Košarkarski klub ZM Lumar Maribor was a professional

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team based in

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, Slovenia. The club competed in the

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during the 1990s and early 2000s and played in European basketball competitions such as

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and

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History

The club was founded as ''KK Miklavž'' in the early 1990s. Miklavž, competing under the sponsorship name ''TAM Bus'', debuted in international competitions in the

1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup The 1993–94 FIBA Korać Cup season occurred between September 8, 1993, and March 16, 1994. The final was played between PAOK Bravo and Stefanel Trieste. Team allocation The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place ...

, where they eliminated German side

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in the first round. In 1994, the club was renamed as ''Bavaria Wolltex'' or simply ''BW Maribor'' due to sponsorship reasons. After that, the team played in the 1995–96 and 1997–98 editions of the

. They also competed in the

1996–97 FIBA EuroCup The 1996–97 FIBA EuroCup was the thirty-first edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. it occurred between September 17, 1996, and April 15, 1997. The competition was won by Real Madrid Teka, wh ...

, where BW was eliminated in the round of 32 by Fenerbahçe. In 1998, they were renamed as ''ZM Lumar Maribor''. A year later, the club merged with city rivals Branik Maribor and

ŽKK Maribor Železničarski košarkarski klub Maribor, commonly referred to as ŽKK Maribor or simply ŽKK, was a basketball team based in Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1946 and was dissolved after the 2005–06 season due to financial difficulti ...

. In 2005, KK ZM Lumar Maribor was dissolved due to financial difficulties.

Team names

*Maricom Miklavž (1993) *TAM Bus Miklavž/Maribor (1993–1994) *BWC Maribor / BW Maribor / Bavaria Wolltex (1994–1997) *Maribor Ovni (1997–1998) *ZM Lumar (1998–1999)

Honours

::Runners-up: 1993–94 ::Semifinals: 1992–93, 1994–95 *

Slovenian Basketball Cup The Slovenian Basketball Cup is an annual knockout basketball competition between the clubs from Slovenia. It is currently named Pokal Spar due to sponsorship reasons. Title holders * 1991–92 Smelt Olimpija * 1992–93 Smelt Olimpija * 1993� ...

::Runners-up: 1996

References

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