2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It runs from 6 November 2020 to 13 June 2021.[1][2]

Basketball Bundesliga
Season2020–21
Teams18
Dates6 November 2020 – 13 June 2021

Teams
Location of teams in 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes
Promoted from
2019–20 ProA		 Relegated to
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
Hamburg Towers Hamburg Edel-optics.de Arena
3,400
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
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate 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]
Bayern Munich Oliver Kostić End of contract 15 July 2020 Andrea Trinchieri 15 July 2020
Telekom Baskets Bonn Will Voigt End of contract 15 July 2020[11] Igor Jovović 15 July 2020

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Riesen Ludwigsburg 16 15 1 1439 1260 +179 30 Playoffs
2 Alba Berlin 15 14 1 1296 1128 +168 28
3 Crailsheim Merlins 17 14 3 1528 1411 +117 28
4 Baskets Oldenburg 16 13 3 1487 1319 +168 26
5 Bayern Munich 16 13 3 1399 1251 +148 26
6 ratiopharm Ulm 17 10 7 1480 1359 +121 20
7 Hamburg Towers 14 9 5 1195 1102 +93 18
8 Brose Bamberg 18 8 10 1497 1480 +17 16
9 Skyliners Frankfurt 17 7 10 1344 1386 −42 14
10 Medi Bayreuth 16 6 10 1319 1388 −69 12
11 BG Göttingen 16 5 11 1311 1455 −144 10
12 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 12 5 7 1049 1108 −59 10
13 Mitteldeutscher BC 16 5 11 1371 1445 −74 10
14 s.Oliver Würzburg 16 5 11 1260 1374 −114 10
15 Telekom Baskets Bonn 15 4 11 1224 1289 −65 8
16 Niners Chemnitz 15 4 11 1206 1350 −144 8
17 Rasta Vechta 16 3 13 1278 1397 −119 6 Relegation to ProA
18 Gießen 46ers 16 2 14 1349 1530 −181 4
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. 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 — 67–73 80–66 89–84 93–86 95–80 92–93 78–85 81–66
Medi Bayreuth — 69–71 83–77 99–110 70–89 99–81 78–98 87–93
Alba Berlin 82–70 — 97–74 83–65 79–66 92–82 85–72 93–83 86–70 99–85
Telekom Baskets Bonn — 84–93 81–68 102–87 63–93 82–86 92–97 77–89
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 90–79 76–82 — 75–108 93–85 91–104 83–111 94–92 96–78
Niners Chemnitz 61–83 93–92 — 70–83 99–103 91–114 96–79 67–76
Crailsheim Merlins 101–95 82–77 77–101 88–76 — 76–64 89–77 94–80 86–84
Skyliners Frankfurt 76–86 104–86 84–79 103–98 — 81–63 80–94 52–75 72–80
Gießen 46ers 99–106 83–95 82–101 75–74 — 90–92 93–105 82–97 81–106
BG Göttingen 87–80 75–86 79–76 — 94–96 85–93 73–89 74–98 90–102
Hamburg Towers 78–75 92–95 75–95 89–72 98–70 100–79 — 69–73 92–74
Riesen Ludwigsburg 83–75 78–71 97–88 99–85 100–73 86–65 — 89–87 85–73 87–72
Mitteldeutscher BC 97–103 66–84 89–94 80–85 80–93 — 84–96 92–104 82–72
Bayern Munich 84–70 77–76 103–105 93–71 90–72 85–71 93–70 — 90–78
Baskets Oldenburg 80–73 86–89 119–73 86–69 75–89 87–79 100–95 — 124–84
ratiopharm Ulm 67–74 104–76 73–72 102–63 80–76 77–81 86–89 — 74–73
Rasta Vechta 90–82 89–92 69–80 81–98 72–96 97–84 80–82 — 80–88
s.Oliver Würzburg 89–93 80–86 82–87 61–90 68–80 70–74 77–90 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. 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

 
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See also

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". sportando.basketball. 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.
  11. "Igor Jovović wird neuer Headcoach". telekom-baskets-bonn.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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