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| Glasgow Storm | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2001 |
| History | Glasgow Storm 2001–present |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Team colours | Black and Yellow |
| Website | Official website |
The Glasgow Storm are a basketball club based in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
The club was founded in July 2001. The club currently puts out teams at all age levels, from under 12 through to the Senior Men's and Women's teams. The under 12s and under 14s teams were established with the help of National Lottery funding.
Storm Senior Men
The Storm entered the Scottish Men's National League in 2002. Based in the north and west of the city and playing home games latterly at the Kelvin Hall, the team were competitive and a comfortable mid-table team throughout their National League history, with 5th place in 2016-17 their strongest league performance. The Storm withdrew from the Scottish Basketball Championship at the start of the 2019-20 season, while maintaining their junior and local league presence.
Senior Squads
Youth Squads
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pld. | W | L | Pts. | Playoffs | Scottish Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Storm | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | SNBL | 9th | 18 | 2 | 16 | 20 | No playoffs | Last 16 | |
| 2003–2004 | SNBL | 9th | 18 | 1 | 17 | 19 | No playoffs | Last 16 | |
| 2004–2005 | SNBL | 6th | 17 | 8 | 9 | 25 | No playoffs | ||
| 2005–2006 | SNBL | - | - | - | - | - | No playoffs | ||
| 2006–2007 | SNBL | 6th | 16 | 8 | 8 | 24 | No playoffs | ||
| 2007–2008 | SNBL | 6th | 16 | 7 | 9 | 23 | No playoffs | ||
| 2008–2009 | SNBL | 6th | 20 | 2 | 18 | 22 | No playoffs | ||
| 2009–2010 | SNBL | 5th | 19 | 3 | 16 | 22 | No playoffs | ||
| 2010–2011 | SNBL | 8th | 18 | 5 | 13 | 23 | DNQ | ||
| 2011–2012 | SNBL | 8th | 18 | 7 | 11 | 25 | Quarter-finals | 1st round | |
| 2012–2013 | SNBL | 10th | 18 | 2 | 16 | 20 | DNQ | 1st round | |
| 2013–2014 | SNBL | 8th | 18 | 6 | 12 | 24 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | |
| 2014–2015 | SNBL | 7th | 22 | 8 | 14 | 30 | Quarter-finals | 1st round | |
| 2015–2016 | SBC Div 1 | 7th | 18 | 6 | 12 | 24 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | |
| 2016–2017 | SBC Div 1 | 5th | 18 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | |
| 2017–2018 | SBC Div 1 | 6th | 18 | 5 | 13 | 23 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | |
| 2018–2019 | SBC Div 1 | 6th | 18 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Quarter-finals | 2nd round | |
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