Hørsholm 79ers

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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.[http://www.dameligaen.dk/da/top/om-ligaen/vindere-af-dm/ List of champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718030514/http://www.dameligaen.dk/da/top/om-ligaen/vindere-af-dm/ |date=2017-07-18 }} in the league's website

History

On 27 January 2018 Hørsholm won the Danish Women's Basketball Cup after beating SISU BK, 71-64, in the cup finals.{{cite news|title=Sandra Lind danskur bikarmeistari|url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/01/27/sandra_lind_danskur_bikarmeistari/|accessdate=27 January 2018|work=Morgunblaðið|date=27 January 2018|language=Icelandic}}

On 28 April 2017 Hørsholm won the women's national championship after defeating Stevnsgade Basketball 68-60 in the fifth and deciding game of the finals series.{{cite news|title=Sandra Lind danskur meistari|url=http://karfan.is/read/2018-04-28/sandra-lind-danskur-meistari/|accessdate=28 April 2018|work=karfan.is|date=28 April 2018|language=Icelandic}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketligaen.dk/da/news/horsholm-79ers-spiller-ikke-i-bl-i-naeste-saeson/|publisher=Basketligaen|language=de|accessdate=23 June 2018|trans-title=Horsholm 79ers will not play in BL the next season|title=Hørsholm 79ers spiller ikke i BL i næste sæson|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822230557/http://www.basketligaen.dk/da/news/horsholm-79ers-spiller-ikke-i-bl-i-naeste-saeson/|url-status=dead}}

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=

{{flagicon|DEN}} Daniel Mortensen
{{flagicon|DEN}} Zarko Jukic

=Women's=

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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 WNBA match at any time.

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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 WNBA match at any time.

{{flagicon|TPE}} Joy Burke

{{flagicon|ISL}} Sandra Lind Þrastardóttir

References

External links

[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Denmark/Horsholm-79ers/865 Eurobasket.com Horsholm 79ers Page]

Category:Basketball teams in Denmark

Category:Basketball teams established in 1979

Category:Hørsholm Municipality

Category:Sport in the Capital Region of Denmark