The Wolves Amsterdam
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The Wolves Amsterdam was a basketball club from Amsterdam which played from 1957 to 1968 in the Eredivisie.[1] The club also came four seasons in the European competitions.
The club won its first Dutch championship basketball in 1957. From then it won the league title four more times. The Wolves Amsterdam is one of the 22 basketball clubs that participated in first edition of FIBA European Champions Cup in 1958.[2]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Winners (5): 1956-57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65
In Europe
[edit | edit source]Match table[3]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958[4] | FIBA European Champions Cup | R1 | Italy Simmenthal Milano | 47–115 (a) | 42–90 (h) |
| 1960–61[5] | FIBA European Champions Cup | R1 | Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague | 52–57 (h) | 54–96 (a) |
| 1961–62[6] | FIBA European Champions Cup | R1 | France Alsace Bagnolet | 40–52 (h) | 47–61 (a) |
| 1964–65[7] | FIBA European Champions Cup | R1 | Sweden Alvik | 84–82 (a) | 65–73 (h) |
Notable players
[edit | edit source]- Netherlands Ton Boot (1961–65)[8]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Historie Landlust Amsterdam op j-dus.com
- ^ Roots of the Euroleague
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Article title Champions Cup 1958
- ^ Article title Champions Cup 1960-61
- ^ Article title Champions Cup 1961-62
- ^ Article title Champions Cup 1964-65
- ^ Documentary about Ton Boot at sportgeschiedenis.nl Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)