SC Rasta Vechta

Rasta Vechta
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	26 June 1979 (1979-06-26)
History	SC Rasta Vechta 1979–present
Arena	RASTA Dome
Capacity	3,140
Location	Vechta, Germany
Team colors	Orange, Black
Head coach	Doug Spradley
Championships	2 ProA
Website	rasta-vechta.de
Uniforms
Home Away

The Rasta Dome, the home arena of the club

Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. As of 2018–19, the team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga,^[1] the highest tier of professional Basketball in Germany.

Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tier German leagues. In 2012, the team promoted to the second-tier ProA and ever since it has been balancing between relegation from the BBL and promotion from ProA.

History

In the 2012–13 season, Vechta won the German second-tier ProA after beating Gloria Giants Düsseldorf in the finals. This season, they entered their new home arena, the Rasta Dome. After winning the ProA in its first season in the new arena, Vechta was promoted to the first-tier Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). In 2013, the arena, which had an original capacity of 2,000 spectators, was expanded to accommodate 3,140 fans in order to meet minimum size requirements for the Basketball Bundesliga.^[2] However, the team finished last in the 2013-14 season and were immideately relegated back to the ProA. In the 2015–16 season, Rasta once again promoted to the Bundesliga.^[3] Just like the previous BBL adventure, the team would relegate again in its first season back.

In April 2018, Vechta promoted to the BBL for the third time, after defeating PS Karlsruhe Lions in the ProA semi-finals, 3–1.^[4]

Honours

• ProA
  • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2017–18
    • Runner-up (1): 2015–16

Season by season

References