Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10
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The Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10 was the 44th season of the Basketball Bundesliga
. Ten days before the start of the season, Beko
was presented as the new main sponsor of the BBL. The sponsorship agreement was made for a period of six years and included a rebranding of the league name to Beko BBL . After topsy-turvy playoffs that saw all of the top four teams in the regular season defeated in the first round, Brose Baskets Bamberg won the title after a 5-game final series against the Skyliners Frankfurt, who had defeated another higher seed in the semifinals. It was the 3rd title for Bamberg, who were also the only higher-seeded team to win a playoff series this season.
to be issued by the BBL. The wild card was granted to LTi Giessen 46ers . LTi Giessen 46ers finished on a relegation position the previous season. Mitteldeutscher BC
and Phoenix Hagen
of the Pro A division have qualified by sportive means to play in Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10. Both received a licence for this season . Phoenix Hagen still has to meet a deadline by 30 July 2009 regarding their arena to maintain the licence, however the BBL expects them to meet the requirements. On 10 July 2009 Köln 99ers have filed for insolvency
. On Monday 20 July 2009 he BBL intended to decide and announce its reaction to this insolvency . However on Friday 17 July 2009 Köln 99ers declared to renounce their BBL licence . The created free space resulted in a second wild card being issued to Eisbären Bremerhaven
. Eisbären Bremerhaven finished last in the previous season and originally were to be relegated.
PO: Playoff; Rel: Relegation; Pro A: Division below BBL
Basketball Bundesliga
The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
. Ten days before the start of the season, Beko
Beko
Beko is a domestic appliance and electronics brand of Arçelik A.Ş., owned by Koç Holding of Turkey.The company's products include washing machines, TV sets and laptop computers...
was presented as the new main sponsor of the BBL. The sponsorship agreement was made for a period of six years and included a rebranding of the league name to Beko BBL . After topsy-turvy playoffs that saw all of the top four teams in the regular season defeated in the first round, Brose Baskets Bamberg won the title after a 5-game final series against the Skyliners Frankfurt, who had defeated another higher seed in the semifinals. It was the 3rd title for Bamberg, who were also the only higher-seeded team to win a playoff series this season.
Teams
Giants Nördlingen have decided to withdraw from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and play in the Pro A this season. This resulted in a wild cardWild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...
to be issued by the BBL. The wild card was granted to LTi Giessen 46ers . LTi Giessen 46ers finished on a relegation position the previous season. Mitteldeutscher BC
Mitteldeutscher BC
Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club is a German basketball club based in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup against JDA Dijon...
and Phoenix Hagen
Phoenix Hagen
Phoenix Hagen GmbH is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen.-History:The club was founded in May 2004 in the wake of the insolvency of former top club Brandt Hagen. Brandt Hagen was forced to cease club operation in the Basketball Bundesliga immediately in December 2003...
of the Pro A division have qualified by sportive means to play in Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10. Both received a licence for this season . Phoenix Hagen still has to meet a deadline by 30 July 2009 regarding their arena to maintain the licence, however the BBL expects them to meet the requirements. On 10 July 2009 Köln 99ers have filed for insolvency
Insolvency
Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...
. On Monday 20 July 2009 he BBL intended to decide and announce its reaction to this insolvency . However on Friday 17 July 2009 Köln 99ers declared to renounce their BBL licence . The created free space resulted in a second wild card being issued to Eisbären Bremerhaven
Eisbären Bremerhaven
The team was born of the older team BSG Bremerhaven and is playing its sixth season in the Basketball Bundesliga .-Roster:- Depth Chart :-Other Staff:*Assistant Coach: Stephan Voelkel*Athletic Trainer: Michael Seedorf...
. Eisbären Bremerhaven finished last in the previous season and originally were to be relegated.
| Team | City/Area | Arena | Arena Capacity |
08–09 Ranking Basketball Bundesliga 2008-09 -Teams:-Main Round Standings:-Playoffs:-See also:* German champions* Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brose Baskets | Bamberg Bamberg Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from... |
Jako-Arena | 6800 | 7th / PO |
| ALBA Berlin ALBA Berlin -Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:... |
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
O₂ World | 14500 | 1st / PO / cup winner |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which... |
Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999.... |
Telekom Dome | 6000 | 4th / PO |
| New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig | 6800 | 13th |
| Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven The team was born of the older team BSG Bremerhaven and is playing its sixth season in the Basketball Bundesliga .-Roster:- Depth Chart :-Other Staff:*Assistant Coach: Stephan Voelkel*Athletic Trainer: Michael Seedorf... |
Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham... |
Stadthalle Bremerhaven | 4200 | 18th / Rel / wild card |
| Giants Düsseldorf Giants Düsseldorf Gloria Giants Düsseldorf is a professional basketball club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The team was formed in 2008, when the Bayer company decided to dramatically decrease its sponsorship for its Bayer Giants Leverkusen. As a result, the Bayer Giants went down to... |
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
Burg-Wächter Castello | 3670 | 12th |
| Deutsche Bank Skyliners | Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... |
Ballsporthalle Frankfurt | 5002 | 6th / PO |
| LTi Giessen 46ers Giessen 46ers LTi Gießen 46ers is a basketball club based in Gießen, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga and the only team that never left the league since it was established in 1966. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost.... |
Gießen Gießen Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen... |
Sporthalle Gießen-Ost | 4003 | 17th / Rel / wild card |
| BG Göttingen | Göttingen Göttingen Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:... |
Lokhalle Göttingen | 3474 | 2nd / PO |
| Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen GmbH is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen.-History:The club was founded in May 2004 in the wake of the insolvency of former top club Brandt Hagen. Brandt Hagen was forced to cease club operation in the Basketball Bundesliga immediately in December 2003... |
Hagen Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr... |
Phoenix-Halle | 3013 | Pro A: 2nd / promotion |
| EnBW Ludwigsburg EnBW Ludwigsburg EnBW Ludwigsburg is a basketball club based in Ludwigsburg, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Arena Ludwigsburg starting in 2009, after moving from Rundsporthalle Ludwigsburg.- Season by season :-Roster 2010–2011:... |
Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants... |
Arena Ludwigsburg | 5300 | 11th |
| EWE Baskets Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga and in the Eurocup. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company... |
Oldenburg Oldenburg Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig... |
EWE-Arena | 3148 | 3rd / PO / champion |
| Paderborn Baskets | Paderborn Paderborn Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:... |
Sportzentrum Maspernplatz | 3014 | 8th / PO |
| Artland Dragons Artland Dragons Artland Dragons is a basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Artland Arena, which has room for 3000 spectators.-History:... |
Quakenbrück Quakenbrück Quakenbrück is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the Samtgemeinde of Artland.... |
Artland-Arena | 3000 | 9th |
| TBB Trier TBB Trier TBB Trier is a basketball club based in Trier, Germany that was founded in 1990, and has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. Their home arena is Trier Arena. They once were part of the sports club TV Germania Trier and became independent after promotion to the... |
Trier Trier Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC.... |
Arena Trier | 5900 | 10th |
| Walter Tigers Tübingen | Tübingen Tübingen Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:... |
Paul Horn-Arena | 3132 | 14th |
| Ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm -Notable players: Christian Ast 3 seasons: '96-'99 Konrad Wysocki 3 seasons: '06-'08 Olivier Bourgain 2 seasons: '99-'01 Jeff Kent 1 season: '00-'01 Alon Stein 1 season: '02-'03 Kyle Bailey 1 season: '07-'08 Jeff Gibbs 4 seasons: '05-'09 Abdul Shamsid-Deen 1 season: '99-'00 Romeo Travis 1 season:... |
Ulm Ulm Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and... |
Kuhberghalle | 3000 | 5th / PO |
| Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club is a German basketball club based in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup against JDA Dijon... |
Weißenfels Weißenfels Weißenfels is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle.-History:... |
Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3000 | Pro A: 1st / promotion |
PO: Playoff; Rel: Relegation; Pro A: Division below BBL
Main round standings
| # | Team | Wins |
Losses |
Points | Points For:Against |
Plus/Minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg EWE Baskets Oldenburg is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga and in the Eurocup. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company... |
25 | 9 | 59 | 2564:2292 | |
| 2 | ALBA Berlin ALBA Berlin -Depth Chart:* Denotes injured player.-Championships:*German Championships: 8 *German Cups: 6 *Korać Cups: 1 -Notable players:- Season by season :-External links:... |
25 | 9 | 59 | 2594:2280 | |
| 3 | BG Göttingen BG Göttingen BG Göttingen is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Niedersachsen . In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia... |
24 | 10 | 58 | 2786:2511 | |
| 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which... |
24 | 10 | 58 | 2561:2475 | |
| 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 22 | 12 | 56 | 2660:2443 | |
| 6 | Eisbären Bremerhaven Eisbären Bremerhaven The team was born of the older team BSG Bremerhaven and is playing its sixth season in the Basketball Bundesliga .-Roster:- Depth Chart :-Other Staff:*Assistant Coach: Stephan Voelkel*Athletic Trainer: Michael Seedorf... |
21 | 13 | 55 | 2755:2631 | |
| 7 | Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS Deutsche Bank Skyliners Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany that has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. They have won the national club competition 2000 and the national championship 2004... |
21 | 13 | 55 | 2561:2467 | |
| 8 | New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig Phantoms Braunschweig, currently known as New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Braunschweig, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Volkswagen Halle.-2011-2012 roster:... |
19 | 15 | 53 | 2688:2629 | |
| 9 | Artland Dragons Artland Dragons Artland Dragons is a basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Artland Arena, which has room for 3000 spectators.-History:... |
19 | 15 | 53 | 2693:2486 | |
| 10 | Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher BC Mitteldeutscher Basketball Club is a German basketball club based in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt. In 2004, the club won the FIBA Europe Cup against JDA Dijon... |
18 | 16 | 52 | 2601:2599 | |
| 11 | EnBW Ludwigsburg EnBW Ludwigsburg EnBW Ludwigsburg is a basketball club based in Ludwigsburg, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Arena Ludwigsburg starting in 2009, after moving from Rundsporthalle Ludwigsburg.- Season by season :-Roster 2010–2011:... |
17 | 17 | 51 | 2522:2554 | |
| 12 | WALTER Tigers Tübingen | 16 | 18 | 50 | 2645:2705 | |
| 13 | ratiopharm Ulm Ratiopharm Ulm -Notable players: Christian Ast 3 seasons: '96-'99 Konrad Wysocki 3 seasons: '06-'08 Olivier Bourgain 2 seasons: '99-'01 Jeff Kent 1 season: '00-'01 Alon Stein 1 season: '02-'03 Kyle Bailey 1 season: '07-'08 Jeff Gibbs 4 seasons: '05-'09 Abdul Shamsid-Deen 1 season: '99-'00 Romeo Travis 1 season:... |
13 | 21 | 47 | 2662:2826 | |
| 14 | LTi Giessen 46ers | 10 | 24 | 44 | 2482:2675 | |
| 15 | TBB Trier TBB Trier TBB Trier is a basketball club based in Trier, Germany that was founded in 1990, and has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. Their home arena is Trier Arena. They once were part of the sports club TV Germania Trier and became independent after promotion to the... |
10 | 24 | 44 | 2492:2730 | |
| 16 | Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen GmbH is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen.-History:The club was founded in May 2004 in the wake of the insolvency of former top club Brandt Hagen. Brandt Hagen was forced to cease club operation in the Basketball Bundesliga immediately in December 2003... |
9 | 25 | 43 | 2470:2798 | |
| 17 | Giants Düsseldorf Giants Düsseldorf Gloria Giants Düsseldorf is a professional basketball club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The team was formed in 2008, when the Bayer company decided to dramatically decrease its sponsorship for its Bayer Giants Leverkusen. As a result, the Bayer Giants went down to... |
8 | 26 | 42 | 2399:2562 | |
| 18 | webmoebel Baskets | 5 | 29 | 39 | 2384:2856 | |
| = Qualification for Playoffs | |
| = Relegation Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season... to Pro A |
Playoffs
See also
- German championsGerman champions (basketball)Bayer Giants Leverkusen holds the record for having won 14 championships.-German champions :...
- Basketball Bundesliga 2008–09
- Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11The Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11 was the 45th season of the Basketball Bundesliga . Prior to the start of the season, a new logo for the league was presented, combined with the motto "Spürst Du das Dribbeln?"...