Bandırma Basketbol İhtisas Kulübü (English: Bandırma Basketball Specialization Club), for sponsorship reasons Teksüt Bandırma, was a Turkish professional basketball team from Bandırma, Turkey. Their home arena is the Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall.EurocupBasketball.com Banvit BK Bandirma 70 - 84 Valencia Basket Attendance: 3000. Banvit BK Bandirma 94 - 85 BC Budivelnik Kiev EurocupBasketball.com Attendance: 3000.
Founded in 1994 as Banvit B.K., the team played in the highest level Basketbol Süper Ligi since 2004. The team reached the Süper Ligi finals in 2013 and won the Turkish Cup in 2017. Banvit was also a regular in European competitions, with their best result being Basketball Champions League runners-up in 2017.
The team was dissolved in 2021 due to financial issues.
History The Banvit basketball club was founded in 1994, by workers at Banvit, a meat company based in Bandirma. The team began playing in the Turkish regional leagues in 1998, and were promoted to the Turkish second division in 2001. In 2004, the team was promoted to the Turkish top-tier level BSL, as champions of the second division.
The team played in the European-wide fourth-tier level FIBA EuroCup Challenge, in their first BSL season, and reached the league's semifinal. The team has reached the semifinal of the BSL five times, and reached the final of the Turkish Cup twice. In the 2012–13 season, the team beat Beşiktaş, in the quarterfinal series, and beat Anadolu Efes in the semifinal series of the BSL playoffs, and reached the league's finals, where they lost against Galatasaray Medical Park 4–1. In the next season, Banvit qualified for the Qualifying Round of the EuroLeague 2013–14 season. But they lost in the qualification round against Telenet Oostende, and were dropped down to the second-tier level EuroCup.
In the 2016–17 season, Banvit played in the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League. In the competition, it reached the championship game of the Final Four in Tenerife, Banvit's first European final. Banvit lost 63–59 to host team Iberostar Tenerife.
On 1 June 2019, Banvit B.B. changed its club name to Bandırma B.İ.K. On 19 July, a sponsorship agreement was announced which would name the team Teksüt Bandırma for the 2019–20 season. However, on August 21, 2020, Teksüt Bandırma announced that they withdrew from Basketbol Süper Ligi due to financial issues.
Sponsorship names
Due to sponsorship reasons the club has been known as: 1994–2019 Banvit B.K. 2019–2020 Teksüt Bandırma Honours Domestic competitions
Turkish Super League Runners-up (1): 2012–13 Turkish Cup Winners (1): 2017 Runners-up (2): 2007, 2012 Turkish Super Cup Runners-up (1): 2017
European competitions Basketball Champions League Runners-up (1): 2016–17
Other competitions TUBAD Basketball Tournament Winners (1): 2014
Season by season SeasonTierLeague Turkish Cup European competitions 2009–10 1 TBL 3rd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge 2010–11 1TBL 3rdQuarterfinalist 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2011–12 1TBL 4th Runner-up 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2012–13 1 TBL 2nd Semifinalist 2 Eurocup 2013–14 1TBL 3rdGroup stage 1 Euroleague 2 Eurocup 2014–15 1 TBL 6thQuarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 2015–16 1 Süper Ligi 5thSemifinalist 2 Eurocup 2016–17 1 Süper Ligi 5th Champions 3 Champions League 2017–18 1 Süper Ligi 4th 3 Champions League 2018–19 1 Süper Ligi 8th 3 Champions League 2019–20 1 Süper Ligi 7th 3 Champions League
Players FIBA Hall of Famers Bandırma B.İ.K. FIBA Hall of FamersPlayers No. Nat. Name Position Tenure Inducted 12 Pero Cameron PF 2005–2006 2017
Notable players
References
External links Official Website Eurobasket.com Page TBLStat.net Profile