Tromsø Storm

Tromsø Storm is a Norwegian basketball team from the city of Tromsø, playing in the Norwegian Basketball Premier League, BLNO. The home arena of Tromsø Storm is Tromsøhallen, which has an official capacity of approximately 2,500 spectators.

Tromsø Storm has been playing in the BLNO since the Norwegian league was officially revitalized in the year 2000. Prior to this, the club was playing in the Norwegian top division under the name Tromsø Basketball Klubb (TBBK). TBBK won the play-offs in the Norwegian top division in 1997 and lost the finals in 1998. For the past ten years the club has not been able to copy this achievement under its new name.

Historically Tromsø Storm has performed in the low and mid-range of the league table, but for the past couple of seasons, the team won the league championship in the 2006/2007 season and took bronze medals in the 2007/2008 season. Despite these achievements, the club has not been able to make it through to the play-off finals.

Tromsø Storm has been one of the two clubs in the league with the highest attendances on average, with an all-time high in the final match of the 2006/2007 season when a full packed arena saw the team beat the arch rival Harstad Vikings in the final match of the regular season, bringing the team to the top of the league table and winning the league championship. Players as of pre-season 2008/2009

* 4 Dag Christensen, Forward
* 8 Runar Ytrehus, Guard
* 9 Kurt Figenschau, Guard
* 10 Aslak Smalås, Guard
* 11 Hani Issalhi, Guard/Pointguard
* 21 Galin Mihaylov, Guard/Pointguard
* 30 Vegard Slettli Hansen, Guard/Forward
* 40 Lars Flydal, Guard/Forward
* 55 Dennis Ogolla Johansen, Pointguard
* Ronald Timus, Guard/Forward
* Taj Finger, Forward

Head coach: Jeff Lange
Assistant coach: Ronny Lange

References

[http://www.tromsostorm.no Tromsø Storm Official Club Website]

[http://www.itromso.no/sport/basket Local newspaper Bladet Tromsø's section about Tromsø Storm]

[http://www.nordlys.no/sporten/storm Local newspaper Nordlys' section about Tromsø Storm]

[http://www.bl.no Official website of the Norwegian Premier League, BLNO]