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2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga

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Basketball Bundesliga
Season2024–25
Dates20 September 2024 – 15 June 2025
Teams17
Seasons
2025–26  →

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

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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

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

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Promoted from
2023–24 ProA 		Relegated from
2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga
Skyliners Frankfurt[4]
Karlsruhe Lions 		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

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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
Hamburg Towers Hamburg Edel-optics.de Arena
3,400
MLP Academics Heidelberg Heidelberg SNP Dome
5,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena
5,300
Syntainics MBC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels
3,000
Bayern Munich Munich BMW Park
6,700
Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
Rostock Seawolves Rostock Stadthalle Rostock
4,550
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

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (Q) 29 21 8 2403 2196 +207 .724 Advance to playoffs
2 Ratiopharm Ulm 29 20 9 2571 2346 +225 .690
3 FIT/One Würzburg Baskets 30 18 12 2500 2392 +108 .600
4 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 29 17 12 2458 2393 +65 .586
5 Rostock Seawolves 29 16 13 2369 2333 +36 .552
6 MLP Academics Heidelberg 29 16 13 2307 2336 −29 .552
7 Niners Chemnitz 29 16 13 2352 2431 −79 .552 Qualification to play-in
8 Alba Berlin 31 17 14 2684 2484 +200 .548
9 Rasta Vechta 30 16 14 2407 2436 −29 .533
10 Mitteldeutscher BC 29 15 14 2446 2473 −27 .517
11 Hamburg Towers 29 15 14 2363 2397 −34 .517
12 Riesen Ludwigsburg 29 14 15 2207 2164 +43 .483
13 Telekom Baskets Bonn 30 14 16 2516 2508 +8 .467
14 Baskets Oldenburg 30 14 16 2663 2676 −13 .467
15 Bamberg Baskets 29 11 18 2444 2513 −69 .379
16 Skyliners Frankfurt 30 8 22 2271 2478 −207 .267
17 BG Göttingen 29 2 27 2350 2755 −405 .069 Relegation to ProA
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2025. 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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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Home \ Away BAM BER BON BRA CHE FRA GÖT HAM HEI LUD MBC MÜN OLD ROS ULM VEC WUR
Bamberg Baskets — 87–82 92–73 77–96 81–80 92–85 92–101 80–83 90–93 87–69 69–68 103–85 75–89 77–98 93–98
Alba Berlin 86–77 — 102–88 65–61 78–81 89–68 92–77 92–65 60–74 90–62 88–81 105–70 85–96 96–88 83–58 80–84
Telekom Baskets Bonn 87–77 91–87 — 85–81 80–84 70–77 80–67 93–96 85–80 79–89 95–80 81–76 83–72 75–95 88–94 81–90
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 114–88 73–108 74–94 — 82–74 101–77 91–79 65–72 91–71 76–70 72–90 83–82 80–63 98–89 103–70
Niners Chemnitz 99–98 81–103 88–123 83–95 — 85–66 96–88 69–60 72–65 104–100 82–72 72–94 87–78 86–90 88–77 81–77
Skyliners Frankfurt 58–66 61–75 76–70 91–92 65–70 — 95–94 78–84 72–95 77–69 69–79 84–91 83–72 72–77 87–85 74–75 70–85
BG Göttingen 97–88 83–109 85–112 90–94 72–100 — 75–92 73–95 74–79 80–94 81–95 93–96 72–91 66–86 80–97
Hamburg Towers 93–114 97–80 91–84 86–91 91–78 91–82 — 88–81 66–73 75–96 74–70 87–78 78–77 86–73 68–66
MLP Academics Heidelberg 68–79 90–86 76–95 74–94 81–66 93–86 73–68 — 86–73 87–78 59–87 95–79 86–81 80–74 67–72
Riesen Ludwigsburg 92–73 63–79 81–61 69–83 69–65 82–61 91–62 89–78 63–67 — 78–70 66–79 70–64 92–71 77–79 82–91
Mitteldeutscher BC 99–94 94–76 82–77 97–95 85–72 93–91 93–108 76–70 — 79–75 92–77 84–87 89–92 91–83 110–101
Bayern Munich 84–82 99–86 93–73 94–72 73–59 70–56 81–80 87–78 90–88 — 89–75 91–66 70–62 77–78 70–69
Baskets Oldenburg 67–59 97–92 91–96 102–90 102–92 111–94 99–81 105–82 70–64 95–97 83–94 — 92–79 93–66
Rostock Seawolves 98–74 71–78 64–69 60–68 83–66 102–74 92–78 88–82 94–89 84–76 70–80 122–118 — 85–67 87–83 65–92
Ratiopharm Ulm 101–90 84–75 111–75 115–88 109–70 82–72 67–69 63–62 92–66 109–94 119–92 — 85–76 85–76
Rasta Vechta 101–98 96–93 83–75 91–88 89–66 74–80 87–79 69–79 78–60 79–65 98–91 68–84 73–84 — 78–86
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets 70–82 70–69 83–75 70–53 83–90 89–70 79–78 91–85 77–60 86–76 75–81 102–112 93–97 89–72 74–86 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2025. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Main article: 2025 BBL Playoffs

Play-in tournament

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Only the top six seeds advance directly to the playoffs, while the next four seeds participate in a play-in tournament. The seventh place team hosts the eighth place team in the double-chance round needing to win one game to advance, with the winner clinching the seventh seed in the playoffs. The ninth place team hosts the tenth place team in the elimination round requiring two wins to advance, with the loser being eliminated from the competition. The loser in the double-chance round hosts the elimination-round game-winner, with the winner clinching the eighth seed and the loser being eliminated. The games will be played on 11 and 13 May 2025.

Play-in gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
7No. 7 seed
8No. 8 seed
9
10

Bold Game winner

Bracket

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The rounds will be played in a best-of-five format.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
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8  
 
 
4  
5  
 
 
2  
7  
 
 
3  
6  

German clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Result
Alba Berlin EuroLeague Regular season
Bayern Munich Play-in
Niners Chemnitz Champions League Play-ins
Rasta Vechta Regular season
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets Round of 16
Telekom Baskets Bonn Play-ins
Hamburg Towers EuroCup Regular season
ratiopharm Ulm Regular season
Riesen Ludwigsburg FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs
Lowen Braunschweig Regular season

German clubs in Regional competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Bamberg Baskets European North Basketball League Quarter Finals

References

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  1. ^ "easyCredit BBL gibt vorläufigen Spielplan für die Saison 2024/2025 bekannt / BBL Pokal startet". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ "easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga spielt in der Saison 2024/2025 mit 17 Teams". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ "BBL ändert Playoff-Modus und steckt sich hohe Ziele". flashscore.de. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Frankfurt Skyliners steigen in die Basketball-Bundesliga auf". tagesschau.de. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Zweitligameister nach Aufstieg abgelehnt: BBL nächste Saison nur mit 17 Teams". spox.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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