Basket Swans Gmunden is an

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n professional

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club that is based in

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-c ...

. Their home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden. The club has won the

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five times; the last championship was in 2021. To add to that, the Swans have won six national Cups as well. The main sponsor of the team used to be

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for a long time.

History

The team was founded in 1965, as the basketball section of "Union Gmunden". The first match of Union was played in 1966, it was lost 11–35. After six years, the team eventually promoted all the way to the 2. Bundesliga. Gmunden played seven years in the league, than promoted to the

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. The club had its golden years starting from 2003, since then the team started winning trophies in Austria. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the Swans took the national title. In the 2007–08 season, the first European game of the Swans was played. The team competed in the ULEB Cup, the second tier of European basketball. Swans won the first game on the road against

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with 74:79. After it sensationally survived the regular season, the team lost in the Eight-finals against

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, the eventual ULEB Cup champions. In 2014, the sponsorship deal with

ended and the team was named just Swans Gmunden. In the 2020–21 season, Gmunden won its fifth national championship after a 11-year drought.

Trophies

* Österreichische Bundesliga: 5 :2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009-10,

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: 6 : 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 *

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: 8 :2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2021

Season by season

Current roster

Notable players

De'Teri Mayes De'Teri Mayes (born August 5, 1974) is a former Austrian-American professional basketball player. Professional career Mayes played in the top-tier level Austrian league, the ÖBL, with the Allianz Swans Gmunden, from the 1999–2000 season, thro ...

(12 seasons: 1999–2011) * Kęstutis Kemzūra (1 season: 2000–01) *

Darius Dimavičius Darius Dimavičius (born April 8, 1968) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpico ...

(2 seasons: 2000–02) *

Ian Boylan Ian Dale Boylan (born May 6, 1983) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kapfenberg Bulls. He spent most of his career in Austria, playing for several teams. In August 2013, Boylan signed with Kapfenberg Bulls. Honour ...

(4 seasons: 2006–08, 2009–11) * Robert Arnold (2 seasons: 2011–13) * Sharaud Curry (1 season: 2011–12)

References

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com Swans Gmunden Page
{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga Gmunden Basketball teams in Austria Basketball teams established in 1966 1965 establishments in Austria