# Basket Brno

Basketball Club Brno (Czech: Basketbalový Klub Brno), for sponsorship reasons Brno Next Generation, 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.
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

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 |
| C | Šimon Puršl |
| PF | Kameron Chatman |
| SF | Richard Bálint |
| SG | Marek Půlpán |
| PG | Randy Culpepper |

## 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)
* egoé Brno (2018-2020)
* Brno Next Generation (2020-–present)

## 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

## The road to the great European journeys

| 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 |
| Round | Team | Home | Away |
| 2nd round | Altınordu | 102–69 | 65–61 |
| Quarter-finals | Real Madrid | 113–97 | 78–85 |
| Quarter-finals | Racing Bell Mechelen | 76–67 | 79–80 |
| Quarter-finals | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 105–76 | 88–77 |
| Semi-finals | Simmenthal Milano | 103–86 | 63–64 |
| Final | Real Madrid | 95–98 | 95–98 |
| 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 | 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)
* Aapeli Alanen (2021)