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Basketball Bundesliga
EasyCredit BBL logo.png
Founded 1966; 53 years ago (1966)
First season 1966–67
Country
 Germany
Confederation FIBA Europe
Number of teams 18
Level on pyramid
1

Relegation to
ProA
Domestic cup(s) BBL-Pokal
Supercup BBL Champions Cup
International cup(s)
EuroLeague
EuroCup
Champions League
FIBA Europe Cup
Current champions
Bayern Munich
(4th title)
(2018)
Most championships
Bayer Giants Leverkusen
(14 titles)
TV partners Telekom Entertain
Website www.basketball-bundesliga.de

2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: Federal Basketball League), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage, and the teams positioned in the 17th and 18th places are relegated to a lower tier league. The playoffs are played in a "Best of five" format. The winning team of the final round are crowned the German Champions of that season.


In addition to the league competition, all BBL teams compete for the German Cup (BBL-Cup).[1] Teams playing in the second league (ProA or ProB), or in a lower level Regionalliga, are also eligible to participate in the German Cup.[2] There are always 3 knock-out rounds that are played for the BBL-Cup. If more teams from the leagues below the BBL level apply for participation, then available places, and additional qualification rounds are added for them. The final four remaining teams determine the rankings for bronze, silver, and gold medals, in knock-out matches that are termed the BBL-TOP4. The gold winning team is the German Cup winner.


The Basketball Bundesliga is run by the Basketball Bundesliga GmbH. 74% of BBL GmbH is owned by the AG BBL e.V. (which is composed of the clubs), and 26% by the German Basketball Federation (DBB).[3][4]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Sponsorship


  • 3 Arena rules


  • 4 Logos, names, and sponsorship names


  • 5 Title holders


  • 6 Titles by club


  • 7 Finals


  • 8 Awards


    • 8.1 Finals MVPs




  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





History


In Germany, a national domestic basketball championship was first organised in 1939, and it was won by LSV Spandau. By 1944, almost all basketball activity in the country was forced to an end, due to the Second World War. In 1947, MTSV Schwabing München became the first champion of post-war divided Germany.


The creation of a split West-German federal-league, consisting of one northern division and one southern division, each comprising 10 teams, was decided on by the German Basketball Federation (DBB) in 1964. On October 1, 1966, the first season of the so-called Basketball Bundesliga started. Starting with the 1971–72 season, the size of each division was reduced to 8 teams.


With the 1975–76 season, the league structure was changed into a ten team first league (1. Basketball Bundesliga), and a 20 team second league (2. Basketball Bundesliga). Only the second league was split into a northern and a southern division, of 10 teams each. In 1985, the top league was enlarged to a size of 12 teams, and two years later, each division of the second league was also enlarged to 12 teams.


In 1988, the championship mode "Best of five" was applied for the first time. Starting with the 1995–96 season, the first league consisted of 14 teams. The Basketball Bundesliga GmbH (BBL) was founded in October 1996.


The federal leagues received their own administration within the framework of the German Basketball Federation in 1997. Since then, the second league divisions have been administered by the "AG 2. Bundesliga", while the BBL has been responsible for the first league. Two years later, a contract was signed between the BBL and the German Basketball Federation, in which the federation transferred its marketing/events rights to the BBL, for a 10-year duration, and in return, the BBL agreed to pay an annual "amateur support fee" of DM 600,000 (€ 306,775).


Starting with the 2003–04 season, the top league was increased to 16 teams, and in 2006–07, it was further increased to its present size of 18 teams. For the following 2007–08 season, the structure of the second league was reshaped from its northern/southern divisions, into a ProA division, and a ProB division. These divisions remained under the administration by "AG 2. Bundesliga".


Between 1994 and 2001, the highest level German basketball league was called "Veltins Basketball Bundesliga", and from 2001, until 2003, the league was known as "s.Oliver Basketball Bundesliga". Bayer Giants Leverkusen hold the league titles won record, being the winner of 14 German Basketball Championships. However, since 1997, ALBA Berlin has dominated the league, winning their 8th title in 2008. Twenty-one teams have won the championship, since its inception.



Sponsorship


In 2016, the BBL joined forces with Tipbet, a Malta-based betting company.[5] This made Tipbet the Official Betting and Premium Sponsor of the league; the sponsorship agreement results in advertising activities throughout the arenas and online, and runs until 2018.[6]



Arena rules


Currently, all Bundesliga clubs must play in arenas that seat at least 3,000 people.



Logos, names, and sponsorship names




  • 1966–20090Basketball Bundesliga


  • 2009–20160Beko BBL


  • 2016–20210easyCredit BBL[7]




Title holders





Basketball Bundesliga is located in Germany

Bamberg

Bamberg



Bayreuth

Bayreuth



Berlin

Berlin



Bonn

Bonn



Braunschweig

Braunschweig



Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven



Frankfurt

Frankfurt



Gießen

Gießen



Gotha

Gotha



Göttingen

Göttingen



Jena

Jena



Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg



Munich

Munich



Oldenburg

Oldenburg



Ulm

Ulm



Vechta

Vechta



Weißenfels

Weißenfels



Würzburg

Würzburg




Location of teams in 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga












Titles by club












































































































Club
Titles
Winning years

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

14
1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96

USC Heidelberg

9
1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1976–77

Brose Bamberg

9
2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Alba Berlin

8
1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08

Gießen 46ers

5
1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1974–75, 1977–78

Turnerbund Heidelberg

4
1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53

Bayern Munich

4
1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18

Saturn Köln

4
1980–81, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1987–88

ASC 1846 Göttingen

3
1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84

Alemannia Aachen

2
1962–63, 1963–64

MTSV Schwabing

2
1946–47, 1948–49

LSV Spandau

1
1938–39

Stuttgart-Degerloch

1
1949–50

ATV Düsseldorf

1
1955–56

Osnabrück

1
1968–69

SSV Hagen

1
1973–74

Steiner Bayreuth

1
1988–89

Skyliners Frankfurt

1
2003–04

RheinStars Köln

1
2005–06

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

1
2008–09


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Season

Home court advantage
Result

Home court disadvantage
1st of Regular Season
Record

1986–87

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0–2

Saturn Köln

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

18–2

1987–88

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

1–3

Saturn Köln

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

19–3

1988–89

Steiner Bayreuth

3–2

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Steiner Bayreuth

20–2

1989–90

Steiner Bayreuth

1–3

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Steiner Bayreuth

21–1

1990–91

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–2

BG Charlottenburg

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

30–2

1991–92

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–0

Alba Berlin

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

28–4

1992–93

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–1

TTL Bamberg

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

26–6

1993–94

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–0

Brandt Hagen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

28–4

1994–95

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–0

Alba Berlin

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

28–4

1995–96

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3–1

Alba Berlin

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

24–2

1996–97

Alba Berlin

3–1

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin

24–2

1997–98

Alba Berlin

3–0

ratiopharm Ulm

Alba Berlin

21–3

1998–99

Alba Berlin

3–2

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin

22–4

1999–00

Alba Berlin

3–0

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Alba Berlin

24–2

2000–01

Alba Berlin

3–0

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin

25–1

2001–02

RheinEnergie Köln

0–3

Alba Berlin

Opel Skyliners

20–6

2002–03

Alba Berlin

3–0

TSK Bamberg

Telekom Baskets Bonn

19–7

2003–04

Opel Skyliners

3–2

GHP Bamberg

Alba Berlin

20–8

2004–05

GHP Bamberg

3–2

Opel Skyliners

Alba Berlin

22–8

2005–06

Alba Berlin

1–3

RheinEnergie Köln

Alba Berlin

26–4

2006–07

Brose Baskets

3–1

Artland Dragons

Alba Berlin

28–6

2007–08

Alba Berlin

3–1

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin

27–7

2008–09

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

3–2

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin

26–8

2009–10

Brose Baskets

3–2

Deutsche Bank Skyliners

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

25–9

2010–11

Brose Baskets

3–2

Alba Berlin

Brose Baskets

32–2

2011–12

Brose Baskets

3–0

ratiopharm Ulm

Brose Baskets

30–4

2012–13

Brose Baskets

3–0

EWE Baskets

Brose Baskets

26–8

2013–14

Bayern Munich

3–1

Alba Berlin

Bayern Munich

29–5

2014–15

Brose Baskets

3–2

Bayern Munich

Brose Baskets

29–5

2015–16

Brose Baskets

3–0

ratiopharm Ulm

Brose Baskets

31–3

2016–17

Brose Bamberg

3–0

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

ratiopharm Ulm

30–2

2017–18

Bayern Munich

3–2

Alba Berlin

Bayern Munich

31–3


Awards




Finals MVPs



  • Player nationality by national team.






























































Season
Finals MVP
2004–05
United States Chris Williams
2005–06
United States Immanuel McElroy
2006–07
United States Casey Jacobsen
2007–08
United States Julius Jenkins
2008–09
United States Rickey Paulding
2009–10
United States Casey Jacobsen
2010–11
United States Kyle Hines
2011–12
United States P. J. Tucker
2012–13
Germany Anton Gavel
2013–14
United States Malcolm Delaney
2014–15
United States Brad Wanamaker
2015–16
United States Darius Miller
2016–17
France Fabien Causeur
2017–18
Germany Danilo Barthel


See also



  • Basketball in Germany

  • German Basketball League Champions

  • German Basketball League Awards

  • German Basketball Cup

  • German Basketball Supercup

  • German League All-Star Game



References





  1. ^ Ausschreibung BBL-Pokal 2009 BBL (in German).[permanent dead link]


  2. ^ Ausschreibung für den Vereinspokal-Wettbewerb Herren 2008/2009 DBB (in German).[permanent dead link]


  3. ^ Struktur beko-bbl.de


  4. ^ Governance of Professional Sports Leagues - Cooperatives versus Contracts, page 24 ftp.repec.org


  5. ^ "BBL partners with Tipbet". SportsPro. SportsPro. Retrieved 6 December 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  6. ^ "Tipbet.com is The Official Betting and Premium Sponsor of the German easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga". Tipbet.


  7. ^ Fünf Jahre Vertrauen: easyCredit neuer Namensgeber und strategischer Partner der Basketball Bundesliga




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