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.

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.[citation needed]

Original logo of the club

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

Angelo Caloiaro
Adonis Thomas

European competitions

Other competitions

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.Turkish CupEuropean competitions
2009–101TBL3rdQuarterfinalist3 EuroChallengeT16
2010–111TBL3rdQuarterfinalist1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupRS
2011–121TBL4thRunner-up1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupT16
2012–131TBL2ndSemifinalist2 EurocupT16
2013–141TBL3rdGroup stage1 EuroleagueQR2
2 EurocupR32
2014–151TBL6thQuarterfinalist2 EurocupSF
2015–161Süper Ligi5thSemifinalist2 EurocupEF
2016–171Süper Ligi5thChampions3 Champions LeagueRU
2017–181Süper Ligi4th3 Champions LeagueQF
2018–191Süper Ligi8th3 Champions LeagueR16
2019–201Süper Ligi7th3 Champions LeagueR16

Players

FIBA Hall of Famers

Bandırma B.İ.K. FIBA Hall of Famers
Players
No.Nat.NamePositionTenureInducted
12New ZealandPero CameronPF2005–20062017

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

External links

  • (in Turkish)