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club founded in based in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

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. Founded in 1956, the team plays in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the Swedish top basketball league. Home games are played in the Östersunds Sporthall, which has a capacity for 1,700 people. The club also has a women's team playing at the highest national level.

History

The team was previously named the Jämtland Ambassadors before the organisation went bankrupt in 1998. The team was re-founded under its current name Jämtland Basket. They played a couple of seasons in the second-tier

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before promoting back in 2000. In the 2021–22 season, Jämtland had its best performance in club history as they reached the finals of the Swedish Basketball League for the first time after beating Köping Basket in the quarter-finals and

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in the semi-finals. In the finals, They lost to

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, 2–4. In May 2022, Jämtland announced it would be making its European debut in the

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, having qualified as Swedish runner-up. They were placed in the qualifying rounds.

Identity

The club colours are blue and white and the logo features a basketball and a

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, an animal common in Sweden. The mascot of the team is Bruce the Moose.

Players

Notable players

Craig Hodges Craig Anthony Hodges (born June 27, 1960)
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R. T. Guinn Richard Thomas "R. T." Guinn (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player for Jämtland Basket. Standing at , he plays the power forward (basketball), power forward-Center (basketball), center position. In March 2019, RT ...

Coaches

* Adnan Chuk: (2020–present)

References

External links

Official website
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