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This article is about the second-level German basketball league. For the top-level French league, also known as Pro A, see LNB Pro A.

ProA

Formerly	2. Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	2007 (2007)
First season	2007–08
Country	Germany
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to	ProB
Current champions	Phoenix Hagen (1st title) (2025–26)
Most championships	Mitteldeutscher BC Rasta Vechta (3 titles)
Website	www.2basketballbundesliga.de

The ProA is the second-tier 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.^[1]

Current teams (2026–27)

Koblenz

Clubs of the ProA 2026/27

Team	City
Artland Dragons	Quakenbrück
BG Göttingen	Göttingen
Eisbären Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven
EPG Baskets Koblenz	Koblenz
ETB Miners	Essen
Giessen 46ers	Giessen
HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim	Crailsheim
Kreisbau Kirchheim Knights	Kirchheim unter Teck
MLP Academics Heidelberg	Heidelberg
MpK Bayreuth	Bayreuth
Nürnberg Falcons	Nuremberg
OrangeAcademy	Neu-Ulm
Paderborn Baskets	Paderborn
PS Karlsruhe LIONS	Karlsruhe
RheinStars Köln	Köln
SBB Börde Baskets	Wolmirstedt
Tigers Tübingen	Tübingen
VfL SparkassenStars Bochum	Bochum

Champions

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

Season	Champion	Runner-up
2007–08	Giants Nördlingen	Cuxhaven BasCats
2008–09	Mitteldeutscher BC	Phoenix Hagen
2009–10	Bayreuth	Cuxhaven BasCats
2010–11	Bayern Munich	Würzburg Baskets
2011–12	Mitteldeutscher BC	VfL Kirchheim Knights
2012–13	Rasta Vechta	Giants Düsseldorf
2013–14	Göttingen	Crailsheim Merlins
2014–15	Gießen 46ers	s.Oliver Würzburg
2015–16	Science City Jena	Rasta Vechta
2016–17	Mitteldeutscher BC	Oettinger Rockets
2017–18	Rasta Vechta	Crailsheim Merlins
2018–19	Hamburg Towers	Nürnberg Falcons
2019–20	Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Heidelberg	Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2021–22	Rostock Seawolves	Tigers Tübingen
2022–23	Rasta Vechta	Tigers Tübingen
2023–24	PS Karlsruhe LIONS	Skyliners Frankfurt
2024–25	VET Concept Gladiators Trier	Science City Jena
2025–26	Phoenix Hagen	Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Mitteldeutscher BC	3	0	2009, 2012, 2017	–
Rasta Vechta	3	1	2013, 2018, 2023	2016
Science City Jena	1	1	2016	2025
Giants Nördlingen	1	0	2008	–
BBC Bayreuth	1	0	2010	–
Bayern Munich	1	0	2011	–
Göttingen	1	0	2014	–
Gießen 46ers	1	0	2015	–
Hamburg Towers	1	0	2019	–
Heidelberg	1	0	2021	–
Rostock Seawolves	1	0	2022	–
PS Karlsruhe LIONS	1	0	2024	–
VET Concept Gladiators Trier	1	0	2025	–
Phoenix Hagen	1	0	2026	–
Cuxhaven BasCats	0	2	–	2008, 2010
Würzburg Baskets	0	2	–	2011, 2015
Crailsheim Merlins	0	2	–	2014, 2018
Tigers Tübingen	0	2	–	2022, 2023
VfL Kirchheim Knights	0	2	–	2012, 2026
Giants Düsseldorf	0	1	–	2013
Oettinger Rockets	0	1	–	2017
Nürnberg Falcons	0	1	–	2019
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	0	1	–	2021
Skyliners Frankfurt	0	1	–	2024

Awards

Player of the Year

Main article: ProA Player of the Year

Year	Player	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Roderick Trice	Cuxhaven BasCats
2008–09	Wayne Bernard	Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10	Jaivon Harris	BBC Bayreuth
2010–11	Lee Jeka	Würzburg Baskets
2011–12	Arizona Reid	Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
2012–13	Richard Williams	SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14	Harper Kamp	BG Göttingen	^[2]
2014–15	Braydon Hobbs	Nürnberger BC
2015–16	Christian Standhardinger	SC Rasta Vechta
2016–17	Leon Kratzer	Baunach Young Pikes	^[3]
2017–18	Seth Hinrichs	Rasta Vechta	^[4]
2018–19	Malte Ziegenhagen	Chemnitz 99
2019–20	Kendale McCullum	Uni Paderborn Baskets	^[5]
2020–21	Haris Hujic	Bayer Giants Leverkusen	^[6]
2023–24	Michael Flowers	Bozic Knights	^[7]
2024–25	Keith Braxton	AstroStars Bochum	^[8]
2025–26	Ben Burnham	Artland Dragons

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Per Günther	Phoenix Hagen
2008–09	Johannes Lischka	LTi Lich
2009–10	Simon Schmitz	Science City Jena
2010–11	Bastian Doreth	Bayern Munich
2011–12	Jusuf El-Domiaty	Cuxhaven BasCats
2012–13	Akeem Vargas	BG Göttingen
2013–14	Stephan Haukohl	erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule	^[2]
2014–15	Besnik Bekteshi	Gießen 46ers
2015–16	Johannes Thiemann	Baunach Young Pikes
2016–17	Jonas Richter	Niners Chemnitz	^[9]
2017–18	William McDowell-White	Baunach Young Pikes
2018–19	Justus Hollatz	Hamburg Towers
2019–20	Moritz Sanders	Nürnberg Falcons BC	^[10]
2024–25	Alexander Richardson	Düsseldorf Baskets

Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Andreas Wagner	Giants Nördlingen
2008–09	Björn Harmsen	Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10	Andreas Wagner (2)	BBC Bayreuth
2010–11	Torsten Loibl	BV Chemnitz 99
2011–12	Silvano Poropat	Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
2011–12	Felix Schreier	Chemnitz Niners
2012–13	Patrick Elzie	SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14	Ralph Junge	erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule	^[2]
2014–15	Denis Wucherer	Gießen 46ers
2015–16	Björn Harmsen (2)	Science City Jena
2016–17	Rodrigo Pastore	Niners Chemnitz
2017–18	Michael Mai	PS Karlsruhe Lions
2018–19	Ralph Junge (2)	Nürnberg Falcons BC
2019–20	Rodrigo Pastore (2)	Niners Chemnitz
2024–25	Björn Harmsen (3)	Science City Jena

Records

Lachlan Dent holds the ProA league record for 3-pointers made in a single game. 7 April 2024, he hit 10 for his PS Karlsruhe Lions against Paderborn Baskets.^[11]

References

↑ "BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga – Liga der Spielklassen ProA und ProB". Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
1 2 3 "Die Junge Liga - die Teams, Spieler und Coaches der Saison 2013/2014".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Leon Kratzer wechselt nach Würzburg". inFranken.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
↑ "SETH HINRICHS: RASTAs TOP-SCORER IST DER MVP". Rasta-vechta.de. 2018-06-07.
↑ "Kendale McCullum ist Spieler des Jahres in der Pro A – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga" (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
↑ "HARIS HUJIC IST MVP – HANSI GNAD ZUM "COACH OF THE YEAR" GEKÜRT" (in German). Retrieved 7 Dec 2021.
↑ "Michael Flowers ist Spieler des Jahres der Pro A - Lokalsport - Teckbote". www.teckbote.de (in German). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
↑ "Keith Braxton ist PLAYER OF THE YEAR in der BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga ProA – VfL SparkassenStars Bochum" (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
↑ "Spieler/ Coach der Saison 2016/2017" (in German). 2. Basketball-Bundesliga. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-28. Facebook-Post
↑ "BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga". facebook.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
↑ Lachlan Dent wirft sich in die Geschichtsbücher: PS Karlsruhe Lions feiern ihren König der Löwen Archived 2024-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Moritz Hirn (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), 10 April 2024. Accessed 24 September 2024.(in German)

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