The Czechoslovak Basketball League (abbreviation CSBL) was the highest level professional club

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competition for men in

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. Its successor national league in the

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became the Mattoni NBL, and its successor national league in

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became the Extraliga.

History

* 1929–30 to 1938–39 Provincial League of Bohemia and Moravia * 1939–40 to 1944–45 Provincial League of Protectorate * 1945–46 to 1992–93 Czechoslovak Basketball League

Title holders

* 1929–30 YMCA Praha * 1931 YMCA Praha * 1932 YMCA Praha * 1932–33 YMCA Praha * 1933–34 YMCA Praha * 1934–35 YMCA Praha * 1935–36 YMCA Praha * 1936–37 Uncas Praha * 1937–38 Uncas Praha * 1938–39 Královo Pole Brno * 1939–40 Sparta Praha * 1940–41 Sokol Praha * 1941–42 Brno Žabovřesky * 1942–43 Brno Žabovřesky * 1943–44 Uncas Praha * 1944–45 Uncas Praha * 1945–46 Sokol I Brno * 1946–47 Uncas Praha * 1947 Sokol I Brno * 1947–48 Sokol I Brno * 1948 Sokol I Brno * 1948–49 Sokol I Brno * 1949–50 Sokol I Brno * 1950–51 Sokol I Brno * 1951

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* 1952 Slavia Brno * 1953 Slavia Brno * 1953–54 ÚDA Praha * 1954–55 ÚDA Praha * 1955–56 ÚDA Praha * 1956–57 Slovan Orbis Praha * 1957–58

* 1958–59 Slovan Orbis Praha * 1959–60 Spartak Praha Sokolovo * 1960–61 Iskra Svit * 1961–62

* 1962–63

* 1963–64

* 1964–65 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1965–66 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1966–67

* 1967–68

* 1968–69 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1969–70 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1970–71 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1971–72 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1972–73 Dukla Olomouc * 1973–74 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1974–75 Dukla Olomouc * 1975–76

* 1976–77 Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno * 1977–78

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* 1978–79

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* 1979–80

* 1980–81 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1981–82 Slavia VŠ Praha * 1982–83

* 1983–84 Rudá hvězda Pardubice * 1984–85

* 1985–86

* 1986–87

* 1987–88

* 1988–89 Baník Cigel' Prievidza * 1989–90

* 1990–91 VŠ Praha * 1991–92

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* 1992–93 Baník Cigel' Prievidza

Performance by club

Performance by province

Playoff Finals

Historical players

* Jiří Zídek Sr. * Kamil Brabenec * Jan Bobrovský * Zdeněk Douša * Gustáv Hraška * Jaroslav Skála * Jiří Zedníček * Stanislav Kropilák *

Jiří Pospíšil Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician, who was leader of TOP 09 from November 2017 until November 2019. As a deputy for the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party, Pospíšil se ...

* Vlastimil Havlík * Vojtěch Petr * Zdeněk Kos * Vladimír Padrta * Dušan Lukášik *

František Konvička František Konvička (born August 11, 1938 in Okříšky, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 6'3 " tall (1.92 m), he played at the small forward position. Playing career Club career Konvička spent his ...

Vlastibor Klimeš Vlastibor Klimeš (born 17 August 1953) is a Czech basketball coach and former player. As a national player, his homeland team won two bronze medals at the European Basketball Championships and he competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 S ...

* Jan Blažek * Peter Rajniak * Jaroslav Kantůrek * Jiří Růžička * Oto Matický * Justin Sedlák * Robert Mifka * Pavol Bojanovský * Leoš Krejčí * Vladimír Ptáček * Dušan Žáček * Jaroslav Tetiva * Jiří Okáč * Jiří Ammer * Boris Lukášik * Igor Vraniak * Bohumil Tomášek * Jaroslav Kovář * Petr Novický * Vladimír Pištělák * Zdeněk Böhm * Josef Jelínek * Jan Svoboda * Petr Czudek * Richard Petruška * Štefan Svitek * Ivan Mrázek * Jiří Baumruk * Jaroslav Šíp * Ladislav Trpkoš *

Miroslav Škeřík Miroslav Škeřík (14 October 1924 – 11 January 2013) was a Czechs, Czech professional basketball player. At 6'5 " (1.97 m) tall, he played the center (basketball), center position. He was the FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer, top scorer of EuroBaske ...

Zdeněk Bobrovský Zdeněk Bobrovský (1 December 1933 – 21 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team. National team career With the senior Czechoslovak national team, Bobrovský competed in the men's tou ...

* Emil Velenský * Jiří "George" Zídek Jr. * Jan Kozák * Josef Ezr *

Zdeněk Rylich Zdeněk Rylich (7 March 1931 – 3 September 2024) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the List of the best Czech basketball players of the 20th century, Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. With the senior Czechoslovakian nati ...

* Juraj Žuffa * Karel Baroch * Milan Voračka * Jiří Konopásek * Jaroslav Křivý * Jozef Michalko * Vladimír Vyoral * Michal Ježdík * Václav Hrubý *

Pavel Bečka Pavel Bečka (born 7 November 1970) is a former Czech professional basketball player. Bečka mainly played as a center (basketball), center. Professional career Bečka spent the majority of his pro career with EWE Baskets Oldenburg. His jersey EW ...

* Stanislav Kameník *

Marian Kotleba Marian Kotleba (; born 7 April 1977) is a Slovakia, Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi political party Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia (). He served as the governor of Banská Bystrica Region from 2013 to 2017. He ...

* Ivan Chrenka * Peter Chrenka * Marek Andruška

Czechoslovak basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Czechoslovak basketball awards

Czechoslovak Basketball League statistical leaders

References

{{reflist Basketball in Czechoslovakia Defunct basketball leagues in Europe Sports leagues in Czechoslovakia 1929 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1993 disestablishments in the Czech Republic 1993 disestablishments in Slovakia