Hørsholm 79ers

Hørsholm 79'ers Basketball Klub is a Danish basketball club from Hørsholm founded in 1979, playing both in the male and female Danish championships. The women's team is one of the most successful teams in Danish history, having won 9 national championships between 1996 and 2018, including five titles in a row from 2004 to 2008.[1]

Hørsholm 79ers
Hørsholm 79ers logo
Leagues(M) Basketligaen
(W) Dameligaen
Founded1979
HistoryHørsholm BK
(1979–2007)
Hørsholm 79ers Basketball
(2007–present)
ArenaFire Arena
LocationHørsholm, Denmark
Team colorsBlack, White
   
Championships(M) 2 Danish Leagues
(W) 9 Danish Leagues
Websitewww.hbbk.dk

History

On January 27, 2018, Hørsholm won the Danish Women's Basketball Cup after beating SISU BK, 71-64, in the cup finals.[2]

On April 28, 2017, Hørsholm won the women's national championship after defeating Stevnsgade Basketball 68-60 in the fifth and deciding game of the finals series.[3]

In June 2018, Hørsholm announced the men's club would resign to its place in the Basketligaen due to financial problems and would compete in the second tier.[4]

Titles

Women's team

Danish League

  • Winners (9): 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018

Danish Cup

  • Winners (3): 1994, 1995, 2005, 2018

Men's team

Danish League

  • Winners (2): 1990–91, 1992–93

Notable players

Men's

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Women's

References
  1. List of champions Archived 2017-07-18 at the Wayback Machine in the league's website
  2. "Sandra Lind danskur bikarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. "Sandra Lind danskur meistari". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. "Hørsholm 79ers spiller ikke i BL i næste sæson" [Horsholm 79ers will not play in BL the next season] (in German). Basketligaen. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


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