2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga

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

Basketball Bundesliga
Season	2025–26
Dates	26 September 2025 – June 2026
Teams	18

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

Bamberg

Berlin

Bonn

Braunschweig

Chemnitz

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Heidelberg

Jena

Ludwigsburg

Munich

Oldenburg

Rostock

Trier

Ulm

Vechta

Weißenfels

Würzburg

Location of teams in 2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 ProA	Relegated from 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga
Science City Jena[4] Gladiators Trier[5]	BG Göttingen

Arenas and locations

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
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
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	Würzburg	Tectake Arena	3,140

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bamberg Baskets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
2	Alba Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Basketball Löwen Braunschweig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Niners Chemnitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Skyliners Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Veolia Towers Hamburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-in
8	MLP Academics Heidelberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Science City Jena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Syntainics MBC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Rostock Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ratiopharm Ulm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Rasta Vechta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to ProA
18	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 26 September 2025. 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	BER	BON	BRA	CHE	FRA	HAM	HEI	JEN	LUD	MBC	MUN	OLD	ROS	TRI	ULM	VEC	WUR
Bamberg Baskets	—
Alba Berlin		—
Telekom Baskets Bonn			—
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig				—
Niners Chemnitz					—
Skyliners Frankfurt						—
Veolia Towers Hamburg							—
MLP Academics Heidelberg								—
Science City Jena									—
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg										—
Syntainics MBC											—
Bayern Munich												—
EWE Baskets Oldenburg													—
Rostock Seawolves														—
Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier															—
Ratiopharm Ulm																—
Rasta Vechta																	—
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets																		—

First match(es) will be played: 26 September 2025. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The teams ranked 7 to 10 will play in a play-in round. All games will be played in a best-of-five format and the system will change to a 2–2–1 format in each series.^[6]

	Play-in games					No. 8 seed game					Final seeds
	7												No. 7 seed
	8												No. 8 seed
	9
	10

Bold Game winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Bracket

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

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

German clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Result
Bayern Munich	EuroLeague	Regular season
Alba Berlin	Champions League	Regular season
MLP Academics Heidelberg		Regular season
FIT/One Würzburg Baskets		Regular season
Löwen Braunschweig		Qualifying
Niners Chemnitz	EuroCup	Regular season
ratiopharm Ulm		Regular season
Hamburg Towers		Regular season
Rostock Seawolves	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season
Rasta Vechta		Qualifying

German clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Mitteldeutscher BC	European North Basketball League	TBD