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. The season will be played with 17 teams after only one team was promoted from the ProA and no wildcards given out.

Format

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.

Teams

Bamberg

Berlin

Bonn

Braunschweig

Chemnitz

Frankfurt

Göttingen

Hamburg

Heidelberg

Ludwigsburg

Munich

Oldenburg

Rostock

Ulm

Vechta

Weißenfels

Würzburg

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 ProA	Relegated from 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga
Skyliners Frankfurt 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.

Arenas and locations

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich	14	10	4	1152	1045	+107	.714	Advance to playoffs
2	Ratiopharm Ulm	13	9	4	1105	1028	+77	.692
3	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	13	9	4	1052	975	+77	.692
4	MLP Academics Heidelberg	14	9	5	1097	1094	+3	.643
5	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	13	8	5	1016	1005	+11	.615
6	Niners Chemnitz	14	8	6	1120	1114	+6	.571
7	Riesen Ludwigsburg	16	9	7	1207	1137	+70	.563	Qualification to play-in
8	Telekom Baskets Bonn	15	8	7	1283	1260	+23	.533
9	Mitteldeutscher BC	14	7	7	1179	1162	+17	.500
10	Rostock Seawolves	14	7	7	1103	1090	+13	.500
11	Rasta Vechta	12	6	6	988	1010	−22	.500
12	Alba Berlin	14	6	8	1179	1160	+19	.429
13	Baskets Oldenburg	14	6	8	1190	1194	−4	.429
14	Hamburg Towers	14	6	8	1138	1148	−10	.429
15	Bamberg Baskets	15	6	9	1208	1253	−45	.400
16	Skyliners Frankfurt	15	3	12	1135	1261	−126	.200
17	BG Göttingen	12	1	11	939	1155	−216	.083	Relegation to ProA

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 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.

Results

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			80–83						75–89	77–98
Alba Berlin		—		65–61	78–81					60–74		88–81	105–70	85–96	96–88
Telekom Baskets Bonn		91–87	—				80–67			79–89	95–80				75–95		81–90
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig			74–94	—	82–74				65–72	91–71	76–70	72–90	83–82	80–63
Niners Chemnitz			88–123		—	85–66	96–88				82–72		87–78		86–90	88–77	81–77
Skyliners Frankfurt	58–66	61–75		91–92		—			72–95		69–79	84–91			87–85
BG Göttingen	97–88	83–109				72–100	—		73–95			81–95
Hamburg Towers		97–80	91–84	86–91		91–78		—		66–73	75–96		87–78
MLP Academics Heidelberg	68–79		76–95					73–68	—			59–87		86–81		80–74	67–72
Riesen Ludwigsburg	92–73				69–65	82–61	91–62		63–67	—		78–70		70–64		77–79	82–91
Mitteldeutscher BC	99–94	94–76							93–108	76–70	—	79–75	92–77	84–87	89–92
Bayern Munich			93–73		73–59			81–80				—	89–75			77–78	70–69
Baskets Oldenburg	67–59		91–96			102–92	111–94		105–82	70–64			—		93–66
Rostock Seawolves			64–69		60–68	83–66	102–74	92–78				70–80		—		87–83	65–92
Ratiopharm Ulm							109–70	82–72	67–69	63–62					—	85–76	85–76
Rasta Vechta	101–98	96–93	83–75			74–80		69–79					98–91			—
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	70–82			70–53		89–70	79–78	91–85			86–76						—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2025. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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

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

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

German clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Bamberg Baskets	European North Basketball League	Regular season

External links

• Official website