2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga
Appearance
Basketball Bundesliga | |
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Season | 2024–25 |
Dates | 20 September 2024 – 15 June 2025 |
Teams | 17 |
The 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 59th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It runs from 20 September 2024 to 15 June 2025.[1] The season will be played with 17 teams after only one team was promoted from the ProA and no wildcards given out.[2]
Format
[edit]After a double round-robin, the top six teams from the regular season qualify for the playoffs. Teams placed seven to ten will enter into a play-in tournament for the final two seeds of the playoffs.[3]
Teams
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Promoted from 2023–24 ProA |
Relegated from 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga |
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Skyliners Frankfurt[4] |
Crailsheim Merlins Tigers Tübingen |
- Karlsruhe Lions were not allowed to participate after not getting the license. The other teams voted that no relegated team would receive a wildcard.[5]
Arenas and locations
[edit]Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Bamberg Baskets | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,150
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Alba Berlin | Berlin | Uber Arena | 14,500
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Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn | Telekom Dome | 6,000
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Löwen Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Halle | 6,600
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Niners Chemnitz | Chemnitz | Chemnitz Arena | 5,200
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Skyliners Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Süwag Energie ARENA | 5,002
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BG Göttingen | Göttingen | Sparkassen Arena | 3,447
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Hamburg Towers | Hamburg | Edel-optics.de Arena | 3,400
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MLP Academics Heidelberg | Heidelberg | SNP Dome | 5,000
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MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | MHP-Arena | 5,300
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Syntainics MBC | Weißenfels | Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3,000
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Bayern Munich | Munich | BMW Park | 6,700
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Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg | Große EWE Arena | 6,069
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Rostock Seawolves | Rostock | Stadthalle Rostock | 4,550
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ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | ratiopharm arena | 6,000
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Rasta Vechta | Vechta | Rasta Dome | 3,140
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FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140
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Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 6 | 5 | 1 | 471 | 465 | +6 | .833 | Playoffs |
2 | Bayern Munich | 7 | 5 | 2 | 554 | 518 | +36 | .714 | |
3 | Niners Chemnitz | 6 | 4 | 2 | 478 | 466 | +12 | .667 | |
4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 5 | 3 | 2 | 435 | 415 | +20 | .600 | |
5 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 7 | 4 | 3 | 538 | 507 | +31 | .571 | |
6 | Rostock Seawolves | 7 | 4 | 3 | 550 | 529 | +21 | .571 | |
7 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 603 | 586 | +17 | .571 | Play-in |
8 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 7 | 4 | 3 | 580 | 576 | +4 | .571 | |
9 | FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | 5 | 3 | 2 | 400 | 372 | +28 | .600 | |
10 | Baskets Oldenburg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 490 | 491 | −1 | .500 | |
11 | Rasta Vechta | 7 | 3 | 4 | 563 | 583 | −20 | .429 | |
12 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 5 | 2 | 3 | 385 | 375 | +10 | .400 | |
13 | Alba Berlin | 6 | 2 | 4 | 497 | 487 | +10 | .333 | |
14 | Hamburg Towers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 496 | 508 | −12 | .333 | |
15 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 4 | 445 | 469 | −24 | .333 | |
16 | Bamberg Baskets | 6 | 2 | 4 | 462 | 493 | −31 | .333 | |
17 | BG Göttingen | 5 | 0 | 5 | 377 | 484 | −107 | .000 | Relegation to ProA |
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2024. Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]The teams ranked 7 to 10 will play in a play-in round.
Play-in games | No. 8 seed game | Final seeds | |||||||||||
7 | No. 7 seed | ||||||||||||
8 | No. 8 seed | ||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||||
Bold Game winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
Bracket
[edit]The rounds will be played in a best-of-five format.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||||||
8 | ||||||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||||||
7 | ||||||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||||||
6 |
German clubs in European competitions
[edit]Team | Competition | Result |
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Alba Berlin | EuroLeague | Regular season |
Bayern Munich | Regular season | |
Niners Chemnitz | Champions League | Regular season |
Rasta Vechta | Regular season | |
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Regular season | |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | Regular season | |
Hamburg Towers | EuroCup | Regular season |
ratiopharm Ulm | Regular season | |
Riesen Ludwigsburg | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
Lowen Braunschweig | Regular season |
German clubs in Regional competitions
[edit]Team | Competition | Progress |
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Bamberg Baskets | European North Basketball League | Regular season |
References
[edit]- ^ "easyCredit BBL gibt vorläufigen Spielplan für die Saison 2024/2025 bekannt / BBL Pokal startet". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga spielt in der Saison 2024/2025 mit 17 Teams". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "BBL ändert Playoff-Modus und steckt sich hohe Ziele". flashscore.de. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Frankfurt Skyliners steigen in die Basketball-Bundesliga auf". tagesschau.de. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Zweitligameister nach Aufstieg abgelehnt: BBL nächste Saison nur mit 17 Teams". spox.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.