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
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 ProA

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2007
No. of teams	16
Country	Germany
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Science City Jena (1st title)
Most titles	Mitteldeutscher BC BG Göttingen (2 titles)
Level on pyramid	2nd tier
Promotion to	Basketball Bundesliga
Relegation to	ProB
Official website	www.diejungeliga.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.^[1]

Teams 2016–17

Baunach

Chemnitz

Cologne

Dresden

Ehingen

Essen

Crailsheim

Gotha

Hamburg

Heidelberg

Hanau

Kirchheim

Nuremberg

Paderborn

Weissenfels

Trier

Clubs of the Pro A 2016/17

Team	City
Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach	Bamberg
BV Chemnitz 99	Chemnitz
RheinStars Köln	Cologne
Dresden Titans	Dresden
Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule	Ehingen (Donau)
ETB Wohnbau Baskets	Essen
Oettinger Rockets	Gotha
Hamburg Towers	Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
MLP Academics Heidelberg	Heidelberg
Kirchheim Knights	Kirchheim unter Teck
Nürnberg Falcons BC	Nürnberg
finke baskets	Paderborn

Champions

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

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Teams
2007–08	Giants Nördlingen	–	Cuxhaven BasCats	16
2008–09	Mitteldeutscher BC	–	Phoenix Hagen
2009–10	BBC Bayreuth	–	Cuxhaven BasCats
2010–11	Bayern Munich	–	Würzburg Baskets
2011–12	Mitteldeutscher BC	163–161^{[lower-alpha 1]}	VfL Kirchheim Knights
2012–13	SC Rasta Vechta	2–0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Giants Düsseldorf
2013–14	BG Göttingen	174–162^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Crailsheim Merlins
2014–15	Gießen 46ers	150–147^{[lower-alpha 1]}	S.Oliver Würzburg
2015–16	Science City Jena	157–146^{[lower-alpha 1]}	SC Rasta Vechta

1 2 3 4 The Finals were played in a two-legged format.
↑ The Finals were played in a Best-of-three Playoff format.

Awards

MVP

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

Young Player of the Year

Year	Player	Team	Ref.
2007–08	Günther , Per Per Günther	Phoenix Hagen
2008–09	Lischka, Johannes Johannes Lischka	LTi Lich
2009–10	Schmitz, Simon Simon Schmitz	Science City Jena
2010–11	Doreth, Bastian Bastian Doreth	Bayern Munich
2011–12	El-Domiaty, Jusuf Jusuf El-Domiaty	Cuxhaven BasCats
2012–13	Vargas, Akeem Akeem Vargas	BG Göttingen
2013–14	Haukohl, StephanStephan Haukohl	erdgas Ehingen/Urspr.schule	^[2]
2014–15	Besnik Bekteshi	Gießen 46ers
2015–16	Johannes Thiemann	FC Baunach

Coach of the Year

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

References

Basketball in Germany

German Basketball Federation Basketball Bundesliga GmbH German League System List of German basketball venues

National Teams	Senior Men's Senior Women's Men's Under-20 and 21 Men's Under-18 and 19 Men's Under-16 and 17 Women's Under-18 and 19 Women's Under-16 and 17 Men's 3x3 Women's 3x3

Defunct National Teams	East Germany Men's East Germany Women's

League Competitions	Basketball Bundesliga ProA ProB Women's Basketball Bundesliga

Defunct League Competitions	2. Basketball Bundesliga Women's GDR championship

Cup Competitions	German Cup German Super Cup

Other	List of German League Champions BBL All-Star Game Basketball Bundesliga Awards Albert Schweitzer Tournament

ProA

Seasons	2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Clubs	Bike-Café Messingschlager Baunach BV Chemnitz 99 Dresden Titans Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule ETB Wohnbau Baskets Hamburg Towers Kirchheim Knights MLP Academics Heidelberg Nürnberg Falcons BC Oettinger Rockets finke baskets RheinStars Köln

Associated competitions	Basketball Bundesliga ProB

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