Sopron Basket is a Hungarian professional women's basketball club from Sopron. Founded in 1921 as the women's section of Soproni VSE, it has played in the Hungarian National Championship since 1986. It plays its home games in the Aréna Sopron. Sopron won its first-ever EuroLeague championship in 2022.
Sopron won its first national championship in 1993, making its debut in the Euroleague the following season. Settled in the top positions, the team played in subsequent years the Ronchetti Cup, which it won in 1998 beating ASPTT Aix-en-Provence. As of 2011 Sopron remains the only Hungarian women's basketball team that has won an international competition since the fall of communism. The following year Sopron won its second championship, which marked its return to the Euroleague, which it has played every year since.Profile in FIBA Europe's website
The team has won four more championships since 2002, three of them between 2007 and 2011. In 2009 it reached the Euroleague's Final Four after beating Wisła Kraków and Bourges Basket in the knockout stages, ending 4th after losing to CB Avenida and UMMC Ekaterinburg.
Honours
Titles 1 EuroLeague Women (2021–22) 1 Ronchetti Cup (1998) 15 Hungarian Leagues (1993, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) 10 Hungarian Cups (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021,2023,2024)
Record in European competitions EuroLeague 1994: 1st Preliminary Round 2000: Quarter-Finals 2001: Quarter-Finals 2002: Quarter-Finals 2003: Quarter-Finals 2004: Round of 16 2005: Round of 16 2006: Quarter-Finals 2007: Quarter-Finals 2008: Round of 16 2009: 4th 2010: Group Stage (4/6) 2011: Round of 16 2012: Group Stage (4/8) 2013: Group Stage (3/9) 2014: Round of 16 2016: Group Stage (1/13) 2017: Group Stage (4/10) 2018: Runners-up 2019: 4th 2020: Group Stage (6/8) 2021: 4th 2022: Champion 2023: Quarter-Finals Ronchetti Cup 1995: Group Stage (4/4) 1996: 3rd Preliminary Round 1997: Quarter-Finals 1998: Champion 1999: Quarter-Finals
Current players Roster
References
External links
Profile at eurobasket.com