UBC Güssing Knights
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| leagues = Landesliga
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| history = UBC Güssing Knights
(2004–present)
| arena = Aktiv Park Güssing
| capacity = 1,000
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| sponsor = Magnofit
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| championships = 2 Austrian Championships
1 Austrian Cup
| website = [http://www.guessing-knights.at guessing-knights.at]
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UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights is a professional basketball club based in Güssing, Austria. The team played in the Austrian ÖBL, but in April 2016 the team was disqualified from the league.
History
In the 2013–14 season, the Knights shocked Austria by taking the national title by beating top seeded ece Bulls Kapfenberg 3–2 in the Finals. They turned around a 0–2 deficit to the Bulls. Before the season the Knight were predicted to end on the 7th place by surveys around the league.{{Cite news | url = http://www.oebl.at/abl/spieltage/nachberichte/1584 | title = Die Sensation ist perfekt: Die Knights sind Meister | work = Oebl.at | date = 2014-05-31 | access-date= 2014-06-01 | language = de }} The following season, the Knights would make their debut in Europe. The team entered the 2014–15 EuroChallenge regular season.
After another national title in 2015, things were looking bright for Knights. However, in the 2015–16 season the team had financial problems. This eventually resulted in the licence of the club being taken by the ÖBL, and the team was disqualified from the ÖBL season in April 2016.[http://www.bvz.at/nachrichten/lokales/aktuell/guessing/top-Lizenzentzug-Aus-fuer-Guessing-Knights;art5631,727349 Lizenzentzug: Aus für Güssing Knights!]
Sponsorship names
- Until 2004: UBBC Guttomat Güssing
- 2004–2008: Güssing Knights
- 2008–2012: UBC ökoStadt Güssing Knights
- 2012–2016: UBC Magnofit Güssing Knights
Honours
Season by season
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
! Season !Tier !League !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}} !colspan=2 | European competitions | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 9th | Semifinalist | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 9th | | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 9th | | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 11th | | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 6th | Semifinalist | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:" align="center"| 7th | | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"| 2013–14
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:gold" align="center"| 1st | | colspan=2 | | |
| style="background:#efefef;"| 2014–15
| align="center"|1 | ÖBL | style="background:gold;" align="center"| 1st | bgcolor=gold | Winner | 3 EuroChallenge | {{center|{{tooltip|L16|Last 16}}}} |
External links
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Austria/UBC_Magnofit_Gussing_Knights/2370?Page=5 Team profile at eurobasket.com]
- [http://www.guessing-knights.at Official website] {{in lang|de}}
References
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{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga}}
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