2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga
| Basketball Bundesliga | |
|---|---|
| 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]
Location of teams in 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga
Team changes
[edit]| Promoted from 2023–24 ProA |
Relegated from 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bamberg Baskets | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,150
|
| Alba Berlin | Berlin | Uber Arena | 14,500
|
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn | Telekom Dome | 6,000
|
| Löwen Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Halle | 6,600
|
| Niners Chemnitz | Chemnitz | Chemnitz Arena | 5,200
|
| Skyliners Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Süwag Energie ARENA | 5,002
|
| 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
|
| Rostock Seawolves | Rostock | Stadthalle Rostock | 4,550
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| ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | ratiopharm arena | 6,000
|
| Rasta Vechta | Vechta | Rasta Dome | 3,140
|
| FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140
|
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 3 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 224 | +14 | 1.000 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 319 | 298 | +21 | .750 | |
| 3 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 342 | 337 | +5 | .750 | |
| 4 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 3 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 220 | +32 | .667 | |
| 5 | Hamburg Towers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 264 | 239 | +25 | .667 | |
| 6 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 3 | 2 | 1 | 261 | 250 | +11 | .667 | |
| 7 | FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 150 | +18 | .500 | Play-in |
| 8 | Rostock Seawolves | 4 | 2 | 2 | 318 | 320 | −2 | .500 | |
| 9 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 281 | 288 | −7 | .500 | |
| 10 | Bamberg Baskets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 154 | −11 | .500 | |
| 11 | Alba Berlin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 258 | +14 | .333 | |
| 12 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 217 | +10 | .333 | |
| 13 | Niners Chemnitz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 240 | −7 | .333 | |
| 14 | Rasta Vechta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 243 | −9 | .333 | |
| 15 | Baskets Oldenburg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 253 | 274 | −21 | .333 | |
| 16 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 336 | 359 | −23 | .250 | |
| 17 | BG Göttingen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 297 | −70 | .000 | Relegation to ProA |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alba Berlin | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Bayern Munich | Regular season | |
| Hamburg Towers | EuroCup | Regular season |
| ratiopharm Ulm | Regular season | |
| Niners Chemnitz | Champions League | Regular season |
| Rasta Vechta | Regular season | |
| FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Regular season | |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Regular season | |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Lowen Braunschweig | Regular season |
German clubs in Regional competitions
[edit]| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
