Phoenix Hagen

Phoenix Hagen
Nickname	Die Feuervögel (The firebirds)
Leagues	BBL 2nd DBBL NBBL
Founded	2004
Arena	Phoenix-Halle (capacity: 3.035) Ischelandhalle (capacity: 1,800)
Location	Hagen, Germany
Team colors	Yellow, White and Blue
President	Oliver Herkelmann
Head coach	Ingo Freyer
Championships	None
Website	phoenix-hagen.de
Uniforms
Home Away

Phoenix Hagen GmbH is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen.

History

The club was founded in May 2004 in the wake of the insolvency of former top club Brandt Hagen. Brandt Hagen was forced to cease club operation in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) immediately in December 2003. Phoenix Hagen is not the legal successor of Brandt Hagen, but an independent new club founded to continue the basketball tradition in Hagen. Phoenix Hagen was playing in the PRO A division of the German second basketball league until the 2008–09 season. The club rented the license for operating in this league from BG DEK/Fichte Hagen. In the 2008–09 season of the Pro A Phoenix Hagen secured the second place. This position qualifided the team for promotion to BBL in the season 2009–10.

Starting with season 2008–09 a Phoenix Hagen women's team is playing in the second women's league DBBL. This team is run in collaboration with the sports club TSV Hagen 1860, from which all players originate.

Phoenix Hagen wants to promote young basketball talents to ensure high-performance sport for the long term. The young talents team Phoenix Hagen Juniors plays in the north-west division of the first league for Germany's up-and-coming players (NBBL). In the first season of existence of the NBBL (2007–08), the Phoenix juniors team became vice champions.

The Ischelandhalle, the venue of Phoenix Hagen's home matches

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason
2004–05	2	2. Bundesliga	11	–
2005–06	2	2. Bundesliga	4	–
2006–07	2	2. Bundesliga	9	–
2007–08	2	ProA	6	–
2008–09	2	ProA	2	Promoted
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	16	–
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	11	–
2011–12	1	Bundesliga

Season 2009–10

Roster

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

Phoenix Hagen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 USA ! Pryor, Quentin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 2.0 !SG 5 USA ! Griffin, Chase 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 1.0 !PG 6 Germany ! Schwarz, Malte 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 4.0 !F 7 Lithuania ! Jonušas, Žygimantas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 1.0 !PG 8 Germany ! Schwarz, Kristof 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 4.0 !F 9 Germany ! Grothe, Matthias 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 1.0 !PG 11 Germany ! Opitz, Yannick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 4.0 !F 13 Germany ! Spohr, Dominik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 4.5 !PF 14 USA ! Fleetwood, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 6.0 !C 15 Germany ! Kruel, Bernd 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 1.5 !G 20 Lithuania ! Alijevas, Rolandas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 1.0 !PG 21 Germany ! Paulsen, Thorben 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 1.5 !G 22 USA ! Jordan, Michael-Hakim 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 6.0 !C 32 Germany ! Kortmann, Dennis 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 6.0 !C 34 CIV ! Kale, Jonathan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 6.0 !C 44 USA ! Turek, John 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb)	Head coach Ingo Freyer Assistant coach(es) Steven Wriedt Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Transfers

In				Out
Nat.	Name	Pos.	from	Nat.	Name	Pos.	to
changes in season
	Rolandas Alijevas	G	Nevezis Kedainiai
	Žygimantas Jonušas	F	MBC Mykolaiv		Thomas Dreesen	F	?
	Michael-Hakim Jordan	G	Köln 99ers		Andre McGee	PG	?
	John Turek	C	Turów Zgorzelec		Sean Finn	C	?
pre-season changes
/	Jonathan Kale	C	Anwil Włocławek		Bambale Osby	PF/C	?
	Sean Finn	C	ratiopharm Ulm		Marcel Jones	SF/PF	Kauhajoen Karhu
off-season changes
	Andre McGee	PG	Louisville Cardinals		Josh Mueller	SG	FC Bayern Munich
	Bambale Osby	PF/C	U Mobitelco Cluj		Zach Freeman	PF/C	?
	Marcel Jones	SF/PF	Manawatu Jets		Max Schulze-Pals	PF	UBC Münster

Season 2008–09

Roster

Phoenix Hagen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 USA ! Pryor, Quentin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 2.0 !SG 5 USA ! Griffin, Chase 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 1.0 !PG 6 Germany ! Schwarz, Malte 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 7 USA ! Freeman, Zach 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 1.0 !PG 8 Germany ! Schwarz, Kristof 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 9 Germany ! Grothe, Matthias 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 4.0 !F 10 Belgium ! Dreesen, Thomas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 1.0 !PG 11 Germany ! Opitz, Yannick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 1.0 !PG 12 Germany ! Paulsen, Thorben 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 4.0 !F 13 Germany ! Spohr, Dominik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 14 USA ! Fleetwood, Aaron 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 6.0 !C 15 Germany ! Kruel, Bernd 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 4.5 !PF 16 Germany ! Schulze-Pals, Max 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 2.0 !SG 18 USA ! Mueller, Josh 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb)	Head coach Ingo Freyer Assistant coach(es) Steven Wriedt Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Results

Match	Date	Time	Home	Away	Result
1	03/10/2008	18:00	Phoenix Hagen	FC Schalke 04	94:66
2	05/10/2008	18:00	BG Karlsruhe	Phoenix Hagen	52:87
3	11/10/2008	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	LTi Lich	124:70
4	18 October 2008	19:30	MBC Weißenfels	Phoenix Hagen	83:70
5	26 October 2008	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	USC Heidelberg	113:82
6	01/11/2008	20:00	TV Langen	Phoenix Hagen	76:99
7	08/11/2008	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	ETB Essen	92:73
8	15 November 2008	20:00	Science City Jena	Phoenix Hagen	83:86
9	22 November 2008	20:00	BV Chemnitz	Phoenix Hagen	87:78
10	30 November 2008	20:00	Phoenix Hagen	Kirchheim Knights	101:88
11	06/12/2008	16:30	Cuxhaven BasCats	Phoenix Hagen	85:103
12	14 December 2008	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	BBC Bayreuth	89:78
13	20 December 2008	19:30	FC Bayern	Phoenix Hagen	93:87
14	03/01/2009	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	teckpro Braves Kaiserslautern	83:75
15	11/01/2009	16:30	Bremen Roosters	Phoenix Hagen	83:99
16	16 January 2009	20:00	FC Schalke 04	Phoenix Hagen	74:94
17	25 January 2009	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	BG Karlsruhe	96:91
18	31 January 2009	20:00	LTi Lich	Phoenix Hagen	59:99
19	07/02/2009	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	MBC Weißenfels	92:95
20	15 February 2009	17:00	USC Heidelberg	Phoenix Hagen	91:104
21	21 February 2009	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	TV Langen	81:69
22	27 February 2009	20:00	ETB Essen	Phoenix Hagen	73:81
23	08/03/2009	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	Science City Jena	89:99
24	15 March 2009	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	BV Chemnitz	101:84
25	22 March 2009	17:00	Kirchheim Knights	Phoenix Hagen	89:88
26	28 March 2009	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	Cuxhaven BasCats	104:70
27	4 April 2009	19:30	BBC Bayreuth	Phoenix Hagen	66:67
28	12/04/2009	17:00	Phoenix Hagen	FC Bayern	85:77
29	18 April 2009	18:00	teckpro Braves Kaiserslautern	Phoenix Hagen	89:97
30	25 April 2009	19:30	Phoenix Hagen	Bremen Roosters	111:69

Top 5 Table

Position	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Diff
1	MBC	30	26	4	+357
2	Phoenix Hagen	30	24	6	+444
3	BBC Bayreuth	30	24	6	+396
4	BG Karlsruhe	30	19	11	+58
5	VfL Kirchheim Knights	30	18	12	+2

Positions one and two qualify for a promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Phoenix Hagen has finished the season as first runner-up and hence has qualified by sportive means for promotion to BBL for the coming season 2009–10 (see license issue below).

Licence and Arena issue

The home arena "Ischelandhalle" has a capacity of 1,800. The minimum capacity requirement for the BBL is 3,000. A refurbishment and enlargement to a capacity of 3,000 of the current building is planned for the 2009–10 season. Therefore an alternative location is required for that period. Three options were considered by Phoenix Hagen: a tent solution in Hagen with a capacity of 3,500, an alternative gym in Hagen or a location near Hagen. On 23 April 2009 the BBL refused the application of Phoenix Hagen for a license to play in the BBL. In the application the tent solution was proposed, which has been the reason for the rejection. Within a week after the rejection Phoenix Hagen had the right to appeal against the decision. Phoenix Hagen evaluated the feasibility of converting a building, which is located in Hagen and is currently hosting badminton and tennis courts. As an alternative solution outside of Hagen, the gym "Uni Sporthalle" of the University of Wuppertal was considered. The appeal to the BBL was staged with the plans and contracts for the Hagen solution. On Tuesday 02/05/09 the responsible board of the BBL decided to send a delegation to the proposed location in Hagen to inspect the site before making a final decision on the licence. On Friday 08/05/09 the BBL canceled their previous decision and granted a licence with resolutive condition. Phoenix Hagen is eligible to maintain the licence, if progress requirements for the setup of the basketball arena will be fulfilled. The temporary arena is planned to have a capacity of 3,035. On Monday 06/07/09 the BBL announced that Phoenix Hagen has fulfilled the requirements regarding its economic performance. Phoenix Hagen will have to present the arena converted and ready for match operation by 31 July 2009, which forms the final hurdle towards the 2009–10 BBL licence. In the 08/05/09 press release the BBL already stated that it expects Phoenix Hagen also to meet these requirements.

External links

• Feuervogel TV -Live broadcasts and archive of Phoenix Hagen home matches (started Sept. 2008)
• Pro A official site (German)
• NBBL official site (German)
• DBBL official site (German)