2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga
The 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 58th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It runs from 27 September 2023 to 17 June 2024.[1][2]
| Basketball Bundesliga | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Dates | 27 September 2023 – 17 June 2024 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
Format changes
From this season on, the first six teams from the regular season are qualified for the playoffs, while the places seven to ten will play in a play-in tournament.[3]
Teams

Location of teams in 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga
Team changes
| Promoted from 2022–23 ProA |
Relegated from 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga |
|---|---|
| Rasta Vechta[4] Tigers Tübingen[5] |
Skyliners Frankfurt Medi Bayreuth |
Arenas and locations
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,150 |
| Alba Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz 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 |
| Crailsheim Merlins | Crailsheim | Arena Hohenlohe | 3,000 |
| 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 |
| Tigers Tübingen | Tübingen | Paul Horn-Arena | 3,132 |
| ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | ratiopharm arena | 6,000 |
| Rasta Vechta | Vechta | Rasta Dome | 3,140 |
| s.Oliver Würzburg | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140 |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 4 | 4 | 0 | 383 | 335 | +48 | 1.000 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Baskets Oldenburg | 5 | 4 | 1 | 441 | 413 | +28 | .800 | |
| 3 | Alba Berlin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 386 | 336 | +50 | .750 | |
| 4 | Bayern Munich | 4 | 3 | 1 | 350 | 305 | +45 | .750 | |
| 5 | Niners Chemnitz | 4 | 3 | 1 | 357 | 313 | +44 | .750 | |
| 6 | Rasta Vechta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 368 | 328 | +40 | .750 | |
| 7 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 212 | +20 | .667 | Play-in |
| 8 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 346 | 331 | +15 | .500 | |
| 9 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 4 | 2 | 2 | 333 | 333 | 0 | .500 | |
| 10 | BG Göttingen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 181 | −8 | .500 | |
| 11 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 3 | 1 | 2 | 243 | 238 | +5 | .333 | |
| 12 | Rostock Seawolves | 3 | 1 | 2 | 292 | 292 | 0 | .333 | |
| 13 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 371 | 388 | −17 | .250 | |
| 14 | Tigers Tübingen | 4 | 1 | 3 | 328 | 372 | −44 | .250 | |
| 15 | Hamburg Towers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 302 | 351 | −49 | .250 | |
| 16 | Brose Bamberg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 335 | 388 | −53 | .250 | |
| 17 | Crailsheim Merlins | 4 | 1 | 3 | 326 | 398 | −72 | .250 | Relegation to ProA |
| 18 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 323 | 375 | −52 | .000 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2023. 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.
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
Playoffs
The first round will be played in a best-of-three and the other three rounds will be played in a best-of-five format.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
German clubs in European competitions
| Team | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Alba Berlin | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Bayern Munich | Regular season | |
| ratiopharm Ulm | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Champions League | Regular season |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | Regular season | |
| Baskets Oldenburg | Regular season | |
| BG Göttingen | Qualifying | |
| Niners Chemnitz | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| BG Göttingen | Regular season | |
| Rostock Seawolves | Qualifying |
References
- "easyCredit BBL – Rahmenterminplan 2023/2024" (PDF). azureedge.net. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- "easyCredit BBL gibt erste Spielinfos für die Saison 2023/2024 bekannt / Pokalmodus mit Zweitligisten startet / Lizenzierung abgeschlossen". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- "BBL ändert Playoff-Modus und steckt sich hohe Ziele". flashscore.de. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Rasta Vechta steigt in die Basketball-Bundesliga auf". ndr.de. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- "Party in Tübingen: Tigers steigen in die Basketball-Bundesliga auf". swr.de. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.