Basket Brno
title: "Basket Brno" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["sport-in-brno", "basketball-teams-established-in-1926", "basketball-teams-in-the-czech-republic", "basketball-in-czechoslovakia", "1926-establishments-in-czechoslovakia"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_Brno" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | PUMPA Basket Brno |
| color1 | white |
| color2 | #ED3C53 |
| color3 | blue |
| logo | Basket Brno logo 2018.png |
| founded | |
| leagues | NBL |
| history | |
| arena | STAREZ ARÉNA Vododa |
| capacity | 2,900 |
| location | Brno, Czech Republic |
| championships | 21 Czechoslovak Championships |
| 3 Czech Championships | |
| website | www.basketbrno.cz |
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| h_shorts | ED3C53 |
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| name = PUMPA Basket Brno | current = | color1 = white | color2 = #ED3C53 | color3=blue | logo = Basket Brno logo 2018.png | pixels = | founded = | leagues = NBL | history = | arena = STAREZ ARÉNA Vododa | capacity = 2,900 | location = Brno, Czech Republic | colors = | president = | coach = | manager = | championships = 21 Czechoslovak Championships 3 Czech Championships | website = www.basketbrno.cz | h_body= e6e857 | h_pattern_b =_friburguense14t | h_shorts= ED3C53 | a_body=ffffff | a_pattern_b= | a_shorts=ffffff Basketball Club Brno (), for sponsorship reasons PUMPA BASKET 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 STAREZ ARÉNA Vododa, which has a capacity of 2,900 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 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.
Since 2022 Brno team participates also in the newly founded international league European North Basketball League. 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
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- CZE Martin Vaněk | asst_coach =
- CZE Patrik Sarna
- CZE Richard Kucsa | roster_url = https://basketbrno.cz/hraci/ | accessdate = January 31, 2023
Sponsorship names
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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)
- egoé Brno (2018–2020)
- Brno Next Generation (2020–2022)
- Basket Brno (2022–2025)
- PUMPA BASKET Brno (2025–present)
Honours
Total titles: 24
Domestic
- 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
- Runners-up (2): 1963–64, 1967–68 FIBA Saporta Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1973–74
Worldwide
- Runners-up (1): 1969
International record
Main article: BC Brno in European and worldwide competitions
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| Season | Achievement | Notes | EuroLeague | FIBA Saporta Cup | FIBA Intercontinental Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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) | |||
| 1969 | Final | lost to Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, 71–84 in the final (Macon) | |||
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The road to the great European journeys
1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup ::data[format=table]
| Round | Team | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round | AUT Handelsministerium | 79–62 | 105–71 |
| 2nd round | ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv | 96–51 | 58–60 |
| Quarter-finals | ROM Steaua București | 104–75 | 92–94 |
| Semi-finals | YUG OKK Beograd | 85–75 | 94–103 |
| Final | ESP Real Madrid | 110–99 | 64–84 |
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1967–68 FIBA European Champions Cup ::data[format=table]
| Round | Team | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd round | TUR Altınordu | 102–69 | 65–61 |
| Quarter-finals | ESP Real Madrid | 113–97 | 78–85 |
| BEL Racing Bell Mechelen | 76–67 | 79–80 | |
| ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv | 105–76 | 88–77 | |
| Semi-finals | ITA Simmenthal Milano | 103–86 | 63–64 |
| Final | ESP Real Madrid | 95–98 | |
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1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup ::data[format=table]
| Round | Team | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round | ENG Embassy All Stars | 123–76 | 103–84 |
| 2nd round | BEL Royal IV | 114–83 | 96–94 |
| Quarter-finals | ROM Steaua București | 96–86 | 64–77 |
| ESP Estudiantes Monteverde | 117–93 | 72–74 | |
| Semi-finals | ITA Saclà Asti | 88–71 | 70–86 |
| Final | YUG Crvena zvezda | 75–86 | |
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Notable players
- TCH Jan Bobrovský (1963–1972 & 1973–1978)
- TCH Zdeněk Bobrovský (1950–1951 & 1954–1968)
- TCH Kamil Brabenec (1972–1982 & 1983–1988)
- TCH Vlastimil Havlík (1975–1983 & 1984–1988)
- TCH Zdeněk Konečný (1955–1967)
- TCH František Konvička (1957–1969 & 1971–1973)
- TCH
- TCH
- TCH Petr Novický (1966–1974)
- TCH
- TCH Vojtěch Petr (1972–1980)
- TCH Vladimír Pištělák (1958–1969 & 1971–1973)
- TCH Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (1968–1974)
- TCH Jaroslav Tetiva (1951–1953)
- FIN Aapeli Alanen (2021)
References
References
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