2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga

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The 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 60th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It runs from 26 September 2025 to June 2026.[1]

Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – June 2026
Teams18
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Basketball Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – June 2026
Teams18
Seasons
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After three years with using the percentage system for the standings, the league reverted back to the points system.[2]

Format

After a double round-robin, the top six teams from the regular season qualify for the playoffs. Teams placed seven to ten will be entered into a play-in tournament for the final two seeds of the playoffs.[3]

Teams

Location of teams in 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2024–25 ProA, Relegated from 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga ...
Promoted from
2024–25 ProA		 Relegated from
2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga
Science City Jena[4]
Gladiators Trier[5]		 BG Göttingen
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Arenas and locations

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Team City Arena Capacity
Bamberg Baskets Bamberg Brose Arena
6,150
Alba Berlin Berlin Uber Arena
14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome
6,000
Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Niners Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz Arena
5,200
Skyliners Frankfurt Frankfurt Süwag Energie ARENA
5,002
Veolia Towers Hamburg Hamburg Inselpark Arena
3,400
Barclays Arena (2 Games)[6]
13,000
MLP Academics Heidelberg Heidelberg SNP Dome
5,000
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 BMW Park
6,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
Rostock Seawolves Rostock Stadthalle Rostock
4,550
Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier Trier SWT-Arena
5,495
ratiopharm Ulm Neu-Ulm ratiopharm arena
6,000
Rasta Vechta Vechta Rasta Dome
3,140
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets Würzburg Tectake Arena
3,140
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Regular season

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (Q) 30 25 5 2642 2218 +424 50 Playoffs
2 Alba Berlin (Q) 31 23 8 2674 2414 +260 46
3 Bamberg Baskets (Q) 31 21 10 2769 2541 +228 42
4 Telekom Baskets Bonn (T) 31 19 12 2564 2480 +84 38
5 Ratiopharm Ulm (T) 32 18 14 2630 2503 +127 36
6 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 31 17 14 2568 2527 +41 34
7 Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 31 17 14 2517 2512 +5 34 Play-in
8 Rasta Vechta 31 16 15 2795 2740 +55 32
9 Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier 31 16 15 2816 2893 −77 32
10 Rostock Seawolves 31 14 17 2567 2568 −1 28
11 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 30 14 16 2568 2610 −42 28
12 Veolia Towers Hamburg 31 13 18 2666 2726 −60 26
13 Syntainics MBC 31 13 18 2639 2701 −62 26
14 Niners Chemnitz 30 13 17 2579 2645 −66 26
15 Skyliners Frankfurt 31 12 19 2532 2635 −103 24
16 Science City Jena 31 11 20 2531 2833 −302 22
17 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 31 8 23 2535 2790 −255 16 Relegation to ProA
18 MLP Academics Heidelberg 31 8 23 2428 2684 −256 16
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Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2026. 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.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAM ...
Home \ Away BAM BER BON BRA CHE FRA HAM HEI JEN LUD MBC MUN OLD ROS TRI ULM VEC WUR
Bamberg Baskets — 92–98 88–81 96–82 77–80 80–69 81–75 79–100 99–74 97–93 83–61 74–87 98–79 83–106 96–86 92–86
Alba Berlin 87–82 — 91–75 104–73 89–83 87–93 87–62 80–47 88–80 67–61 79–81 89–85 92–97 66–67 84–82 71–68
Telekom Baskets Bonn 76–74 70–84 — 96–85 86–82 88–76 92–85 94–82 92–64 79–81 88–72 73–71 77–81 81–79 101–83 61–72
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 75–98 73–94 89–80 — 73–95 85–73 94–99 78–83 112–93 62–91 68–93 92–71 97–106 77–67 98–77 82–87
Niners Chemnitz 62–89 85–89 75–76 93–75 — 102–78 99–96 76–73 111–88 79–75 59–87 97–92 96–84 79–66 90–96 67–86
Skyliners Frankfurt 61–84 61–87 87–90 89–86 — 78–82 73–93 79–70 88–98 93–97 69–97 73–79 97–74 108–115 89–93 82–80
Veolia Towers Hamburg 71–101 99–80 68–86 95–85 86–69 97–75 — 86–83 82–84 84–88 85–93 96–81 69–94 91–86 90–72 84–82 83–92
MLP Academics Heidelberg 85–99 54–87 67–100 95–75 83–90 75–80 108–111 — 83–87 73–83 63–106 80–78 70–101 76–80 93–90 85–51
Science City Jena 81–102 78–97 80–92 82–93 85–72 58–90 106–95 — 75–84 84–108 61–106 97–75 82–89 102–94 70–92 95–78 69–87
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 74–86 77–101 85–86 86–62 87–79 97–65 75–67 89–73 91–82 — 86–82 65–59 75–61 80–86 90–81 80–86 79–84
Syntainics MBC 99–68 84–77 99–93 90–94 83–96 99–94 85–67 86–95 82–93 — 91–79 84–90 80–94 84–110 75–71 90–82 83–52
Bayern Munich 96–81 66–63 98–80 91–77 85–76 96–79 93–81 93–77 93–59 83–62 — 86–64 94–83 62–79 98–79
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 89–103 76–73 98–94 89–72 75–89 77–96 94–74 92–95 102–88 91–84 79–87 — 81–79 108–85 86–93 70–91 79–85
Rostock Seawolves 86–88 66–80 86–88 98–78 73–78 82–77 90–79 94–77 96–89 84–77 67–85 — 118–103 68–75 87–91 77–74
Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier 92–87 92–99 102–98 78–73 100–105 89–84 101–92 69–71 94–95 92–76 80–104 88–78 — 100–89 96–87 102–90
Ratiopharm Ulm 73–89 77–89 84–77 72–59 94–81 67–75 81–72 77–79 93–90 93–76 104–81 77–81 101–72 87–80 97–67 — 77–74 66–61
Rasta Vechta 96–93 83–95 70–76 120–98 80–78 95–98 97–95 86–76 101–64 121–102 83–96 74–77 79–96 123–97 85–73 — 100–104
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 80–98 96–92 81–87 92–80 81–69 80–66 91–88 70–54 97–92 89–71 81–90 82–71 63–75 102–83 86–103 —
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Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2026. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2026 BBL Playoffs

Play-in tournament

Only the top six seeds advance directly to the playoffs, while the next four seeds participate in a play-in tournament. The seventh place team hosts the eighth place team in the double-chance round needing to win one game to advance, with the winner clinching the seventh seed in the playoffs. The ninth place team hosts the tenth place team in the elimination round requiring two wins to advance, with the loser being eliminated from the competition. The loser in the double-chance round hosts the elimination-round game-winner, with the winner clinching the eighth seed and the loser being eliminated. The games will be played on 11 and 13 May 2025.

Play-in gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
7No. 7 seed
8No. 8 seed
9
10

Bold Game winner

Bracket

The rounds will be played in a best-of-five format.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
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German clubs in European competitions

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TeamCompetitionResult
Bayern MunichEuroLeagueRegular season
Niners ChemnitzEuroCupEighthfinals
ratiopharm UlmRegular season
Hamburg TowersRegular season
Alba BerlinChampions LeagueQuarterfinals
MLP Academics HeidelbergPlay-ins
Fitness First Würzburg BasketsRound of 16
Löwen BraunschweigQualifying
FIBA Europe CupRegular season
Rasta VechtaRegular season
Rostock SeawolvesSecond round
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German clubs in Regional competitions

More information Team, Competition ...
Team Competition Progress
Mitteldeutscher BC European North Basketball League Semifinals
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References

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