Tigers Tübingen
| Tigers Tübingen | |||
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| Leagues | ProA | ||
| Founded | 1952 | ||
| History | SV 03 Tübingen (1952–2003) Tigers Tübingen (2003–present) | ||
| Arena | Paul Horn-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,132 | ||
| Location | Tübingen, Germany | ||
| Main sponsor | Zeltwanger | ||
| President | Robert Wintermantel | ||
| Head coach | Henrik Sonko | ||
| Team captain | Till-Joscha Jönke | ||
| Website | tigers-tuebingen | ||
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Tigers Tübingen is a basketball team from Tübingen, a college town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany, playing in the ProA, the country's second tier league.
Founded as SV 03 Tübingen, is affiliated with the multi-sports club SV 03 Tübingen, which was founded in 1903. In 1952, its basketball section was founded. In 2003, the name Walter Tigers Tübingen was chosen for the basketball team after the local Tübingen company Walter AG, a tool manufacturer, became the team's sponsor. The company ended their sponsorship in 2018.
Tigers Tübingen play their home games at the Paul Horn-Arena, which has a capacity of 3,132 people.
Academy
The Tübingen youth teams compete as Young Tigers Tübingen in the Oberliga (U19) and in the JBBL (U16).[1] In 2010, under the leadership of then-coach Manuel Pasios, Tübingen made it into the NBBL for the first time.[2] Previously, from 2006 to 2009, they played in the NBBL together with BBA Ludwigsburg as SG Ludwigsburg/Tübingen. Later, Kristiyan Borisov and Martin Ströbele took over the management of the NBBL team.[3] In 2018, Pasios succeeded Claus Sieghörtner as coach of the regional league team.[4] In 2022, the U19 team was relegated from the NBBL after twelve years in the league.[5]
Tübingen has been playing in the JBBL since its foundation in 2009. Only in the 2010/11 season did the team fail to qualify.
History
In 1992/93, SV 03 Tübingen became members of the Basketball Bundesliga for the first time, but didn't manage to escape relegation; a second one-season stint followed in 2001/02. After being promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga again in 2004 the name was changed to Walter Tigers Tübingen. In 14 consecutive seasons in the top flight they never succeeded in reaching the play-offs and were finally relegated to the ProA after finishing last in the 2017/18 season. In their first ProA season 2018/2019 the name was changed to Tigers Tübingen and they missed the playoffs by one spot finishing in the 9th place. The 2019/20 season was their second season in the ProA.
Players
Current roster
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Head coaches
| Span | Coach |
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| 2004–2006 | Pat Elzie |
| 2006–2007 | Aaron McCarthy |
| 2008–2009 | Tolga Öngören |
| 2009–2015 | Igor Perović |
| 2016–2017 | Tyron McCoy |
| 2017–2018 | Mathias Fischer |
| 2018–2019 | Aleksandar Nadjfeji |
| 2019 | Georg Kämpf |
| 2019–2019 | Doug Spradley |
| 2020 | Andy Hipsher |
| 2020–2024 | Daniel Jansson |
| 2024–present | Domenik Reinboth |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | 2 | 2. BBL | 1st | |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 2002–03 | 2 | 2. BBL | 2nd | |
| 2003–04 | 2 | 2. BBL | 1st | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Bundesliga | 10th | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 10th | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 18th | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | ProA | 9th | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | ProA | 13th | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | ProA | 13th | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | ProA | 1st | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | ProA | 2nd | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Bundesliga | 18th | First round |
| 2024–25 | 2 | ProA | 7th | First round |
| 2025–26 | 2 | ProA | First round |
Honours
- Champions: 2001, 2004
Notable players
References
- ^ "Walter Tigers – das Team der Tigers Tübingen". WALTER-Tigers.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Young Tigers Tübingen". Web Archive (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ Tobias Fischer. "Unsere anderen Teams im Einsatz – ein Überblick!". Tigers Tübingen (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Unsere anderen Teams im Einsatz – ein Überblick!". WALTER-Tigers.de. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ Tobias Fischer. "Young Tigers Tübingen verabschieden sich aus der NBBL". Tigers Tübingen (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2026.