# 2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10 was the 44th season of the Basketball Bundesliga. Ten days before the start of the season, Beko was presented as the new main sponsor of the BBL. The sponsorship agreement was made for a period of six years and included a rebranding of the league name to Beko BBL. After topsy-turvy playoffs that saw all of the top four teams in the regular season defeated in the first round, Brose Baskets Bamberg won the title after a 5-game final series against the Skyliners Frankfurt, who had defeated another higher seed in the semifinals. It was the 3rd title for Bamberg, who were also the only higher-seeded team to win a playoff series this season.

## Teams

Giants Nördlingen have decided to withdraw from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and play in the Pro A this season. This resulted in a wild card to be issued by the BBL. The wild card was granted to LTi Giessen 46ers. LTi Giessen 46ers finished on a relegation position the previous season. Mitteldeutscher BC and Phoenix Hagen of the Pro A division have qualified by sportive means to play in Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10. Both received a licence for this season. Phoenix Hagen still has to meet a deadline by 30 July 2009 regarding their arena to maintain the licence, however the BBL expects them to meet the requirements. On 10 July 2009 Köln 99ers have filed for insolvency. On Monday 20 July 2009 he BBL intended to decide and announce its reaction to this insolvency. However, on Friday 17 July 2009 Köln 99ers declared to renounce their BBL licence. The created free space resulted in a second wild card being issued to Eisbären Bremerhaven. Eisbären Bremerhaven finished last in the previous season and originally were to be relegated.
| Team | City/Area | Arena | Arena Capacity | 08–09 Ranking |
| Brose Baskets | Bamberg | Jako-Arena | 6800 | 7th / PO |
| ALBA Berlin | Berlin | O$_2$ World | 14500 | 1st / PO / cup winner |
| Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn | Telekom Dome | 6000 | 4th / PO |
| New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig | 6800 | 13th |
| Eisbären Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven | Stadthalle Bremerhaven | 4200 | 18th / Rel / wild card |
| Giants Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Burg-Wächter Castello | 3670 | 12th |
| Deutsche Bank Skyliners | Frankfurt | Ballsporthalle Frankfurt | 5002 | 6th / PO |
| LTi Giessen 46ers | Gießen | Sporthalle Gießen-Ost | 4003 | 17th / Rel / wild card |
| BG Göttingen | Göttingen | Lokhalle Göttingen | 3474 | 2nd / PO |
| Phoenix Hagen | Hagen | Phoenix-Halle | 3013 | Pro A: 2nd / promotion |
| EnBW Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | Arena Ludwigsburg | 5300 | 11th |
| EWE Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg | EWE-Arena | 3148 | 3rd / PO / champion |
| Paderborn Baskets | Paderborn | Sportzentrum Maspernplatz | 3014 | 8th / PO |
| Artland Dragons | Quakenbrück | Artland-Arena | 3000 | 9th |
| TBB Trier | Trier | Arena Trier | 5900 | 10th |
| Walter Tigers Tübingen | Tübingen | Paul Horn-Arena | 3132 | 14th |
| Ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | Kuhberghalle | 3000 | 5th / PO |
| Mitteldeutscher BC | Weißenfels | Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3000 | Pro A: 1st / promotion |
PO: Playoff; Rel: Relegation; Pro A: Division below BBL

## Main round standings

| # | Team | Wins | Losses | Points | Points For:Against | Plus/Minus |
| 1 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 25 | 9 | 59 | 2564:2292 | +272 |
| 2 | ALBA Berlin | 25 | 9 | 59 | 2594:2280 | +314 |
| 3 | BG Göttingen | 24 | 10 | 58 | 2786:2511 | +275 |
| 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 24 | 10 | 58 | 2561:2475 | +86 |
| 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 22 | 12 | 56 | 2660:2443 | +217 |
| 6 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 21 | 13 | 55 | 2755:2631 | +124 |
| 7 | Deutsche Bank SKYLINERS | 21 | 13 | 55 | 2561:2467 | +94 |
| 8 | New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig | 19 | 15 | 53 | 2688:2629 | +59 |
| 9 | Artland Dragons | 19 | 15 | 53 | 2693:2486 | +207 |
| 10 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 18 | 16 | 52 | 2601:2599 | +2 |
| 11 | EnBW Ludwigsburg | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2522:2554 | -32 |
| 12 | WALTER Tigers Tübingen | 16 | 18 | 50 | 2645:2705 | -60 |
| 13 | ratiopharm Ulm | 13 | 21 | 47 | 2662:2826 | -164 |
| 14 | LTi Giessen 46ers | 10 | 24 | 44 | 2482:2675 | -193 |
| 15 | TBB Trier | 10 | 24 | 44 | 2492:2730 | -238 |
| 16 | Phoenix Hagen | 9 | 25 | 43 | 2470:2798 | -328 |
| 17 | Giants Düsseldorf | 8 | 26 | 42 | 2399:2562 | -163 |
| 18 | webmoebel Baskets | 5 | 29 | 39 | 2384:2856 | -472 |
* = Qualification for Playoffs
* = Relegation to Pro A

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 83 | 65 | 66 | 76 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phantoms Braunschweig | 67 | 73 | 70 | 78 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Phantoms Braunschweig | 67 | 73 | 70 | 78 | X | 8 | Phantoms Braunschweig | 77 | 73 | 82 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 86 | 82 | 94 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 78 | 71 | 82 | X | X | 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 86 | 82 | 94 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 80 | 83 | 84 | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 80 | 83 | 84 | X | X | | | | | | | | 5 | Brose Baskets Bamberg | 63 | 77 | 97 | 56 | 72 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 65 | 68 | 52 | 69 | 70 |
| 2 | ALBA Berlin | 71 | 63 | 87 | 58 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 65 | 68 | 52 | 69 | 70 |
| 7 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 76 | 76 | 76 | 69 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 76 | 76 | 76 | 69 | X | 7 | Deutsche Bank Skyliners | 58 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 56 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 6 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 75 | 83 | 53 | 76 | 52 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | BG Göttingen | 91 | 72 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 6 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 75 | 83 | 53 | 76 | 52 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 73 | 91 | 78 | 90 | 79 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |