Wikipedia - Jämtland Basket
KFUM Jämtland Basket is a basketball club founded in based in Östersund, Sweden. Founded in 1956, the team plays in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the Swedish top basketball league. Home games are played in the Östersunds Sporthall, which has a capacity for 1,700 people.
The club also has a women's team playing at the highest national level.
History
The team was previously named the Jämtland Ambassadors before the organisation went bankrupt in 1998. The team was re-founded under its current name Jämtland Basket. They played a couple of seasons in the second-tier Basketettan before promoting back in 2000.
In the 2021–22 season, Jämtland had its best performance in club history as they reached the finals of the Swedish Basketball League for the first time after beating Köping Basket in the quarter-finals and Södertälje BBK in the semi-finals. In the finals, They lost to Norrköping Dolphins, 2–4.
In May 2022, Jämtland announced it would be making its European debut in the FIBA Europe Cup, having qualified as Swedish runner-up. They were placed in the qualifying rounds.
**Geschichte**
Jämtland Basket wurde 1975 gegründet. Der Verein stieg 2011 in die Basketligan auf und hat seitdem mehrere nationale Titel gewonnen. 2017 und 2018 wurde das Team schwedischer Meister und 2015 und 2017 gewann es den schwedischen Pokal.
**Heimspielstätte**
Jämtland Basket trägt seine Heimspiele in der Östersunds Sporthall aus, die Platz für 1.200 Zuschauer bietet.
**Bekannte Spieler**
Zu den bekanntesten Spielern, die für Jämtland Basket gespielt haben, gehören:
* Viktor Gaddefors
* Nikola Radičević
* Eric Washington
**Erfolge**
* Schwedischer Meister: 2017, 2018
* Schwedischer Pokalsieger: 2015, 2017