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Wikipedia - BC Prievidza
BC Prievidza is a professional basketball club based in playing in Prievidza, Slovakia. The team plays in the Slovak Extraliga. The club plays home games in the sports hall Niké Arena.
History
The team was founded in 1947 under the name Sokol Prievizda. In 1989 the club won its first ever title in the Czechoslovak Championship. Prievizda won another title four years later (1993), which was also the last edition of the Czechoslovak Championship. In a separate Slovak top division, the club won its first title in the 1993–94 season. After relegation to the second division in 2004, the club renamed as the Hornonitriansky Basketball Club (HBK) Prievidza. From August 2009 the club is called BC Prievidza. In 2011–12 and 2015–16, Prievidza won the Slovak Championship.
Prievidza heeft ook deelgenomen aan Europese basketbalcompetities, waaronder de EuroChallenge en de FIBA EuroCup. De club heeft echter nog nooit een grote Europese prijs gewonnen.
Enkele bekende spelers die voor Prievidza hebben gespeeld zijn onder meer Radoslav Rančík, Ľubomír Luhový en Martin Rančík.