The Basketligaen (English: The Basketball League ) is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark . The original men's first division was founded in 1957.
6-480: Previously, the Basketball League was name-sponsored as Canal Digital Ligaen and Jordanligaen, but has also previously (as now) been without a sponsor name. The first sponsor name was Premierligaen and it has also previously been called Elitedivisionen and 1. division. The current league was founded in 1998. All-time record holder in league titles is Bakken Bears , which has captured 18 titles in its history. BMS
12-506: A number of domestic titles and is now the most winning sports team in the history of the city of Aarhus. In the years 2005 to 2009, Bakken Bears was a part of Aarhus Elite A/S, an elite sports organization in Aarhus that includes ia. AGF Football (soccer). In the last months of 2009 a group of local businessmen, sponsors and fans bought the team. When Bakken Bears hosted Team FOG Næstved in Game 1 of
18-690: Is the only team with 5 titles in a row, starting in 1986 through 1990. The main TV partner of the league is Sport Live. The league consists of 11 teams, with no relegation rules. From the 2021/2022 season, the league was combined into one league again. The league started with 10 teams and expanded to 11 when Holbæk/Stenhus joined in 2022/23. The All-time Basketligaen table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Basketligaen since 1958. Last updated June 2018. Source: Eurobasket.com , Basketligaen.dk Archived 2017-10-04 at
24-696: The Wayback Machine Last updated June 1, 2018. Stats since 2002. Last updated June 1, 2018. Stats since 2002. Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus . The club plays in the Basketligaen , the top tier basketball league in Denmark. Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times and holds the record for the most championships and has won 11 Danish Cups . Along with their domestic play,
30-510: The club is a regular in European competitions . The Bears are a three-time semifinalist of the FIBA Europe Cup . Bakken Bears was formed in 1953 under the name of Aarhus Basketball Forening , or simply ABF . From 1962, the club was known as Skovbakken Basketball . Bears has been in the top Danish league almost every year since then and won its first title in 1958. Since then, the club has won
36-566: The league semifinals in March 2009, 4,816 spectators watched the game in Aarhus Arena , which set an all-time attendance record for basketball in Denmark. In the summer of 2018, the Bears' development team EBAA entered the Basketligaen as well. On 27 March 2018, Bakken Bears qualified for the first time ever for a semifinal of a European competition, by eliminating ESSM Le Portel in the quarterfinals of
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