Hvidovre Badminton Club

Hvidovre Badminton Club (HBC), also known as Hvidovre BK (Hvidovre Badmintonklub), is a badminton club in Hvidovre in the western suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has won the Danish Badminton League three times and Europe Cup twice.

HBC
Full nameHvidovre Badminton Club
Sportbadminton
Founded22 April 1948 (22 April 1948)
Based inHvidovre, Denmark
Websitehttp://www.hbc-badminton.dk/

History

The Hvidovre Badmintonklub was founded as Holmegårdens Badminton Club on 22 April 1948. It was then part of Holmegårdens Gymnastikforening and used the gymnastics hall at Holmegårdskolen in the northern part of Hvidovre. The number of members grew steadily and the club changed its name to Hvidovre Badmintonklub (Hvidovre BK) on 4 March 1960. The club won the Danish Badminton League for the first time in 1980.[1]

Notable players
  • Jesper Helledie
  • Morten Bokelund Two times champion in men's double at Hvidovre - SEN A 2018-2019

Location

The club is based in HBC Hallen on Bibliotekvej 62 in Hvidovre.

Achievements

Europe Cup
  • Champion: 1997, 2001
  • Runner-Up: 1980

Danish Badminton League

Champion: 1979–80, 2000–01, 2005-2006[2]

References
  1. "Om HBC" (in Danish). HBC. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. "Danmarksmesterskaber for holda" (in Danish). Badminton Danmark. Retrieved 17 February 2017.


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