# 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, is the 59th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It runs from 20 September 2024 to 15 June 2025. The season will be played with 17 teams after only one team was promoted from the ProA and no wildcards given out.

## Format

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

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2023–24 ProA | Relegated from 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga |
| Skyliners Frankfurt Karlsruhe Lions | Crailsheim Merlins Tigers Tübingen |
* Karlsruhe Lions were not allowed to participate after not getting the license. The other teams voted that no relegated team would receive a wildcard.

### 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 |
| BG Göttingen | Göttingen | Sparkassen Arena | 3,447 |
| Hamburg Towers | Hamburg | Edel-optics.de Arena | 3,400 |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | Heidelberg | SNP Dome | 5,000 |
| MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | MHP-Arena | 5,300 |
| Syntainics MBC | Weißenfels | Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3,000 |
| Bayern Munich | Munich | BMW Park | 6,700 |
| Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg | Große EWE Arena | 6,069 |
| Rostock Seawolves | Rostock | Stadthalle Rostock | 4,550 |
| ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | ratiopharm arena | 6,000 |
| Rasta Vechta | Vechta | Rasta Dome | 3,140 |
| FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1789 | 1629 | +160 | .727 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Ratiopharm Ulm | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1972 | 1811 | +161 | .696 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1919 | 1893 | +26 | .609 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Rasta Vechta | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1913 | 1893 | +20 | .609 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Niners Chemnitz | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1750 | 1770 | −20 | .591 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1661 | 1671 | −10 | .571 | Advance to playoffs |
| 7 | Alba Berlin | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1903 | 1820 | +83 | .500 | Qualification to play-in |
| 8 | Riesen Ludwigsburg | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1651 | 1592 | +59 | .500 | Qualification to play-in |
| 9 | FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1831 | 1787 | +44 | .500 | Qualification to play-in |
| 10 | Baskets Oldenburg | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1978 | 1964 | +14 | .500 | Qualification to play-in |
| 11 | Rostock Seawolves | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1786 | 1780 | +6 | .500 | |
| 12 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1857 | 1867 | −10 | .500 | |
| 13 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1827 | 1829 | −2 | .455 | |
| 14 | Hamburg Towers | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1756 | 1802 | −46 | .455 | |
| 15 | Bamberg Baskets | 23 | 10 | 13 | 1888 | 1915 | −27 | .435 | |
| 16 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1603 | 1740 | −137 | .286 | |
| 17 | BG Göttingen | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1765 | 2086 | −321 | .045 | Relegation to ProA |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAM | BER | BON | BRA | CHE | FRA | GÖT | HAM | HEI | LUD | MBC | MÜN | OLD | ROS | ULM | VEC | WUR |
| Bamberg Baskets | — | 87–82 | 92–73 | 77–96 | 81–80 | 92–85 | | 80–83 | | | 87–69 | 69–68 | 103–85 | 75–89 | 77–98 | | 93–98 |
| Alba Berlin | 86–77 | — | | 65–61 | 78–81 | | | 92–77 | 92–65 | 60–74 | | 88–81 | 105–70 | 85–96 | 96–88 | | |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | 87–77 | 91–87 | — | | 80–84 | 70–77 | 80–67 | | | 79–89 | 95–80 | | | 83–72 | 75–95 | 88–94 | 81–90 |
| Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | | 73–108 | 74–94 | — | 82–74 | | | 91–79 | 65–72 | 91–71 | 76–70 | 72–90 | 83–82 | 80–63 | 98–89 | 103–70 | |
| Niners Chemnitz | | | 88–123 | 83–95 | — | 85–66 | 96–88 | 69–60 | 72–65 | | 82–72 | 72–94 | 87–78 | | 86–90 | 88–77 | 81–77 |
| Skyliners Frankfurt | 58–66 | 61–75 | | 91–92 | | — | 95–94 | 78–84 | 72–95 | 77–69 | 69–79 | 84–91 | | | 87–85 | | |
| BG Göttingen | 97–88 | 83–109 | | | 90–94 | 72–100 | — | | 73–95 | | 80–94 | 81–95 | | | 72–91 | 66–86 | |
| Hamburg Towers | | 97–80 | 91–84 | 86–91 | | 91–78 | 91–82 | — | | 66–73 | 75–96 | | 87–78 | 78–77 | | | 68–66 |
| MLP Academics Heidelberg | 68–79 | | 76–95 | | | | 93–86 | 73–68 | — | 86–73 | | 59–87 | 95–79 | 86–81 | | 80–74 | 67–72 |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | 92–73 | | 81–61 | 69–83 | 69–65 | 82–61 | 91–62 | | 63–67 | — | | 78–70 | | 70–64 | 92–71 | 77–79 | 82–91 |
| Mitteldeutscher BC | 99–94 | 94–76 | | | | | 93–91 | | 93–108 | 76–70 | — | 79–75 | 92–77 | 84–87 | 89–92 | 91–83 | 110–101 |
| Bayern Munich | 84–82 | 99–86 | 93–73 | | 73–59 | 70–56 | | 81–80 | 87–78 | | | — | 89–75 | | 70–62 | 77–78 | 70–69 |
| Baskets Oldenburg | 67–59 | 97–92 | 91–96 | 102–90 | | 102–92 | 111–94 | 99–81 | 105–82 | 70–64 | | | — | | 93–66 | | |
| Rostock Seawolves | | 71–78 | 64–69 | | 60–68 | 83–66 | 102–74 | 92–78 | 88–82 | | 84–76 | 70–80 | 122–118 | — | | 87–83 | 65–92 |
| Ratiopharm Ulm | | 101–90 | 84–75 | 111–75 | | | 109–70 | 82–72 | 67–69 | 63–62 | 92–66 | | | | — | 85–76 | 85–76 |
| Rasta Vechta | 101–98 | 96–93 | 83–75 | 91–88 | 89–66 | 74–80 | 87–79 | 69–79 | | | | 79–65 | 98–91 | | 73–84 | — | |
| FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | 70–82 | | | 70–53 | 83–90 | 89–70 | 79–78 | 91–85 | | 77–60 | 86–76 | | 102–112 | 93–97 | | 74–86 | — |

## Playoffs

The teams ranked 7 to 10 will play in a play-in round.
| Play-in games | 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
* 1
* 8
* 4
* 5
* 2
* 7
* 3
* 6

## German clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| Alba Berlin | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Bayern Munich | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Niners Chemnitz | Champions League | Play-ins |
| Rasta Vechta | Champions League | Regular season |
| FIT/One Würzburg Baskets | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Champions League | Play-ins |
| Hamburg Towers | EuroCup | Regular season |
| ratiopharm Ulm | EuroCup | Regular season |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Lowen Braunschweig | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## German clubs in Regional competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Bamberg Baskets | European North Basketball League | Regular season |