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ProA
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2014–15 ProA
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Sport Basketball
Founded 2007
No. of teams 16
Country  Germany
Continent European Union FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s) Gießen 46ers
(1st title)
Most titles Mitteldeutscher BC
BG Göttingen
(2 titles)
Promotion to Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to ProB
Official website www.diejungeliga.de

The ProA is the second highest level 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]

Teams 2014–15

Clubs of the Pro A 2014/15
Team City
Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach Bamberg
BV Chemnitz 99 Chemnitz
Cuxhaven BasCats Cuxhaven
Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule Ehingen (Donau)
ETB Wohnbau Baskets Essen
Gießen 46ers Gießen
Oettinger Rockets Gotha
Hamburg Towers Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
MLP Academics Heidelberg Heidelberg
Science City Jena Jena
Kirchheim Knights Kirchheim unter Teck
Bayer Giants Leverkusen Leverkusen
Nürnberger Basketball Club Nürnberg
finke baskets Paderborn
SC Rasta Vechta Vechta
s.Oliver Baskets Würzburg

Champions

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

Season Champion Score Runner-up Teams
2007–08
Giants Nördlingen
Cuxhaven BasCats
16
2008–09
Mitteldeutscher BC
Phoenix Hagen
2009–10
BBC Bayreuth
Cuxhaven BasCats
2010–11
FC Bayern München
Würzburg Baskets
2011–12
Mitteldeutscher BC
163–161[lower-alpha 1]
VfL Kirchheim Knights
2012–13
SC Rasta Vechta
2–0[lower-alpha 2]
Giants Düsseldorf
2013–14
BG Göttingen
174–162[lower-alpha 1]
Crailsheim Merlins
2014–15
Gießen 46ers
150–147[lower-alpha 1]
S.Oliver Würzburg
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Finals were played in a two-legged format.
  2. The Finals were played in a Best-of-three Playoff format.

Awards

MVP

Year Player Team Ref.
2007–08 United States Roderick Trice Cuxhaven BasCats
2008–09 United States Wayne Bernard Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10 United States Jaivon Harris BBC Bayreuth
2010–11 Australia Lee Jeka Würzburg Baskets
2011–12 United States Arizona Reid Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
2012–13 United States Richard Williams SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14 United States Harper Kamp BG Göttingen [2]
2014–15 United States Braydon Hobbs Nürnberger BC

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 FC 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

Coach of the Year

Year Coach Team Ref.
2007–08 Germany Andreas Wagner Giants Nördlingen
2008–09 Germany Björn Harmsen Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10 Germany Andreas Wagner (2) BBC Bayreuth
2010–11 Germany Torsten Loibl BV Chemnitz 99
2011–12 Croatia Silvano Poropat Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
Germany Felix Schreier Chemnitz Niners
2012–13 United States Patrick Elzie SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14 Germany Ralph Junge erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule [2]
2014–15 Germany Denis Wucherer Gießen 46ers

References