USC Heidelberg
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USC Heidelberg is a basketball
club from Heidelberg
, Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
.
The club men's senior team is currently playing in the German second division ProA.
The team was dominant in the 50s and 60s in then west German basketball league
, winning a total of 13 championships (1948, 1951-1953, 1957-1962, 1966, 1973, 1977).
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club from Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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The club men's senior team is currently playing in the German second division ProA.
The team was dominant in the 50s and 60s in then west German basketball league
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...
, winning a total of 13 championships (1948, 1951-1953, 1957-1962, 1966, 1973, 1977).