Beetebuerger Basket Club Nitia or simply Nitia Bettembourg is a
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
professional basketball club from the commune of
Bettembourg
Bettembourg ( lb, Beetebuerg , german: Bettemburg) is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is part of the district of Luxembourg.
, the town of Bettembourg, which lies in the east of the ...
.
History
Nitia Bettembourg founded in 1932 by pioneers of the Luxembourgian
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
, and is the first basketball club of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007. BBC Nitia is affiliated with the FLBB (Luxembourg Basketball Federation).
Name through history
* 1932-1933 KJ Beetebuerg (Katholischer Jünglingsverein Bettemburg)
* 1934-1941 CSC Nitia Beetebuerg (Cercle Sportif Catholique Nitia)
* 1942-1945 Sportverein für Basketball und Fussball Bettemburg
* 1945-1955 C.S. Sporting Nitia Beetebuerg (football section, basketball section, etc.) ... and ... Basket-Ball-Club de Bettembourg (BBC))
* 1955-1967 Sporting Nitia Beetebuerg ... and ... Basket-Ball-Club de Bettembourg (BBC)
* 1967-1968 C.S. Nitia Beetebuerg (Cercle Sportif Nitia) ... and ... Basket-Ball-Club de Bettembourg (BBC)
* 1968 to present BBC Nitia (Beetebuerger Basket Club Nitia)
Honours
Total League
The Nationale 1 Hommes, officially named the Luxembourgish Basketball League (formerly known as the Total League), is the highest men's basketball league in Luxembourg. The league's governing body is Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Basketball (F ...
* Winners (16): 1933-34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953-54
Luxembourgian Cup
* Winners (3): 1953-54, 1957–58, 1967–68
External links
BBC Nitia official site
Basketball teams established in 1932
Basketball teams in Luxembourg