ProB
Third-tier basketball league in Germany
The ProB is the third-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 24 teams, separated into a Northern and a Southern Division. Officially, the ProB 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 winning team of the playoffs in each division, qualify for the ProA, and the teams positioned in 9th place and lower, fight in the play-downs, for the whereabouts in the league. The last two placed teams of both divisions are relegated to the lower level fourth-tier league (1.Regionalliga).
01Current teams (2025-26)
North
| Team | City |
|---|---|
| Baskets Juniors TSG Westerstede | Oldenburg/Westerstede |
| BSW Sixers | Sandersdorf-Brehna |
| Dragons Rhöndorf | Bad Honnef |
| EN Baskets Schwelm | Schwelm |
| ETB Miners | Essen |
| Hertener Löwen | Herten |
| Iserlohn Kangaroos | Iserlohn |
| Itzehoe Eagles | Itzehoe |
| Lok Bernau | Bernau by Berlin |
| RASTA Vechta II | Vechta |
| SC Rist Wedel | Wedel |
| Seawolves Academy | Rostock |
| TKS 49ers | Stahnsdorf |
| TSV Neustadt temps Shooters | Neustadt am Rübenberge |
South
| Team | City |
|---|---|
| Ahorn Camp Baskets | Speyer |
| BBC Coburg | Coburg |
| BG Hessing Leitershofen | Stadtbergen |
| CATL Basketball Löwen | Erfurt |
| Dresden Titans | Dresden |
| FC Bayern Basketball II | Munich |
| OrangeAcademy | Neu-Ulm |
| Porsche BBA Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg |
| RheinStars Köln | Cologne |
| Skyliners Frankfurt Juniors | Frankfurt am Main |
| SV Fellbach Flashers | Fellbach |
| SV Oberhaching Tropics | Oberhaching |
| TV Langen | Langen |
| VR Bank Würzburg Baskets Akademie | Würzburg |
02Champions
| Season | Champion | Vice champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-08 | ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen | Kirchheim Knights |
| 2008-09 | Crailsheim Merlins | Herzöge Wolfenbüttel |
| 2009-10 | Dragons Rhöndorf | Hertener Löwen |
| 2010-11 | Ehingen Urspring | BG Leitershofen/Stadtbergen |
| 2011-12 | Oettinger Rockets Gotha | Rasta Vechta |
| 2012-13 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | Schwelmer Baskets |
| 2013-14 | Oldenburger TB | Baunach Young Pikes |
| 2014-15 | Oldenburger TB | Rist Wedel |
| 2015-16 | Ehingen Urspring | Skyliners Juniors |
| 2016-17 | Weißenhorn Youngstars | PS Karlsruhe Lions |
| 2017-18 | Elchingen | Rostock Seawolves |
| 2018-19 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | WWU Baskets Muenster |
| 2019-20 | Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2020-21 | Itzehoe Eagles / VfL SparkassenStars Bochum | |
| 2021-22 | Dresden Titans | ART Giants Düsseldorf |
| 2022-23 | EPG Baskets Koblenz | Rasta Vechta II |
| 2023-24 | Dragons Rhöndorf | RheinStars Köln |
| 2024-25 | Bayer Giants Leverkusen | SBB Baskets Wolmirstedt |
| 2025-26 | ETB Miners Essen | OrangeAcademy |
Performances by club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Giants Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 2013, 2019, 2025 | , |
| Oldenburger TB | 2 | 0 | 2014, 2015 | , |
| Ehingen Urspring | 2 | 0 | 2011, 2016 | , |
| Dragons Rhöndorf | 2 | 0 | 2010, 2024 | , |
| ETB Essen | 2 | 0 | 2008, 2026 | , |
| Elchingen | 1 | 0 | 2018 | , |
| Weißenhorn Youngstars | 1 | 0 | 2017 | , |
| Rockets Gotha | 1 | 0 | 2012 | , |
| Crailsheim Merlins | 1 | 0 | 2009 | , |
| Itzehoe Eagles | 1 | 0 | 2021 | , |
| VfL SparkassenStars Bochum | 1 | 0 | 2021 | , |
| Dresden Titans | 1 | 0 | 2022 | , |
| EPG Baskets Koblenz | 1 | 0 | 2023 | , |
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