Basketball Club Vienna, for sponsorship reasons BC GGMT Vienna, is an Austrian professional
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 ...
club based in
Vienna
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. It plays in the
Austrian Basketball Superliga
The Austrian Basketball Superliga (English: Basketball Super League) is the highest tier basketball league in Austria. Established in 2019, it replaced the Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (ABL) as the first level competition in the country. The wi ...
and has won the Austrian championship one time, in 2013.
History
The team was founded in 2001 as Basketball Club Vienna.
The first championship in club history came in the
2012–13 season, after Vienna beat
Oberwart Gunners
Oberwart Gunners, for sponsorship reasons known as Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart, is a professional basketball club based in Oberwart, Austria. The team plays in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga and was founded in 1957. The team has won ...
3–2 in the Finals.
In September 2015, the team was renamed to "BC Hallmann Vienna", after new main sponsor Hallmann Holding of owner
Klemens Hallmann.
Sponsorship names
Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has had several names:
*BC Vienna (2001–2013)
*BC
Zepter Vienna (2013–2015)
*BC
Hallmann Vienna (2015–2020)
*BC GGMT Vienna (2020–present)
Trophies
Austrian Basketball Bundesliga
The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional basketball league in Austria.O ...
*Champions (2):
2012–13
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, 2021–22
Logos
File:BC Vienna logo.png, Former logo of the team
Season by season
Notable players
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Ryan Richards
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Žarko Rakočević
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Ian Boylan
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Andre Owens
Andre Owens (born October 31, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach.
High school and college basketball
A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard, he played competitively at Perry Meridian High School where he was an Indiana All-S ...
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Richaud Pack
Coaches
References
External links
Official websiteEurobasket.com BC Vienna Page
{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
Basketball teams in Austria
Sports clubs in Vienna
2001 establishments in Austria
Basketball teams established in 2001