Basketball Nymburk, also known as ERA Nymburk due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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team that is based in the town of

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. 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

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. Basketball Nymburk is by far the most successful team in the national league, as it has won 19 titles since the 2003–04 season. The next closest team has just 5. It plays its domestic competitions in Sportovní centrum Nymburk and international matches in

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History

Nymburk won the Czech National League championship every season from 2004 to 2022, also winning in 2023, 2024, and it 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

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player George Zidek, who is the team's current press speaker, and naturalized Czech player

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Trophies

* Czech National League :Champions (20): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, 2021, 2022, 2024 *

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: :Winners (15): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Current roster

Season by season

Notable players

Head coaches

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* Kęstutis Kemzūra * Oren Amiel

Notes

References

External links

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EuroCup Team PageEurobasket.com BC Nymburk PageEuroCup Club Profile
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Basketball teams established in 1930 1930 establishments in Czechoslovakia