EWE Baskets Oldenburg

EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Leagues	BBL; EuroChallenge
Founded	1954
History	Oldenburger TB; (1954-2001); EWE Baskets Oldenburg; (2001-Present)
Arena	EWE Arena; (capacity: 4,100); Weser-Ems-Halle; (capacity: 5,118)
Location	Oldenburg, Germany
Team colors	Blue and Yellow;
President	Hermann Schüller; Gerold Lange
Head coach	Predrag Krunić
Championships	BBL Championship 1:; (2009)
Website	EWE-Baskets.de
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Home	Away

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EWE Baskets Oldenburg is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga and in the Eurocup. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company. The club's home arena is EWE Arena.

[edit] History

The club began in the year 1954 as the basketball department of the Oldenburger TB sports club. In the year 2001, the basketball department of Oldenburger TB formed a new separate club, called EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

In the season of 2008/2009 EWE Baskets Oldenburg achieved their greatest succes by winning the German Championship title. As German Champion Oldenburg played in the Euroleague in 2009/2010.^[1]

[edit] Arenas

Oldenburg plays their domestic German League games at the 3,148 seat EWE Arena, which is the club's home arena. For European-wide competition home matches, which have rules requiring arenas with larger seating capacities, EWE can play home games at either the 5,118 seat Weser-Ems-Halle, or at the 10,700 seat AWD Dome.

[edit] Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined by FIBA. Players may hold more than one nationality.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.5 !G/F	23	USA !	Paulding, Rickey (C)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	99 kg (218 lb)
4.5 !PF	12	NED !	Smeulders, Robin	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	106 kg (234 lb)
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Brown, Bobby	188 m (616 ft 10 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
2.5 !G/F	9	CYP !	Razis, Christopher	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
2.5 !C/G	41	USA !	Hasbrouck, Kenny	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
4.5 !PF	5	GER !	Bahiense de Mello, Dominik	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)
4.5 !PF	30	USA !	Burrell, Ronnie	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
6.0 !C	11	USA !	Chubb, Adam	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	115 kg (254 lb)
5.5 !F/C	10	SRB !	Majstorović, Milan	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	109 kg (240 lb)
6.0 !C	24	GER !	Freese, Jannik	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	112 kg (247 lb)
1.5 !G	18	GER !	Hartmann, Anselm	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
1.5 !G	20	GER !	Smit, Kevin	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	68 kg (150 lb)
2.5 !G/F	22	MNE !	Sehovic, Sead	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)

Head coach

Predrag Krunic

Assistant coach(es)

Ralph Held
Srdjan Klaric

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague

Injured

Roster
Updated: 2011-08-08

[edit] Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	Adam Chubb	Robin Smeulders	Jannik Freese
PF	Ronnie Burrell	Milan Majstorovic
SF	Rickey Paulding	Sead Sehovic
SG	Kenny Hasbrouck	Dominik Bahiense de Mello		Anselm Hartmann
PG	Bobby Brown	Christopher Razis	Kevin Smit

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Denotes injured player.

[edit] Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	12	Relegation playoffs	Runner-up	–
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	6	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	8	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	9	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	–	Played EuroChallenge
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Euroleague
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	6	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Eurocup
2011–12	1	Bundesliga			–	Played EuroChallenge