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The German basketball league system or German basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Germany.The system has a hierarchical format, with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels.
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.
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]
American Basketball Association (ABA), 1967–1976, Merged with NBA, four teams now in NBA. All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA), 1977–78 Western Basketball Association (WBA), 1978–79
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 Germany men's national basketball team (German: Deutsche Basketballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) represents Germany in international basketball competition. The team is directed by the German Basketball Federation ( Deutscher Basketball Bund ), the governing body for basketball in Germany .
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 ProA is the second-tier league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga, which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ProA and ProB. Before the 2007–08 season, the 2.