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Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria. The Bulls have won seven national championships, four Austrian Cups and five Supercups. Founded in 1976, the team plays its home games in the Sporthalle Walfersam.
History
Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 (Austrian Basketball Cup). In 2009, they came in third in the Central European Basketball League, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament.
In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season.
Kapfenberg Bulls har vundet det østrigske mesterskab tre gange (2002, 2014, 2015) og er blandt de mest succesfulde hold i ligaens historie. De har også vundet den østrigske pokalturnering tre gange (2002, 2014, 2017).
I den internationale EuroCup-turnering har Kapfenberg Bulls nået gruppespillet to gange (2015, 2017).
Holdets nuværende træner er Mike Coffin. Notabiliteter fra holdet inkluderer den tidligere NBA-spiller Terrell Lyday og den østrigske landsholdsspiller Thomas Schreiner.