The Basketligaen ( en, The Basketball League) is the highest professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
league in
Denmark
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. 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
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
, which has captured 18 titles in its history.
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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 10 teams, with no relegation rules.
Teams
Title holders
* 1957–58:
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
* 1958–59:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1959–60:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1960–61:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1961–62:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1962–63:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1963–64:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1964–65:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1965–66:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1966–67:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1967–68:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1968–69:
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
* 1969–70:
Virum
Virum is a mostly residential, suburban neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, located on both sides of Lyngby Kongevej, approximately 15 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The neighbourhood is bordered by Lake Furesø to the w ...
* 1970–71:
Virum
Virum is a mostly residential, suburban neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, located on both sides of Lyngby Kongevej, approximately 15 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The neighbourhood is bordered by Lake Furesø to the w ...
* 1971–72:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1972–73:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1973–74:
Falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
* 1974–75:
Falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
* 1976–77:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1973–74:
Falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
* 1977–78:
Falcon
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
* 1978–79:
Stevnsgade
* 1979–80:
Stevnsgade
* 1980–81:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1981–82:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1982–83:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1983–84:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1984–85:
SISU
SiSU (SiSU information structuring universe or Structured information, serialized units), is a Unix command line-oriented framework for document structuring, publishing and search.
Usage
Using markup applied to a document, or a collection of do ...
* 1985–86:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1986–87:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1987–88:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1988–89:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1989–90:
BMS BMS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Be-Music Source, a computer file format and Beatmania simulating game system
* Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US
* '' Blue Mountain State'', a television series
* Bibliography of Music Literature (BM ...
* 1990–91:
Hørsholm
Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality.
Hørsholm prope ...
* 1991–92:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 1992–93:
Hørsholm
Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality.
Hørsholm prope ...
* 1993–94:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 1994–95:
Stevnsgade
* 1995–96:
Værløse
Værløse () is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 January 2022, it has a population of 13,069. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søn ...
* 1996–97:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 1997–98:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 1998–99:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 1999–00:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 2000–01:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 2001–02:
Værløse Farum
* 2002–03:
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
* 2003–04:
Århus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
* 2004–05:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 2005–06:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 2006–07:
Skovbakken
Vejlby Skovbakken Aarhus (; commonly known as VSK Aarhus) is a Danish football club based in Risskov, a neighbourhood in Aarhus. The club was founded in 2016 when the football departments of Vejlby IK Fodbold and Idrætsklubben Skovbakken decide ...
* 2007–08:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2008–09:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2009–10:
Svendborg Rabbits
Svendborg Rabbits is a Danish professional basketball team, from Svendborg. The club currently plays in the Basketligaen, the top division of basketball in Denmark. The home ground of the club is the Svendborg Idrætscenter, nicknamed the ''Kaninh ...
* 2010–11:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2011–12:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2012–13:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2013–14:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2014–15:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 2015–16:
Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
* 2016–17:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2017–18:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2018–19:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2019–20:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2020–21:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
* 2021–22:
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Denmark, 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 t ...
The finals
Awards
All-time Basketligaen table
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.
Statistical leaders
Source
Eurobasket.comBasketligaen.dk
All-time leaders
''Last updated June 1, 2018.''
For a complete list, see
List of Basketligaen career stat leaders.
Stats since 2002.
Single game records
''Last updated June 1, 2018.''
Stats since 2002.
References
External links
Official SiteEurobasket.com League Page
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Basketball in Denmark
Basketball leagues in Europe
1995 establishments in Denmark
Sports leagues established in 1995
Professional sports leagues in Denmark