Modaspor basketball team ( tr, Modaspor basketbol takımı) is the
amateur
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basketball department of the
Turkish
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sports club Modaspor, based in the district of
Kadıköy,
Istanbul. The team competes in the Istanbul Men's Amateur League.
History
The basketball team of Modaspor was founded in 1946 and soon became one of the most successful Turkish basketball teams in the 1950s. The club managed to win the Turkish Basketball Championship in 1954, 1955, and 1958 and won the Istanbul Basketball League in the 1958–59 season. Modaspor became the first Turkish club to represent Turkey in the
inaugural season of the newly founded
FIBA European Champions Cup.
Honours
*
Turkish Championship
** Winners (3): 1954, 1955, 1958
** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1959
*
Istanbul League
** Winners (1): 1958–59
External linksOfficial website
Basketball teams established in 1946
1946 establishments in Turkey
Basketball teams in Turkey
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