Basketball Nymburk

Basketball Nymburk, also known as ERA Nymburk due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in the town of Nymburk. The club plays in the top-tier level professional Czech National League (NBL). Nymburk regularly plays in European competitions, as it last participated in the Basketball Champions League.

ERA Nymburk
LeaguesNBL
Champions League
Founded1930 (1930)
HistorySK Železničáři
1939–1945
Sokol
1945–1950
Lokomotiva
1950–1998
BK GA Nymburk
1998–2002
BK ECM Nymburk
2002–2004
ČEZ Nymburk
2004–2019
ERA Nymburk
2019–present
ArenaSportovní centrum Nymburk
(international games at Královka Arena)
Capacity1,000 (Nymburk)
2,500 (Prague)
LocationNymburk, Czech Republic
Team colorsBlack, Orange, White
     
PresidentMiroslav Jansta
Head coachOren Amiel
Championships17 Czech Championships
14 Czech Cups
Websitebasket-nymburk.cz

Basketball Nymburk is by far the most important team in national league, as it has won every league title since 2003–04 season. It plays its domestic competitions in Sportovní centrum Nymburk and the international matches in Královka Arena in Prague.

History

ČEZ won the Czech National League championship, from 2004 to 2019, and has also played in several European-wide basketball competitions, including the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup. Some of the club's former players include Darius Washington, former NCAA champion and NBA player George Zidek, who is the team's current press speaker, and naturalized Czech player Maurice Whitfield.

Trophies
Champions (17): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020[note 1]
Winners (14): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Current roster

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ČEZ Nymburk roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 3 Prewitt, Omar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1994-09-24)24 September 1994
C 4 Benda, Petr (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982
SG 11 Harding, Jerrick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
PF 20 Dalton, Hayden 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1996-06-20)20 June 1996
PF 21 Kovář, Luboš 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2000-11-10)10 November 2000
F 31 Kříž, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993
C 33 Zimmerman, Stephen 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (1996-09-09)9 September 1996
SG 73 Rylich, František 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2002-03-31)31 March 2002
SG 77 Hruban, Vojtěch 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990
SG 94 Šafarčík, Petr 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
PG 98 Tůma, Jakub 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1998-09-09)9 September 1998
PG Obasohan, Retin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1993-07-06)6 July 1993
Head coach
  • Oren Amiel
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Ričardas Reimaris
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 24, 2020

Season by season
Nymburk celebrating its 13th Cup victory in 2019
Season Tier League Pos. Czech Cup European competitions
2006–07 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 FIBA EuroCupRS
2007–08 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 ULEB CupRS
2008–09 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 EurocupRS
2009–10 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 EurocupQF
2010–11 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupT16
2011–12 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR3
2 EurocupQF
2012–13 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR2
2 EurocupT16
2013–14 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupEF
2014–15 1 NBL 1st 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupR32
2015–16 1 NBL 1st 3 FIBA Europe CupR32
2016–17 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 Champions LeaguePOQ
2017–18 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 Champions LeagueR16

Notable players

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Bracey Wright

Head coaches

Notes
  1. The 2019–20 NBL season was ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Nymburk were named champions based on standings at that time.[1]

References
  1. "Kluby odhlasovaly konec ligy. Baráž se řeší" (in Czech). NBL.cz. 18 March 2019.
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