Giants Nördlingen Explained

Giants Nördlingen
Color1:white
Color2:blue
Leagues:ProB
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History:TSV Nördlingen
(1953–2007)
VPV Giants Nördlingen
(2007–2008)
Giants TSV 1861 Nördlingen
(2008–present)
Arena:Hermann-Kessler Halle
Capacity:3,000
Location:Nördlingen, Germany
Colors:Blue, White
Championships:1 German Second Division

TSV 1861 Giants Nördlingen is a basketball club based in Nördlingen, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProB, the German third highest league.

History

The club was founded as TSV Nördlingen in 1953. In the 1972/73 season TSV 1861 Nördlingen competed for first time in the southern group of the Basketball Bundesliga. After finishing bottom of the table (5/23 record) the club was relegated.
In the 2007/08 season, under the coach Andreas Wagner, Nördlingen managed to win the championship to the Bundesliga ProA and earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga.

In the spring of 2008, the club was renamed to Giants Nördlingen Basketball AG.

Results

SeasonTierLeaguePos.Postseason
2007–0822. BBL1Promoted
2008–091Bundesliga16Relegated
2009–1022. BBL16
2010–1141. Regionalliga1Promoted
2011–123Pro B2
2012–133Pro B4

Honours

2007–08

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