2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 18
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The 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 53rd season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The defending champion is Bayern Munich.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 ProARelegated from
2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga
Crailsheim Merlins
Rasta Vechta[1]		Rockets[2]
Tigers Tübingen[3]

Arenas and locations

Team City Arena Capacity
Alba Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500
Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena
6,150
Crailsheim Merlins Crailsheim Arena Hohenlohe
3,000
medi Bayreuth Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle
4,000
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome
6,000
Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Eisbären Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Stadthalle
4,050
Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt Fraport Arena
5,002
Gießen 46ers Gießen Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
4,003
BG Göttingen Göttingen Sparkassen Arena
3,447
Science City Jena Jena Sparkassen-Arena
3,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena
5,300
Mitteldeutscher BC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels
3,000
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome
6,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
Rasta Vechta Vechta Rasta Dome
3,140
ratiopharm Ulm Ulm Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm
6,000
s.Oliver Würzburg Würzburg s.Oliver Arena
3,140

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alba Berlin Spain Aíto García Reneses Adidas ALBA SE
Bayern Munich Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Germany Danilo Barthel Adidas BayWa
BG Göttingen Netherlands Johan Roijakkers
Brose Bamberg Latvia Ainars Bagatskis Macron Brose
Crailsheim Merlins Finland Tuomas Iisalo Hakro
Eisbären Bremerhaven Germany Arne Woltmann
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Germany Mladen Drijenčić
Fraport Skyliners Canada Gordon Herbert United States Quantez Robertson Fraport
Gießen 46ers Germany Ingo Freyer
Löwen Braunschweig Germany Frank Menz
medi Bayreuth Austria Raoul Korner Germany Bastian Doreth K1x Medi
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg United States John Patrick Macron Mieschke Hofmann und Partner
Mitteldeutscher BC Croatia Aleksandar Šćepanović
Rasta Vechta Spain Pedro Calles
ratiopharm Ulm Germany Thorsten Leibenath Germany Per Günther Nike Ratiopharm
s.Oliver Würzburg Germany Denis Wucherer s.Oliver
Science City Jena Germany Björn Harmsen
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Krunić Deutsche Telekom

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Mitteldeutscher BC Serbia Igor Jovovic End of contract 1 June 2018 Pre-season Croatia Aleksandar Šćepanović 14 June 2018[4]
Brose Bamberg Italy Luca Banchi 15 June 2018[5] Latvia Ainars Bagatskis 30 June 2018

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The first eight teams advance to the playoffs, while the last two placed teams will be relegated to the ProA for next season.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 3 3 0 239 204 +35 6 Qualification for playoffs
2 Alba Berlin 2 2 0 227 131 +96 4
3 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 2 2 0 203 163 +40 4
4 BG Göttingen 3 2 1 273 236 +37 4
5 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 2 2 0 158 134 +24 4
6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 2 2 0 161 148 +13 4
7 Gießen 46ers 3 2 1 270 263 +7 4
8 Eisbären Bremerhaven 3 2 1 240 242 −2 4
9 Medi Bayreuth 1 1 0 83 67 +16 2
10 Brose Bamberg 1 1 0 84 80 +4 2
11 Skyliners Frankfurt 2 1 1 164 166 −2 2
12 Science City Jena 2 1 1 136 176 −40 2
13 s.Oliver Würzburg 2 0 2 167 173 −6 0
14 ratiopharm Ulm 2 0 2 176 186 −10 0
15 Rasta Vechta 3 0 3 216 250 −34 0
16 Crailsheim Merlins 3 0 3 246 300 −54 0
17 Mitteldeutscher BC 3 0 3 211 277 −66 0 Relegation to ProA
18 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 3 0 3 194 262 −68 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: BBL

Results

Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA BRE CRA FRA GIE GOT JEN LUD MBC MUN OLD ULM VEC WUR
Brose Bamberg —
Medi Bayreuth —
Alba Berlin — 115–76 112–55
Telekom Baskets Bonn — 75–69
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig — 93–80 61–87 64–100
Eisbären Bremerhaven —
Crailsheim Merlins — 90–92
Skyliners Frankfurt —
Gießen 46ers 87–89 — 91–84
BG Göttingen 79–86 — 91–87
Science City Jena — 81–64
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 75–58 83–76 —
Mitteldeutscher BC 63–105 —
Bayern Munich — 79–66
EWE Baskets Oldenburg — 103–99
(2OT)
ratiopharm Ulm 77–83 —
Rasta Vechta 67–83 83–88
(OT)		 —
s.Oliver Würzburg 80–84 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: BBL
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home.

 
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German clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
Bayern MunichEuroLeagueRegular season
ALBA BerlinEuroCupRegular season
Fraport SkylinersRegular season
ratiopharm UlmRegular season
Brose BambergChampions LeagueRegular season
MHP Riesen LudwigsburgRegular season
Telekom Baskets BonnRegular season
medi BayreuthRegular season
s.Oliver WürzburgFIBA Europe CupRegular season

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rasta Vechta macht Aufstieg perfekt!
  2. ↑ Eisbären bleiben erstklassig: Bremerhaven schlägt Gießen 87:74 / Erfurt ist neben Tübingen zweiter Absteiger
  3. ↑ 64:91 verloren: Walter Tigers endgültig abgestiegen
  4. ↑
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