2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball league season

Basketball Bundesliga
Season	2024–25
Dates	20 September 2024 – 15 June 2025
Teams	17
Seasons
← 2023–242025–26 →

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

Würzburg class=notpageimage| 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	MLP Academics Heidelberg	11	8	3	903	865	+38	.727	Advance to playoffs
2	Bayern Munich	10	7	3	804	739	+65	.700
3	Ratiopharm Ulm	10	7	3	830	775	+55	.700
4	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	9	6	3	727	658	+69	.667
5	Mitteldeutscher BC	10	6	4	848	826	+22	.600
6	Niners Chemnitz	10	6	4	785	772	+13	.600
7	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	9	5	4	784	771	+13	.556	Qualification to play-in
8	Riesen Ludwigsburg	11	6	5	833	800	+33	.545
9	Baskets Oldenburg	10	5	5	872	860	+12	.500
10	Rasta Vechta	10	5	5	807	832	−25	.500
11	Telekom Baskets Bonn	10	5	5	725	759	−34	.500
12	Hamburg Towers	9	4	5	734	728	+6	.444
13	Rostock Seawolves	10	4	6	765	764	+1	.400
14	Alba Berlin	9	3	6	746	745	+1	.333
15	Bamberg Baskets	9	3	6	736	762	−26	.333
16	Skyliners Frankfurt	10	2	8	776	843	−67	.200
17	BG Göttingen	9	1	8	711	887	−176	.111	Relegation to ProA

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2024. 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	WÜR
Bamberg Baskets	—	87–82	92–73	77–96										75–89
Alba Berlin		—		65–61	78–81					60–74			105–70		96–88
Telekom Baskets Bonn		91–87	—							79–89	95–80				75–95
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig				—	82–74				65–72	91–71	76–70	72–90
Niners Chemnitz					—		96–88						87–78		86–90	88–77
Skyliners Frankfurt	58–66			91–92		—			72–95		69–79
BG Göttingen	97–88					72–100	—		73–95			81–95
Hamburg Towers		97–80				91–78		—			75–96		87–78
MLP Academics Heidelberg			76–95					73–68	—					86–81		80–74
Riesen Ludwigsburg					69–65		91–62			—		78–70		70–64		77–79
Mitteldeutscher BC	99–94								93–108	76–70	—	79–75	92–77	84–87
Bayern Munich			93–73		73–59			81–80				—				77–78
Baskets Oldenburg	67–59		91–96			102–92	111–94		105–82				—		93–66
Rostock Seawolves			64–69		60–68	83–66	102–74					70–80		—
Ratiopharm Ulm							109–70	82–72	67–69	63–62					—	85–76
Rasta Vechta	101–98	96–93	83–75			74–80		69–79								—
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets																	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2024. 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	EuroLeague	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	EuroCup	Regular season
Riesen Ludwigsburg	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Lowen Braunschweig	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season

German clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Bamberg Baskets	European North Basketball League	Regular season

References

"easyCredit BBL gibt vorläufigen Spielplan für die Saison 2024/2025 bekannt / BBL Pokal startet". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
"easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga spielt in der Saison 2024/2025 mit 17 Teams". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
"BBL ändert Playoff-Modus und steckt sich hohe Ziele". flashscore.de. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
"Frankfurt Skyliners steigen in die Basketball-Bundesliga auf". tagesschau.de. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
"Zweitligameister nach Aufstieg abgelehnt: BBL nächste Saison nur mit 17 Teams". spox.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

External links

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