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| Dunfermline Reign B.C. | |
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| League | SBC Division 1 |
| Established | 1986 |
| History | Dunfermline Reign 1986–present |
| Arena | St Columba's RC High School |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Location | Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Team colours | |
| Website | Official website |
The Dunfermline Reign are a Scottish basketball club based in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland.
The club have been an affiliated member of basketballscotland since their formation in 1986, and for many years the club was the only national and local league basketball team in Fife.
The club moved its home games to St Columba's RC High School in 2014 after the school won in its bid for a court removed from the London 2012 Olympic basketball site. The floor was the one that former player Robert Archibald ended his playing career on at the 2012 Olympics.
Youth:
Under 14s won the u14s 2019-2020 Scottish league with the best run in there history, only one loss from 54 games a league win and topping the table by 38 points. For the first time ever the top five scorers in the league were all of the same team, with:
The under 18s and 16s league games could not commence this year as there were not enough teams to compete.
| Season | Division | Tier | League | Playoffs | Scottish Cup | |||||||
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| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Points | Win % | |||||||
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| 1997–1998 | SNBL | 2 | 8th | 24 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 0.250 | ||||
| 1998–1999 | SNBL | 2 | 9th | 27 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 0.148 | ||||
| 1999–2000 | SNBL | 2 | 9th | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 0.222 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2000–2002 | Withdrew from league | |||||||||||
| Royal Bengal Dunfermline Reign | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | SNBL | 2 | 6th | 18 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 0.556 | ||||
| 2003–2004 | SNBL | 2 | 6th | 18 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 0.556 | ||||
| 2004–2005 | SNBL | 2 | 10th | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 0.188 | ||||
| 2005–2010 | Withdrew from league | |||||||||||
| Dunfermline Reign | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | SNBL | 2 | 10th | 18 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 0.056 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2011–2012 | SNBL | 2 | 10th | 18 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 0.056 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2012–2013 | SNBL | 2 | 9th | 18 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 0.167 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2013–2014 | SNBL | 2 | 10th | 18 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 0.056 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2014–2015 | SNBL | 2 | 9th | 22 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 0.273 | Did not qualify | 1st round | ||
| 2015–2016 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 9th | 18 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 0.167 | Did not qualify | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2016–2017 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 8th | 18 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 0.333 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2017–2018 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 5th | 18 | 12 | 6 | 30 | 0.667 | Quarter-finals | 2nd round | ||
| 2018–2019 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 1st | 18 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 0.944 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | ||
| 2019–2020 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 3rd | 16 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 0.750 | No playoffs | Semi-finals | ||
| 2020–2021 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021–2022 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 7th | 16 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 0.313 | Did not qualify | Runners Up | ||
| 2022–2023 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 5th | 20 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 0.550 | Did not qualify | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2023–2024 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 6th | 21 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 0.429 | Did not qualify | Runners Up | ||
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