2025–26 Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – June 2026
Teams18

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]

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

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
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets Würzburg Tectake Arena
3,140

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 23 20 3 2018 1670 +348 40 Playoffs
2 Alba Berlin 25 18 7 2133 1970 +163 36
3 Bamberg Baskets 25 16 9 2236 2095 +141 32
4 Telekom Baskets Bonn 25 16 9 2067 1982 +85 32
5 Ratiopharm Ulm 23 14 9 1913 1778 +135 28
6 Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 24 14 10 1956 1920 +36 28
7 Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier 24 14 10 2200 2210 −10 28 Play-in
8 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 24 13 11 2030 2010 +20 26
9 Rostock Seawolves 23 12 11 1936 1915 +21 24
10 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 24 11 13 2010 2019 −9 22
11 Rasta Vechta 25 11 14 2179 2193 −14 22
12 Niners Chemnitz 24 11 13 2036 2078 −42 22
13 Skyliners Frankfurt 25 10 15 2070 2146 −76 20
14 Syntainics MBC 25 9 16 2102 2178 −76 18
15 Science City Jena 24 9 15 1966 2156 −190 18
16 Veolia Towers Hamburg 22 8 14 1852 1957 −105 16
17 MLP Academics Heidelberg 25 6 19 1943 2149 −206 12 Relegation to ProA
18 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 24 5 19 1919 2140 −221 10
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 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.

Results

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 79–100 99–74 97–93 74–87 83–106 96–86 92–86
Alba Berlin 87–82 — 104–73 89–83 87–93 87–62 80–47 88–80 67–61 89–85 92–97 66–67 84–82 71–68
Telekom Baskets Bonn 76–74 70–84 — 86–82 88–76 92–85 92–64 88–72 73–71 77–81 81–79 101–83 61–72
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 75–98 89–80 — 73–95 85–73 94–99 78–83 62–91 68–93 92–71 97–106 98–77 82–87
Niners Chemnitz 85–89 93–75 — 102–78 99–96 111–88 79–75 59–87 97–92 96–84 90–96 67–86
Skyliners Frankfurt 61–84 87–90 89–86 — 78–82 79–70 88–98 93–97 69–97 73–79 108–115 89–93 82–80
Veolia Towers Hamburg 71–101 99–80 68–86 95–85 86–69 — 86–83 82–84 84–88 85–93 69–94 84–82
MLP Academics Heidelberg 85–99 54–87 67–100 95–75 83–90 75–80 108–111 — 83–87 63–106 80–78 76–80 85–51
Science City Jena 81–102 78–97 80–92 85–72 — 75–84 84–108 61–106 97–75 82–89 70–92 95–78
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 74–86 85–86 86–62 97–65 75–67 89–73 91–82 — 86–82 65–59 80–86 90–81 80–86 79–84
Syntainics MBC 99–68 84–77 99–93 90–94 83–96 85–67 86–95 82–93 — 84–90 80–94 84–110 75–71
Bayern Munich 96–81 66–63 98–80 85–76 96–79 93–81 93–77 83–62 — 94–83 62–79 98–79
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 89–103 76–73 98–94 89–72 75–89 92–95 102–88 91–84 79–87 — 108–85 86–93 70–91
Rostock Seawolves 86–88 66–80 86–88 73–78 82–77 90–79 94–77 96–89 84–77 67–85 — 118–103 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 88–78 — 100–89 96–87
Ratiopharm Ulm 72–59 94–81 67–75 77–79 93–90 93–76 77–81 101–72 87–80 97–67 — 77–74 66–61
Rasta Vechta 83–95 70–76 80–78 95–98 97–95 86–76 101–64 121–102 83–96 74–77 79–96 85–73 — 100–104
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 80–98 96–92 81–87 92–80 81–69 91–88 70–54 97–92 89–71 82–71 63–75 102–83 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. 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 gamesNo. 8 seed gameFinal seeds
7No. 7 seed
8No. 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
         
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German clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Result
Bayern Munich EuroLeague Regular season
Niners Chemnitz EuroCup Eighthfinals
ratiopharm Ulm Regular season
Hamburg Towers Regular season
Alba Berlin Champions League Playoffs
MLP Academics Heidelberg Play-ins
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets Round of 16
Löwen Braunschweig Qualifying
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Rasta Vechta Regular season
Rostock Seawolves Second round

German clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Mitteldeutscher BC European North Basketball League Quarterfinals

References

  1. ^ "Lizenzierung easyCredit BBL: Mit 18 Clubs in die Jubiläums-Saison 2025/26". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Tabelle wird zur Saison 2025/26 wieder nach Wertungspunkten sortiert". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ^ "BBL ändert Playoff-Modus und steckt sich hohe Ziele". flashscore.de. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ ""Wir reißen Jena ab" – Science City schafft dritten Bundesliga-Aufstieg". mdr.de. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ ""Nie wieder zweite Liga" – Gladiators Trier steigen in die Bundesliga auf". sportschau.de. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Die Clubs der easyCredit BBL beschließen: Playoff-Rhythmus wird bereits für die Saison 2025/26 geändert". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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