Slavia Prague named now also as USK Praha, is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 club

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 founded in 1892 in the city of Prague

Prague

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. Representing the great tradition of Czech basketball, they won the Saporta Cup

Saporta Cup

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 in 1969, only a year after losing the same title in the final game against AEK. Slavia also reached the 1966 Euroleague

Euroleague

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 final, losing to Simmenthal Milano

Olimpia Milano

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USK Praha, now plays in the Czech National Basketball League

National Basketball League (Czech Republic)

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 - the highest competition in the Czech republic

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Club symbols

• White
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   colour - the symbol of fair play and olympic idea.
• Red
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   colour - the symbol of heart.
• Red star - the symbol of hope and good mind.
• The fact that the jersey is half white and half red should symbolize the dichotomy
  Dichotomy
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  of life.