German basketball league system

The German basketball league system or German basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Germany. The system has a hierarchical format, with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently six different competitions on the pyramid: the 1st-tier level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the 2nd-tier level ProA, the 3rd-tier level ProB, the 4th-tier level 1. Regionalliga, the 5th-tier level 2. Regionalliga, and the 6th-tier level Landesliga Oberliga.

The tier pyramid

Level	League
1	Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) National 1st Division (18 teams)
2	2. Basketball Bundesliga National 2nd Division (1975–2007)
2	ProA National 2nd Division (2007–present) (16 teams)
3	ProB National 3rd Division (2007–present) (24 teams in two 12 team groups)
4	1. Regionalliga National 4th Division (53 teams in 4 groups)
5	2. Regionalliga National 5th Division (112 teams in 9 groups)
6	Landesliga Oberliga National 6th Division (218 teams in 13 groups)

Other competitions

German Cup
German Super Cup

References

External links

Eurobasket.com German Men's Basketball
German League Official Website
German Basketball Federation Official Website

League systems in sport

Association
football

AFC	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh China East Timor Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Vietnam
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CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
OFC	French Polynesia New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tuvalu
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v t e Basketball in Germany
German Basketball Federation Basketball Bundesliga GmbH German League System List of German basketball venues
National Teams	Senior Men's Men's Under-20 Men's Under-18 and 19 Men's Under-16 and 17 Men's 3x3 Senior Women's Women's Under-20 Women's Under-18 and 19 Women's Under-16 and 17 Women's 3x3
Defunct National Teams	East Germany Men's East Germany Women's
League Competitions	Basketball Bundesliga ProA ProB 1. Regionalliga Women's Basketball Bundesliga
Defunct League Competitions	2. Basketball Bundesliga Women's GDR championship
Cup Competitions	German Cup German Super Cup
Other	List of German League Champions BBL All-Star Game Basketball Bundesliga Awards Albert Schweitzer Tournament

v t e Basketball Bundesliga
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Playoffs	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
2023–24 clubs	Brose Bamberg Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn Löwen Braunschweig Niners Chemnitz Crailsheim Merlins BG Göttingen Veolia Towers Hamburg USC Heidelberg Riesen Ludwigsburg Mitteldeutscher BC Bayern Munich Baskets Oldenburg Rostock Seawolves Tigers Tübingen ratiopharm Ulm Rasta Vechta s.Oliver Würzburg
Awards	Most Valuable Player Finals MVP Coach of the Year Most Improved Player Best German Young Player Best Offensive Player Best Defensive Player All-BBL Team Most Effective Player Top Scorer
Other articles	Basketball in Germany German Cup German Supercup List of German basketball champions BBL All-Star Game German League System
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