Svendborg Rabbits

Professional basketball team in Svendborg, Denmark

Svendborg Rabbits

Nickname| Kaninerne (Rabbits)
Leagues| Basketligaen
Founded| 1958; 67 years ago (1958)
History| Svendborg Basketball Club
1958–2006
Svendborg Rabbits
2006–present
Arena| Rise Sparekasse Arena / Svendborg Idrætscenter
Capacity| 1,922[1]
Location| Svendborg, Denmark
Team colors|
President| Poul Lindholm Christiansen
Team manager| Troels Fjellø Mortensen
Head coach| Mads Andersen
Championships| 1 Danish Championship
4 Danish Cups
Website| www.rabbits.dk

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Svendborg Rabbits is a Danish professional basketball team, from Svendborg. The club currently plays in the Basketligaen, the top division of basketball in Denmark. The home ground of the club is the Svendborg Idrætscenter, nicknamed the Kaninhulen (English: The Rabbit Hole).

The team won gold in the best Danish basketball league in the 2009–10 season, silver in the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons. They won gold in the Danish Cup tournament in 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2022. They competed in the 2008–09 FIBA EuroChallenge and have entered into the European North Basketball League in the 2023-24 season.

## Players

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### Current roster

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2023/24 Svendborg Rabbits roster

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Name | Ht. | Wt. | Age |

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F | 0 |  | Isaiah Small |  |  |  |
G | 1 |  | Tyrese Dada | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)  | 90 kg (198 lb)  |  20 – (2005-03-11)11 March 2005  |
PG | 2 |  | Valdemar Frilund |  |  |  |
G | 3 |  | Jemarl Baker Jr | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  |
F | 4 |  | Kalle Dyrhauge | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)  | 82 kg (181 lb)  |  20 – (2005-03-23)23 March 2005  |
F | 5 |  | Parker Bjorklund |  |  |  |
F | 8 |  | Gabriel Vogel | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)  | 88 kg (194 lb)  |  20 – (2005-05-18)18 May 2005  |
C | 11 |  | Jacob Jensen (C) | 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)  | 132 kg (291 lb)  |  31 – (1994-02-15)15 February 1994  |
G | 11 |  | Malik Miller |  |  |  |
G | 12 |  | Magnus Sorensen |  |  |  |
G | 13 |  | Anton Harbo | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | 87 kg (192 lb)  |  25 – (2000-03-10)10 March 2000  |
G | 17 |  | Sofus Hultén | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  | 85 kg (187 lb)  |  21 – (2003-08-31)31 August 2003  |
PG | 18 |  | Balsa Veljic |  |  |  |
PF/C | 23 |  | Olamide Pedersen |  |  |  |
G | 49 |  | William Jelle |  |  |  |

Head coach

*   * Mads Andersen

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Tom Walther

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

Updated: 11 November 2024

## Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have either:

\- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
\- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

* Tomas Bjarkason
* Leonardo Carlino
* Adama Darboe

## References

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1. ^ "Idrætshallen". Svendborg Idrætscenter. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

## External links

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* Svendborg Rabbits
* Eurobasket.com Svendborg Page

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Basketligaen

Seasons|

* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

2020–21 clubs|

* Bakken Bears
* BC Copenhagen
* BK Amager
* Bears Academy
* BMS Herlev
* Horsens IC
* Værløse Blue Hawks
* Hørsholm 79ers
* Randers Cimbria
* Svendborg Rabbits
* Team FOG Næstved

Awards|

* Most Valuable Player
* Finals MVP
* Defender of the Year

Associated competitions|

* Danish Men's Basketball Cup

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