Professional basketball team in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB ) ) are a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka , Niigata Prefecture , Japan that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League .[ 1]
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities , a Tokyo -based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League . In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition [ edit ]
1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
2000: Niigata Albirex
2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Japan Basketball League Div.2
Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
bj league
Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
Season-by-season records [ edit ]
Cheering on the team to victory.
Year
League
Division
Regular Season
Semifinal
Final
Finish
Win
Lose
Place
Win
Lose
Win
Lose
2000
JBL
2
12
2
2nd
1
0
1
0
Champions
2001/2002
JBL
14
0
1st
2
0
2
1
Champions
2002/2003
JBL Super League
2
9
6th
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6th
2003/2004
9
19
8th
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8th
2004/2005
8
20
7th
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7th
Season
League
Regular Season
Finish
Average Crowd
Win
Lose
Win%
GB
Place
2005/2006
bj league
29
11
.725
2.0
2nd
Runners-up
-
2006/2007
25
15
.625
4.0
2nd
4th
3,008
2007/2008
26
18
.591
3.0
East 3rd
6th
3,259
2008/2009
24
28
.462
12.0
East 4th
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Key :
Practice facilities [ edit ]
^ "チームプロフィール" . 新潟アルビレックスBB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-02 .