BK Amager

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BK Amager
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NicknameBKA
League Basketligaen
Founded1976
ArenaAmagerhallen
Location Kastrup, Amager, Denmark
Website bkamager.dk

BK Amager is a Danish basketball club based in the Kastrup suburb on Amager. Established in 1976, the team plays in the Basketligaen.

The club was founded in 1976 as Amager Basket, by two school teachers Benny Nielsen and Flemming Holm Jensen. [1] In 2019, Amager joined the Basketligaen again after an absence of nine years. [2]

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References

  1. "Historie". BK AMAGER (in Danish). 4 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. "10 hold i BL i den kommende sæson" (in Danish). Basketligaen. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.