Hamburg Towers

     Main sponsorVeoliaPresidentJan Fischer
Marvin WilloughbyTeam managerMarvin WilloughbyHead coachBenka BarloschkyAffiliation(s)SC Rist WedelChampionships1 ProAWebsitewww.hamburgtowers.de

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Hamburg Towers, for sponsorship reasons named Veolia Towers Hamburg, is a professional basketball team, based in Hamburg, Germany. The Towers are currently playing in the Basketball Bundesliga, after promoting from the ProA in 2019.^[2]

Founded in 2013, the club played in the ProA from the 2014–15 season. In 2019, Hamburg promoted to the BBL for the first time. Since 2014, their home arena is the Edel-optics.de Arena in Wilhelmsburg. It has capacity for 3,400 people.

History

In February 2013, former player Pascal Roller and entrepreneur Wolfgang Sahm announced their plans to bring back professional basketball to Hamburg.^[3] There had been no professional basketball in the city since the bankruptcy of BCJ Hamburg in 2002. The original goal of the club was to obtain a wild card for the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. However, the team was given a spot in the second tier ProA.

The club debuted in the 2014–15 ProA season. It played its first home game on 28 September 2014, and won 66–65 over Gießen 46ers.^[4] In its debut season, the team ended eight in the standings. In the 2015–16 season, the Towers had the highest average attendance of all ProA clubs with 3,047 per game.

In the 2018–19 season, Hamburg finished the regular season in the fourth place. On 30 April 2019, Hamburg Towers promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time after defeating first-seeded Chemnitz Niners in the playoffs semifinals, and thus reaching the ProA Finals.^[5] On 4 May 2019, the team won the ProA championship after defeating Nürnberg Falcons in the second leg.

Sponsorships

In 2022, the Towers signed a sponsorship agreement with Veolia to become their name sponsor in the 2022–23 season.^[6]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Playoffs	German Cup	European competitions
2014–15	2	ProA	8th	15–18	DNQ
2015–16	2	ProA	5th
2016–17	2	ProA	9th	14–16	DNQ
2017–18	2	ProA	10th	13–17	DNQ
2018–19	2	ProA	1st	26–15	Winners
2019–20	1	BBL	17th	3–17	DNQ
2020–21	1	BBL	7th	21–13	Quarterfinals (lost to Alba)
2021–22	1	BBL	7th	19–15	Quarterfinals (lost to Bonn)	Round of 16	EuroCup	Eighthfinals
2022–23	1	BBL	15th	12–22	DNQ	Round of 16	EuroCup	Eighthfinals
2023–24	1	BBL				Round of 16

Honours

Titles: 1

• ProA
  • Winners: 2018–19

Players

Current roster

Veolia Towers Hamburg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 3 Hughes, Mark 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1997-02-15)15 February 1997 F 4 Reece, Camron 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 25 – (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 G 5 Brauner, Nico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 29 – (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 G 6 Möller, Leif 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 20 – (2003-06-14)14 June 2003 F 7 Meisner, Lukas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1995-08-08)8 August 1995 G 8 Ivey, Brae 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1996-08-25)25 August 1996 F/C 10 Dziewa, Aleksander 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 G 11 Christmas, William 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1996-12-08)8 December 1996 F 12 Hinrichs, Seth (C) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 31 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993 SF 13 King, V.J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1997-01-22)22 January 1997 C 18 Wohlfarth-Bottermann, Jonas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 F 29 Hoffmann, Linus 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 – (2002-12-05)5 December 2002 SG 42 Durham, Aljami 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1998-09-30)30 September 1998	Head coach Benka Barloschky Assistant coach(es) Stefan Grassegger Fabian Villmeter Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: March 3, 2024

Notable players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

#	Name	Period	Honours
1	Hamed Attarbashi	2014 – February 2018
2	Benka Barloschky	February – May 2018
3	Mike Taylor	May 2018 – June 2020	ProA (2019)
4	Pedro Calles	August 2020 – June 2022
5	Raoul Korner	June 2022 – January 2023
6	Benka Barloschky	January 2023 – present

Arena

• Since 2013: Edel-optics.de Arena (capacity: 3,400)

Player development

ProB team Rist Wedel has been Hamburg's cooperation partner for player development.^[7]

References

External links

• Official website
• Hamburg Towers on Facebook
• Hamburg Towers on Twitter
• Hamburg Towers on Instagram