Saitama Broncos

Saitama Broncos
Leagues	bj league
Founded	1982
History	2005-present
Arena	Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium (capacity: 4,308)
Location	Saitama
Team colors	Green and Orange
President	Toshihiko Narita
Championships	None
Website	http://www.saitamabroncos.com/
Uniforms
Home Away

The Saitama Broncos (埼玉ブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu) is a men's professional basketball club based in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It calls the whole prefecture home and its main home arenas are Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium and Saitama Super Arena in Chūō-ku, Saitama City. It competes in the Bj league (bjリーグ, bī-jei rīgu).

History

• 1982: founded as an amateur Mazda Auto Tokyo (マツダオート東京, Matsuda Ōto Tōkyō, a dealer of Mazda Motor) basketball club.
• 1983: The nickname Broncos taken from Santa Clara University.
• 1987: Promoted to Japan Basketball League division 1.
• 1991: Club renamed to "Ẽfini Tokyo" (アンフィニ東京, Anfini Tōkyō)
• 1996: The company club was dissolved.
• 1997: Restarts as a community-based club "ME Tokorozawa Broncos" (ME所沢ブロンコス, Emu-ī Tokorozawa Buronkos). From a lower-tier "Kantō Corporate League" (関東実業団リーグ, Kantō Zitsugyō-dan Rīgu).
• 1998: Renamed "Tokorozawa Broncos" (所沢ブロンコス, Tokorozawa Buronkos). Promoted to the JBL division 2.
• 1999: The league reorganisation put the team to the new JBL.
• 2000: Adds Saitama City to its hometowns. Renamed hiragana "Saitama Broncos" (さいたまブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu).
• 2002-03, 2004-05: Wins the premiership in two-peat.
• 2005: Quits the JBL. Renamed kanji "Saitama Broncos" (埼玉ブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu). Competes in the bj league as an inaugural member.

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
• Nyika Williams

References

• ja:埼玉ブロンコス as 2007-06-06T02:55:59 by S-8500

External links

• Official (Japanese)