BK Prostějov

BK Prostějov is a Czech basketball club from Prostějov.

History

The club was founded in 1940. In recent years, the club grew to a peak force of the Czech basketball. First, ascended as second division champions in the highest national league, the NBL in 2004, it was in the first season right Second, failed in the play-offs but early. In the same year Prostějov could also fight to the finals of the national cup, but what they lost. 2006, the club repeated the same results.

2007 confirmed you the good performances of the regular season then for the first time in the play-offs. The path led up to the final of the Czech Championship, where CEZ Basketball Nymburk against had no chance and lost the series 0-3.

This was followed from 2010 to 2012 three more finals for the title, all of them again to the superior team in the league from Nymburk. All Final series were lost, 1:4, 2:4 and 0:4.

European Association of made ​​it to the FIBA EuroCup Challenge 2007 to the quarter-finals and in the Euro Challenge 2011 in the top 16

Hall

The club plays its home matches at the 2,100 spaces comprehensive sports center.

Achievements

• 4x Czech runner-up (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• 3x Czech Vice Cup Winners ( 2005, 2006, 2009)
• 1x Czech second division champions (2004)

Well-known former players

• United States Craig Callahan 2004-06
• Germany Vladimir Bogojević 2005/ 06
• Czech Republic Pavel Pumprla 2005/ 06
• Slovenia Ervin Dragšič 2006
• Russia Igor Kudelin 2007
• United States / Germany Hurl Beechum 2008/ 09
• Hungary Márton Báder 2008
• Canada Kyle Landry 2009-11
• Lithuania Benas Veikalas 2009-11