Bakken Bears

Bakken Bears was formed in 1953 under the name of Aarhus Basketball Forening, or simply ABF. From 1962, the club was known as Skovbakken Basketball. Bears has been in the top Danish league almost every year since then and won its first title in 1958. In the last months of 2009 a group of local businessmen, sponsors and fans bought the team. When Bakken Bears hosted Team FOG Næstved in Game 1 of the league semifinals in March 2009, 4,816 spectators watched the game in Aarhus Arena, which set an all-time attendance record for basketball in Denmark. In the summer of 2018, the Bears' development team EBAA entered the Basketligaen as well. On 27 March 2018, Bakken Bears qualified for the first time ever for a semifinal of a European competition, by eliminating ESSM Le Portel in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Europe Cup. They then lost the semifinal to Italian S.S. Felice Scandone. ==Players==

Current roster }} Notable players Individual awards ;Basketligaen MVP • Eric Bell – 2003 • DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell – 2017 • Ryan Evans – 2019 ;Basketligaen Finals MVP • Chris Christoffersen – 2013 • Kenny Barker – 2014 • DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell – 2017 • Jeffrey Crockett – 2018 • Tobin Carberry – 2019 • Michel Diouf – 2021 • Marvelle Harris – 2022 == Honours ==

Domestic competitions • Basketligaen • Winners (21) : 1957–58, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 • Runners-up (8) : 1962–63, 1964–65, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2005–2006, 2009–10, 2014–15 • Danish Cup • Winners (13): 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 • Runners-up (7) : 1980, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2022 European competitions • FIBA Europe Cup • Semi-finalist (3): 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22 • European North Basketball League • Champions (1): 2024 ==Season by season==