Sundsvall Dragons was a professional Swedish

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club from Sundsvall. The Dragons made it to the

Basketligan Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but wh ...

Finals four times: in 2005, 2008 and in 2009 and 2011 as winners.

History

The team was one of the oldest in Sweden, as it was founded on May 9, 1939. In 1993 the team promoted to the

and was named the ''Sundsvall Dragons''. In 2008, 6-time

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and 7-time All-Star

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played for the team. Pippen, at age 42, played one game for Sundsvall in which he recorded 21 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Pippen was paid $66,000 to play in the game against Akropal. On 6 May 2016 the club was declared bankrupt.

Championships

* Swedish Championships: 2 :2008–09, 2010–11

Season by season

Notable players

References

External links

Team profile at eurobasket.com
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