The Top Basketball-Bundesliga Teams
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The top basketball Bundesliga Teams is a blog that covers the best teams in the German Basketball League Here you’ll find analysis and commentary on the top teams as well as tips on how to improve your own game.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball team from Flensburg, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and has won the German championship four times and the German cup twice.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional basketball team that is based in Mannheim, Germany. The team competes in the Bundesliga, which is the top-tier level of Professional Basketball in Germany. The team plays its home games at SAP Arena, which has a capacity of 11,500 spectators.
The Rhein-Neckar Löwen were founded in 2006, and they made their debut in the Bundesliga in 2007. In their first season in the Bundesliga, the team finished in 3rd place. In 2010, the team won the German Cup for the first time. In 2013, the team won the German League Championship for the first time.
Füchse Berlin
Füchse Berlin is a German handball club based in the Capital City of Berlin. Founded in 1948, the club competes in the top-tier Bundesliga and is one of the most successful teams in the league, having won eight championships, most recently in 2019. Füchse Berlin has a long-standing rivalry with fellow Berlin club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, with whom they have contested numerous championship finals. The team’s home arena is the Max-Schmeling-Halle, which has a capacity of 9,600 spectators.
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a German handball club from Kiel, currently playing in the Handball-Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1946 and has won a total of 19 German championships and 3 European Cups. THW Kiel is one of only two teams to have won the European Cup three times in a row (2007-2009).
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund is a German professional Basketball team that is based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top tier of basketball in Germany They have won the German Championship five times and the German Cup three times. Their home arena is the Westfalenhallen.
VfL Gummersbach
VfL Gummersbach is a German sports club located in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club is most well-known for its handball department, which competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga. The team currently sits atop the league table and is looking to defend its title from last season.
SC DHfK Leipzig
SC DHfK Leipzig is a German Professional Basketball Club that is based in Leipzig, Germany. The club currently competes in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional basketball in Germany. Their home arena is the 16,500 seat LEIPZIG ARENA. The club’s colors are white and blue.
The club was founded in 1946 by workers of the Deutsche Werke armaments factory as BSG Chemie Leipzig. It initially competed in the second-tier DDR-Oberliga, but soon established itself as one of the top teams in East Germany, winning several championships and cups. After the German reunification, Chemie won two more titles before being relegated to the second-tier Regionalliga in 1997. In 2003, the club adopted its current name and began a steady rise through the German Basketball league system, eventually returning to the BBL in 2012.
HSC 2000 Coburg
HSC 2000 Coburg is a German professional basketball team that is based in Coburg, Germany. The club currently plays in the top-tier Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a professional Basketball Club based in Hanover, Germany. The club currently plays in the top-tier Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). They have won the German Cup once, in 2015.
The club was founded in 1973 as TSV Burgdorf. In 1994, they merged with TG 73 Hannover and adopted their current name. The club has played in the BBL since the 1997-98 season.
Notable players who have played for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf include Jan-Hendrik Jagla, Robin Benzing, Rickey Paulding, and David Logan.
10)MT Melsungen
MT Melsungen is a German Sports Club located in the town of Melsungen, Hesse. The club is best known for its handball section, which competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the top level of German handball.
The club was founded in 1951 as TV Melsungen, and began to focus on handball in 1954. It reached the second-tier Bundesliga in 1981 and the first-tier Bundesliga in 1988. In 2002, it changed its name to MT Melsungen.
The club has won one German cup and one European cup. It has also finished as runner-up in the Bundesliga three times.
MT Melsungen’s biggest rivals are HSG Wetzlar and HSV Hamburg.