.cz
Home	Away

Basketball Club Brno (Czech: Basketbalový Klub Brno), for sponsorship reasons egoé Brno, is a Czech professional basketball club based in the city of Brno. The team plays in the Czech National Basketball League – the highest competition in the Czech Republic.

Home games of Brno are played in the Sportovní hala Sokola Brno, which has a capacity of 1,100 people.

History

The team was a European powerhouse from 1945 through the 1960s and mid-1970s. Brno was the most successful basketball club in Czechoslovakia, 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 Real Madrid. The 1974 loss in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final to Crvena zvezda 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 FIBA Intercontinental Cup at Macon, Georgia, 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 Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, a basketball team of workers at the Goodyear Tire Company in Akron, Ohio.

Sponsorship names

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

Sokol Brno I (1926–1945)
BC Spartak ZJŠ Brno (1945–1976)
Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno (1976–1977)
Zbrojovka Brno (1977–1991)
BVC Bioveta Ivanovice na Hane (1991–1992)
Bioveta COOP Banka Brno (1992–1995)
Stavex Brno (1995–1998)
Draci Brno (1998–1999)
BC BVV ŽS Brno (1999–2003)
A plus ŽS Brno BC (2003–2008)
BC Brno (2009–2013)
mmcité Brno (2013–2018)

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

EuroLeague

Runners-up (2): 1963–64, 1967–68

FIBA Saporta Cup

Runners-up (1): 1973–74

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Runners-up (1): 1969

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1962–63	Semi-finals	eliminated by Real Madrid, 79–60 (W) in Brno and 67–90 (L) in Madrid
1963–64	Final	lost to Real Madrid, 110–99 (W) in Brno and 64–84 (L) in Madrid in the double finals of European Champions Cup
1964–65	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Ignis Varese, 84–90 (L) in Varese and 72–67 (W) in Brno
1967–68	Final	lost to Real Madrid, 95–98 in the final (Lyon)
1968–69	Semi-finals	eliminated by CSKA Moscow, 66–101 (L) in Moscow and 92–83 (W) in Brno
1976–77	Semi-final group stage	6th place in group with Mobilgirgi Varese, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid & Maes Pils
FIBA Saporta Cup
1966–67	Semi-finals	eliminated by Ignis Varese, 83–84 (L) in Brno and 53–58 (L) in Varese
1972–73	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Spartak Leningrad and Mobilquattro Milano
1973–74	Final	lost to Crvena zvezda, 75–86 in the final (Udine)
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
1969	Final	lost to Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, 71–84 in the final (Macon)

The road to the great European journeys

1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
1st round	Handelsministerium	79–62	105–71
2nd round	Maccabi Tel Aviv	96–51	58–60
Quarter-finals	Steaua București	104–75	92–94
Semi-finals	OKK Beograd	85–75	94–103
Final	Real Madrid	110–99	64–84

1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
2nd round	Altınordu	102–69	65–61
Quarter-finals	Real Madrid	113–97	78–85
	Racing Bell Mechelen	76–67	79–80
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	105–76	88–77
Semi-finals	Simmenthal Milano	103–86	63–64
Final	Real Madrid	95–98

1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
1st round	Embassy All Stars	123–76	103–84
2nd round	Royal IV	114–83	96–94
Quarter-finals	Steaua București	96–86	64–77
Quarter-finals	Estudiantes Monteverde	117–93	72–74
Semi-finals	Saclà Asti	88–71	70–86
Final	Crvena zvezda	75–86

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Jan Bobrovský (1963–1972 & 1973–1978)
Zdeněk Bobrovský (1950–1951 & 1954–1968)
Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988)
Vlastimil Havlík (1975–1983 & 1984–1988)
Zdeněk Konečný (1955–1967)
František Konvička (1957–1969 & 1971–1973)
Leoš Krejčí (1983–1988, 1989–1990 & 1994–1998)
Robert Mifka (1966–1968)
Petr Novický (1966–1974)
Jiří Okáč (1980–1984, 1986–1990 & 2003–2004)
Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980)
Vladimír Pištělák (1958–1969 & 1971–1973)
Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974)
Jaroslav Tetiva (1951–1953)

External links

Eurobasket.com BC Brno Page