| Quad City Thunder | ||||
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| Leagues | CBA 1987-2001 | |||
| Founded | 1987 | |||
| History | Quad City Thunder 1987-2001 |
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| Arena | i wireless Center | |||
| Location | Moline, Illinois | |||
| Team colors | Blue, Red and White | |||
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The Quad City Thunder are a defunct professional basketball team that was based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. They played in the Continental Basketball Association from the 1987-1988 season until the league folded in 2001[1]. The teams was CBA champions in the 1993-1994 and 1997-1998 seasons, and runner-up in the 1990-1991 season[2]. They played their home games initially at the Wharton Field House of Moline High School and also in downtown Rock Island until the opening of the Mark of the Quad Cities (now the i wireless Center) in downtown Moline. Initially a great success in the CBA, the Thunder struggled towards the end of their existence, especially with competition from their co-tenants at the Mark, the Quad City Mallards hockey team.
The Thunder and their fans enjoyed a spirited rivalry with the Rockford Lightning.
The Thunder's mascot was Thor, the Norse god of thunder.