Basketligaen

Basketligaen
Founded	1995
First season	1995–96
Country	Denmark
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	Danish Cup
Current champions	Bakken Bears (16th title)
Most championships	Bakken Bears (16 titles)
TV partners	TV2 Sport
Website	basketligaen.dk
	2017–18 Basketligaen

The Basketligaen (English: Basketball League) is the highest professional basketball league in Denmark. The original men's first division was founded in 1957 and the current league was founded in 1998. All-time record holder in league titles is Bakken Bears, which has captured 15 titles in its history, of which 4 was won back to back from 2011 to 2014. BMS is the only team with 5 titles in a row, starting in 1986 through 1990. The main TV partner of the league is TV2 Sport. The league consists of 8 teams, with no relegation rules.

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Head coach
Bakken Bears	Aarhus	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen	Steffen Wich
Copenhagen Wolfpack	Herlev	Herlevhallen	Thomas Quaade
Svendborg Rabbits	Svendborg	Svendborg Idrætscenter	Luca Ciaboco
Team FOG Næstved	Næstved	Arena Næstved	Milan Škobalj
Randers Cimbria	Randers	Arena Randers	Morten Hansen
Hørsholm 79ers	Hørsholm	Fire Arena	Rafa Monclova
Stevnsgade SuperMen	Copenhagen	Nørrebrohallen	Ricky Kristensen
Horsens IC	Horsens	Forum Horsens	Arnel Dedic

Current standing^[1]

As of 20th of March.

No.	Team	Games	W	L	Points
1	Horsens IC	21	19	2	38
2	Bakken Bears	21	17	4	34
3	Team FOG Næstved	21	13	8	26
4	Hørsholm 79ers	21	12	9	24
5	Randers Cimbria	21	9	12	18
6	Svendborg Rabbits	21	8	13	16
7	Copenhagen Wolfpack	21	4	17	8
8	Stevnsgade SuperMen	21	2	19	4

Title holders

1957–58 Aarhus
1958–59 Gladsaxe
1959–60 Gladsaxe
1960–61 SISU
1961–62 SISU
1962–63 Gladsaxe
1963–64 Gladsaxe
1964–65 Gladsaxe
1965–66 SISU
1966–67 SISU
1967–68 Gladsaxe
1968–69 Gladsaxe
1969–70 Virum
1970–71 Virum
1971–72 SISU
1972–73 SISU
1973–74 Falcon
1974–75 Falcon
1976–77 SISU
1973–74 Falcon
1977–78 Falcon
1978–79 Stevnsgade
1979–80 Stevnsgade
1980–81 SISU
1981–82 BMS
1982–83 SISU
1983–84 SISU
1984–85 SISU
1985–86 BMS
1986–87 BMS
1987–88 BMS
1988–89 BMS
1989–90 BMS
1990–91 Hørsholm
1991–92 Horsens
1992–93 Hørsholm
1993–94 Horsens
1994–95 Stevnsgade
1995–96 Værløse
1996–97 Skovbakken
1997–98 Horsens
1998–99 Skovbakken
1999–00 Skovbakken
2000–01 Skovbakken
2001–02 Værløse Farum
2002–03 Copenhagen
2003–04 Århus
2004–05 Skovbakken
2005–06 Horsens
2006–07 Skovbakken
2007–08 Bakken Bears
2008–09 Bakken Bears
2009–10 Svendborg Rabbits
2010–11 Bakken Bears
2011–12 Bakken Bears
2012–13 Bakken Bears
2013–14 Bakken Bears
2014–15 Horsens
2015–16 Horsens
2016–17 Bakken Bears
2017–18 Bakken Bears

The finals

Champions 1995-2017						Finals
Season	Teams	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Relegation	Score	Finals MVP
2017-18	8	Bakken Bears (16)	Horsens IC	Randers Cimbria		4-0	Jeffrey Crockett
2016-17	8	Bakken Bears (15)	Horsens IC	Svendborg Rabbits	SISU BK (withdrew)	4-1	Devaughn Akoon-Purcell
2015-16	8	Horsens IC (6)	Bakken Bears	Team FOG Næstved		4-3	Nimrod Hilliard
2014-15	10	Horsens IC (5)	Bakken Bears	Team FOG Næstved	Aalborg Vikings, Værløse Basket (withdrew), Copenhagen Wolfpack (withdrew)	4-2	Brian Fitzpatrick
2013-14	10	Bakken Bears (15)	Randers Cimbria	Horsens IC		4-0	Kenny Barker
2012-13	10	Bakken Bears (14)	Svendborg Rabbits	Horsens IC		4-3	Chris Christoffersen
2011-12	10	Bakken Bears (13)	Svendborg Rabbits	Team FOG Næstved		4-2
2010-11	10	Bakken Bears (12)	Svendborg Rabbits	Horsens IC		4-0
2009-10	10	Svendborg Rabbits	Bakken Bears	Hørsholm 79ers		4-1
2008-09	10	Bakken Bears (11)	Svendborg Rabbits	Randers Cimbria	Roskilde Basketball Klub	4-3
2007-08	9	Bakken Bears (10)	Svendborg Rabbits	BK Amager		4-0
2006-07	12	Bakken Bears (9)	Svendborg Rabbits	Horsens IC	AAB Basket, Horsens Basketball Club, Team Sjælland	3-0
2005-06	11	Horsens IC (4)	Bakken Bears	BK Amager	Herlev	3-1
2004-05	10	Bakken Bears (8)	SISU BK	Svendborg Rabbits	Team Sjælland	3-2
2003-04	10	Bakken Bears (7)	Horsens IC	Team Sjælland	BK Skjold/Stevnsgade Basket	3-1
2002-03	10	BF Copenhagen (2)	Bakken Bears	SISU BK	BF Copenhagen	2-0
2001-02		Værløse/Farum (3)	Aabyhøj IF	Bakken Bears		2-0
2000-01		Bakken Bears (6)	Værløse/Farum	BK Skjold/Stevnsgade Basket		2-1
1999-00		Bakken Bears (5)	Horsens IC	SISU BK
1998-99		Bakken Bears (4)	SISU BK	Horsens IC
1997-98		Horsens IC (3)	Bakken Bears	SISU BK
1996-97		Bakken Bears (3)	Hørsholm	Stevnsgade
1995-96		Værløse/Farum (2)	Stevnsgade	Horsens IC

Rewards

Season	MVP	Defensive Player of The Year	Young Player of The Year	Coach of The Year		Referee of The Year
2017–18	Kevin Larsen	Michel Diouf (2)	Filip Rajovic	Arnel Dedic (2)	Horsens IC	Morten Thomsen (4)
2016-17	Devaughn Akoon-Purcell	Jyles Smith	Asbjørn Midtgaard	Jim Jabir	SISU BK	Jakob Hors (3)
2015-16	Brandon Rozzell	Michel Diouf	August Haas	Israel Martín	Bakken Bears	Jakob Hors (2)
2014-15	Skyler Bowlin	Baye Keita	Gabriel Iffe Lundberg	Arnel Dedic	Horsens IC	Morten Thomsen (3)
2013-14	Johnell Smith	Frederik Hougaard Nielsen	Peter Møller	James Vear	Aalborg Vikings	Morten Thomsen (2)
2012-13	Darko Jukić	Bonell Colas	Frederik Rungby	Craig Pedersen (3)	Svendborg Rabbits	Morten Thomsen
2011-12	Chanan Colman	Corin Henry	Philip Hertz	Geof Kotila (2)	Team FOG Næstved	Bo Bundgaard (2)
2010-11	Nicolai Iversen	Nicolai Iversen	Jonathan Gilling	Milan Škobalj	Hørsholm 79ers	Bo Bundgaard
2009-10	Johnell Smith		Mathias Seilund	Marc Collins	Randers Cimbria	Jakob Hors
2008-09	Bonell Colas			Craig Pedersen (2)	Svendborg Rabbits
2007-08	Brandon Omar Thomas			Roberto Velosa	Hørsholm 79ers
2006-07	Joshua Joel Buettner			Jesper Krone	BK Amager
2005-06	Thomas Skotting			Geof Kotila	Team FOG Næstved
2004-05	Eric Bell (2)			Craig Pedersen	Svendborg Rabbits
2003-04	Joshua Metzger			Mads Christensen	Svendborg Rabbits
2002-03	Eric Bell

All-time Basketligaen table

The All-time Basketligaen table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Basketligaen since 1958.

Last updated june 2018.^[2]

Pos.	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total of medals
1	Bakken Bears	16	9	3	28
2	SISU BK	11	10	10	31
3	Efterslægten BK	6	4	3	13
4	BMS	6	1	6	13
5	Horsens IC	6	5	7	18
6	Falcon Basketball	4	8	4	16
7	Stevnsgade Basketball	3	5	9	17
8	Virum BK	2	-	5	7
9	Hørsholm 79ers	2	3	3	8
10	Værløse/Farum	3	2	1	7
11	BF Copenhagen	2	-	-	2
12	Gladsaxe Basketball Klub	1	1	3	5
13	Svendborg Rabbits	1	6	2	9
14	Viby Idræts Forening	-	3	3	6
15	Randers Cimbria	-	1	2	3
16	ABC	-	1	1	2
17	Åbyhøj BK	-	1	-	1
18	Team FOG Næstved	-	-	3	3
19	Glostrup Basketball	-	-	2	2
20	BK Amager	-	-	2	2
21	Team Sjælland	-	-	1	1

Statistical leaders

Season	Points		Rebounds		Assists		Steals		Turnovers
2017–18	Matt Bonds (22.4)	Hørsholm 79ers	Durell Vinson (12.8)	Copenhagen Wolfpack	Frederik Hougaard Nielsen (6.0)	Hørsholm 79ers	Troy Franklin (2.2)	Team FOG Næstved	Filip Rajovic (3.4)	Stevnsgade Basketball
2016–17	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (21.4)	Bakken Bears	Tanner McGrew (10.5)	SISU BK	Frederik Hougaard Nielsen (6.5)	Hørsholm 79ers	Myles Mack (2.1)	Horsens IC	Chris Marius Nielsen (4.2)	Randers Cimbria
2015–16	Brandon Rozzell (24.5)	Svendborg Rabbits	Evan Yates (9.9)	Hørsholm 79ers	Brandon Rozzell (5.8)	Svendborg Rabbits	Troy Franklin (2.2)	Team FOG Næstved	Brandon Rozzell (3.7)	Svendborg Rabbits
2014–15	Darryl Partin (27.0)	SISU BK	Bonell Colas (12.6)	Randers Cimbria	Antonio Porta (7.1)	Svendborg Rabbits	Marquis Addison (2.4)	Horsens IC	Chris Marius Nielsen (4.0)	Randers Cimbria
2014–15	Darryl Partin (27.0)	SISU BK	Bonell Colas (12.6)	Randers Cimbria	Antonio Porta (7.1)	Svendborg Rabbits	Skyler Bowlin (2.4)	Horsens IC	Chris Marius Nielsen (4.0)	Randers Cimbria
2013–14	Joey Haywood (25.0)	Aalborg Vikings	Durell Vinson (15.2)	Falcon Basketball	Johnell Smith (5.8)	Svendborg Rabbits	Skyler Bowlin(2.65)	Horsens IC	Alex Murphy (3.3)	Team FOG Næstved
2012–13	Bonell Colas (24.3)	Randers Cimbria	Bonell Colas (14.7)	Randers Cimbria	Miguel Ortega (6.8)	Randers Cimbria	Skyler Bowlin (3.00)	Horsens IC	Miguel Ortega (3.7)	Randers Cimbria
2011-12	Ryan Devon White (24.8)	Aalborg Vikings	D'Mario Curry (11.6)	Åbyhøj BK	Davor Sattler (5.4)	Horsens IC	Corin Henry (3.4)	Team FOG Næstved	D'Mario Curry (5.3)	Aabyhøj IF
2010-11	Thomas Soltau (22.8)	SISU BK	Lee Roberts (13.3)	Team FOG Næstved	David Smedley (6.4)	Team FOG Næstved	Lasse Kristiansen (2.1)	Aalborg Vikings	Thomas Soltau (3.6)	SISU BK
2009-10	Mychal Lamont Kearse (23.4)	SISU BK	Chris Christoffersen (9.7)	Bakken Bears	David Smedley (6.5)	Randers Cimbria	Johnell Smith (2.8)	Svendborg Rabbits	Mychal Lamont Kearse (3.5)	SISU BK
2008-09	Christopher Gilliam (24.6)	Åbyhøj BK	Bonell Colas (14.3)	Randers Cimbria	David Smedley (5.2)	Randers Cimbria	Jesse Pellot-Rosa (3.0)	SISU BK	Darnell Kirkwood (3.8)	Horsens IC
2007-08	Brandon Omar Thomas (24.6)	Team FOG Næstved	Ivan Mišković (12.2)	Horsens IC	Jarrett Howell (4.7)	Svendborg Rabbits	Jarrett Howell (2.9)	Svendborg Rabbits	James Duane (3.4)	Hørsholm 79ers
2006-07	Anthony Paez (27.7)	AAB Basket	Monta McGhee (13.3)	Horsens IC	Tanoris Shepard (6.5)	Svendborg Rabbits	Dustin Pfeifer (2.9)	Team Sjælland	Andreas Bloch (4.3)	SISU BK
2005-06	Joshua King (26.4)	Hørsholm 79ers	Monta McGhee (12.4)	Horsens IC	Martin Mariegaard (5.7)	Svendborg Rabbits	Spencer Ross (3.1)	Horsens IC	Alan Madsen (4.1)	Aabyhøj IF
2004-05	Flagan Prince (24.1)	BK Amager	Brian Sigafoos (11.2)	Hørsholm 79ers	Eric Bell (6.4)	Horsens IC	Eric Bell (4.4)	Horsens IC	Lasse Kristiansen (4.3)	Aab Basket
2003-04	Steven Pettyjohn (28.4)	SISU BK	Jeff Markray (11.6)	Skjold Stevnsgade	Wayne Johnell Copeland (5.5)	Horsens IC	Wayne Johnell Copeland (5.0)	Horsens IC	Lasse Kristiansen (4.5)	Aab Basket
2002-03	Andy Wormsley (23.8)	Svendborg Rabbits	Marek Ondera (9.4)	Bakken Bears	Eric Bell (4.4)	Bakken Bears	Eric Bell (3.5)	Bakken Bears	Austin McKellar (4.5)	Hørsholm 79ers

Source: Eurobasket.com, Basketligaen.dk

All-time leaders

Last updated June 1st 2018.

For a complete list, see List of Basketligaen career stat leaders.

	Player		Team
Points	Chris Marius Nielsen	6,385	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Rebounds	Bonell Colas	2,600	10 seasons. Randers Cimbria (2007-2009, 2012-2017), Hørsholm 79ers (2011-2012), Værløse Basket (2010-2011)
Assists	Frederik Hougaard Nielsen	1,478	12 seasons (Still active). Hørsholm 79ers (2005-2011, 2013-), Bakken Bears (2011-2013)
Steals	Chris Marius Nielsen	560	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Blocks	Chris Christoffersen	550	13 seasons (Still active). Bakken Bears (2004-)
2-points made	Bonell Colas	1,620	10 seasons. Randers Cimbria (2007-2009, 2012-2017), Hørsholm 79ers (2011-2012), Værløse Basket (2010-2011)
3-points made	Chris Marius Nielsen	828	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Free throws made	Chris Marius Nielsen	1,609	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Turnovers	Chris Marius Nielsen	1,083	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Minutes played	Chris Marius Nielsen	12,422	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)
Games played	Chris Marius Nielsen	417	17 seasons (Still active). Randers Cimbria (2002-2010, 2012-), Bakken Bears (2010-2013)

Stats since 2002.

Single game records

Last updated June 1st 2018.^[3]

	Player		Team	Date	Game
Points	Brandon Omar Thomas	49	Team FOG Næstved	01/23-2008	Team FOG Næstved	vs	Åbyhøj BK	104:92
Rebounds	Durell Vinson	28	Falcon Basketball	11/30-2013	Falcon Basketball	vs	Hørsholm 79ers	83:86
Assists	Arnar Jónsson	16	BC Aarhus	09/22-2012	BC Aarhus	vs	Aalborg Vikings	97:90
Steals	Wayne Johnell Copeland	12	Horsens IC	03/14-2004	Horsens IC	vs	Åbyhøj BK	97:52
Blocks	Nicholas Billings	10	Hørsholm 79ers	02/23-2008	Svendborg Rabbits	vs	Hørsholm 79ers	89:77
Blocks	Mikkel Langager Larsen	10	Horsens IC	03/17-2004	Åbyhøj BK	vs	Horsens IC	72:88
2-points made	Jason Siggers	18	Bakken Bears	12/13-2007	Åbyhøj BK	vs	Bakken Bears	73:92
3-points made	Jeff Schiffner	10	Bakken Bears	04/26-2005	SISU	vs	Bakken Bears	84:105
3-points made	Damian Jimenez Ocana	10	Svendborg Rabbits	03/07-2016	Svendborg Rabbits	vs	Randers Cimbria	114:62
Free throws made	Gregory William Lacasse	20	Horsens IC	12/09-2006	Team FOG Næstved	vs	Horsens IC	91:77
Free throws made	Alan Madsen	20	Åbyhøj BK	12/20-2003	Åbyhøj BK	vs	Randers Cimbria	114:101
Turnovers	Austin McKellar	13	Hørsholm 79ers	11/30-2002	Randers Cimbria	vs	Hørsholm 79ers	79:83