BC Prievidza

BC Prievidza
Leagues	Extraliga FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1947 (1947)
History	See Names
Arena	Niké Aréna[1]
Arena Capacity	3,500
Location	Prievidza, Slovakia
Head coach	Ryan Pannone
Championships	4 Slovak Leagues 2 Czechoslovak Leagues
Website	www.pdbasket.com
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BC Prievidza is a professional basketball club based in playing in Prievidza, Slovakia. The team plays in the Slovak Extraliga. The club plays home games in the sports hall Niké Arena.

History

The team was founded in 1947 under the name Sokol Prievizda. In 1989 the club won their first ever title in the Czechoslovak Championship. This success repeated four years later (1993), when Prievidza won the last edition of the Czechoslovak league. In a separate Slovak top division club won his first title and third overall title in the season 1993/1994. The following season the club won only a silver medal. After relegation to the second highest league in 2004, the club changed after 40 years, the name of the Hornonitriansky basketball club (HBK) Prievidza. From 1 August 2009 the club is called BC Prievidza. In the 2011–12 and in the 2015–16 season, Prievidza won the Slovak championship.

Names

• 1947–1952 Sokol Prievidza
• 1952–1953 Carpathia Prievidza
• 1953–1957 Tatran Prievidza
• 1957–1964 Lokomotíva Prievidza
• 1964–2004 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza
• 2004–2009 HBK Prievidza
• 2009-present BC Prievidza

Honours

Total titles: 5

Domestic competitions

• Czechoslovak Championship
  • Winners (2): 1989, 1993
• Slovak Championship
  • Winners (4): 1994, 1996, 2012, 2016

European competitions

Prievidza saw its first action in Europe, in the 1989–90 season, when it competed at the FIBA European Champions Cup.^[2] Prievidza won in the first round against Täby Basket, but was defeated by FC Barcelona in the Round of 16.^[3]

Players

Notable players

References