2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, will be the 54th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It will run from 6 November 2020 to 15 June 2021.[1][2]

Basketball Bundesliga

Competition details
Season	2020–21
Teams	18
Dates	6 November 2020 – 15 June 2021
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

Bamberg

Bayreuth

Berlin

Bonn

Braunschweig

Chemnitz

Frankfurt

Gießen

Göttingen

Ludwigsburg

Munich

Oldenburg

Ulm

Vechta

Weißenfels

Würzburg

Location of teams in 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 ProA	Relegated from 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga
Niners Chemnitz[3]	None as season was cancelled.

Second-placed Eisbären Bremerhaven gave up its right to promotion.[4]

Arenas and locations

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Brose Bamberg	Bamberg	Brose Arena	6,150
Medi Bayreuth	Bayreuth	Oberfrankenhalle	4,000
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	Arena Chemnitz	5,200
Crailsheim Merlins	Crailsheim	Arena Hohenlohe	3,000
Skyliners Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Fraport Arena	5,002
Gießen 46ers	Gießen	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost	4,003
BG Göttingen	Göttingen	Sparkassen Arena	3,447
Science City Jena	Jena	Sparkassen-Arena	3,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	Ludwigsburg	MHP-Arena	5,300
Syntainics MBC	Weißenfels	Stadthalle Weißenfels	3,000
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	6,700
Baskets Oldenburg	Oldenburg	Große EWE Arena	6,069
ratiopharm Ulm	Ulm	Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm	6,000
Rasta Vechta	Vechta	Rasta Dome	3,140
s.Oliver Würzburg	Würzburg	s.Oliver Arena	3,140

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Brose Bamberg	Roel Moors	Sacked	24 June 2020[5]	Pre-season	Johan Roijakkers	1 July 2020[6]
BG Göttingen	Johan Roijakkers	Signed with Brose Bamberg	1 July 2020[6]		Roel Moors	13 July 2020[7]
Rasta Vechta	Pedro Calles	Signed with Hamburg Towers	26 June 2020[8]		Thomas Päch	6 July 2020[9]
Hamburg Towers	Mike Taylor	End of contract	9 June 2020[10]		Pedro Calles	26 June 2020[8]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brose Bamberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
2	Medi Bayreuth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Alba Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Niners Chemnitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Crailsheim Merlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Skyliners Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Gießen 46ers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	BG Göttingen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hamburg Towers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Riesen Ludwigsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mitteldeutscher BC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Baskets Oldenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	ratiopharm Ulm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rasta Vechta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to ProA
18	s.Oliver Würzburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 November 2020. 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	BAY	BER	BON	BRA	CHE	CRA	FRA	GIE	GOT	HAM	LUD	MBC	MUN	OLD	ULM	VEC	WUR
Brose Bamberg	—
Medi Bayreuth		—
Alba Berlin			—
Telekom Baskets Bonn				—
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig					—
Niners Chemnitz						—
Crailsheim Merlins							—
Skyliners Frankfurt								—
Gießen 46ers									—
BG Göttingen										—
Hamburg Towers											—
Riesen Ludwigsburg												—
Mitteldeutscher BC													—
Bayern Munich														—
Baskets Oldenburg															—
ratiopharm Ulm																—
Rasta Vechta																	—
s.Oliver Würzburg																		—

First match(es) will be played on 6 November 2020. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

See also

• 2020–21 BBL-Pokal

References

1. "Live-Basketball wieder ab Oktober: Saisonstart November 2020 / vorher MagentaSport BBL-Pokal ab Mitte Oktober / Anpassung Lizenzierung". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
2. "Lizenzierung easyCredit BBL: 18 Klubs erhalten Lizenz für die Saison 2020/2021". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "Niners Chemnitz: Aufstieg in Basketball-Bundesliga ohne Feier". Sportbuzzer.de. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
4. "Eisbären Bremerhaven verzichten auf BBL-Aufstieg". ndr.de. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
5. "Brose Bamberg, Roel Moors part ways". Eurohoops. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. "Bamberg hires Johan Roijakkers as head coach". Eurohoops. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
7. "Göttingen announces coach Roel Moors". 13 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
8. "Pedro Calles named Hamburg Towers head coach". Retrieved 27 June 2020.
9. "Erfolgreiche Suche: Thomas Päch wird neuer Trainer von RASTA Vechta / Päch folgt auf Pedro Calles". 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
10. "Hamburg Towers, coach Mike Taylor part ways". sportando.basketball. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

External links

• Official website (in German)