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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 ...
League 1 Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) National 1st Division (18 teams) 2 2. Basketball Bundesliga National 2nd Division (1975–2007) 2 ProA National 2nd Division (2007–present) (16 teams) 3 ProB National 3rd Division (2007–present) (24 teams in two 12 team groups) 4 1. Regionalliga National 4th Division (53 teams in 4 groups) 5 2. Regionalliga
The Basketball Bundesliga BBL was founded 29 October 1996, as a private league company, with league independence from the German Basketball Federation (DBB).In 1998, the BBL became the BBL GmbH, of which the AG BBL e.V., comprising the clubs of the German Basketball League, own a 74% controlling share, and the German Basketball Federation (DBB) with 26%.
The club's sponsor is the German company, Deutsche Telekom, a major telephone and internet company, which also sells mobile phones in the United States. The club's home arena is the Telekom Dome. In 2023, the Baskets won the Basketball Champions League, Europe's most prestigious FIBA competition. Bonn became the first German team to win it.
The 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Basketball Bundesliga, the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The season started on 23 September 2016 and ended on 11 June 2017. [1] The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit. [2]
The German Basketball League (the Basketball-Bundesliga, or BBL) was created in 1964. On 1 October 1966, the first season began. [11] This is the highest level tier of professional club basketball competition in Germany. It currently has 18 teams, competing for the national champion title. [9]
The league comprises 56 teams, separated into a 4-divisional structure wherein each regional structure consist of 12 to 16 teams. [1]At the end of the league stage, the winning team of the playoffs in each division is eligible for promotion to the ProB, while the teams positioned in 9th place and lower fight in the play-downs to stay in the league.
The 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It ran from 6 November 2020 to 13 June 2021.