ProB explained

ProB
Country:Germany
Confed:FIBA Europe (Europe)
First:2007–08
Divisions:2 (North and South)
Teams:26
Promotion:ProA
Relegation:1. Regionalliga
Levels:3
Pyramid:German basketball league system
Champions:Dresden Titans (1st title)
Season:2021-22
Most Champs:Three clubs (2 titles)

The ProB is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated into a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially, the ProB is part of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga, which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ProA and ProB. Before the 2007–08 season, the 2. Basketball Bundesliga was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage, the winning team of the playoffs in each division, qualify for the ProA, and the teams positioned in 9th place and lower, fight in the play-downs, for the whereabouts in the league. The last two placed teams of both divisions are relegated to the lower level fourth-tier league (1.Regionalliga).[1] [2]

Current teams (2022-23)

North

TeamCity
SSV LokomotiveBernau bei Berlin
BBGHerford
BSW SixersSandersdorf-Brehna
EN BASKETSSchwelm
SBB BasketsWolmirstedt
KangaroosIserlohn
EaglesItzehoe
RheinStarsCologne
SC RistWedel
TKS 49ersStahnsdorf
Rasta Vechta FarmteamVechta
ROTH Energie Giessen PointersGiessen
DragonsRhöndorf
South
TeamCity
Ahorn Camp BIS BasketsSpeyer
Arvato College WizardsKarlsruhe
Basketball LöwenErfurt
BBC CoburgCoburg
BG HessingStadtbergen
EPG BasketsKoblenz
Porsche BBALudwigsburg
Team Ehingen UrspringEhingen
EBBECKE White WingsHanau
FC Bayern Basketball IIMunich
FRAPORT SKYLINERS JuniorsFrankfurt am Main
OrangeAcademyUlm
TSV TropicsOberhaching

Champions

SeasonChampionVice champion
ETB Schwarz-WeißKirchheim Knights
Crailsheim MerlinsHerzöge Wolfenbüttel
Dragons RhöndorfHertener Löwen
Ehingen UrspringBG Leitershofen/Stadtbergen
Oettinger Rockets GothaRasta Vechta
Bayer Giants LeverkusenSchwelmer Baskets
Oldenburger TBBaunach Young Pikes
Oldenburger TBRist Wedel
Ehingen UrspringSkyliners Juniors
Weißenhorn YoungstarsPS Karlsruhe Lions
ElchingenRostock Seawolves
Bayer Giants LeverkusenWWU Baskets Muenster
align=center colspan=2Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
align=center colspan=2Itzehoe Eagles / VfL SparkassenStars Bochum
Dresden TitansART Giants Düsseldorf

Performances by club

scope=colClubscope=colWinnersscope=colRunners-upscope=colYears wonscope=colYears runner-up
scope=rowOldenburger TB202014, 2015
scope=rowEhingen Urspring202011, 2016
scope=rowBayer Giants Leverkusen202013, 2019
scope=rowElchingen102018
scope=rowWeißenhorn Youngstars102017
scope=rowBayer Giants Leverkusen102013
scope=rowRockets Gotha102012
scope=rowDragons Rhöndorf102010
scope=rowCrailsheim Merlins102009
scope=rowETB Schwarz-Weiß102008
scope=rowItzehoe Eagles102021
scope=rowVfL SparkassenStars Bochum102021
scope=rowDresden Titans102022

Notes and References

  1. http://www.diejungeliga.de
  2. https://www.2basketballbundesliga.de/