Czechoslovak Basketball League

The Czechoslovak Basketball League (abbreviation CSBL) was the highest level professional club basketball competition for men in Czechoslovakia. Its successor national league in the Czech Republic became the Mattoni NBL, and its successor national league in Slovakia became the Extraliga.

Czechoslovak Basketball League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1929
Inaugural season	1929–30
Ceased	1993
Country	Czechoslovakia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Last champion(s)	Baník Cigel' Prievidza (2nd title)
Most titles	Brno (21 titles)
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (Czechoslovakia)

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 –311931 YMCA Praha –321932 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 –471947 Sokol I Brno 1947–48 Sokol I Brno –481948 Sokol I Brno 1948–49 Sokol I Brno 1949–50 Sokol I Brno

1950–51 Sokol I Brno –511951 Spartak ZJŠ Brno –521952 Slavia Brno –531953 Slavia Brno 1953–54 ÚDA Praha 1954–55 ÚDA Praha 1955–56 ÚDA Praha 1956–57 Slovan Orbis Praha 1957–58 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1958–59 Slovan Orbis Praha 1959–60 Spartak Praha Sokolovo 1960–61 Iskra Svit 1961–62 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1962–63 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1963–64 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1964–65 Slavia VŠ Praha 1965–66 Slavia VŠ Praha 1966–67 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1967–68 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 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 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 1976–77 Spartak-Zbrojovka Brno 1977–78 Zbrojovka Brno 1978–79 Inter Slovnaft 1979–80 Inter Slovnaft 1980–81 Slavia VŠ Praha 1981–82 Slavia VŠ Praha 1982–83 Inter Slovnaft 1983–84 Rudá hvězda Pardubice 1984–85 Inter Slovnaft 1985–86 Zbrojovka Brno 1986–87 Zbrojovka Brno 1987–88 Zbrojovka Brno 1988–89 Baník Cigel' Prievidza 1989–90 Zbrojovka Brno 1990–91 VŠ Praha 1991–92 USK Praha 1992–93 Baník Cigel' Prievidza

Performance by club

Club	Championships	Winning years
Brno	21	1945–46, 1947, 1947–48, 1948, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90
Uncas Praha	12	1929–30, 1931, 1932, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1946–47
USK Praha	11	1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1990–91, 1991–92
Inter Bratislava	4	1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85
Dukla Praha	3	1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56
Žabovřesky	2	1941–42, 1942–43
Slavia Brno	2	1952, 1953
Slovan Orbis Praha	2	1956–57, 1958–59
Sparta Praha	2	1939–40, 1959–60
Dukla Olomouc	2	1972–73, 1974–75
Prievidza	2	1988–89, 1992–93
Královo Pole Brno	1	1938–39
Sokol Praha	1	1940–41
Iskra Svit	1	1960–61
Pardubice	1	1983–84

Performance by province

Province	Championships
Bohemia	30
Moravia	27
Slovakia	7

Playoff Finals

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record
1983–84	Nová huť Ostrava	1–2	Rudá hvězda Pardubice	Zbrojovka Brno	16–8
1984–85	Inter Slovnaft	2–1	Chemosvit	Inter Slovnaft	19–5
1985–86	Nová huť Ostrava	1–2	Zbrojovka Brno	Nová huť Ostrava	20–4
1986–87	Zbrojovka Brno	3–0	Nová huť Ostrava	Zbrojovka Brno	28–4
1987–88	Zbrojovka Brno	3–2	Inter Slovnaft	Zbrojovka Brno	22–6
1988–89	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	3–1	Sparta Praha	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	23–11
1989–90	Zbrojovka Brno	3–2	Sparta Praha	Zbrojovka Brno	26–10
1990–91	VŠ Praha	3–1	Sparta Praha	VŠ Praha	35–5
1991–92	USK Praha	3–0	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	USK Praha	35–9
1992–93	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza		USK Praha	Baník Cígeľ Prievidza	23–7

Historical players

• Jiří Zídek Sr.
• Kamil Brabenec
• Jan Bobrovský
• Zdeněk Douša
• Gustáv Hraška
• Jaroslav Skála
• Jiří Zedníček
• Stanislav Kropilák
• Jiří Pospíšil
• Vlastimil Havlík
• Vojtěch Petr
• Zdeněk Kos
• Vladimír Padrta
• Dušan Lukášik
• František Konvička
• Vlastibor Klimeš
• 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
• Zdeněk Bobrovský
• Emil Velenský
• Jiří "George" Zídek Jr.
• Jan Kozák
• Josef Ezr
• Zdeněk Rylich
• Juraj Žuffa
• Karel Baroch
• Milan Voračka
• Jiří Konopásek
• Jaroslav Křivý
• Jozef Michalko
• Vladimír Vyoral
• Michal Ježdík
• Václav Hrubý
• Pavel Bečka
• Stanislav Kameník
• Marian Kotleba
• Ivan Chrenka
• Peter Chrenka
• Marek Andruška

Czechoslovak basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Czechoslovak basketball awards

Main article: Czech Basketball Player of the Year

Main article: Slovak Basketball Player of the Year

Main article: List of the best Czech basketball players of the 20th century

Czechoslovak Basketball League statistical leaders

Main article: Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders

See also

• Czech Republic Basketball League
• Slovakian Basketball League