Solna Vikings

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| name=Solna Vikings

| nickname=Vikings

| location=Solna, Sweden

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| championships= 6 Swedish Championships
1973, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2003, 2008

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| founded=1999

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Solna Vikings was a Swedish professional basketball club with a men's team and a women's team. Both played in their respective top leagues: the women in the Damligan, and the men in the Swedish Basketball League.{{cite web|url=https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/amber-stokes-signs-with-solna-vikings-of-sweden/ |title=Amber Stokes Signs with Solna Vikings of Sweden |date=September 7, 2013 |website=ohiostatebuckeyes.com |access-date=February 8, 2019}}

History

The Solna Vikings was founded on 27 April 1999, when Solna IF announced that it would not continue playing. Solna Vikings Men won the Swedish men's national championship in 2003, and the women won the national championship in 2002, 2004 and 2006.

On 6 July 2015 it was announced that the men's team was leaving the Swedish Basketball League because of economic problems.{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=179&grupp=8510&artikel=6205946|title=Solna Vikings drar sig ur Basketligan|publisher=Sveriges Radio|language=Swedish|date=6 July 2015|accessdate=6 July 2015}} In June 2016, the club merged with AIK Basket.{{cite news |title=Klart: AIK Basket och Solna Vikings blir ett |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/basket/klart-aik-basket-och-solna-vikings-blir-ett |accessdate=8 February 2019 |work=SVT |date=23 June 2016 |language=Swedish}}

Men's team

=Trophies=

  • Basketligan{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/basket/sm-final-norrkoping-sodertalje/|title=Södertälje svenska mästare igen!|publisher=SVT Sport|language=Swedish|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=12 September 2020}}

:Champions (1): 2002–03

=Notable players=

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Women's team

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:Champions (3): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06

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{{see also|:Category:Solna Vikings players}}

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Played at least three seasons for the club.
  • 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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See also

References

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