08 Stockholm Human Rights

08 Stockholm Human Rights is a Swedish basketball club located in Stockholm that has a men's and women's team.

08 Stockholm Human Rights
08 Stockholm Human Rights logo
LeaguesSuperettan
Founded1996
ArenaÅkeshovshallen, Bromma
LocationAlvik, Sweden
Team colorsBlack and White
PresidentJonas Morin
Head coachPatrick Levy
ChampionshipsMen: 1 (2001)
Women: 4 (2001, '03, '07, '10)
Website08stockholm.se

The club was established in 1996 when two of the most successful basketball associations, Alvik BK (established 1956) and the South YMCA Basketball (established 1949), collaborated to form 08 Stockholm. The reason for the name of "Human Rights" is because of the club's active social commitment to using basketball as a tool to work against racism, for social inclusion and to educate their players and leaders in the club's core values.[1][2]

Since their inception in 1996–97, the club has been very successful with both their men's and women's teams winning the league championship in 2001. The women's team has subsequently won three national championships (2003, 2007, 2010) since then, while the men's team previously won the inaugural Swedish-Finnish league championship in 1999.[3] In 2013, the men's team was removed from the Basketligan because it didn't meet requirements set by the league. The club continued in the Superettan.

Players

Current roster
08 Stockholm Human Rights roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G/F 4 Sweden Porscke, Joel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1991-10-06)6 October 1991
G 5 Sweden Corell, Jesper 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991
C 6 Sweden Guede, Jean 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 44 – (1979-01-09)9 January 1979
G 7 Sweden Ehlde, Jonas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1992-01-14)14 January 1992
F 8 Sweden Fant, Mikael
G 9 Sweden Ilunga, Olivier 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 40 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
F 10 Sweden Thorangen, Adrian 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1993-11-13)13 November 1993
G 11 Sweden Gullbrandsson, Emil 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992
F 12 Sweden Cahilig, Andreas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1991-01-23)23 January 1991
F 13 Sweden Olsson-Drebold, Helge 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-05-16)16 May 1989
F 14 Sweden Forsberg, Simon 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1990-06-16)16 June 1990
F 15 Estonia Ilves, Timo 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1986-08-11)11 August 1986
G Sweden Lundin, Jimmy 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990
G/F Sweden Nystrom, Jim 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 41 – (1982-10-05)5 October 1982
C Sweden Berg, Max 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-01-05)5 January 1993
Head coach
  • Sweden Patrick Levy
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2015-03-13

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Simon Forsberg Helge Olsson-Drebold Max Berg
PF Timo Ilves Mikael Fant Jean Guede
SF Adrian Thorangen Andreas Cahilig Jim Nystrom
SG Jonas Ehlde Joel Porscke Jimmy Lundin
PG Olivier Ilunga Emil Gullbrandsson Jesper Corell

Notable past players

References
  1. "08 Stockholm Human Rights Basket". Fryshuset.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. "08 Stockholm Human Rights BBK - Basket". Svenskidrott.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2005-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  3. "08 HERR". 08stockholm.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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