Borås Basket
| Borås Basket | |||
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| Leagues |
Basketligan, FIBA Europe Cup | ||
| Founded | 1952 | ||
| Arena | Boråshallen | ||
| Capacity | 3,000[1] | ||
| Team colors |
Black, Orange | ||
| Website |
www | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Borås basket is a professional basketball club based in the Swedish town of Borås. The club was founded in 1952 and currently plays in the Basketligan, the country's premier league.
Borås has played in European competitions multiple times in its history; in 1995, 1996 and 2000 it played in the Korac Cup. In 2014 Borås returned to Europe when it entered the EuroChallenge.
In the 1999–2000 season Borås was personally sponsored by all-time NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson and was named Magic M7 Borås.[2] Johnson himself played 5 games for the club between October and January that season.
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Season by season
| Season | Domestic competitions | European competitions | |||||
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| Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Tier | League | Result | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Basketligan | 7 | Quarterfinalist | N/A | ||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Basketligan | 4 | Semifinalist | N/A | ||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Basketligan | 5 | Quarterfinalist | N/A | ||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Basketligan | 2 | Semifinalist | N/A | ||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Basketligan | 2 | Semifinalist | | EuroChallenge | |
Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, played at least one official international match for their national team at any time or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1999–2000)- Greg Graham (1999–2000)
Michael Kingma (2007–2009)- /
Ryan Zamroz (2011–2012)
References
- ↑ "Borås Basket". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ↑ "Historias nórdicas: Magic Johnson, el vikingo". Solobasket.com.
External links
- (Swedish) Official website