Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Niigata Albirex BB

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Leagues
  
B.League

Team colors
  
Orange and Blue

Championships
  
None

Location
  
Nagaoka, Niigata

Head coach
  
Kazuhiro Shoji

Date founded
  
1954

Niigata Albirex BB httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb7

Arena
  
City Hall Plaza Ao-re Nagaoka

Profiles

Twitter
Facebook

Patrick sullivan niigata albirex bb


Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.

Contents

vs bb b league 24 game2highlights 03 19 2017 b


Outline

The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

Team name transition

  • 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
  • 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
  • 2000: Niigata Albirex
  • 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball

    • Roster

  • Davante Gardner
  • Clint Chapman
  • Stephan Van Treese

    • Honors

  • Japan Basketball League Div.2
  • Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
  • bj league
  • Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
  • Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
  • 4th Place (1) : 2006

    • Season-by-season records

    Key:

  • Win%: Winning percentage
  • GB: Games behind

    • References

    Niigata Albirex BB Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA