Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. The club plays in the Basketligaen, the top tier basketball league in Denmark.

Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times and holds the record for the most championships and has won 11 Danish Cups. Along with their domestic play, the club is a regular in European competitions. The Bears are a three-time semifinalist of the FIBA Europe Cup.

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. Since then, the club has won a number of domestic titles and is now the most winning sports team in the history of the city of Aarhus.

In the years 2005 to 2009, Bakken Bears was a part of Aarhus Elite A/S, an elite sports organization in Aarhus that includes ia. AGF Football (soccer). 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.

Bakken Bears roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Oriane, Silas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 20 – (2004-04-18)18 April 2004 G 3 Parsons, Malik 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1999-08-17)17 August 1999 SF 5 Evans, Ryan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 34 – (1990-06-19)19 June 1990 F 6 Berg, Sylvester 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 SF 8 Jukić, Darko 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 34 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 F 9 Vinther, Marcus 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (2002-10-15)15 October 2002 C 11 Diouf, Michel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 G 12 Bowlin, Skyler 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 35 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 F 15 Høj, Magnus 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 – (2003-07-09)9 July 2003 G/F 18 Knudsen, Gustav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 PF 24 Holst, Andreas 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 – (2005-05-28)28 May 2005 G 77 Erichsen, Frederik 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 18 – (2006-08-07)7 August 2006	Head coach Anders Sommer Assistant coach(es) Florian Wedell Thomas Hemmingsen Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 25, 2023

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 NBA match at any time.

• 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

• FIBA Europe Cup
  • Semi-finalist (3): 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021–22

• European North Basketball League
  • Champions (1): 2024

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Danish Cup	European competitions
2010–11	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champion
2011–12	1	Basketligaen	1st	Runner-up
2012–13	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champion
2013–14	1	Basketligaen	1st	Runner-up	3 EuroChallenge	T16
2014–15	1	Basketligaen	2nd	Round of 16	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2015–16	1	Basketligaen	2nd	Champion	3 FIBA Europe Cup	R32
2016–17	1	Basketligaen	1st	Semifinalist	3 Champions League	RS
2017–18	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champion	3 Champions League	QR2
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	SF
2018–19	1	Basketligaen	1st	Quarterfinalist	3 Champions League	QR2
					4 FIBA Europe Cup	QF
2019–20	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champion
2020–21	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champion
2021–22	1	Basketligaen	1st	Runner-up	4 FIBA Europe Cup	SF
2022–23	1	Basketligaen	1st	Champions	3 Champions League	L16

• Steffen Wich

• Official Website (in Danish)
• Eurobasket.com Bakken Bears Page

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