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Klosterneuburg Dukes

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Team colors
  
Orange, Black, White

Home
  
Away

Founded
  
1952

Website
  
bk-klosterneuburg.at

Location
  
Klosterneuburg, Austria

Championships
  
10

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Arena
  
Freizeitzentrum Klosterneuburg

Leagues
  
Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, Alpe Adria Cup

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Klosterneuburg Dukes is an Austrian professional basketball club based in Klosterneuburg. With a total of 10 national titles, Klosterneuburg is one of the most successful teams in Austria.

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History

In 1952, the team was founded as a part of the association football team Klosterneuburg SV. After numerous mergers the team eventually was named Klosterneuburg BC and in 1970, it promoted to the ÖBL, the Austrian First Division.

The 80s were the golden years for the club. They won their first national title in 1978 and from 1983 till 1990 they won the ÖBL 8 times in a row.

In 2012, they were the second team in Austrian basketball history to win the "Title Triple"; they took all the three major trophies (League, Cup and Supercup) that year.

Honours

  • Austrian Championship (10x)
    • 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2012
  • Austrian Cup (1x)
    • 2013
  • Austrian Supercup (2x)
    • 2012, 2013

    Notable players

  • Moritz Lanegger (2011–present)

    • References

    Klosterneuburg Dukes Wikipedia
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