ProA

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.

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]

ProA

Formerly	2. Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	2007; 18 years ago (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	VET Concept Gladiators Trier (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Mitteldeutscher BC (3 titles)
Website	www.2basketballbundesliga.de

Current teams (2024–25)

Koblenz

Vechta

Bayreuth

Bremerhaven

Jena

Giessen

Düsseldorf

Kirchheim

Nuremberg

Trier

Hagen

Karlsruhe

Quakenbrück

Münster

Dresden

Bochum

Crailsheim

Tübingen

Clubs of the ProA 2024/25

Team	City
ART Giants Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf
Artland Dragons	Quakenbrück
Dresden Titans	Dresden
Eisbären Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven
Giessen 46ers	Giessen
Science City Jena	Jena
Nürnberg Falcons BC	Nuremberg
Phoenix Hagen	Hagen
PS Karlsruhe LIONS	Karlsruhe
VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier	Trier
Uni Baskets Münster	Münster
Bozic Estriche Knights Kirchheim	Kirchheim unter Teck
VfL SparkassenStars Bochum	Bochum
EPG GUARDIANS Koblenz	Koblenz
Tigers Tübingen	Tübingen
Rasta Vechta II	Vechta
HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim	Crailsheim
BBC Bayreuth	Bayreuth

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

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	–
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	–
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	0	1	–	2021
Tigers Tübingen	0	1	–	2022

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]

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 [8] 2017–18 William McDowell-White Baunach Young Pikes 2018–19 Justus Hollatz Hamburg Towers

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)
	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	Science City Jena

Records

Lachlan Dent holds the ProA league record for 3-poniters made in a single game. 7 April 2024, he hit 10 for his PS Karlsruhe Lions against Paderborn Baskets.^[9]

See also

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga
• ProB