ProA

This article is about the second-level German basketball league. For the top-level French league, also known as Pro A, see LNB Pro A.

ProA

Founded	2007 (2007)
First season	2007–08
Country	Germany
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	15
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to	ProB
Current champions	Hamburg Towers (1st title) (2018–19)
Most championships	Mitteldeutscher BC (3 titles)
Website	www.2basketballbundesliga.de

The ProA is the second-tier level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the 2. Basketball Bundesliga, which consists of the two hierarchical leagues ProA and ProB. Before the 2007–08 season, the 2. Basketball Bundesliga was a basketball league with the same name, which consisted of two geographical divisions. At the end of the league stage, the top two teams qualify for the Basketball Bundesliga, and the teams positioned 15th and 16th are relegated to the lower league, ProB.

Current teams (2020–21)

Leverkusen

Schwenningen

Bremerhaven

Jena

Ehingen

Heidelberg

Kirchheim

Nuremberg

Paderborn

Trier

Hagen

Karlsruhe

Artland

Rostock

Tübingen

Clubs of the Pro A 2019/20

Team	City
Artland Dragons	Quakenbrück
Bayer Giants Leverkusen	Leverkusen
Eisbären Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven
MLP Academics Heidelberg	Heidelberg
Nürnberg Falcons BC	Nürnberg
Phoenix Hagen	Hagen
PS Karlsruhe LIONS	Karlsruhe
Rostock Seawolves	Rostock
Römerstrom Gladiators Trier	Trier
Science City Jena	Jena
Team Ehingen Urspring	Ehingen
Tigers Tübingen	Tübingen
Uni Baskets Paderborn	Paderborn
VfL Kirchheim Knights	Kirchheim unter Teck
Wiha Panthers Schwenningen	Villingen-Schwenningen

Champions

The champions of a given ProA season promote to the Basketball Bundesliga, along with the runner-up of the Finals.

Season	Champion	Runner-up
2007–08	Giants Nördlingen	Cuxhaven BasCats
2008–09	Mitteldeutscher	Phoenix Hagen
2009–10	Bayreuth	Cuxhaven BasCats
2010–11	Bayern Munich	Würzburg Baskets
2011–12	Mitteldeutscher	VfL Kirchheim Knights
2012–13	Rasta Vechta	Giants Düsseldorf
2013–14	Göttingen	Crailsheim Merlins
2014–15	Gießen 46ers	s.Oliver Würzburg
2015–16	Science City Jena	Rasta Vechta
2016–17	Mitteldeutscher	Oettinger Rockets
2017–18	Rasta Vechta	Crailsheim Merlins
2018–19	Hamburg Towers	Nürnberg Falcons
2019–20	Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Mitteldeutscher	3	0	2009, 2012, 2017	–
Rasta Vechta	2	1	2013, 2018	2016
Hamburg Towers	1	0	2019	–
Science City Jena	1	0	2016	–
Gießen 46ers	1	0	2015	–
Göttingen	1	0	2014	–
Bayern Munich	1	0	2011	–
Giants Nördlingen	1	0	2008	–

Awards

Player of the Year Main article: ProA Player of the Year Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Roderick Trice Cuxhaven BasCats 2008–09 Wayne Bernard Mitteldeutscher BC 2009–10 Jaivon Harris BBC Bayreuth 2010–11 Lee Jeka Würzburg Baskets 2011–12 Arizona Reid Mitteldeutscher BC (2) 2012–13 Richard Williams SC Rasta Vechta 2013–14 Harper Kamp BG Göttingen 2014–15 Braydon Hobbs Nürnberger BC 2015–16 Christian Standhardinger SC Rasta Vechta

Young Player of the Year Year Player Team Ref. 2007–08 Per Günther Phoenix Hagen 2008–09 Johannes Lischka LTi Lich 2009–10 Simon Schmitz Science City Jena 2010–11 Bastian Doreth Bayern Munich 2011–12 Jusuf El-Domiaty Cuxhaven BasCats 2012–13 Akeem Vargas BG Göttingen 2013–14 Stephan Haukohl erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule 2014–15 Besnik Bekteshi Gießen 46ers 2015–16 Johannes Thiemann Baunach Young Pikes

Coach of the Year

Year	Coach	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Andreas Wagner	Giants Nördlingen
2008–09	Björn Harmsen	Mitteldeutscher BC
2009–10	Andreas Wagner (2)	BBC Bayreuth
2010–11	Torsten Loibl	BV Chemnitz 99
2011–12	Silvano Poropat	Mitteldeutscher BC (2)
	Felix Schreier	Chemnitz Niners
2012–13	Patrick Elzie	SC Rasta Vechta
2013–14	Ralph Junge	erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule
2014–15	Denis Wucherer	Gießen 46ers
2015–16	Björn Harmsen	Science City Jena