Alvark Tokyo
Alvark Tokyo | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Leagues | B.League | |||
Founded | 1948 | |||
History | Toyota Pacers 1948–2000 Toyota Alvark 2000–2016 Alvark Tokyo 2016–present | |||
Arena | Arena Tachikawa Tachihi Komazawa Gymnasium | |||
Head coach | Dainius Adomaitis | |||
Championships | 3 JBL Super League 1 Japan Basketball League 2 B.League 1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | |||
Website | https://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/ | |||
|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Toyota_alverk_090214.jpg/240px-Toyota_alverk_090214.jpg)
Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.
In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016.[1]
As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league.[2]
Honours
[edit]Domestic
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Diante_Garrett_%2842282120860%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Diante_Garrett_%2842282120860%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
- B.League
- Champions (2): 2018, 2019
- National Basketball League
- Runner-up (1): 2015
- Japan Basketball League
- Champions (1): 2011
- JBL Super League
- Champions (3): 2001, 2005, 2006
- Runner-up (1): 2002
- 3rd place (1): 2004
- Japan League Division I
- Runner-up (1): 1996
- 3rd place (1): 1991
Continental
[edit]- FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- Champions (1): 2019
- Runner-up (1): 2018
Players
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Alvark Tokyo roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Updated: August 2, 2023 |
Notable players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
---|
To appear in this section a player must have either:
|
Tomoo Amino
Seiya Ando
Jeff Ayres
Yudai Baba
Clif Brown
Wilbert Brown
Louis Campbell
Satoru Furuta
Diante Garrett
Jeff Gibbs
Keishi Handa
Tenketsu Harimoto
Juaquin Hawkins
Tom Hovasse
Kei Igarashi
Reina Itakura
Brendan Lane
Todd Lindeman
Ricardo Marsh
Keijuro Matsui
Drew Naymick
Charles O'Bannon
Yusuke Okada
Ryumo Ono
Takehiko Orimo
Doron Perkins
Trent Plaisted
Philip Ricci
Satoshi Sakumoto
Ryōta Sakurai
Kazuhiro Shoji
Richard Solomon
Yuta Tabuse
Michael Takahashi
Joji Takeuchi
Kosuke Takeuchi
Daiki Tanaka
Stephen Thompson
Devin Uskoski
Jawad Williams
Howard Wright
Daiji Yamada
Milko Bjelica
Head coaches
[edit]Shuji Ono: 2000–2005
John Patrick: 2005–2006
Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008
Koju Munakata: 2008–2010
Donald Beck: 2010–2015
Takuma Ito: 2015–2017
Luka Pavićević: 2017–2022
Dainius Adomaitis: 2022–present
Practice facilities
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Toyota_Motors_Fuchu_Sports_Center.png/150px-Toyota_Motors_Fuchu_Sports_Center.png)
They have their own gymnasium, Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center in Kitayamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo.
References
[edit]- ^ "JPBLの「1部~3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Kaz Nagatsuka (12 May 2020). "Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP". The Japan Times. Accessed 25 May 2020.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)