ProA


The ProA is the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA 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 top two teams qualify for the Basketball Bundesliga, and the teams positioned 15th and 16th are relegated to the lower league, ProB.

Current teams (2019-20)

TeamCity
Artland DragonsQuakenbrück
Bayer Giants LeverkusenLeverkusen
Eisbären BremerhavenBremerhaven
FC Schalke 04 BasketballGelsenkirchen
MLP Academics HeidelbergHeidelberg
NINERS ChemnitzChemnitz
Nürnberg Falcons BCNürnberg
Phoenix HagenHagen
PS Karlsruhe LIONSKarlsruhe
Rostock SeawolvesRostock
Römerstrom Gladiators TrierTrier
Science City JenaJena
Team Ehingen UrspringEhingen
Tigers TübingenTübingen
Uni Baskets PaderbornPaderborn
VfL Kirchheim KnightsKirchheim unter Teck
Wiha Panthers SchwenningenVillingen-Schwenningen

Champions

The champions of a given ProA season promote to the Basketball Bundesliga, along with the runner-up of the Finals.

Performances by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Mitteldeutscher302009, 2012, 2017
Rasta Vechta212013, 20182016
Hamburg Towers102019
Science City Jena102016
Gießen 46ers102015
Göttingen102014
Bayern Munich102011
Giants Nördlingen102008

Awards

Player of the Year

YearPlayerTeam
2007–08 Cuxhaven BasCats
2008–09 Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10 BBC Bayreuth
2010–11 Würzburg Baskets
2011–12 Mitteldeutscher BC
2012–13 SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14 BG Göttingen
2014–15 Braydon HobbsNürnberger BC
2015–16 Christian StandhardingerSC Rasta Vechta

Young Player of the Year

Coach of the Year