BK Amager is a Danish

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club based in the

Kastrup Kastrup () is a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark, on the east coast of Amager in Tårnby Municipality. It is the site of Copenhagen Airport. In Danish, the airport is often called ''Kastrup Lufthavn'' (Kastrup Airport) or ''Københavns Lufthavn, Kast ...

suburb on Amager. Established in 1976, the team plays in the

Basketligaen The Basketligaen ( en, The Basketball League) is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. The original men's first division was founded in 1957 and the current league was founded in 1998. All-time record holder in league titles is ...

. The club was founded in 1976 as Amager Basket, by two school teachers Benny Nielsen and Flemming Holm Jensen. In 2019, Amager joined the

again after an absence of nine years.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amager, BK Basketball teams established in 1976 Basketball teams in Denmark