Bandırma B.İ.K.

Teksüt Bandırma
Teksüt Bandırma
Founded	1994
Dissolved	2020
History	Banvit B.K.; (1994–2019); Bandırma B.I.K.; (2019–2020)
Arena	Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall
Capacity	3,000
Location	Bandırma, Turkey
Team colors	Dark Green, Light Green, white;
Affiliation(s)	Bandırma Kırmızı
Championships	1 Turkish Cup
Website	bandirmabk.com
Home	Away

Bandırma Basketbol İhtisas Kulübü (English: Bandırma Basketball Specialization Club), for sponsorship reasons Teksüt Bandırma,^[1] was a Turkish professional basketball team from Bandırma, Turkey. Their home arena is the Kara Ali Acar Sport Hall.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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]}

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.^[6]

On 1 June 2019, Banvit B.B. changed its club name to Bandırma B.İ.K.^[7] On 19 July, a sponsorship agreement was announced which would name the team Teksüt Bandırma for the 2019–20 season.^[1] However, on August 21, 2020, Teksüt Bandırma announced that they withdrew from Basketbol Süper Ligi due to financial issues.^[8]

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

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Turkish Cup	European competitions
2009–10	1	TBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	T16
2010–11	1	TBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	1 Euroleague	QR1
2010–11	1	TBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2011–12	1	TBL	4th	Runner-up	1 Euroleague	QR1
2011–12	1	TBL	4th	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	T16
2012–13	1	TBL	2nd	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	T16
2013–14	1	TBL	3rd	Group stage	1 Euroleague	QR2
2013–14	1	TBL	3rd	Group stage	2 Eurocup	R32
2014–15	1	TBL	6th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	SF
2015–16	1	Süper Ligi	5th	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup	EF
2016–17	1	Süper Ligi	5th	Champions	3 Champions League	RU
2017–18	1	Süper Ligi	4th		3 Champions League	QF
2018–19	1	Süper Ligi	8th		3 Champions League	R16
2019–20	1	Süper Ligi	7th		3 Champions League	R16

Players

FIBA Hall of Famers

Bandırma B.İ.K. FIBA Hall of Famers
Players
No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
12		Pero Cameron	PF	2005–2006	2017^[9]

Notable players

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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.