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Swans Gmunden
Basket Swans Gmunden is an Austrian professional basketball club that is based in Gmunden. Their home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden. The club has won the Austrian Bundesliga six times, its most recent being in 2023. To add to that, the Swans have won seven national Cups as well. The main sponsor of the team used to be Allianz for a long period, in which the team was known as Allianz Swans Gmunden. History The team was founded in 1965, as the basketball section of Union Gmunden. The first match of Union was played in 1966, it was lost 11–35. After six years, the team eventually promoted all the way to the 2. Bundesliga. Gmunden played seven years in the league, than promoted to the 1. Bundesliga. The club had its golden years starting from 2003, since then the team started winning trophies in Austria. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the Swans took the national title. In the 2007–08 season, the first European game of the Swans was played. The team competed in the ULEB Cup, the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional basketball league in Austria. Until the 2004–05 season, the league was known as the A-Liga (A-League) and then until the 2008–09 season it was called the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL). From 2008 to 2019, it was named the Admiral Basketball League, after the league's main sponsor, Admiral Sportwetten. In 2019, the competition was replaced by the Austrian Basketball Superliga. Competition format In the current season each team plays the other nine teams four times, creating a 36-game regular-season schedule. After that, the top six teams move on. The two semi-finals winners meet in a best-of-seven championship series. Clubs Title holders * 1946–47 WAC * 1947–48 Not held * 1948–49 Admira Wien * 1949–50 Post Wien * 1950–51 Wiener Sportclub * 1951–52 Handelsministerium * 1952–53 Union Babenberg * 1953–54 Union Babenberg * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007–08 ULEB Cup
The 2007–08 ULEB Cup was the sixth season of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, the EuroCup, which is organized by Euroleague Basketball S.L. It was also the last season for the competition under the name of ULEB Cup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one tier below the EuroLeague level. On July 2, 2008, EuroLeague Basketball S.L. and FIBA Europe announced that the competition would be renamed to the Eurocup, starting with the 2008–09 season. For the first time, 54 teams competed. The Final Eight was held from April 10, to April 13, in Turin, Italy, in the Palavela arena. The trophy was won by the Spanish club DKV Joventut, with the other finalist being another Spanish team, Akasvayu Girona. Dynamo Moscow took third place. Teams of the 2007–08 ULEB Cup Teams details Format For the first time in its short history, this season's ULEB Cup featured a total of 54 teams, divided into 9 groups of 6 teams. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kęstutis Kemzūra
Kęstutis Kemzūra (born 20 April 1970) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Juventus Utena of the Lithuanian Basketball League. During his playing career, at a height of tall, he played at the point guard position. Professional playing career Kemzūra started his club playing career as a point guard, with the Lithuanian club Atletas Kaunas. He averaged 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1 assist per game in the FIBA Saporta Cup competition's 1992–93 season, in his first year. His next year he had better stats, as he recorded 12.5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game in the Saporta Cup's 1993–94 season. In 1996, he moved to the Lithuanian club Šilutė. After that, he went to the Lithuanian club Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, for the 1998–99 season, where he became a player coach. Kemzūra left the team in November, and joined the Lithuanian club Kalnapilis Panevėžys. In the 1999–2000 season, he played in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Dolenc
Daniel Emil-Luciano Dolenc (born 10 August 1993) is a Finnish professional basketball player who plays for SCM U Craiova (basketball), SCM U Craiova in the Romanian Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Națională. Dolenc started playing basketball in youth teams of Espoo Basket Team, continuing his senior career in 2010 with Tapiolan Honka, competing in Finnish first-tier Korisliiga. Professional career Kouvot (2013–2015) In 2013, Dolenc signed for Kouvot. He played there for two seasons averaging 4.8 points and 2.6 rebounds. Nokia (2015–2020) In 2015, he signed for BC Nokia. He played there for five seasons averaging 8.5 points and 3.7 rebounds. Swans Gmunden (2020–2021) After spending five seasons with BC Nokia, Dolenc moved to Austria to play for Swans Gmunden for the 2020–2021 season, where he averaged 10.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and shot 60% from the field. They went on to win the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga championship, coached by his fellow countryman Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De'Teri Mayes
De'Teri Mayes (born August 5, 1974) is a former Austrian-American professional basketball player. Professional career Mayes played in the top-tier level Austrian league, the ÖBL, with the Allianz Swans Gmunden, from the 1999–2000 season, through the 2010–11 season. He also played two seasons with the Austrian club Kapfenberg Bulls, after he signed with them in 2011. He won five Austrian ÖBL Most Valuable Player awards, two ÖBL Finals MVP awards, and two Austrian Cup MVP awards, in his career, which makes him one of the best players ever to have played in Austria. Honours Austria * Österreichische Bundesliga (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10 *Austrian Cup (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08 *Austrian Supercup (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Individual awards: *ÖBL Most Valuable Player (5): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10 *ÖBL Finals MVP The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL) Finals MVP is the award, given to the best player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronavirus Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga
The 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the inaugural season of the Basketball Superliga, the newly established top tier league in Austrian basketball. It was the 74th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria. The Kapfenberg Bulls entered the season as the defending national champions winning the 2018–19 ÖBL season. The season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Format Teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this, teams ranked 1–6 and 7-10 are divided in two groups to qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the best eight teams play each other for the national championship in best-of-five series. The two lowest placed teams play against the top two teams of the Basketball Zweite Liga (B2L). Teams Venues and locations On 6 June 2019, eight licenses were confirmed. Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld and Vienna DC Timberwolves confirmed later they met the requirements. On 6 August 2019, it was announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
