Stevnsgade Basketball
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| Nickname | Supermen | ||
| Leagues |
Basketligaen The Danish Cup |
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| Founded | 5 May 1958 | ||
| History |
Stevnsgade Basket (1958–1999) BK Skjold/Stevnsgade (1999–2004) BK Skjold Basket (2004–2008) Stevnsgade Basketball (2008–present) |
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| Arena | Nørrebrohallen | ||
| Capacity | 600 | ||
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Team colors |
Black and White |
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| Head coach | Mickey Dennis | ||
| Championships |
3 Basketligaen 4 The Danish Cup |
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| Website | sbbk.dk | ||
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Stevnsgade Basketball (also known as Stevnsgade, Stevnsgade Supermen, Supermen and SBBK) are a Danish professional basketball team located in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. In the 2015–16 season the team competes in the top tier of Danish basketball; Basketligaen. Stevnsgade are one of the most winning teams in Danish basketball and have won 3 national titles (1979, 1980 and 1995) and 4 domestic cups (1980, 1987, 1993 and 1994).
The club was founded at the local school (Stevnsgade Skole) by teachers and students the 5th of May 1958. Outright it was decided that the club colors should be white and blue. The first official game was against SISU, the reigning Danish Champions, on October 29, 1961 in a Serie 1 game, the second tier 2 in the Danish basketball pyramid, where SISU participated due to lack of teams in the divisions. In the gymnasium of Joachim-Larsen Skolen, the then homecourt, Stevnsgade lost by a wide margin to the Danish champions: 30-75. The club won promotion to 1. Division for the first time following the 1964–65 season. Stevnsgade won its own division in the regular season and defeated the other Serie 1 Champions (Næstved, Svendborg and ASI Aalborg) in the playoffs. However, Stevnsgade was relegated back to Serie 1 the following season. This started a trend for Stevnsgade who would go back and forth between Serie 1 and 1. Division the following years. It was first in the beginning of the 1970s that Stevnsgade finally settled in 1. Division for good.
In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s the teams from Copenhagen dominated Danish Basketball. SISU, Falcon, BMS, and Stevnsgade dominated the Danish competitions. Stevnsgade won 26 medals in the league and cup combined. A total of 7 of these where gold as Stevnsgade were crowned Danish champions in 1979, 1980, and 1995 and were cup winners in 1980, 1987, 1993, and 1994. Following the championship in the 1978–79 season Stevnsgade decided to participate in the FIBA European Champions Cup in the 1979–80 season. Stevnsgade faced, amongst others, the German champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the European giants from Real Madrid. Real Madrid would go on to win the tournament that year. When Stevnsgade won a back-to-back Danish championship the club decided to once again compete in Europe's elite competition. This time, they faced the great Yugoslav team KK Bosna. However, Stevnsgade could not match these teams and lost all of their European games in both the 1979–80 and 1980–81 season.
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