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The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league seven times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena.
History
The club was established as Hageby BK (Swedish: Hageby Basketklubb) on May 8, 1963, by Åke Björck. Its name was taken from the Hageby district in Norrköping.
The men's team made its debut in the Swedish first tier in 1964–65 but were relegated after only one year. They returned eleven years later, in 1976–77, with the American players Fran O'Hanlon and Kenny Grant on the roster.
In 1980, Hageby won its first national championship after defeating Alviks BK in the finals, 3–1.
In 1992 the Swedish basketball league was formed and the club changed its name to Norrköping Dolphins.
Dolphins Kvinner ble grunnlagt i 1963 som en del av sportsklubben IFK Norrköping. I 1997 ble klubben selvstendig og tok navnet Norrköping Dolphins. Dolphins Kvinner har vunnet Svenska basketligan dam tre ganger, i 2006, 2009 og 2011. De har også vunnet den svenske cupen tre ganger, i 2006, 2009 og 2014.
Dolphins Kvinner har deltatt i europacupen flere ganger. Deres beste resultat var i 2011, da de nådde kvartfinalen i EuroCup Women.
Laget spiller sine hjemmekamper i Stadium Arena i Norrköping.