Borås Basket is a professional

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club based in the Swedish town of

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companie ...

. The club was founded in 1952 and currently compete in the

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(SBL), the country's premier league. Borås has played in European competitions multiple times in its history; in 1995, 1996 and 2000 it played in the FIBA Korac Cup. In 2014 Borås returned to Europe when it entered the

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History

In the 1999–2000 season, Borås was personally sponsored by

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(NBA) player

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and was named "Magic M7 Borås". Johnson himself played 5 games for the club between October and January that season. Johnson joined the roster and was undefeated in five games with the team."Basketball: Johnson plays in Sweden"
''The Independent'', November 12, 1999. ''www.independent.co.uk.'' Retrieved September 8, 2014.

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"Magic Johnson Returns to Scandinavia."
''www.apnewsarchive'', November 5, 2000. Retrieved April 17, 2015. Johnson also became a co-owner of the club;Sanchis, J.R
"Historias nórdicas: Magic Johnson, el vikingo"
''www.solobasket.com'', November 10, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2014. however, the project failed after one season and the club was forced into reconstruction. Since 2007, Borås is again active in the

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, the highest tier of Swedish basketball. In the 2019–20 season, Borås won its first Swedish championship under special circumstances. Due to the

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, the season was ended prematurely and the team won the championship based on its first place in the regular season.

Honours

*Champions (1): 2019–20

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Notes

References

External links

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Official website
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