History Banvit
(1994–present) President Özkan Kılıç Website banvitbasketbol.com Arena Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall Head coach Sašo Filipovski | Arena Capacity 3,000 Championships 1 Turkish Cup Location Bandırma, Turkey Founded 1994 | |
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Team colors Orange, Green and White Leagues Turkish Basketball Super League, Basketball Champions League Profiles | ||
Band rma bah e ehir koleji y ld z basketbol tak m ile banvit aras ndaki g steri ma
Banvit Basketbol Kulübü (English: Banvit Basketball Club), also known simply as Banvit, is a Turkish basketball team from Bandırma, Turkey. The team is owned and sponsored by the Banvit Company. Their home arena is the Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall.
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- Band rma bah e ehir koleji y ld z basketbol tak m ile banvit aras ndaki g steri ma
- History
- Honours
- References
The team currently play in the Turkish Basketball Super League and Basketball Champions League.
History
The club was founded in 1994, by workers at Banvit, a meat company based in Bandirma. The team began playing in the regional leagues in 1998 and were promoted to the second division in 2001. In 2004, the team was promoted to TBL as champions.
The team played FIBA EuroCup Challenge in their first TBL season and reached the semi-final. The team reached the semi-final in TBL five times and reached the final in Turkish Cup Basketball twice, but never won these competitions. In 2012–13 season the team beat Beşiktaş in quarter-final series and beat Anadolu Efes in semi-final series of playoffs and reached the final, where they lost against Galatasaray Medical Park 4–1. For next season, Banvit qualified for the Qualifying Round of Euroleague. But they lost against Telenet Oostende and dropped to the Eurocup.
Banvit is considered to have one of the best youth teams in Turkey. Players like İzzet Türkyılmaz, Şafak Edge, Tolga Geçim and İbrahim Yıldırım were developed in Banvit's youth teams. Banvit also has a reserve team that plays in TB2L under the name of Bandırma Kırmızı. This team also played Turkish Basketball League in 2011–12 season.