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 10 9 1 850 732 +118 18 Playoffs
2 Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 11 8 3 892 855 +37 16
3 Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier 10 8 2 898 874 +24 16
4 Syntainics MBC 11 7 4 924 922 +2 14
5 Bamberg Baskets 10 6 4 899 822 +77 12
6 Alba Berlin 10 6 4 844 816 +28 12
7 Ratiopharm Ulm 11 6 5 885 859 +26 12 Play-in
8 Skyliners Frankfurt 11 6 5 929 907 +22 12
9 Telekom Baskets Bonn 12 6 6 931 960 −29 12
10 Niners Chemnitz 11 5 6 880 866 +14 10
11 Rostock Seawolves 10 5 5 849 836 +13 10
12 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 9 5 4 770 771 −1 10
13 Rasta Vechta 9 4 5 755 769 −14 8
14 Science City Jena 10 4 6 830 901 −71 8
15 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 11 3 8 960 1053 −93 6
16 MLP Academics Heidelberg 11 2 9 902 928 −26 4
17 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 11 2 9 900 934 −34 4 Relegation to ProA
18 Veolia Towers Hamburg 10 2 8 843 936 −93 4
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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 — 96–82 77–80 80–69 74–87
Alba Berlin — 89–83 88–80 67–61 92–97 66–67
Telekom Baskets Bonn 70–84 — 86–82 88–76 73–71 81–79 61–72
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 75–98 89–80 — 73–95 85–73 68–93 92–71
Niners Chemnitz 85–89 93–75 — 102–78 111–88 97–92 67–86
Skyliners Frankfurt — 79–70 88–98 93–97 89–93 82–80
Veolia Towers Hamburg 71–101 99–80 68–86 — 84–88 85–93
MLP Academics Heidelberg 95–75 83–90 108–111 — 83–87 76–80 85–51
Science City Jena 81–102 78–97 85–72 — 70–92
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg — 65–59 80–86 90–81 79–84
Syntainics MBC 84–77 99–93 85–67 82–93 — 75–71
Bayern Munich 96–81 55–83 96–79 93–81 93–77 83–62 —
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 89–103 75–89 92–95 79–87 — 108–85 86–93
Rostock Seawolves 90–79 94–77 96–89 — 87–91
Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier 92–87 102–98 78–73 94–95 88–78 — 96–87
Ratiopharm Ulm 94–81 67–75 77–81 87–80 — 77–74
Rasta Vechta 70–76 97–95 86–76 83–96 74–77 —
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets 96–92 92–80 97–92 89–71 82–71 63–75 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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
Alba Berlin Champions League Regular season
MLP Academics Heidelberg Regular season
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets Regular season
Löwen Braunschweig Qualifying
Niners Chemnitz EuroCup Regular season
ratiopharm Ulm Regular season
Hamburg Towers Regular season
Rostock Seawolves FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Löwen Braunschweig Regular season
Rasta Vechta Qualifying

German clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Mitteldeutscher BC European North Basketball League Regular season

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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