Bakken Bears
Encyclopedia
Bakken Bears is a Danish
professional basketball club based in Aarhus
. It was founded in 1962 and has won the Danish championship eight times so far (1997, 1999–2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008).
Sources: http://www.bakkenbears.com/sw418.asp
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
professional basketball club based in Aarhus
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
. It was founded in 1962 and has won the Danish championship eight times so far (1997, 1999–2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008).
Current squad
- Up to date as of 2009-07-03
| Position | Player | | |
|---|---|---|
| Guard | Andreas Jakobsen |  |
| Guard | Jakob Nielsen | |
| Guard | Martin Thuesen | |
| Guard & Forward | Peder Linnet | |
| Forward | Andreas Jørgensen | |
| Forward | Anthony Brown |  |
| Forward | Darryl Proctor | |
| Forward | Jens Jensen | |
| Forward | Mads Bloch | |
| Forward | Mads Nyboe | |
| Forward | Morten Sahlertz | |
| Forward | Søren Smed | |
| Center | Chris Christoffersen | |
| Center | Gudni Valentinusson |  |
National Honours
- Danish championship
- Winners (9): 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 (ABF: 1957/58)
- Runners-up (6): 1962/63, 1964/65, 1989/90, 1997/98, 2002/03. 2005/2006 (ABF: 1958/59)
- Danish Cup
- Winners (6): 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
- Runners-up (4): 1980, 1995, 2002, 2006
Sources: http://www.bakkenbears.com/sw418.asp